UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549



FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES



Investment Company Act file number    811-07205



Variable Insurance Products Fund III

 (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



245 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210

 (Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip code)



Cynthia Lo Bessette, Secretary

245 Summer St.

Boston, Massachusetts  02210

(Name and address of agent for service)





Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

617-563-7000





Date of fiscal year end:

December 31





Date of reporting period:

June 30, 2022



Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders







Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:
 
Value Strategies Portfolio
 
 
Semi-Annual Report
June 30, 2022

Contents

Note to Shareholders

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Liquidity Risk Management Program

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Note to Shareholders :
 
Early in 2020, the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 emerged as a public health emergency that had a major influence on financial markets, primarily based on its impact on the global economy and corporate earnings. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, citing sustained risk of further global spread. The pandemic prompted a number of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, including travel and border restrictions, quarantines, and restrictions on large gatherings. In turn, these resulted in lower consumer activity, diminished demand for a wide range of products and services, disruption in manufacturing and supply chains, and - given the wide variability in outcomes regarding the outbreak - significant market uncertainty and volatility. To help stem the turmoil, the U.S. government took unprecedented action - in concert with the U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks around the world - to help support consumers, businesses, and the broader economy, and to limit disruption to the financial system.
In general, the overall impact of the pandemic lessened in 2021, amid a resilient economy and widespread distribution of three COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) early in the year. Still, the situation remains dynamic, and the extent and duration of its influence on financial markets and the economy is highly uncertain, due in part to a recent spike in cases based on highly contagious variants of the coronavirus.
Extreme events such as the COVID-19 crisis are exogenous shocks that can have significant adverse effects on mutual funds and their investments. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by market disruption, the duration and impact may not be the same for all types of assets. Fidelity is committed to helping you stay informed amid news about COVID-19 and during increased market volatility, and we continue to take extra steps to be responsive to customer needs. We encourage you to visit us online, where we offer ongoing updates, commentary, and analysis on the markets and our funds.
 
 
Investment Summary June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
2.9
 
Cigna Corp.
1.9
 
CubeSmart
1.8
 
Cushman & Wakefield PLC
1.8
 
Hess Corp.
1.8
 
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
1.7
 
LPL Financial
1.7
 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC
1.5
 
Entergy Corp.
1.4
 
The AES Corp.
1.4
 
 
17.9
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Financials
16.4
 
Industrials
16.3
 
Consumer Discretionary
12.0
 
Real Estate
9.5
 
Materials
9.4
 
Energy
8.8
 
Health Care
8.1
 
Utilities
7.3
 
Information Technology
5.7
 
Consumer Staples
3.3
 
Communication Services
2.7
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Foreign investments - 15.5%
Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
*    Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities).  
Percentages are based on country or territory of incorporation and are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts, if applicable.
 
 
Schedule of Investments June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 99.5%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.7%
 
 
 
Interactive Media & Services - 0.6%
 
 
 
Ziff Davis, Inc. (a)
 
56,400
4,203,492
Media - 2.1%
 
 
 
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
 
180,500
4,969,165
Liberty Broadband Corp. Class C (a)
 
35,000
4,047,400
Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. Class A
 
27,700
4,511,776
 
 
 
13,528,341
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
17,731,833
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 12.0%
 
 
 
Auto Components - 1.4%
 
 
 
Adient PLC (a)
 
174,000
5,155,620
Autoliv, Inc.
 
54,000
3,864,780
 
 
 
9,020,400
Diversified Consumer Services - 1.1%
 
 
 
Adtalem Global Education, Inc. (a)
 
206,511
7,428,201
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.8%
 
 
 
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
141,000
5,400,300
Household Durables - 2.1%
 
 
 
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)
 
47,202
5,857,296
Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)
 
140,500
3,282,080
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.
 
218,000
4,658,660
 
 
 
13,798,036
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.9%
 
 
 
eBay, Inc.
 
137,300
5,721,291
Leisure Products - 0.6%
 
 
 
Mattel, Inc. (a)
 
189,300
4,227,069
Multiline Retail - 1.7%
 
 
 
Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)
 
51,100
7,963,935
Nordstrom, Inc. (b)
 
136,200
2,877,906
 
 
 
10,841,841
Specialty Retail - 3.4%
 
 
 
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
 
303,200
3,389,776
Lithia Motors, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
17,700
4,864,137
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
 
146,600
2,851,370
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
207,900
2,478,168
Victoria's Secret & Co. (a)
 
165,400
4,626,238
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
 
40,500
4,493,475
 
 
 
22,703,164
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
79,140,302
CONSUMER STAPLES - 3.3%
 
 
 
Beverages - 0.8%
 
 
 
Primo Water Corp. (b)
 
396,000
5,298,480
Food & Staples Retailing - 1.3%
 
 
 
U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (a)
 
276,200
8,473,816
Food Products - 1.2%
 
 
 
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)
 
133,463
7,981,087
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
21,753,383
ENERGY - 8.8%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 2.1%
 
 
 
Halliburton Co.
 
261,800
8,210,048
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. Class A (a)
 
457,804
5,841,579
 
 
 
14,051,627
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 6.7%
 
 
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (b)
 
350,500
18,834,746
Hess Corp.
 
108,800
11,526,272
HF Sinclair Corp.
 
115,200
5,202,432
Tourmaline Oil Corp.
 
157,800
8,205,061
 
 
 
43,768,511
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
57,820,138
FINANCIALS - 16.4%
 
 
 
Banks - 3.3%
 
 
 
East West Bancorp, Inc.
 
125,500
8,132,400
First Citizens Bancshares, Inc. (b)
 
9,000
5,884,020
Signature Bank
 
43,000
7,706,030
 
 
 
21,722,450
Capital Markets - 3.9%
 
 
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
 
36,800
8,746,624
Lazard Ltd. Class A
 
180,214
5,840,736
LPL Financial
 
60,200
11,105,696
 
 
 
25,693,056
Consumer Finance - 1.8%
 
 
 
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
 
149,000
5,569,620
SLM Corp. (b)
 
418,300
6,667,702
 
 
 
12,237,322
Diversified Financial Services - 1.2%
 
 
 
Apollo Global Management, Inc.
 
157,500
7,635,600
Insurance - 5.3%
 
 
 
American Financial Group, Inc.
 
36,200
5,024,922
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)
 
146,000
6,641,540
Assurant, Inc.
 
51,500
8,901,775
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
 
29,205
3,425,454
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
65,800
11,128,754
 
 
 
35,122,445
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.9%
 
 
 
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
 
62,500
6,021,250
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
108,432,123
HEALTH CARE - 8.1%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.0%
 
 
 
United Therapeutics Corp. (a)
 
26,400
6,220,896
Health Care Providers & Services - 5.6%
 
 
 
AdaptHealth Corp. (a)(b)
 
259,800
4,686,792
Centene Corp. (a)
 
91,300
7,724,893
Cigna Corp.
 
47,800
12,596,256
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings
 
24,800
5,812,128
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)
 
116,200
6,107,472
 
 
 
36,927,541
Pharmaceuticals - 1.5%
 
 
 
Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)
 
63,900
9,969,039
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
53,117,476
INDUSTRIALS - 16.3%
 
 
 
Air Freight & Logistics - 1.1%
 
 
 
FedEx Corp.
 
31,600
7,164,036
Building Products - 2.1%
 
 
 
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)
 
155,600
8,355,720
Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc. (a)
 
390,400
5,695,936
 
 
 
14,051,656
Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.1%
 
 
 
The Brink's Co.
 
114,200
6,933,082
Construction & Engineering - 3.4%
 
 
 
Fluor Corp. (a)
 
347,700
8,463,018
Granite Construction, Inc.
 
155,800
4,540,012
MDU Resources Group, Inc.
 
115,700
3,122,743
Willscot Mobile Mini Holdings (a)
 
194,200
6,295,964
 
 
 
22,421,737
Electrical Equipment - 1.0%
 
 
 
Regal Rexnord Corp.
 
60,200
6,833,904
Machinery - 3.6%
 
 
 
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.
 
134,700
5,179,215
Crane Holdings Co.
 
56,200
4,920,872
Flowserve Corp.
 
89,032
2,548,986
Kennametal, Inc.
 
281,200
6,532,276
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
 
46,200
4,844,532
 
 
 
24,025,881
Professional Services - 1.1%
 
 
 
Manpower, Inc.
 
91,000
6,953,310
Road & Rail - 1.8%
 
 
 
TFI International, Inc. (Canada)
 
59,800
4,800,446
XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)
 
140,200
6,752,032
 
 
 
11,552,478
Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.1%
 
 
 
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)
 
143,600
7,375,296
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
107,311,380
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 5.7%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment & Components - 1.7%
 
 
 
Flex Ltd. (a)
 
561,900
8,130,693
Vontier Corp.
 
146,400
3,365,736
 
 
 
11,496,429
IT Services - 3.0%
 
 
 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
 
84,600
7,755,282
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.
 
141,700
8,228,519
Unisys Corp. (a)
 
330,077
3,970,826
 
 
 
19,954,627
Software - 1.0%
 
 
 
NCR Corp. (a)(b)
 
208,300
6,480,213
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
37,931,269
MATERIALS - 9.4%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 3.2%
 
 
 
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (a)
 
205,800
4,550,238
Eastman Chemical Co.
 
55,500
4,982,235
Olin Corp.
 
144,701
6,696,762
Tronox Holdings PLC
 
264,500
4,443,600
 
 
 
20,672,835
Construction Materials - 0.5%
 
 
 
Eagle Materials, Inc.
 
31,000
3,408,140
Containers & Packaging - 2.7%
 
 
 
Berry Global Group, Inc. (a)
 
115,600
6,316,384
Crown Holdings, Inc.
 
73,100
6,737,627
O-I Glass, Inc. (a)
 
355,358
4,975,012
 
 
 
18,029,023
Metals & Mining - 3.0%
 
 
 
ArcelorMittal SA Class A unit GDR
 
168,700
3,812,620
Arconic Corp. (a)
 
282,400
7,921,320
Constellium NV (a)
 
326,200
4,309,102
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
133,000
3,891,580
 
 
 
19,934,622
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
62,044,620
REAL ESTATE - 9.5%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 6.0%
 
 
 
Crown Castle International Corp.
 
38,200
6,432,116
CubeSmart
 
281,000
12,004,320
Equinix, Inc.
 
6,400
4,204,928
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
 
114,000
8,033,580
Ventas, Inc.
 
170,600
8,773,958
 
 
 
39,448,902
Real Estate Management & Development - 3.5%
 
 
 
Cushman & Wakefield PLC (a)
 
771,500
11,757,660
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. (a)
 
49,700
8,690,542
WeWork, Inc. (a)
 
603,000
3,027,060
 
 
 
23,475,262
TOTAL REAL ESTATE
 
 
62,924,164
UTILITIES - 7.3%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 5.1%
 
 
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
89,433
5,120,934
Edison International
 
99,600
6,298,704
Entergy Corp.
 
84,800
9,551,872
FirstEnergy Corp.
 
120,500
4,625,995
PG&E Corp. (a)
 
847,600
8,459,048
 
 
 
34,056,553
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 2.2%
 
 
 
The AES Corp.
 
443,300
9,313,733
Vistra Corp.
 
224,000
5,118,400
 
 
 
14,432,133
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
48,488,686
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $602,087,726)
 
 
 
656,695,374
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 5.5%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58% (c)(d)
 
  (Cost $36,150,893)
 
 
36,147,278
36,150,893
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 105.0%
  (Cost $638,238,619)
 
 
 
692,846,267
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (5.0)%  
(32,839,097)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
660,007,170
 
 
 
 
Legend
 
(a)
Non-income producing
 
(b)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(c)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(d)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
 
Affiliated Central Funds
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58%
13,966,133
151,143,296
165,109,429
17,129
-
-
-
0.0%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58%
17,801,767
231,675,394
213,326,268
17,047
-
-
36,150,893
0.1%
Total
31,767,900
382,818,690
378,435,697
34,176
-
-
36,150,893
 
 
Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
 
Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2022, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description
Total ($)
Level 1 ($)
Level 2 ($)
Level 3 ($)
  Investments in Securities:
 
 
 
 
 Equities:
 
 
 
 
Communication Services
17,731,833
17,731,833
-
-
Consumer Discretionary
79,140,302
79,140,302
-
-
Consumer Staples
21,753,383
21,753,383
-
-
Energy
57,820,138
57,820,138
-
-
Financials
108,432,123
108,432,123
-
-
Health Care
53,117,476
53,117,476
-
-
Industrials
107,311,380
107,311,380
-
-
Information Technology
37,931,269
37,931,269
-
-
Materials
62,044,620
62,044,620
-
-
Real Estate
62,924,164
62,924,164
-
-
Utilities
48,488,686
48,488,686
-
-
  Money Market Funds
36,150,893
36,150,893
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
692,846,267
692,846,267
-
-
 
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $34,236,141) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$656,695,374
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $602,087,726)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $36,150,893)
 
36,150,893
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $638,238,619)
 
 
$
692,846,267
Foreign currency held at value (cost $24,798)
 
 
 
24,798
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
 
11,784,252
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
700,722
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
776,153
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
7,247
  Total assets
 
 
 
706,139,439
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable to custodian bank
 
$4,319,609
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
4,305,782
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
872,778
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
312,210
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees payable
 
66,371
 
 
Other affiliated payables
 
73,490
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
 
31,178
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
36,150,851
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
46,132,269
Net Assets  
 
 
$
660,007,170
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
570,253,804
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
89,753,366
Net Assets
 
 
$
660,007,170
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Initial Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($100,674,037 ÷ 7,056,648 shares)
 
 
$
14.27
Service Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($22,034,737 ÷ 1,550,753 shares)
 
 
$
14.21
Service Class 2 :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($288,851,440 ÷ 20,046,229 shares)
 
 
$
14.41
Investor Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($248,446,956 ÷ 17,584,096 shares)
 
 
$
14.13
 
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
3,265,187
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $17,047 from security lending)
 
 
 
34,176
 Total Income
 
 
 
3,299,363
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
1,958,859
 
 
Transfer agent fees
 
337,674
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees
 
408,525
 
 
Accounting fees
 
128,933
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
 
6,780
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
1,256
 
 
Audit
 
26,434
 
 
Legal
 
1,522
 
 
Interest
 
1,441
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
1,379
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
2,872,803
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(10,878)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
2,861,925
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
437,438
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
36,103,678
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
8,203
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
36,111,881
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
(134,241,392)
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
114
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(134,241,278)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(98,129,397)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(97,691,959)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
December 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
437,438
$
9,218,173
Net realized gain (loss)
 
36,111,881
 
 
80,396,366
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(134,241,278)
 
86,974,405
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(97,691,959)
 
 
176,588,944
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(6,396,294)
 
 
(69,398,801)
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
13,970,333
 
 
150,373,547
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
(90,117,920)
 
 
257,563,690
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
750,125,090
 
492,561,400
 
End of period
$
660,007,170
$
750,125,090
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Value Strategies Portfolio Initial Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
16.40
$
13.55
$
13.31
$
11.11
$
14.27
$
15.77
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.02
 
.24 C
 
.14
 
.20 D
 
.17
 
.25 E
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(2.01)
 
4.26
 
.88
 
3.39
 
(2.58)
 
2.35
  Total from investment operations
 
(1.99)  
 
4.50  
 
1.02  
 
3.59  
 
(2.41)
 
2.60
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.26)
 
(.15)
 
(.21)
 
(.13)
 
(.22)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.14)
 
(1.39)
 
(.63)
 
(1.18)
 
(.62)
 
(3.88)
     Total distributions
 
(.14)
 
(1.65)
 
(.78)
 
(1.39)
 
(.75)
 
(4.10)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
14.27
$
16.40
$
13.55
$
13.31
$
11.11
$
14.27
 Total Return   F,G,H
 
(12.24)%
 
33.60%
 
8.26%
 
34.53%
 
(17.32)%
 
19.36%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,I,J
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.63% K
 
.64%
 
.66%
 
.66%
 
.67%
 
.68%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.63% K
 
.63%
 
.66%
 
.66%
 
.67%
 
.68%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.63% K
 
.63%
 
.65%
 
.66%
 
.66%
 
.67%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
.26% K
 
1.47% C
 
1.32%
 
1.64% D
 
1.29%
 
1.74% E
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
100,674
$
125,050
$
95,708
$
83,357
$
77,279
$
99,324
    Portfolio turnover rate L
 
79% K
 
62%
 
85%
 
68%
 
68%
 
53%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.09%.
 
D Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.36%.
 
E Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.05 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.38%.
 
F Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
I Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
K Annualized
 
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Value Strategies Portfolio Service Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
16.35
$
13.51
$
13.27
$
11.09
$
14.23
$
15.74
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.01
 
.22 C
 
.13
 
.19 D
 
.16
 
.23 E
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(2.01)
 
4.25
 
.88
 
3.37
 
(2.56)
 
2.34
  Total from investment operations
 
(2.00)  
 
4.47  
 
1.01  
 
3.56  
 
(2.40)
 
2.57
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.24)
 
(.14)
 
(.20)
 
(.12)
 
(.20)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.14)
 
(1.39)
 
(.63)
 
(1.18)
 
(.62)
 
(3.88)
     Total distributions
 
(.14)
 
(1.63)
 
(.77)
 
(1.38)
 
(.74)
 
(4.08)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
14.21
$
16.35
$
13.51
$
13.27
$
11.09
$
14.23
 Total Return   F,G,H
 
(12.34)%
 
33.48%
 
8.18%
 
34.29%
 
(17.33)%
 
19.21%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,I,J
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.73% K
 
.73%
 
.76%
 
.76%
 
.77%
 
.78%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.73% K
 
.73%
 
.76%
 
.76%
 
.77%
 
.78%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.73% K
 
.73%
 
.75%
 
.76%
 
.76%
 
.77%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
.16% K
 
1.37% C
 
1.22%
 
1.54% D
 
1.19%
 
1.64% E
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
22,035
$
27,216
$
19,115
$
20,992
$
16,586
$
22,859
    Portfolio turnover rate L
 
79% K
 
62%
 
85%
 
68%
 
68%
 
53%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .99%.
 
D Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.26%.
 
E Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.05 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.28%.
 
F Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
I Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
K Annualized
 
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Value Strategies Portfolio Service Class 2
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
16.59
$
13.68
$
13.43
$
11.21
$
14.38
$
15.86
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
-
 
.20 C
 
.12
 
.17 D
 
.14
 
.21 E
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(2.04)
 
4.31
 
.88
 
3.41
 
(2.59)
 
2.37
  Total from investment operations
 
(2.04)  
 
4.51  
 
1.00  
 
3.58  
 
(2.45)
 
2.58
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.21)
 
(.12)
 
(.18)
 
(.10)
 
(.18)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.14)
 
(1.39)
 
(.63)
 
(1.18)
 
(.62)
 
(3.88)
     Total distributions
 
(.14)
 
(1.60)
 
(.75)
 
(1.36)
 
(.72)
 
(4.06)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
14.41
$
16.59
$
13.68
$
13.43
$
11.21
$
14.38
 Total Return   F,G,H
 
(12.40)%
 
33.34%
 
8.02%
 
34.10%
 
(17.50)%
 
19.08%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,I,J
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.88% K
 
.88%
 
.91%
 
.91%
 
.92%
 
.93%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.88% K
 
.88%
 
.91%
 
.91%
 
.92%
 
.92%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.88% K
 
.88%
 
.90%
 
.91%
 
.91%
 
.92%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
.01% K
 
1.22% C
 
1.07%
 
1.39% D
 
1.04%
 
1.49% E
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
288,851
$
315,104
$
228,031
$
220,982
$
160,274
$
210,354
    Portfolio turnover rate L
 
79% K
 
62%
 
85%
 
68%
 
68%
 
53%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .84%.
 
D Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.11%.
 
E Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.05 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.13%.
 
F Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
I Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
K Annualized
 
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Value Strategies Portfolio Investor Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
16.25
$
13.44
$
13.20
$
11.04
$
14.18
$
15.69
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.01
 
.23 C
 
.14
 
.19 D
 
.16
 
.23 E
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(1.99)
 
4.22
 
.87
 
3.35
 
(2.56)
 
2.34
  Total from investment operations
 
(1.98)  
 
4.45  
 
1.01  
 
3.54  
 
(2.40)
 
2.57
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.24)
 
(.14)
 
(.20)
 
(.12)
 
(.21)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.14)
 
(1.39)
 
(.63)
 
(1.18)
 
(.62)
 
(3.88)
     Total distributions
 
(.14)
 
(1.64) F
 
(.77)
 
(1.38)
 
(.74)
 
(4.08) F
  Net asset value, end of period
$
14.13
$
16.25
$
13.44
$
13.20
$
11.04
$
14.18
 Total Return   G,H,I
 
(12.29)%
 
33.48%
 
8.26%
 
34.27%
 
(17.37)%
 
19.30%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,J,K
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.71% L
 
.71%
 
.74%
 
.74%
 
.75%
 
.76%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.70% L
 
.71%
 
.74%
 
.74%
 
.75%
 
.76%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.70% L
 
.71%
 
.73%
 
.74%
 
.74%
 
.75%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
.18% L
 
1.39% C
 
1.24%
 
1.56% D
 
1.21%
 
1.66% E
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
248,447
$
282,755
$
149,707
$
104,581
$
85,385
$
121,110
    Portfolio turnover rate M
 
79% L
 
62%
 
85%
 
68%
 
68%
 
53%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.02%.
 
D Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.03 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.28%.
 
E Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.05 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.29%.
 
F Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
G Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
H Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
I Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
J Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
K Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
L Annualized
 
M Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements   (Unaudited)
For the period ended June 30, 2022
 
1.  Organization.
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund III (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2.  Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3.  Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of June 30, 2022 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. During the period, dividend income and net realized appreciation (depreciation) were adjusted as presented in the table below as a result of a change in the prior period estimate, which had no impact on the total net assets or total return.
 
Dividend Income
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
$(2,777,376)
$2,777,376
Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, capital loss carryforwards, partnerships and losses deferred due to wash sales.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation
$111,905,990
Gross unrealized depreciation
(59,063,248)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$52,842,742
Tax cost
$640,003,525
4.  Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
306,472,708
290,048,914
5.  Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .53% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class
$12,562
Service Class 2
395,963
 
$408,525
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
 
Amount
% of Class-Level Average Net Assets A
Initial Class
$36,520
.06
Service Class
7,777
.06
Service Class 2
98,211
.06
Investor Class
195,166
.14
 
$337,674
 
A Annualized
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
 
% of Average Net Assets
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
.03
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
 
Amount
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
$6,866
Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. Activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:
 
Borrower or Lender
Average Loan Balance
Weighted Average Interest Rate
Interest Expense
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
Borrower
$9,740,600
1.07%
$1,441
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
39,730,943
45,264,663
5,428,180
6.  Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
 
Amount
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
$617
7.  Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
$1,751
$-
$-
8.  Expense Reductions.
During the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $10,878.
9.  Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
Year ended
December 31, 2021
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Initial Class
$1,037,974
$11,919,050
Service Class
221,405
2,530,343
Service Class 2
2,645,947
28,337,558
Investor Class
2,490,968
26,611,850
Total
$6,396,294
$69,398,801
10.  Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
 
Shares
Shares
Dollars
Dollars
 
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
1,586,989
2,695,923
$25,130,427
$43,770,907
Reinvestment of distributions
65,949
733,770
1,037,973
11,919,050
Shares redeemed
(2,219,539)
(2,869,932)
(34,812,244)
(46,470,663)
Net increase (decrease)
(566,601)
559,761
$(8,643,844)
$9,219,294
Service Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
1,052,710
454,526
$16,956,839
$7,507,997
Reinvestment of distributions
14,111
156,212
221,405
2,530,343
Shares redeemed
(1,180,982)
(361,204)
(18,370,215)
(5,953,886)
Net increase (decrease)
(114,161)
249,534
$(1,191,971)
$4,084,454
Service Class 2
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
3,369,330
3,862,756
$54,340,836
$63,259,710
Reinvestment of distributions
166,203
1,724,021
2,645,947
28,337,558
Shares redeemed
(2,485,563)
(3,256,520)
(38,805,022)
(54,330,633)
Net increase (decrease)
1,049,970
2,330,257
$18,181,761
$37,266,635
Investor Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
2,922,201
9,653,520
$46,910,521
$156,305,016
Reinvestment of distributions
159,681
1,652,423
2,490,968
26,611,849
Shares redeemed
(2,894,445)
(5,050,324)
(43,777,102)
(83,113,701)
Net increase (decrease)
187,437
6,255,619
$5,624,387
$99,803,164
11.  Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% and certain otherwise unaffiliated shareholders were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund
Affiliated %
Number ofUnaffiliated Shareholders
Unaffiliated Shareholders %
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
43%
1
34%
12.  Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
An outbreak of COVID-19 first detected in China during December 2019 has since spread globally and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization during March 2020. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may magnify factors that affect the Fund's performance.
 
Shareholder Expense Example  
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
 
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
 
 
 
Annualized Expense Ratio- A
 
Beginning Account Value January 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value June 30, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Value Strategies Portfolio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
.63%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 877.60
 
$ 2.93
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.67
 
$ 3.16
Service Class
 
 
 
.73%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 876.60
 
$ 3.40
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.17
 
$ 3.66
Service Class 2
 
 
 
.88%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 876.00
 
$ 4.09
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,020.43
 
$ 4.41
Investor Class
 
 
 
.70%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 877.10
 
$ 3.26
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.32
 
$ 3.51
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio
 
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund.  FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.  
 
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided . The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
 
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services . The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.  
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services . The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family . The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.
 
Investment Performance . The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history.  
 
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the representative class, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.  
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe.
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio  
 
 
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio.   The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.
 
Management Fee . The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods ended September 30 (June 30 for periods ended 2019 and 2018 and December 31 for periods prior to 2018) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked, is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board.  
VIP Value Strategies Portfolio  
 
 
The Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio . In its review of the total expense ratio of the representative class (Initial Class), the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund's representative class is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG comparison, which focuses on the total expenses of the representative class relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
 
The Board noted that the total net expense ratio of Initial Class ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and below the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients . The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
 
Costs of the Services and Profitability.  The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
 
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.  
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
 
Economies of Scale.   The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board.   In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
 
Liquidity Risk Management Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program pursuant to the Liquidity Rule (the Program) effective December 1, 2018.  The Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program.  The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds.  The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) in the case of exchange-traded funds, certain additional factors including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable. 
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories described below based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of implementation of the Program for the annual period from December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021.  The report concluded that the Program has been implemented and is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
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Mid Cap Portfolio
 
 
Semi-Annual Report
June 30, 2022

Contents

Note to Shareholders

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Liquidity Risk Management Program

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Note to Shareholders :
 
Early in 2020, the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 emerged as a public health emergency that had a major influence on financial markets, primarily based on its impact on the global economy and corporate earnings. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, citing sustained risk of further global spread. The pandemic prompted a number of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, including travel and border restrictions, quarantines, and restrictions on large gatherings. In turn, these resulted in lower consumer activity, diminished demand for a wide range of products and services, disruption in manufacturing and supply chains, and - given the wide variability in outcomes regarding the outbreak - significant market uncertainty and volatility. To help stem the turmoil, the U.S. government took unprecedented action - in concert with the U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks around the world - to help support consumers, businesses, and the broader economy, and to limit disruption to the financial system.
In general, the overall impact of the pandemic lessened in 2021, amid a resilient economy and widespread distribution of three COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) early in the year. Still, the situation remains dynamic, and the extent and duration of its influence on financial markets and the economy is highly uncertain, due in part to a recent spike in cases based on highly contagious variants of the coronavirus.
Extreme events such as the COVID-19 crisis are exogenous shocks that can have significant adverse effects on mutual funds and their investments. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by market disruption, the duration and impact may not be the same for all types of assets. Fidelity is committed to helping you stay informed amid news about COVID-19 and during increased market volatility, and we continue to take extra steps to be responsive to customer needs. We encourage you to visit us online, where we offer ongoing updates, commentary, and analysis on the markets and our funds.
 
 
Investment Summary June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
1.4
 
Wintrust Financial Corp.
1.3
 
Churchill Downs, Inc.
1.3
 
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
1.3
 
OGE Energy Corp.
1.2
 
ITT, Inc.
1.2
 
Jabil, Inc.
1.1
 
KBR, Inc.
1.1
 
Builders FirstSource, Inc.
1.1
 
East West Bancorp, Inc.
1.1
 
 
12.1
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Industrials
18.1
 
Financials
14.8
 
Information Technology
11.9
 
Consumer Discretionary
11.0
 
Health Care
10.4
 
Real Estate
8.3
 
Materials
7.0
 
Energy
5.5
 
Utilities
4.7
 
Consumer Staples
4.5
 
Communication Services
1.6
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Foreign investments - 10.9%
Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
*    Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities).  
Percentages are based on country or territory of incorporation and are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts, if applicable.
 
 
Schedule of Investments June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 97.8%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 1.6%
 
 
 
Entertainment - 0.2%
 
 
 
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
175,194
14,467,521
Interactive Media & Services - 0.7%
 
 
 
Bumble, Inc. (a)(b)
 
1,098,300
30,917,145
IAC (a)
 
149,475
11,355,616
 
 
 
42,272,761
Media - 0.7%
 
 
 
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
 
1,610,242
44,329,962
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
101,070,244
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 11.0%
 
 
 
Distributors - 0.1%
 
 
 
Pool Corp.
 
17,800
6,251,894
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.1%
 
 
 
ARAMARK Holdings Corp.
 
1,160,058
35,532,577
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
727,506
27,863,480
Churchill Downs, Inc.
 
405,052
77,579,610
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
 
69,500
27,084,845
Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd. (a)
 
888,943
10,651,973
Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc. (a)
 
393,138
14,046,821
Jubilant Foodworks Ltd.
 
750,700
4,869,829
Light & Wonder, Inc. Class A (a)
 
157,800
7,415,022
Noodles & Co. (a)(c)
 
2,941,160
13,823,452
Planet Fitness, Inc. (a)
 
217,271
14,776,601
Vail Resorts, Inc.
 
78,147
17,039,953
 
 
 
250,684,163
Household Durables - 1.5%
 
 
 
GoPro, Inc. Class A (a)
 
2,145,400
11,864,062
KB Home
 
306,018
8,709,272
Lovesac (a)
 
217,153
5,971,708
NVR, Inc. (a)
 
5,658
22,655,424
Taylor Morrison Home Corp. (a)
 
1,095,012
25,579,480
Toll Brothers, Inc.
 
381,011
16,993,091
 
 
 
91,773,037
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.1%
 
 
 
Revolve Group, Inc. (a)(b)
 
352,181
9,125,010
Leisure Products - 0.3%
 
 
 
YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
474,920
20,549,788
Specialty Retail - 3.1%
 
 
 
Academy Sports & Outdoors, Inc. (b)
 
773,130
27,477,040
America's Car Mart, Inc. (a)
 
101,049
10,165,529
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)
 
84,700
11,538,681
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. (b)
 
374,336
28,213,704
Five Below, Inc. (a)
 
448,546
50,878,573
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (b)
 
565,923
62,789,157
 
 
 
191,062,684
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.8%
 
 
 
Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)
 
776,260
31,834,423
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)
 
303,139
77,406,544
 
 
 
109,240,967
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
678,687,543
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.5%
 
 
 
Beverages - 0.6%
 
 
 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a)
 
123,000
37,265,310
Food & Staples Retailing - 3.0%
 
 
 
BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
1,427,099
88,936,808
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)(b)
 
355,200
15,142,176
Performance Food Group Co. (a)
 
152,500
7,011,950
Sprouts Farmers Market LLC (a)
 
599,600
15,181,872
U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (a)
 
1,585,540
48,644,367
United Natural Foods, Inc. (a)
 
234,000
9,219,600
 
 
 
184,136,773
Food Products - 0.4%
 
 
 
Nomad Foods Ltd. (a)
 
1,369,101
27,368,329
Household Products - 0.5%
 
 
 
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
 
347,731
28,520,897
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
277,291,309
ENERGY - 5.5%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.4%
 
 
 
Baker Hughes Co. Class A
 
1,080,048
31,180,986
Championx Corp. (b)
 
666,700
13,233,995
Nextier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. (a)
 
1,507,900
14,340,129
TechnipFMC PLC (a)
 
4,099,000
27,586,270
 
 
 
86,341,380
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.1%
 
 
 
Antero Resources Corp. (a)
 
1,097,725
33,645,271
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
 
461,870
61,442,566
Genesis Energy LP
 
839,600
6,733,592
Hess Corp.
 
427,088
45,245,703
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp. Class A
 
2,054,631
43,126,705
New Fortress Energy, Inc. (b)
 
547,962
21,682,856
Range Resources Corp. (a)
 
1,626,468
40,255,083
 
 
 
252,131,776
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
338,473,156
FINANCIALS - 14.8%
 
 
 
Banks - 7.0%
 
 
 
Bancorp, Inc., Delaware (a)
 
1,662,494
32,451,883
Comerica, Inc.
 
327,599
24,039,215
East West Bancorp, Inc.
 
1,005,717
65,170,462
First Foundation, Inc.
 
381,676
7,816,724
First Horizon National Corp.
 
1,821,085
39,808,918
First Republic Bank
 
178,527
25,743,593
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
 
3,143,610
37,817,628
M&T Bank Corp.
 
224,194
35,734,282
Meta Financial Group, Inc.
 
615,102
23,785,994
Popular, Inc.
 
395,027
30,389,427
Signature Bank
 
174,530
31,277,521
Wintrust Financial Corp.
 
969,441
77,700,696
 
 
 
431,736,343
Capital Markets - 2.2%
 
 
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
 
122,327
29,074,681
Northern Trust Corp.
 
400,855
38,674,490
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
 
405,697
36,273,369
TMX Group Ltd.
 
270,900
27,569,842
 
 
 
131,592,382
Diversified Financial Services - 0.5%
 
 
 
Equitable Holdings, Inc.
 
1,223,944
31,908,220
Insurance - 4.7%
 
 
 
American Financial Group, Inc.
 
215,313
29,887,598
Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)
 
497,900
22,649,471
Assurant, Inc.
 
292,727
50,597,862
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
620,722
40,613,840
Old Republic International Corp.
 
1,726,310
38,600,292
Primerica, Inc.
 
456,747
54,668,048
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.
 
462,178
54,208,858
 
 
 
291,225,969
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.4%
 
 
 
Essent Group Ltd.
 
583,404
22,694,416
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
909,157,330
HEALTH CARE - 10.4%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.2%
 
 
 
Argenx SE ADR (a)
 
35,652
13,507,830
Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)
 
129,400
6,535,994
Exelixis, Inc. (a)
 
1,542,860
32,122,345
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a)
 
174,300
9,586,500
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. (a)
 
171,102
16,679,023
 
 
 
78,431,692
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.9%
 
 
 
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
 
728,243
27,141,617
Envista Holdings Corp. (a)
 
940,666
36,253,268
Hologic, Inc. (a)
 
285,772
19,804,000
JEOL Ltd.
 
351,300
13,541,414
ResMed, Inc.
 
83,585
17,521,924
Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)
 
108,713
6,434,722
The Cooper Companies, Inc. (b)
 
76,439
23,934,580
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.
 
314,632
33,055,238
 
 
 
177,686,763
Health Care Providers & Services - 2.6%
 
 
 
Centene Corp. (a)
 
538,307
45,546,155
Guardant Health, Inc. (a)
 
111,700
4,505,978
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)
 
192,368
53,788,016
Option Care Health, Inc. (a)
 
1,976,820
54,935,828
 
 
 
158,775,977
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.3%
 
 
 
Avantor, Inc. (a)
 
1,063,641
33,079,235
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A (a)
 
35,000
17,325,000
ICON PLC (a)
 
71,100
15,407,370
Maravai LifeSciences Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
666,897
18,946,544
Syneos Health, Inc. (a)
 
549,715
39,403,571
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
32,661
17,744,068
 
 
 
141,905,788
Pharmaceuticals - 1.4%
 
 
 
Royalty Pharma PLC
 
1,071,400
45,041,656
UCB SA
 
468,200
39,566,031
 
 
 
84,607,687
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
641,407,907
INDUSTRIALS - 18.1%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 1.1%
 
 
 
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)
 
211,754
19,729,120
Howmet Aerospace, Inc.
 
1,070,552
33,668,860
Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A
 
552,500
16,188,250
 
 
 
69,586,230
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.6%
 
 
 
Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)
 
804,900
23,124,777
GXO Logistics, Inc. (a)(b)
 
321,832
13,925,671
 
 
 
37,050,448
Airlines - 0.2%
 
 
 
Jet2 PLC (a)
 
1,074,700
11,849,968
Building Products - 1.3%
 
 
 
Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)
 
1,225,171
65,791,683
UFP Industries, Inc.
 
232,192
15,821,563
 
 
 
81,613,246
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.5%
 
 
 
Driven Brands Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
1,123,321
30,936,260
Construction & Engineering - 1.8%
 
 
 
Quanta Services, Inc. (b)
 
450,369
56,449,250
Willscot Mobile Mini Holdings (a)
 
1,558,619
50,530,428
 
 
 
106,979,678
Electrical Equipment - 3.3%
 
 
 
Acuity Brands, Inc.
 
291,423
44,890,799
AMETEK, Inc.
 
397,326
43,662,154
Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
198,890
41,882,256
Regal Rexnord Corp.
 
378,564
42,974,585
Sunrun, Inc. (a)(b)
 
1,297,346
30,306,003
 
 
 
203,715,797
Machinery - 3.4%
 
 
 
Crane Holdings Co.
 
649,736
56,890,884
Fortive Corp.
 
620,014
33,716,361
IDEX Corp.
 
183,594
33,346,178
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.
 
373,200
15,704,256
ITT, Inc.
 
1,055,609
70,979,149
 
 
 
210,636,828
Marine - 0.3%
 
 
 
Clarkson PLC
 
558,475
20,462,932
Professional Services - 3.5%
 
 
 
ASGN, Inc. (a)
 
473,306
42,715,867
FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)
 
246,700
44,615,695
Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc.
 
312,889
39,777,579
KBR, Inc.
 
1,383,739
66,959,130
TriNet Group, Inc. (a)
 
295,565
22,941,755
 
 
 
217,010,026
Road & Rail - 0.4%
 
 
 
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc.
 
138,800
21,856,836
Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.7%
 
 
 
GMS, Inc. (a)
 
372,773
16,588,399
RS GROUP PLC
 
2,768,496
29,286,084
Univar Solutions, Inc. (a)
 
2,199,584
54,703,654
 
 
 
100,578,137
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
1,112,276,386
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 11.9%
 
 
 
Communications Equipment - 0.7%
 
 
 
Digi International, Inc. (a)
 
1,737,001
42,070,164
Electronic Equipment & Components - 2.7%
 
 
 
CDW Corp.
 
142,876
22,511,543
Flex Ltd. (a)
 
3,083,500
44,618,245
Jabil, Inc.
 
1,370,175
70,166,662
Trimble, Inc. (a)
 
236,432
13,767,435
Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A (a)
 
57,477
16,895,364
 
 
 
167,959,249
IT Services - 4.7%
 
 
 
Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A (a)
 
625,200
35,007,551
Concentrix Corp.
 
424,771
57,615,938
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)
 
70,122
20,670,563
Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)
 
368,822
37,099,805
Genpact Ltd.
 
1,280,358
54,235,965
GoDaddy, Inc. (a)
 
450,454
31,333,580
WNS Holdings Ltd. sponsored ADR (a)
 
687,837
51,340,154
 
 
 
287,303,556
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.6%
 
 
 
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
303,978
13,232,162
MKS Instruments, Inc. (b)
 
409,171
41,993,220
onsemi (a)
 
811,814
40,842,362
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
96,243
26,339,784
Teradyne, Inc.
 
409,545
36,674,755
 
 
 
159,082,283
Software - 1.2%
 
 
 
Black Knight, Inc. (a)
 
529,557
34,627,732
Dynatrace, Inc. (a)
 
920,149
36,290,677
KnowBe4, Inc. (a)
 
373,800
5,838,756
 
 
 
76,757,165
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
733,172,417
MATERIALS - 7.0%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 2.1%
 
 
 
Cabot Corp.
 
196,100
12,509,219
Celanese Corp. Class A
 
243,437
28,630,626
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
 
369,741
31,697,896
Element Solutions, Inc.
 
3,269,505
58,197,189
 
 
 
131,034,930
Construction Materials - 1.0%
 
 
 
Eagle Materials, Inc.
 
209,661
23,050,130
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
 
133,937
40,079,308
 
 
 
63,129,438
Containers & Packaging - 0.9%
 
 
 
Avery Dennison Corp.
 
234,283
37,923,389
Sealed Air Corp.
 
267,700
15,451,644
 
 
 
53,375,033
Metals & Mining - 3.0%
 
 
 
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd. (Canada)
 
591,957
27,096,105
Commercial Metals Co.
 
476,400
15,768,840
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
 
2,329,600
44,195,799
Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. (a)
 
1,656,832
10,014,511
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
 
274,227
46,580,198
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.
 
1,169,200
42,128,260
 
 
 
185,783,713
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
433,323,114
REAL ESTATE - 8.3%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 7.8%
 
 
 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
 
163,683
23,738,945
CubeSmart
 
412,300
17,613,456
Douglas Emmett, Inc.
 
517,971
11,592,191
Duke Realty Corp.
 
654,958
35,989,942
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
 
230,200
35,526,766
Highwoods Properties, Inc. (SBI)
 
727,807
24,883,721
Invitation Homes, Inc.
 
1,387,472
49,366,254
Lamar Advertising Co. Class A
 
633,381
55,718,527
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
 
128,505
22,445,968
National Retail Properties, Inc.
 
1,000,411
43,017,673
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc. (a)
 
455,900
34,662,077
SL Green Realty Corp. (b)
 
507,162
23,405,526
Sun Communities, Inc.
 
104,400
16,637,184
Ventas, Inc.
 
1,078,237
55,453,729
VICI Properties, Inc.
 
1,099,187
32,744,781
 
 
 
482,796,740
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.5%
 
 
 
CBRE Group, Inc. (a)
 
388,428
28,592,185
TOTAL REAL ESTATE
 
 
511,388,925
UTILITIES - 4.7%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 2.1%
 
 
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
521,500
29,861,090
OGE Energy Corp. (b)
 
1,997,500
77,023,600
PG&E Corp. (a)
 
2,521,000
25,159,580
 
 
 
132,044,270
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 2.1%
 
 
 
Clearway Energy, Inc. Class C (b)
 
1,396,054
48,638,521
NextEra Energy Partners LP (b)
 
636,723
47,219,378
The AES Corp.
 
1,479,138
31,076,689
 
 
 
126,934,588
Multi-Utilities - 0.5%
 
 
 
Black Hills Corp.
 
423,000
30,781,710
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
289,760,568
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $5,126,308,914)
 
 
 
6,026,008,899
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 7.4%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58% (d)
 
128,450,800
128,476,490
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58% (d)(e)
 
325,907,986
325,940,577
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
  (Cost $454,417,067)
 
 
454,417,067
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 105.2%
  (Cost $5,580,725,981)
 
 
 
6,480,425,966
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (5.2)%  
(322,724,535)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
6,157,701,431
 
 
 
 
Legend
 
(a)
Non-income producing
 
(b)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(c)
Affiliated company
 
(d)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(e)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
 
Affiliated Central Funds
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58%
94,430,335
700,996,031
666,949,876
285,317
-
-
128,476,490
0.2%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58%
279,718,537
1,030,170,695
983,948,655
142,346
-
-
325,940,577
0.8%
Total
374,148,872
1,731,166,726
1,650,898,531
427,663
-
-
454,417,067
 
 
Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
 
Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
 
Other Affiliated Issuers
An affiliated company is a company in which the Fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities. Fiscal year to date transactions with companies which are or were affiliates are as follows:
Affiliate
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
Noodles & Co.
26,543,818
91,016
-
-
-
(12,811,382)
13,823,452
Total
26,543,818
91,016
-
-
-
(12,811,382)
13,823,452
 
 
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2022, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description
Total ($)
Level 1 ($)
Level 2 ($)
Level 3 ($)
  Investments in Securities:
 
 
 
 
 Equities:
 
 
 
 
Communication Services
101,070,244
101,070,244
-
-
Consumer Discretionary
678,687,543
678,687,543
-
-
Consumer Staples
277,291,309
277,291,309
-
-
Energy
338,473,156
338,473,156
-
-
Financials
909,157,330
909,157,330
-
-
Health Care
641,407,907
641,407,907
-
-
Industrials
1,112,276,386
1,112,276,386
-
-
Information Technology
733,172,417
698,164,866
35,007,551
-
Materials
433,323,114
423,308,603
10,014,511
-
Real Estate
511,388,925
511,388,925
-
-
Utilities
289,760,568
289,760,568
-
-
  Money Market Funds
454,417,067
454,417,067
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
6,480,425,966
6,435,403,904
45,022,062
-
 
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $315,956,162) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$6,012,185,447
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $5,105,266,452)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $454,417,067)
 
454,417,067
 
 
Other affiliated issuers (cost $21,042,462)
 
13,823,452
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $5,580,725,981)
 
 
$
6,480,425,966
Foreign currency held at value (cost $47,825)
 
 
 
47,922
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
3,927,585
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
5,606,608
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
157,195
Other receivables
 
 
 
120,750
  Total assets
 
 
 
6,490,286,026
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
$424,091
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
2,004,903
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
2,828,245
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees payable
 
843,787
 
 
Other affiliated payables
 
460,568
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
 
97,993
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
325,925,008
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
332,584,595
Net Assets  
 
 
$
6,157,701,431
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
4,969,567,969
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
1,188,133,462
Net Assets
 
 
$
6,157,701,431
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Initial Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($1,384,683,436 ÷ 43,651,119 shares)
 
 
$
31.72
Service Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($557,890,214 ÷ 17,836,474 shares)
 
 
$
31.28
Service Class 2 :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($3,647,881,694 ÷ 120,489,152 shares)
 
 
$
30.28
Investor Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($567,246,087 ÷ 18,044,015 shares)
 
 
$
31.44
 
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
41,593,368
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $142,346 from security lending)
 
 
 
427,663
 Total Income
 
 
 
42,021,031
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
18,813,050
 
 
Transfer agent fees
 
2,459,516
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees
 
5,653,708
 
 
Accounting fees
 
574,581
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
 
33,614
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
12,603
 
 
Audit
 
32,773
 
 
Legal
 
4,135
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
14,688
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
27,598,668
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(114,112)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
27,484,556
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
14,536,475
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
307,451,828
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
(197,684)
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
307,254,144
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
(2,007,886,164)
 
 
   Affiliated issuers
 
(12,811,382)
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(26,141)
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(2,020,723,687)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(1,713,469,543)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(1,698,933,068)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
December 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
14,536,475
$
28,538,173
Net realized gain (loss)
 
307,254,144
 
 
1,533,676,460
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(2,020,723,687)
 
279,604,374
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(1,698,933,068)
 
 
1,841,819,007
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(178,901,367)
 
 
(1,305,048,342)
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
(211,215,677)
 
 
86,384,864
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
(2,089,050,112)
 
 
623,155,529
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
8,246,751,543
 
7,623,596,014
 
End of period
$
6,157,701,431
$
8,246,751,543
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mid Cap Portfolio Initial Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
41.17
$
38.72
$
32.95
$
30.19
$
38.94
$
33.98
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.10
 
.23
 
.15
 
.27
 
.23
 
.26
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(8.67)
 
9.57
 
5.83
 
6.39
 
(5.47)
 
6.59
  Total from investment operations
 
(8.57)  
 
9.80  
 
5.98  
 
6.66  
 
(5.24)
 
6.85
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.28)
 
(.21)
 
(.28)
 
(.24)
 
(.26)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.88)
 
(7.07)
 
-
 
(3.63)
 
(3.27)
 
(1.63)
     Total distributions
 
(.88)
 
(7.35)
 
(.21)
 
(3.90) C
 
(3.51)
 
(1.89)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
31.72
$
41.17
$
38.72
$
32.95
$
30.19
$
38.94
 Total Return   D,E,F
 
(21.13)%
 
25.60%
 
18.19%
 
23.45%
 
(14.54)%
 
20.81%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.61% I
 
.61%
 
.62%
 
.62%
 
.62%
 
.63%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.60% I
 
.60%
 
.62%
 
.62%
 
.62%
 
.63%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.60% I
 
.60%
 
.62%
 
.61%
 
.62%
 
.62%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
.57% I
 
.52%
 
.48%
 
.88%
 
.62%
 
.74%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
1,384,683
$
1,810,651
$
1,579,450
$
843,080
$
1,141,305
$
1,463,407
    Portfolio turnover rate J
 
38% I
 
37% K
 
44%
 
34%
 
47%
 
31%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
D Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
E Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
F Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
G Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
I Annualized
 
J Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
K Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
Mid Cap Portfolio Service Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
40.63
$
38.28
$
32.59
$
29.90
$
38.60
$
33.70
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.08
 
.18
 
.12
 
.24
 
.19
 
.23
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(8.55)
 
9.47
 
5.74
 
6.33
 
(5.42)
 
6.52
  Total from investment operations
 
(8.47)  
 
9.65  
 
5.86  
 
6.57  
 
(5.23)
 
6.75
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.23)
 
(.17)
 
(.25)
 
(.20)
 
(.22)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.88)
 
(7.07)
 
-
 
(3.63)
 
(3.27)
 
(1.63)
     Total distributions
 
(.88)
 
(7.30)
 
(.17)
 
(3.88)
 
(3.47)
 
(1.85)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
31.28
$
40.63
$
38.28
$
32.59
$
29.90
$
38.60
 Total Return   C,D,E
 
(21.16)%
 
25.51%
 
18.04%
 
23.35%
 
(14.64)%
 
20.70%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.71% H
 
.71%
 
.72%
 
.72%
 
.72%
 
.73%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.70% H
 
.70%
 
.72%
 
.72%
 
.72%
 
.73%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.70% H
 
.70%
 
.72%
 
.71%
 
.72%
 
.72%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
.47% H
 
.42%
 
.38%
 
.78%
 
.52%
 
.64%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
557,890
$
726,039
$
642,654
$
564,678
$
504,156
$
629,727
    Portfolio turnover rate I
 
38% H
 
37% J
 
44%
 
34%
 
47%
 
31%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
F Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
H Annualized
 
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
Mid Cap Portfolio Service Class 2
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
39.39
$
37.29
$
31.75
$
29.22
$
37.79
$
33.03
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.06
 
.11
 
.07
 
.19
 
.13
 
.17
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(8.29)
 
9.22
 
5.59
 
6.18
 
(5.28)
 
6.39
  Total from investment operations
 
(8.23)  
 
9.33  
 
5.66  
 
6.37  
 
(5.15)
 
6.56
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.16)
 
(.12)
 
(.21)
 
(.15)
 
(.17)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.88)
 
(7.07)
 
-
 
(3.63)
 
(3.27)
 
(1.63)
     Total distributions
 
(.88)
 
(7.23)
 
(.12)
 
(3.84)
 
(3.42)
 
(1.80)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
30.28
$
39.39
$
37.29
$
31.75
$
29.22
$
37.79
 Total Return   C,D,E
 
(21.22)%
 
25.31%
 
17.87%
 
23.17%
 
(14.77)%
 
20.54%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.86% H
 
.86%
 
.87%
 
.87%
 
.87%
 
.88%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.85% H
 
.85%
 
.87%
 
.87%
 
.87%
 
.88%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.85% H
 
.85%
 
.87%
 
.86%
 
.87%
 
.87%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
.32% H
 
.27%
 
.23%
 
.63%
 
.37%
 
.49%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
3,647,882
$
4,970,428
$
4,807,908
$
5,282,468
$
4,526,446
$
6,070,380
    Portfolio turnover rate I
 
38% H
 
37% J
 
44%
 
34%
 
47%
 
31%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
F Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
H Annualized
 
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
J Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
Mid Cap Portfolio Investor Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
40.83
$
38.44
$
32.72
$
30.01
$
38.72
$
33.80
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.09
 
.20
 
.12
 
.25
 
.20
 
.23
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(8.60)
 
9.51
 
5.78
 
6.34
 
(5.43)
 
6.55
  Total from investment operations
 
(8.51)  
 
9.71  
 
5.90  
 
6.59  
 
(5.23)
 
6.78
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.24)
 
(.18)
 
(.26)
 
(.21)
 
(.23)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.88)
 
(7.07)
 
-
 
(3.63)
 
(3.27)
 
(1.63)
     Total distributions
 
(.88)
 
(7.32) C
 
(.18)
 
(3.88) C
 
(3.48)
 
(1.86)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
31.44
$
40.83
$
38.44
$
32.72
$
30.01
$
38.72
 Total Return   D,E,F
 
(21.16)%
 
25.54%
 
18.08%
 
23.35%
 
(14.60)%
 
20.72%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.68% I
 
.68%
 
.70%
 
.70%
 
.70%
 
.71%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.68% I
 
.68%
 
.70%
 
.70%
 
.70%
 
.71%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.68% I
 
.68%
 
.69%
 
.69%
 
.70%
 
.71%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
.50% I
 
.44%
 
.41%
 
.80%
 
.54%
 
.65%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
567,246
$
739,633
$
593,584
$
583,760
$
530,794
$
658,785
    Portfolio turnover rate J
 
38% I
 
37% K
 
44%
 
34%
 
47%
 
31%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
D Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
E Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
F Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
G Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
I Annualized
 
J Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
K Portfolio turnover rate excludes securities received or delivered in-kind.
 
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements   (Unaudited)
For the period ended June 30, 2022
 
1. Organization.
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund III (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of June 30, 2022 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Deferred Trustee Compensation. Under a Deferred Compensation Plan (the Plan) for certain Funds, certain independent Trustees have elected to defer receipt of a portion of their annual compensation. Deferred amounts are invested in affiliated mutual funds, are marked-to-market and remain in a fund until distributed in accordance with the Plan. The investment of deferred amounts and the offsetting payable to the Trustees presented below are included in the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities in other receivables and other payables and accrued expenses, as applicable.
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
$60,166
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), redemptions in kind, partnerships, deferred Trustee compensation, and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation
$1,338,438,939
Gross unrealized depreciation
(444,708,997)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$893,729,942
Tax cost
$5,586,696,024
The Fund elected to defer to its next fiscal year approximately $21,637,242 of capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
1,357,976,145
1,772,835,965
Prior Fiscal Year Unaffiliated Redemptions In-Kind. Shares that were redeemed in-kind for investments, including accrued interest and cash, if any, are shown in the table below; along with realized gain or loss on investments delivered through in-kind redemptions. The amount of the in-kind redemptions is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets. There was no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.
 
Shares
Total net realized gain or loss
($)
Total Proceeds
($)
Participating classes
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
6,032,548
124,938,878
276,471,713
Service Class 2
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .53% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class
$320,816
Service Class 2
5,332,892
 
$5,653,708
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
 
Amount
% of Class-Level Average Net Assets A
Initial Class
$494,053
.06
Service Class
198,550
.06
Service Class 2
1,319,604
.06
Investor Class
447,309
.14
 
$2,459,516
 
A Annualized
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
 
% of Average Net Assets
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
.02
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
 
Amount
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
$39,700
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
89,553,663
166,823,323
(155,712)
6. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
 
Amount
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
$6,537
7. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
$14,760
$-
$-
8. Expense Reductions.
During the period, custodian credits reduced the Fund's expenses by $62.
In addition, during the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $114,050.
9. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
Year ended
December 31, 2021
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Initial Class
$38,528,561
$282,249,519
Service Class
15,684,943
113,643,288
Service Class 2
108,754,144
793,950,040
Investor Class
15,933,719
115,205,495
Total
$178,901,367
$1,305,048,342
10. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
 
Shares
Shares
Dollars
Dollars
 
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
1,064,909
1,506,397
$38,283,502
$66,737,492
Reinvestment of distributions
1,034,608
6,777,394
38,528,561
282,249,519
Shares redeemed
(2,424,056)
(5,103,968)
(88,176,888)
(224,427,231)
Net increase (decrease).
(324,539)
3,179,823
$(11,364,825)
$124,559,780
Service Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
1,323,574
609,556
$47,131,608
$26,928,108
Reinvestment of distributions
427,034
2,765,282
15,684,943
113,643,288
Shares redeemed
(1,783,044)
(2,293,170)
(62,643,679)
(100,931,802)
Net increase (decrease).
(32,436)
1,081,668
$172,872
$39,639,594
Service Class 2
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
3,547,968
4,678,886
$123,435,711
$199,891,636
Reinvestment of distributions
3,056,609
19,921,529
108,754,144
793,950,039
Shares redeemed
(12,302,276)
(27,356,107)
(430,512,580)
(1,181,194,025)
Net increase (decrease).
(5,697,699)
(2,755,692)
$(198,322,725)
$(187,352,350)
Investor Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
240,307
921,130
$8,807,186
$40,113,978
Reinvestment of distributions
431,580
2,789,747
15,933,719
115,205,495
Shares redeemed
(743,502)
(1,036,797)
(26,441,904)
(45,781,633)
Net increase (decrease).
(71,615)
2,674,080
$(1,700,999)
$109,537,840
11. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% and certain otherwise unaffiliated shareholders were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund
Affiliated %
Number ofUnaffiliated Shareholders
Unaffiliated Shareholders %
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
13%
1
13
12. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
An outbreak of COVID-19 first detected in China during December 2019 has since spread globally and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization during March 2020. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may magnify factors that affect the Fund's performance.
 
Shareholder Expense Example  
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
 
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
 
 
 
Annualized Expense Ratio- A
 
Beginning Account Value January 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value June 30, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Mid Cap Portfolio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
.60%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 788.70
 
$ 2.66
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.82
 
$ 3.01
Service Class
 
 
 
.70%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 788.40
 
$ 3.10
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.32
 
$ 3.51
Service Class 2
 
 
 
.85%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 787.80
 
$ 3.77
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,020.58
 
$ 4.26
Investor Class
 
 
 
.68%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 788.40
 
$ 3.02
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.42
 
$ 3.41
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Mid Cap Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.
 
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
 
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services.   The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services.   The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family.   The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.
 
Investment Performance.   The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history. The Board noted that the fund had a portfolio manager change in February 2019. The Board will continue to monitor closely the fund's performance, taking into account the portfolio manager change.
 
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the representative class, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe.
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Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio.   The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.
 
Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods ended September 30 (June 30 for periods ended 2019 and 2018 and December 31 for periods prior to 2018) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked, is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board.  
 
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The Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio. In its review of the total expense ratio of the representative class (Initial Class), the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund's representative class is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG comparison, which focuses on the total expenses of the representative class relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
 
The Board noted that the total net expense ratio of Initial Class ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and below the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.  
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients.   The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
 
Costs of the Services and Profitability.   The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
 
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
 
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
 
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board. In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
 
Liquidity Risk Management Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program pursuant to the Liquidity Rule (the Program) effective December 1, 2018.  The Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program.  The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds.  The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) in the case of exchange-traded funds, certain additional factors including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable. 
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories described below based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of implementation of the Program for the annual period from December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021.  The report concluded that the Program has been implemented and is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
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Semi-Annual Report
June 30, 2022

Contents

Note to Shareholders

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Liquidity Risk Management Program

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Investment Summary June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Microsoft Corp.
8.8
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C
6.3
 
T-Mobile U.S., Inc.
4.0
 
NVIDIA Corp.
3.2
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
2.7
 
Tesla, Inc.
2.4
 
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
2.4
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class A
2.3
 
Roku, Inc. Class A
2.2
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
2.0
 
 
36.3
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
37.1
 
Communication Services
18.6
 
Consumer Discretionary
11.4
 
Health Care
11.4
 
Energy
8.9
 
Materials
4.3
 
Utilities
2.6
 
Industrials
2.5
 
Financials
1.4
 
Consumer Staples
0.4
 
Real Estate
0.1
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Foreign investments - 12.5%
Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
*    Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities).  
Percentages are based on country or territory of incorporation and are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts, if applicable.
 
 
Schedule of Investments June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 94.9%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 18.6%
 
 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Starry Group Holdings, Inc. Class A (a)
 
45,731
188,412
Starry, Inc.
 
164,890
645,379
 
 
 
833,791
Entertainment - 3.1%
 
 
 
Roku, Inc. Class A (a)(b)
 
515,224
42,320,499
Sea Ltd. ADR (a)
 
270,088
18,058,084
 
 
 
60,378,583
Interactive Media & Services - 10.8%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
20,776
45,276,306
 Class C (a)
 
56,923
124,516,216
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (a)
 
179,779
28,989,364
Zoominfo Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)
 
408,700
13,585,188
 
 
 
212,367,074
Media - 0.7%
 
 
 
Innovid Corp. (c)
 
141,062
234,163
Magnite, Inc. (a)
 
587,050
5,213,004
TechTarget, Inc. (a)
 
135,128
8,880,612
 
 
 
14,327,779
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 4.0%
 
 
 
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a)
 
586,988
78,973,366
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
366,880,593
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 10.3%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 2.4%
 
 
 
Neutron Holdings, Inc. (a)(c)(d)
 
106,587
3,070
Rad Power Bikes, Inc. (a)(c)(d)
 
56,834
296,105
Tesla, Inc. (a)
 
70,525
47,492,946
 
 
 
47,792,121
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
The Beachbody Co., Inc. (a)(c)
 
119,354
143,225
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.6%
 
 
 
Airbnb, Inc. Class A (a)
 
114,900
10,235,292
Sonder Holdings, Inc.
 
222,530
219,860
Sonder Holdings, Inc.:
 
 
 
 rights (a)(d)
 
2,658
1,515
 rights (a)(d)
 
2,658
1,356
 rights (a)(d)
 
2,657
1,222
 rights (a)(d)
 
2,657
1,089
 rights (a)(d)
 
2,657
1,010
 rights (a)(d)
 
2,657
930
Sweetgreen, Inc. Class A
 
110,404
1,286,207
 
 
 
11,748,481
Household Durables - 0.1%
 
 
 
Purple Innovation, Inc. (a)(b)
 
246,010
752,791
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 6.2%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
 
504,360
53,568,076
Cazoo Group Ltd. (a)(c)
 
37,900
27,288
Cazoo Group Ltd. Class A (a)(b)
 
1,840,267
1,324,992
Doordash, Inc. (a)(b)
 
199,800
12,821,166
FSN E-Commerce Ventures Private Ltd. (a)(c)
 
362,370
5,810,838
Global-e Online Ltd. (a)(b)
 
454,933
9,175,999
Lyft, Inc. (a)
 
574,516
7,629,572
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
1,373,593
28,103,713
Wayfair LLC Class A (a)
 
76,874
3,348,631
Zomato Ltd. (a)(c)
 
1,567,800
1,015,700
 
 
 
122,825,975
Specialty Retail - 0.5%
 
 
 
Auto1 Group SE (a)(b)(e)
 
1,339,700
9,806,511
Lithia Motors, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
900
247,329
 
 
 
10,053,840
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.5%
 
 
 
Bombas LLC (a)(c)(d)
 
745,906
3,319,282
lululemon athletica, Inc. (a)
 
25,772
7,025,705
 
 
 
10,344,987
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
203,661,420
CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.2%
 
 
 
Beverages - 0.1%
 
 
 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a)
 
5,700
1,726,929
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.0%
 
 
 
Blink Health LLC Series A1 (a)(c)(d)
 
8,327
315,926
Food Products - 0.1%
 
 
 
Local Bounti Corp. (a)
 
284,498
904,704
Household Products - 0.0%
 
 
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
 
1,700
244,443
Tobacco - 0.0%
 
 
 
JUUL Labs, Inc. Class B (a)(c)(d)
 
560
2,722
Philip Morris International, Inc.
 
2,700
266,598
 
 
 
269,320
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
3,461,322
ENERGY - 8.9%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
NOV, Inc.
 
48,400
818,444
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.8%
 
 
 
Antero Resources Corp. (a)
 
919,900
28,194,935
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
429,100
23,058,458
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada)
 
966,100
18,380,818
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
 
9,500
1,263,785
ConocoPhillips Co.
 
21,700
1,948,877
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
455,400
39,000,456
Hess Corp.
 
290,200
30,743,788
Imperial Oil Ltd.
 
128,600
6,062,343
Ovintiv, Inc.
 
234,000
10,340,460
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.
 
15,200
3,390,816
Range Resources Corp. (a)
 
37,800
935,550
Tourmaline Oil Corp.
 
209,600
10,898,484
 
 
 
174,218,770
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
175,037,214
FINANCIALS - 1.3%
 
 
 
Banks - 1.3%
 
 
 
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D (a)(c)(d)
 
1,101,900
3,162,887
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
559,900
21,931,283
 
 
 
25,094,170
HEALTH CARE - 11.3%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 2.7%
 
 
 
ADC Therapeutics SA (a)
 
37,288
296,440
Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
88,200
1,955,394
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
67,651
9,866,898
ALX Oncology Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
85,500
691,695
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
40,700
867,317
Argenx SE ADR (a)
 
18,031
6,831,585
Ascendis Pharma A/S sponsored ADR (a)
 
16,125
1,498,980
Aurinia Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)
 
235,500
2,366,775
Blueprint Medicines Corp. (a)
 
11,900
601,069
Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
107,200
2,890,112
Cyteir Therapeutics, Inc.
 
17,000
50,830
Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)
 
131,600
5,170,564
Erasca, Inc.
 
182,000
1,013,740
Exelixis, Inc. (a)
 
156,600
3,260,412
Fusion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
22,300
55,527
Icosavax, Inc. (a)(b)
 
68,900
394,797
Imago BioSciences, Inc.
 
95,900
1,284,101
Instil Bio, Inc. (a)
 
200,100
924,462
Keros Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
35,500
980,865
Mirati Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
22,300
1,496,999
Monte Rosa Therapeutics, Inc.
 
54,800
529,916
Morphic Holding, Inc. (a)
 
27,000
585,900
Nuvalent, Inc. Class A (a)
 
41,384
561,167
PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
9,000
360,540
Relay Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
117,900
1,974,825
Tenaya Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
56,600
318,658
TG Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
89,800
381,650
Vaxcyte, Inc. (a)
 
132,104
2,874,583
Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
87,700
2,464,370
 
 
 
52,550,171
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.0%
 
 
 
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
 
572,792
21,347,958
Insulet Corp. (a)
 
26,800
5,840,792
Penumbra, Inc. (a)
 
24,900
3,100,548
TransMedics Group, Inc. (a)(b)
 
316,841
9,964,649
 
 
 
40,253,947
Health Care Providers & Services - 5.9%
 
 
 
agilon health, Inc. (a)(b)
 
840,000
18,337,200
Alignment Healthcare, Inc. (a)
 
127,600
1,455,916
Cano Health, Inc. (a)
 
881,700
3,861,846
Centene Corp. (a)
 
286,100
24,206,921
Guardant Health, Inc. (a)
 
104,900
4,231,666
Humana, Inc.
 
56,672
26,526,463
LifeStance Health Group, Inc. (b)
 
1,122,084
6,238,787
Oak Street Health, Inc. (a)(b)
 
819,900
13,479,156
P3 Health Partners, Inc. (a)(c)
 
285,914
1,010,420
Sema4 Holdings Corp. (a)(c)
 
30,200
38,052
Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)
 
38,000
1,098,960
The Oncology Institute, Inc. (c)
 
112,536
569,432
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
31,348
16,101,273
 
 
 
117,156,092
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.6%
 
 
 
Danaher Corp.
 
31,600
8,011,232
Sartorius Stedim Biotech
 
9,826
3,081,939
 
 
 
11,093,171
Pharmaceuticals - 0.1%
 
 
 
Arvinas Holding Co. LLC (a)
 
39,400
1,658,346
Nabriva Therapeutics PLC (a)(b)
 
163,155
29,694
Nuvation Bio, Inc. (a)
 
40,528
131,311
 
 
 
1,819,351
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
222,872,732
INDUSTRIALS - 1.5%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 1.3%
 
 
 
Lockheed Martin Corp.
 
20,200
8,685,192
Northrop Grumman Corp.
 
19,000
9,092,830
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
 
63,600
6,112,596
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A (a)(c)(d)
 
13,000
910,000
The Boeing Co. (a)
 
9,500
1,298,840
 
 
 
26,099,458
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%
 
 
 
Delhivery Private Ltd. (c)
 
151,900
877,409
Deutsche Post AG
 
6,000
226,537
FedEx Corp.
 
800
181,368
 
 
 
1,285,314
Building Products - 0.0%
 
 
 
View, Inc. (a)(c)
 
179,413
276,117
Marine - 0.1%
 
 
 
Golden Ocean Group Ltd. (b)
 
163,400
1,901,976
Road & Rail - 0.0%
 
 
 
Bird Global, Inc. (a)(c)
 
87,563
38,177
Bird Global, Inc.:
 
 
 
 rights (a)(d)
 
15,639
469
 rights (a)(d)
 
15,639
156
 rights (a)(d)
 
15,638
0
 
 
 
38,802
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
29,601,667
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 35.9%
 
 
 
Communications Equipment - 0.1%
 
 
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
 
50,400
2,149,056
Electronic Equipment & Components - 1.1%
 
 
 
Flex Ltd. (a)
 
764,652
11,064,514
Jabil, Inc.
 
197,500
10,113,975
 
 
 
21,178,489
IT Services - 9.6%
 
 
 
Block, Inc. Class A (a)
 
114,400
7,031,024
Cloudflare, Inc. (a)
 
26,000
1,137,500
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A
 
174,900
11,804,001
Cyxtera Technologies, Inc. (a)(c)
 
143,648
1,628,968
Dlocal Ltd. (b)
 
333,865
8,763,956
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)
 
19,900
5,866,122
Flywire Corp. (a)
 
122,127
2,153,099
Globant SA (a)
 
1,200
208,800
GoDaddy, Inc. (a)
 
296,006
20,590,177
Marqeta, Inc. Class A (b)
 
588,260
4,770,789
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
80,556
25,413,807
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (a)
 
43,600
11,314,200
Nuvei Corp. (a)(e)
 
431,526
15,595,548
Payoneer Global, Inc. (a)(c)
 
65,400
256,368
Repay Holdings Corp. (a)
 
435,600
5,597,460
Shift4 Payments, Inc. (a)(b)
 
161,500
5,339,190
Shopify, Inc. Class A (a)
 
65,000
2,030,600
Snowflake, Inc. (a)
 
75,900
10,554,654
TaskUs, Inc. (b)
 
302,324
5,097,183
Thoughtworks Holding, Inc. (b)
 
128,015
1,806,292
Thoughtworks Holding, Inc. (e)
 
56,655
799,402
Twilio, Inc. Class A (a)
 
126,877
10,633,561
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
151,533
29,835,332
 
 
 
188,228,033
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 9.0%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
 
70,100
5,360,547
Applied Materials, Inc.
 
174,995
15,921,045
GlobalFoundries, Inc.
 
453,500
18,294,190
Lam Research Corp.
 
29,244
12,462,331
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
311,170
13,545,230
Micron Technology, Inc.
 
136,855
7,565,344
NVIDIA Corp.
 
419,652
63,615,047
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
156,845
23,217,765
onsemi (a)
 
360,939
18,158,841
 
 
 
178,140,340
Software - 14.7%
 
 
 
Bill.Com Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
40,600
4,463,564
BTRS Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
33,851
168,578
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)(c)
 
26,636
245,051
Confluent, Inc. (b)
 
61,300
1,424,612
Datadog, Inc. Class A (a)
 
56,000
5,333,440
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
348,056
7,890,430
Dynatrace, Inc. (a)
 
665,200
26,235,488
Elastic NV (a)
 
124,381
8,416,862
Epic Games, Inc. (a)(c)(d)
 
8,216
7,640,880
Five9, Inc. (a)
 
37,600
3,426,864
GitLab, Inc.
 
37,800
2,008,692
HubSpot, Inc. (a)
 
16,093
4,838,360
Intapp, Inc.
 
314,300
4,601,352
Intuit, Inc.
 
30,290
11,674,978
Microsoft Corp.
 
676,244
173,679,745
Paycom Software, Inc. (a)
 
700
196,084
Pine Labs Private Ltd. (c)(d)
 
2,299
1,286,520
Riskified Ltd.:
 
 
 
 Class A (e)
 
3,675
16,317
 Class B
 
143,774
638,357
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)
 
47,931
7,910,532
SentinelOne, Inc. (b)
 
15,000
349,950
ServiceNow, Inc. (a)
 
23,018
10,945,519
Stripe, Inc. Class B (a)(c)(d)
 
10,400
265,928
The Trade Desk, Inc. (a)
 
147,750
6,189,248
Viant Technology, Inc. (a)
 
169,415
860,628
 
 
 
290,707,979
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.4%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
197,304
26,975,403
IonQ, Inc. (a)(c)
 
87,900
385,002
 
 
 
27,360,405
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
707,764,302
MATERIALS - 4.2%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 1.0%
 
 
 
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
 
68,500
5,872,505
Nutrien Ltd.
 
126,600
10,088,754
The Mosaic Co.
 
67,100
3,169,133
 
 
 
19,130,392
Metals & Mining - 3.2%
 
 
 
Alcoa Corp.
 
180,300
8,218,074
ArcelorMittal SA Class A unit GDR
 
392,700
8,875,020
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
1,618,400
47,354,384
 
 
 
64,447,478
Paper & Forest Products - 0.0%
 
 
 
West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. (b)
 
3,300
253,217
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
83,831,087
REAL ESTATE - 0.1%
 
 
 
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%
 
 
 
Opendoor Technologies, Inc. (a)(b)
 
100,900
475,239
WeWork, Inc. (a)
 
259,600
1,303,192
 
 
 
1,778,431
UTILITIES - 2.6%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 1.8%
 
 
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
54,233
3,105,382
Exelon Corp.
 
46,000
2,084,720
NextEra Energy, Inc.
 
14,100
1,092,186
ORSTED A/S (e)
 
92,794
9,773,428
PG&E Corp. (a)
 
1,905,000
19,011,900
 
 
 
35,067,616
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.8%
 
 
 
NextEra Energy Partners LP
 
229,700
17,034,552
Vistra Corp.
 
200
4,570
 
 
 
17,039,122
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
52,106,738
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $1,624,348,788)
 
 
 
1,872,089,676
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stocks - 3.6%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 2.5%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.4%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.0%
 
 
 
Rad Power Bikes, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series A(a)(c)(d)
 
7,410
38,606
  Series C(a)(c)(d)
 
29,156
151,903
  Series D(c)(d)
 
54,800
285,508
 
 
 
476,017
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.3%
 
 
 
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series F (c)
 
20,489
988,721
GoBrands, Inc. Series G (a)(c)(d)
 
10,300
2,212,852
Instacart, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series H(a)(c)(d)
 
39,942
2,098,153
  Series I(a)(c)(d)
 
13,388
703,272
 
 
 
6,002,998
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.1%
 
 
 
CelLink Corp. Series D (c)(d)
 
49,900
1,039,113
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
7,518,128
 
 
 
 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 0.2%
 
 
 
Food & Staples Retailing - 0.1%
 
 
 
Blink Health LLC Series C (a)(c)(d)
 
40,445
1,534,483
 
 
 
 
Food Products - 0.1%
 
 
 
Bowery Farming, Inc. Series C1 (a)(c)(d)
 
57,277
1,896,441
 
 
 
 
Tobacco - 0.0%
 
 
 
JUUL Labs, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series C(a)(c)(d)
 
131,549
639,328
  Series D(a)(c)(d)
 
741
3,601
 
 
 
642,929
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
4,073,853
 
 
 
 
HEALTH CARE - 0.1%
 
 
 
Health Care Technology - 0.1%
 
 
 
Aledade, Inc. Series E1 (c)(d)
 
19,932
992,813
 
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 1.0%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 0.6%
 
 
 
Relativity Space, Inc. Series E (a)(c)(d)
 
149,903
2,734,231
Space Exploration Technologies Corp.:
 
 
 
  Series I(a)(c)(d)
 
3,941
2,758,700
  Series N(a)(c)(d)
 
8,100
5,670,000
 
 
 
11,162,931
Construction & Engineering - 0.3%
 
 
 
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A (a)(c)(d)
 
64,780
6,683,353
 
 
 
 
Road & Rail - 0.1%
 
 
 
Convoy, Inc. Series D (a)(c)(d)
 
197,216
2,137,821
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
19,984,105
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.7%
 
 
 
Communications Equipment - 0.1%
 
 
 
Meesho Series F (c)(d)
 
32,200
2,241,120
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D (a)(c)(d)
 
74,300
555,764
 
 
 
2,796,884
Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Enevate Corp. Series E (a)(c)(d)
 
1,172,546
1,299,983
 
 
 
 
IT Services - 0.2%
 
 
 
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1 (a)(c)(d)
 
17,456
2,660,993
Yanka Industries, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series E(a)(c)(d)
 
53,172
1,013,458
  Series F(a)(c)(d)
 
55,568
1,059,126
 
 
 
4,733,577
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.1%
 
 
 
GaN Systems, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series F1(c)(d)
 
44,969
301,742
  Series F2(c)(d)
 
23,746
159,336
SiMa.ai:
 
 
 
  Series B(a)(c)(d)
 
171,100
1,213,253
  Series B1(c)(d)
 
11,461
81,269
 
 
 
1,755,600
Software - 0.2%
 
 
 
Databricks, Inc. Series G (a)(c)(d)
 
9,000
1,423,980
Mountain Digital, Inc. Series D (c)(d)
 
118,780
1,734,188
Stripe, Inc. Series H (a)(c)(d)
 
4,500
115,065
Tenstorrent, Inc. Series C1 (a)(c)(d)
 
4,700
264,516
 
 
 
3,537,749
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
14,123,793
 
 
 
 
MATERIALS - 0.1%
 
 
 
Metals & Mining - 0.1%
 
 
 
Diamond Foundry, Inc. Series C (a)(c)(d)
 
99,028
2,831,211
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
49,523,903
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 1.1%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.6%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.1%
 
 
 
Neutron Holdings, Inc. Series 1C (a)(c)(d)
 
1,673,000
48,182
Waymo LLC Series A2 (a)(c)(d)
 
7,496
687,548
 
 
 
735,730
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.5%
 
 
 
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series E (c)
 
214,805
10,365,673
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
11,101,403
 
 
 
 
FINANCIALS - 0.1%
 
 
 
Diversified Financial Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
Thriveworks TopCo LLC Series B (c)(d)(f)
 
105,185
3,019,147
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.4%
 
 
 
IT Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
Gupshup, Inc. (a)(c)(d)
 
70,900
1,383,259
 
 
 
 
Software - 0.3%
 
 
 
Pine Labs Private Ltd.:
 
 
 
  Series 1(c)(d)
 
5,494
3,074,442
  Series A(c)(d)
 
1,373
768,331
  Series B(c)(d)
 
1,494
836,042
  Series B2(c)(d)
 
1,208
675,997
  Series C(c)(d)
 
2,247
1,257,421
  Series C1(c)(d)
 
473
264,691
  Series D(c)(d)
 
506
283,158
 
 
 
7,160,082
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
8,543,341
 
 
 
 
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
22,663,891
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
  (Cost $60,169,184)
 
 
 
72,187,794
 
 
 
 
Convertible Bonds - 0.1%
 
 
Principal
Amount (g)
 
Value ($)
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.1%
 
 
 
Neutron Holdings, Inc.:
 
 
 
 4% 10/27/25 (c)(d)(h)
 
1,609,900
1,482,235
 4% 5/22/27 (c)(d)
 
130,700
151,403
 4% 6/12/27 (c)(d)
 
35,600
41,239
Cost ($1,776,200)
 
 
1,674,877
 
 
 
 
Preferred Securities - 0.1%
 
 
Principal
Amount (g)
 
Value ($)
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.0%
 
 
 
Enevate Corp. 0% 1/29/23 (c)(d)
 
499,219
499,219
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.1%
 
 
 
GaN Systems, Inc. 0% (c)(d)(i)
 
1,054,022
1,054,022
Software - 0.0%
 
 
 
Tenstorrent, Inc. 0% (c)(d)(i)
 
260,000
260,000
 
TOTAL PREFERRED SECURITIES
  (Cost $1,813,241)
 
 
 
1,813,241
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 5.6%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58% (j)
 
9,139,249
9,141,077
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58% (j)(k)
 
101,111,127
101,121,238
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
  (Cost $110,262,315)
 
 
110,262,315
 
 
 
 
Equity Funds - 1.0%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Domestic Equity Funds - 1.0%
 
 
 
iShares Russell 1000 Growth Index ETF (b)
  (Cost $20,176,590)
 
89,900
19,661,130
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 105.3%
  (Cost $1,818,546,318)
 
 
 
2,077,689,033
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (5.3)%  
(105,409,773)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
1,972,279,260
 
 
 
 
Security Type Abbreviations
ETF
-
EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND
 
Legend
 
(a)
Non-income producing
 
(b)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(c)
Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues).  At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $105,435,442 or 5.3% of net assets.
 
(d)
Level 3 security
 
(e)
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $35,991,206 or 1.8% of net assets.
 
(f)
Investment is owned by a wholly-owned subsidiary (Subsidiary) that is treated as a corporation for U.S. tax purposes.
 
(g)
Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
 
(h)
Security initially issued at one coupon which converts to a higher coupon at a specified date. The rate shown is the rate at period end.
 
(i)
Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date.
 
(j)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(k)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:
Security
Acquisition Date
Acquisition Cost ($)
 
Aledade, Inc. Series E1
5/20/22
992,901
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A
4/09/21
4,746,431
Bird Global, Inc.
5/11/21
875,630
Blink Health LLC Series A1
12/30/20
225,578
Blink Health LLC Series C
11/07/19 - 7/14/21
1,544,028
Bombas LLC
2/16/21 - 11/12/21
3,539,531
Bowery Farming, Inc. Series C1
5/18/21
3,450,899
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1
11/18/20
1,912,727
Cazoo Group Ltd.
3/28/21
379,000
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.
2/02/21
266,360
CelLink Corp. Series D
1/20/22
1,039,113
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series E
5/11/21
3,486,300
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series F
5/09/22
863,406
Convoy, Inc. Series D
10/30/19
2,670,305
Cyxtera Technologies, Inc.
2/21/21
1,436,480
Databricks, Inc. Series G
2/01/21
1,596,311
Delhivery Private Ltd.
5/20/21
741,460
Diamond Foundry, Inc. Series C
3/15/21
2,376,672
Enevate Corp. Series E
1/29/21
1,299,984
Enevate Corp. 0% 1/29/23
1/29/21
499,219
Epic Games, Inc.
7/13/20 - 3/29/21
6,646,200
FSN E-Commerce Ventures Private Ltd.
10/07/20 - 10/26/20
994,523
GaN Systems, Inc. Series F1
11/30/21
381,337
GaN Systems, Inc. Series F2
11/30/21
201,366
GaN Systems, Inc. 0%
11/30/21
1,054,022
GoBrands, Inc. Series G
3/02/21
2,572,088
Gupshup, Inc.
6/08/21
1,621,143
Innovid Corp.
6/24/21
1,410,620
Instacart, Inc. Series H
11/13/20
2,396,520
Instacart, Inc. Series I
2/26/21
1,673,500
IonQ, Inc.
3/07/21
879,000
JUUL Labs, Inc. Class B
11/21/17
0
JUUL Labs, Inc. Series C
5/22/15
0
JUUL Labs, Inc. Series D
6/25/18
0
Meesho Series F
9/21/21
2,468,848
Mountain Digital, Inc. Series D
11/05/21
2,727,818
Neutron Holdings, Inc.
2/04/21
1,066
Neutron Holdings, Inc. Series 1C
7/03/18
305,891
Neutron Holdings, Inc. 4% 10/27/25
10/29/21
1,609,900
Neutron Holdings, Inc. 4% 5/22/27
6/04/20
130,700
Neutron Holdings, Inc. 4% 6/12/27
6/12/20
35,600
P3 Health Partners, Inc.
5/25/21
2,859,140
Payoneer Global, Inc.
2/03/21
654,000
Pine Labs Private Ltd.
6/30/21
857,205
Pine Labs Private Ltd. Series 1
6/30/21
2,048,493
Pine Labs Private Ltd. Series A
6/30/21
511,937
Pine Labs Private Ltd. Series B
6/30/21
557,053
Pine Labs Private Ltd. Series B2
6/30/21
450,415
Pine Labs Private Ltd. Series C
6/30/21
837,816
Pine Labs Private Ltd. Series C1
6/30/21
176,363
Pine Labs Private Ltd. Series D
6/30/21
188,667
Rad Power Bikes, Inc.
1/21/21
274,158
Rad Power Bikes, Inc. Series A
1/21/21
35,745
Rad Power Bikes, Inc. Series C
1/21/21
140,644
Rad Power Bikes, Inc. Series D
9/17/21
525,192
Relativity Space, Inc. Series E
5/27/21
3,423,050
Sema4 Holdings Corp.
2/09/21
302,000
SiMa.ai Series B
5/10/21
877,298
SiMa.ai Series B1
4/25/22
81,269
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A
2/16/21
545,987
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Series I
4/05/18
666,029
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Series N
8/04/20
2,187,000
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D
6/18/21 - 4/05/22
2,084,120
Stripe, Inc. Class B
5/18/21
417,335
Stripe, Inc. Series H
3/15/21
180,563
Tenstorrent, Inc. Series C1
4/23/21
279,435
Tenstorrent, Inc. 0%
4/23/21
260,000
The Beachbody Co., Inc.
2/09/21
1,193,540
The Oncology Institute, Inc.
6/28/21
1,125,360
Thriveworks TopCo LLC Series B
7/23/21 - 2/25/22
3,019,147
View, Inc.
3/05/21
1,794,130
Waymo LLC Series A2
5/08/20
643,661
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D
2/16/21
594,103
Yanka Industries, Inc. Series E
5/15/20
642,275
Yanka Industries, Inc. Series F
4/08/21
1,771,330
Zomato Ltd.
12/09/20 - 2/10/21
1,100,721
 
Affiliated Central Funds
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58%
3,496,381
210,124,203
204,479,507
9,801
-
-
9,141,077
0.0%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58%
124,803,443
632,812,339
656,494,544
393,073
-
-
101,121,238
0.3%
Total
128,299,824
842,936,542
860,974,051
402,874
-
-
110,262,315
 
 
Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
 
Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2022, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description
Total ($)
Level 1 ($)
Level 2 ($)
Level 3 ($)
  Investments in Securities:
 
 
 
 
 Equities:
 
 
 
 
Communication Services
366,880,593
366,235,214
645,379
-
Consumer Discretionary
222,280,951
192,989,443
18,400,792
10,890,716
Consumer Staples
7,535,175
3,142,674
-
4,392,501
Energy
175,037,214
175,037,214
-
-
Financials
28,113,317
21,931,283
-
6,182,034
Health Care
223,865,545
221,862,312
1,010,420
992,813
Industrials
49,585,772
27,310,979
1,380,063
20,894,730
Information Technology
730,431,436
698,570,974
-
31,860,462
Materials
86,662,298
83,831,087
-
2,831,211
Real Estate
1,778,431
1,778,431
-
-
Utilities
52,106,738
42,333,310
9,773,428
-
 Corporate Bonds
1,674,877
-
-
1,674,877
 Preferred Securities
1,813,241
-
-
1,813,241
 Money Market Funds
110,262,315
110,262,315
-
-
  Equity Funds
19,661,130
19,661,130
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
2,077,689,033
1,964,946,366
31,210,082
81,532,585
The following is a reconciliation of Investments in Securities for which Level 3 inputs were used in determining value:
 
 
Investments in Securities:
 
Equities - Industrials
 
 
 
  Beginning Balance
$
19,804,962
 
  Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities
 
-
 
  Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities
 
1,816,884
 
  Cost of Purchases
 
-
 
  Proceeds of Sales
 
-
 
  Amortization/Accretion
 
-
 
  Transfers into Level 3
 
-
 
  Transfers out of Level 3
 
(727,116)
 
  Ending Balance
$
20,894,730
 
  The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at June 30, 2022
$
1,816,884
 
Equities - Information Technology
 
 
 
  Beginning Balance
$
35,813,938
 
  Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities
 
-
 
  Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities
 
(4,034,745)
 
  Cost of Purchases
 
81,269
 
  Proceeds of Sales
 
-
 
  Amortization/Accretion
 
-
 
  Transfers into Level 3
 
-
 
  Transfers out of Level 3
 
-
 
  Ending Balance
$
31,860,462
 
  The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at June 30, 2022
$
(4,034,745)
 
Other Investments in Securities
 
 
 
  Beginning Balance
$
40,714,229
 
  Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities
 
-
 
  Net Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Securities
 
(14,696,956)
 
  Cost of Purchases
 
2,657,630
 
  Proceeds of Sales
 
-
 
  Amortization/Accretion
 
-
 
  Transfers into Level 3
 
102,490
 
  Transfers out of Level 3
 
-
 
  Ending Balance
$
28,777,393
 
  The change in unrealized gain (loss) for the period attributable to Level 3 securities held at June 30, 2022
$
(14,696,956)
 
 
 
The information used in the above reconciliation represents fiscal year to date activity for any Investments in Securities identified as using Level 3 inputs at either the beginning or the end of the current fiscal period. Cost of purchases and proceeds of sales may include securities received and/or delivered through in-kind transactions. Transfers into Level 3 were attributable to a lack of observable market data resulting from decreases in market activity, decreases in liquidity, security restructurings or corporate actions. Transfers out of Level 3 were attributable to observable market data becoming available for those securities. Transfers in or out of Level 3 represent the beginning value of any Security or Instrument where a change in the pricing level occurred from the beginning to the end of the period. The cost of purchases and the proceeds of sales may include securities received or delivered through corporate actions or exchanges. Realized and unrealized gains (losses) disclosed in the reconciliation are included in Net Gain (Loss) on the Fund's Statement of Operations.
 
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $94,847,700) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$1,967,426,719
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,708,284,004)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $110,262,314)
 
110,262,314
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $1,818,546,318)
 
 
$
2,077,689,033
Cash
 
 
 
343,653
Foreign currency held at value (cost $97,772)
 
 
 
97,772
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
 
2,450,137
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
857,008
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
675,935
Interest receivable
 
 
 
25,208
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
50,317
Other receivables
 
 
 
2,011
  Total assets
 
 
 
2,082,191,074
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
$6,020,721
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
803,668
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
922,380
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees payable
 
196,289
 
 
Other affiliated payables
 
207,924
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
 
646,811
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
101,114,021
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
109,911,814
Net Assets  
 
 
$
1,972,279,260
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
1,861,553,377
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
110,725,883
Net Assets
 
 
$
1,972,279,260
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Initial Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($274,187,953 ÷ 6,490,370 shares)
 
 
$
42.25
Service Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($97,161,411 ÷ 2,307,787 shares)
 
 
$
42.10
Service Class 2 :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($854,868,966 ÷ 20,774,780 shares)
 
 
$
41.15
Investor Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($746,060,930 ÷ 17,848,591 shares)
 
 
$
41.80
 
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
6,048,199
Interest  
 
 
14,801
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $393,073 from security lending)
 
 
 
402,874
 Total Income
 
 
 
6,465,874
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
6,609,836
 
 
Transfer agent fees
 
1,143,938
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees
 
1,369,389
 
 
Accounting fees
 
368,323
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
 
30,613
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
4,659
 
 
Audit
 
32,960
 
 
Legal
 
4,516
 
 
Interest
 
5,460
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
5,741
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
9,575,435
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(44,442)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
9,530,993
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
(3,065,119)
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers(net of foreign taxes of $1,824,036)
 
(101,042,509)
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
(138,935)
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
(101,181,444)
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers (net of decrease in deferred foreign taxes of $2,150,094)  
 
(1,058,922,046)
 
 
 Unfunded commitments
 
97,283
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(3,056)
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(1,058,827,819)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(1,160,009,263)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(1,163,074,382)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
December 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
(3,065,119)
$
(14,311,071)
Net realized gain (loss)
 
(101,181,444)
 
 
518,790,946
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(1,058,827,819)
 
(157,766,100)
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(1,163,074,382)
 
 
346,713,775
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(455,527,380)
 
 
(290,996,278)
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
294,534,991
 
 
275,469,006
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
(1,324,066,771)
 
 
331,186,503
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
3,296,346,031
 
2,965,159,528
 
End of period
$
1,972,279,260
$
3,296,346,031
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Growth Opportunities Portfolio Initial Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
79.25
$
77.54
$
48.86
$
38.01
$
36.08
$
31.06
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
(.03)
 
(.24)
 
(.06)
 
.09 C
 
.03
 
.13
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(25.88)
 
9.38
 
32.11
 
14.54
 
4.19
 
9.54
  Total from investment operations
 
(25.91)  
 
9.14  
 
32.05  
 
14.63  
 
4.22
 
9.67
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
-
 
(.01)
 
(.07)
 
(.05)
 
(.10)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(11.09)
 
(7.43)
 
(3.36)
 
(3.71)
 
(2.24)
 
(4.54)
     Total distributions
 
(11.09)
 
(7.43)
 
(3.37)
 
(3.78)
 
(2.29)
 
(4.65) D
  Net asset value, end of period
$
42.25
$
79.25
$
77.54
$
48.86
$
38.01
$
36.08
 Total Return   E,F,G
 
(36.31)%
 
11.94%
 
68.66%
 
40.84%
 
12.46%
 
34.47%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,H,I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.62% J
 
.62%
 
.64%
 
.64%
 
.65%
 
.67%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.62% J
 
.62%
 
.64%
 
.64%
 
.65%
 
.66%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.62% J
 
.62%
 
.63%
 
.64%
 
.65%
 
.66%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
(.11)% J
 
(.30)%
 
(.10)%
 
.20% C
 
.09%
 
.40%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
274,188
$
471,980
$
470,897
$
284,621
$
187,106
$
167,740
    Portfolio turnover rate K
 
89% J
 
82%
 
65%
 
49%
 
39%
 
54%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.07 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .03%.
 
D Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
E Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
F Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
G Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
H Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
J Annualized
 
K Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Growth Opportunities Portfolio Service Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
79.06
$
77.37
$
48.77
$
37.95
$
36.02
$
31.01
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
(.06)
 
(.32)
 
(.12)
 
.04 C
 
- D
 
.10
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(25.81)
 
9.35
 
32.04
 
14.52
 
4.17
 
9.52
  Total from investment operations
 
(25.87)  
 
9.03  
 
31.92  
 
14.56  
 
4.17
 
9.62
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
-
 
- D
 
(.02)
 
(.04)
 
(.07)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(11.09)
 
(7.34)
 
(3.31)
 
(3.71)
 
(2.20)
 
(4.54)
     Total distributions
 
(11.09)
 
(7.34)
 
(3.32) E
 
(3.74) E
 
(2.24)
 
(4.61)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
42.10
$
79.06
$
77.37
$
48.77
$
37.95
$
36.02
 Total Return   F,G,H
 
(36.35)%
 
11.83%
 
68.49%
 
40.70%
 
12.35%
 
34.36%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,I,J
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.72% K
 
.72%
 
.74%
 
.74%
 
.75%
 
.77%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.72% K
 
.72%
 
.74%
 
.74%
 
.75%
 
.76%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.72% K
 
.72%
 
.73%
 
.74%
 
.75%
 
.76%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
(.21)% K
 
(.40)%
 
(.20)%
 
.10% C
 
(.01)%
 
.30%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
97,161
$
157,797
$
163,452
$
111,145
$
94,561
$
102,730
    Portfolio turnover rate L
 
89% K
 
82%
 
65%
 
49%
 
39%
 
54%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.07 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.07)%.
 
D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
 
E Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
F Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
I Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
K Annualized
 
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Growth Opportunities Portfolio Service Class 2
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
77.62
$
76.08
$
48.05
$
37.46
$
35.60
$
30.71
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
(.09)
 
(.44)
 
(.20)
 
(.02) C
 
(.06)
 
.05
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(25.29)
 
9.22
 
31.50
 
14.31
 
4.13
 
9.42
  Total from investment operations
 
(25.38)  
 
8.78  
 
31.30  
 
14.29  
 
4.07
 
9.47
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
(.03)
 
(.04)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(11.09)
 
(7.24)
 
(3.27)
 
(3.70)
 
(2.17)
 
(4.54)
     Total distributions
 
(11.09)
 
(7.24)
 
(3.27)
 
(3.70)
 
(2.21) D
 
(4.58)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
41.15
$
77.62
$
76.08
$
48.05
$
37.46
$
35.60
 Total Return   E,F,G
 
(36.40)%
 
11.68%
 
68.21%
 
40.49%
 
12.18%
 
34.17%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,H,I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.87% J
 
.87%
 
.88%
 
.89%
 
.90%
 
.91%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.87% J
 
.87%
 
.88%
 
.89%
 
.90%
 
.91%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.87% J
 
.87%
 
.88%
 
.89%
 
.90%
 
.91%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
(.36)% J
 
(.55)%
 
(.35)%
 
(.05)% C
 
(.16)%
 
.15%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
854,869
$
1,304,134
$
1,079,778
$
505,917
$
273,228
$
193,945
    Portfolio turnover rate K
 
89% J
 
82%
 
65%
 
49%
 
39%
 
54%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.07 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.22)%.
 
D Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
E Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
F Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
G Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
H Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
J Annualized
 
K Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Growth Opportunities Portfolio Investor Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
78.58
$
76.94
$
48.52
$
37.78
$
35.88
$
30.91
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
(.05)
 
(.30)
 
(.10)
 
.05 C
 
- D
 
.10
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(25.64)
 
9.31
 
31.86
 
14.44
 
4.16
 
9.49
  Total from investment operations
 
(25.69)  
 
9.01  
 
31.76  
 
14.49  
 
4.16
 
9.59
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
-
 
(.01)
 
(.04)
 
(.04)
 
(.08)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(11.09)
 
(7.37)
 
(3.33)
 
(3.71)
 
(2.22)
 
(4.54)
     Total distributions
 
(11.09)
 
(7.37)
 
(3.34)
 
(3.75)
 
(2.26)
 
(4.62)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
41.80
$
78.58
$
76.94
$
48.52
$
37.78
$
35.88
 Total Return   E,F,G
 
(36.34)%
 
11.87%
 
68.52%
 
40.71%
 
12.37%
 
34.38%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,H,I
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.70% J
 
.70%
 
.71%
 
.72%
 
.73%
 
.75%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.70% J
 
.70%
 
.71%
 
.72%
 
.73%
 
.75%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.70% J
 
.70%
 
.71%
 
.72%
 
.73%
 
.74%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
(.18)% J
 
(.38)%
 
(.18)%
 
.12% C
 
.01%
 
.32%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
746,061
$
1,362,435
$
1,251,032
$
647,493
$
347,473
$
243,040
    Portfolio turnover rate K
 
89% J
 
82%
 
65%
 
49%
 
39%
 
54%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.07 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.05)%.
 
D Amount represents less than $.005 per share.
 
E Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
F Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
G Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
H Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
I Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
J Annualized
 
K Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements   (Unaudited)
For the period ended June 30, 2022
 
1. Organization.
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund III (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy. Securities, including private placements or other restricted securities, for which observable inputs are not available are valued using alternate valuation approaches, including the market approach, the income approach and cost approach, and are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy. The market approach considers factors including the price of recent investments in the same or a similar security or financial metrics of comparable securities. The income approach considers factors including expected future cash flows, security specific risks and corresponding discount rates. The cost approach considers factors including the value of the security's underlying assets and liabilities.
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds and preferred securities are valued by pricing vendors who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.
ETFs are valued at their last sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day but the exchange reports a closing bid level, ETFs are valued at the closing bid and would be categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there was no closing bid, ETFs may be valued by another method that the Board believes reflects fair value in accordance with the Board's fair value pricing policies and may be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
The following provides information on Level 3 securities held by the Fund that were valued at period end based on unobservable inputs. These amounts exclude valuations provided by a broker.
Asset Type
Fair Value
Valuation Technique(s)
Unobservable Input
Amount or Range/Weighted Average
Impact to Valuation from an Increase in Input A
Equities
$78,044,467
Market approach
Transaction price
$1.11 - $700.00 / $319.84
Increase
 
 
 
Discount rate
5.3% - 20.9% / 11.4%
Decrease
 
 
Recovery value
Recovery value
$0.00 - $0.57 / $0.42
Increase
 
 
 
Discount for lack of marketability
5.0%
Decrease
 
 
Market comparable
Recovery value
$0.00
Increase
 
 
 
Enterprise value/Revenue multiple (EV/R)
2.0 - 26.0 / 7.2
Increase
 
 
 
Enterprise value/Gross profit multiple (EV/GP)
8.8
Increase
 
 
 
Probability rate
15.0% - 85.0% / 50.0%
Increase
 
 
Discounted cash flow
Weighted average cost of capital (WACC)
30.0%
Decrease
 
 
 
Term
5.0
Increase
 
 
 
Volatility
80.0%
Increase
 
 
 
Exit multiple
2.5
Increase
Corporate Bonds
$1,674,877
Market comparable
Enterprise value/Revenue multiple (EV/R)
2.8
Increase
 
 
 
Discount rate
29.2%
Decrease
 
 
 
Term
1.1 - 1.3 / 1.2
Increase
 
 
 
Volatility
75.0%
Increase
 
 
 
Probability rate
10.0% - 65.0% / 33.3%
Increase
Preferred Securities
$1,813,241
Market approach
Transaction price
$100.00
Increase
A Represents the directional change in the fair value of the Level 3 investments that could have resulted from an increase in the corresponding input as of period end. A decrease to the unobservable input would have had the opposite effect. Significant changes in these inputs may have resulted in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement at period end.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of June 30, 2022, as well as a roll forward of Level 3 investments, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction. Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. The Fund is subject to a tax imposed on capital gains by certain countries in which it invests. An estimated deferred tax liability for net unrealized appreciation on the applicable securities is included in Other payables and accrued expenses on the Statement of Assets & Liabilities.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), net operating losses and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation
$621,122,107
Gross unrealized depreciation
(401,429,715)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$219,692,392
Tax cost
$1,857,996,641
The Fund elected to defer to its next fiscal year approximately $19,615,754 of capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021.
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. Funds may invest in stock, warrants, and other securities of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) or similar special purpose entities. A SPAC is a publicly traded company that raises investment capital via an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of acquiring the equity securities of one or more existing companies via merger, business combination, acquisition or other similar transactions within a designated time frame.
Private Investment in Public Equity. Funds may acquire equity securities of an issuer through a private investment in a public equity (PIPE) transaction, including through commitments to purchase securities on a when-issued basis. A PIPE typically involves the purchase of securities directly from a publicly traded company in a private placement transaction. Securities purchased through PIPE transactions will be restricted from trading and considered illiquid until a resale registration statement for the shares is filed and declared effective.
At the current and/or prior period end, the Fund had commitments to purchase when-issued securities through PIPE transactions with SPACs. The commitments are contingent upon the SPACs acquiring the securities of target companies. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable.
Consolidated Subsidiary. The Funds included in the table below hold certain investments through a wholly-owned subsidiary ("Subsidiary"), which may be subject to federal and state taxes upon disposition.
As of period end, investments in Subsidiaries were as follows:
 
$ Amount
% of Net Assets
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
3,019,147
.15
The financial statements have been consolidated to include the Subsidiary accounts where applicable. Accordingly, all inter-company transactions and balances have been eliminated.
At period end, any estimated tax liability for these investments is presented as "Deferred taxes" in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and included in "Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities" in the Statement of Operations. The tax liability incurred may differ materially depending on conditions when these investments are disposed. Any cash held by a Subsidiary is restricted as to its use and is presented as "Restricted cash" in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if applicable.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
1,148,419,506
1,319,732,107
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .53% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class
$61,257
Service Class 2
1,308,132
 
$1,369,389
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
 
Amount
% of Class-Level Average Net Assets A
Initial Class
$110,292
.06
Service Class
37,830
.06
Service Class 2
323,349
.06
Investor Class
672,467
.14
 
$1,143,938
 
A Annualized
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
 
% of Average Net Assets
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
.03
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
 
Amount
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
$25,962
Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. Activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:
 
Borrower or Lender
Average Loan Balance
Weighted Average Interest Rate
Interest Expense
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
Borrower
$9,180,135
.38%
$5,362
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
125,892,519
91,261,510
(2,530,303)
Other. During the period, the investment adviser reimbursed the Fund for certain losses as follows:
 
Amount ($)
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
3,164
6. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
 
Amount
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
$2,525
7. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
$42,164
$12,078
$-
8. Bank Borrowings.
The Fund is permitted to have bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity requirements. The Fund has established borrowing arrangements with certain banks. The interest rate on the borrowings is the bank's base rate, as revised from time to time. Any open loans, including accrued interest, at period end are presented under the caption "Notes payable" in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, if applicable. Activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:
 
Average Loan Balance
Weighted Average Interest Rate
Interest Expense
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
$6,094,000
.58%
$98
9. Expense Reductions.
During the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $44,442.
10. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
Year ended
December 31, 2021
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Initial Class
$64,630,110
$44,683,955
Service Class
21,878,935
15,002,730
Service Class 2
187,539,568
106,914,640
Investor Class
181,478,767
124,394,953
Total
$455,527,380
$290,996,278
11. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
 
Shares
Shares
Dollars
Dollars
 
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
245,907
798,604
$13,765,926
$64,046,280
Reinvestment of distributions
1,134,459
562,222
64,630,110
44,683,955
Shares redeemed
(845,235)
(1,478,756)
(46,856,758)
(117,097,350)
Net increase (decrease).
535,131
(117,930)
$31,539,278
$(8,367,115)
Service Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
82,523
131,744
$4,264,185
$10,555,172
Reinvestment of distributions
385,193
189,152
21,878,935
15,002,730
Shares redeemed
(155,753)
(437,810)
(8,552,345)
(34,733,936)
Net increase (decrease).
311,963
(116,914)
$17,590,775
$(9,176,034)
Service Class 2
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
2,994,365
5,059,471
$156,640,250
$395,555,746
Reinvestment of distributions
3,376,658
1,373,358
187,539,568
106,914,640
Shares redeemed
(2,398,431)
(3,822,447)
(124,950,554)
(303,873,474)
Net increase (decrease).
3,972,592
2,610,382
$219,229,264
$198,596,912
Investor Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
253,635
2,450,283
$13,609,342
$197,530,478
Reinvestment of distributions
3,218,850
1,578,749
181,478,767
124,394,953
Shares redeemed
(2,961,922)
(2,950,707)
(168,912,435)
(227,510,188)
Net increase (decrease).
510,563
1,078,325
$26,175,674
$94,415,243
12. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% and certain otherwise unaffiliated shareholders were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund
Affiliated %
Number of Unaffiliated Shareholders
Unaffiliated Shareholders %
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
45%
1
38%
13. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
An outbreak of COVID-19 first detected in China during December 2019 has since spread globally and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization during March 2020. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may magnify factors that affect the Fund's performance.
 
 
Shareholder Expense Example  
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
 
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
 
 
 
Annualized Expense Ratio- A
 
Beginning Account Value January 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value June 30, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Growth Opportunities Portfolio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
.62%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 636.90
 
$ 2.52
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.72
 
$ 3.11
Service Class
 
 
 
.72%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 636.50
 
$ 2.92
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.22
 
$ 3.61
Service Class 2
 
 
 
.87%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 636.00
 
$ 3.53
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,020.48
 
$ 4.36
Investor Class
 
 
 
.70%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 636.60
 
$ 2.84
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.32
 
$ 3.51
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.  
 
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided.   The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
 
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.
 
Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history.  
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the representative class, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe .  
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio.   The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.
 
Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods ended September 30 (June 30 for periods ended 2019 and 2018 and December 31 for periods prior to 2018) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked, is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board.    
VIP Growth Opportunities Portfolio
 
The Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio . In its review of the total expense ratio of the representative class (Initial Class), the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund's representative class is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG comparison, which focuses on the total expenses of the representative class relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
 
The Board noted that the total net expense ratio of Initial Class ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and above the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021. The Board considered that, in general, various factors can affect total expense ratios. The Board also considered that the servicing component of the VIP universe differs by class for both VIP Fidelity and competitor classes and that the servicing component of Initial Class is split between the class-level and the annuity level whereas other competitor classes provide all servicing at the annuity level.
 
The Board noted that the fund offers multiple classes, each of which has a different 12b-1 fee structure, and that the multiple structures are intended to offer a range of pricing options for the intermediary market. The Board also noted that the total expense ratios of the classes vary primarily by the level of their 12b-1 fees, although differences in transfer agent fees may also cause expenses to vary from class to class.
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
 
Costs of the Services and Profitability.   The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
 
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
 
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
 
Economies of Scale.   The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board.   In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
 
Liquidity Risk Management Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program pursuant to the Liquidity Rule (the Program) effective December 1, 2018.  The Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program.  The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds.  The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) in the case of exchange-traded funds, certain additional factors including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable. 
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories described below based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of implementation of the Program for the annual period from December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021.  The report concluded that the Program has been implemented and is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
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Semi-Annual Report
June 30, 2022

Contents

Note to Shareholders

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Liquidity Risk Management Program

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Early in 2020, the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 emerged as a public health emergency that had a major influence on financial markets, primarily based on its impact on the global economy and corporate earnings. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, citing sustained risk of further global spread. The pandemic prompted a number of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, including travel and border restrictions, quarantines, and restrictions on large gatherings. In turn, these resulted in lower consumer activity, diminished demand for a wide range of products and services, disruption in manufacturing and supply chains, and - given the wide variability in outcomes regarding the outbreak - significant market uncertainty and volatility. To help stem the turmoil, the U.S. government took unprecedented action - in concert with the U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks around the world - to help support consumers, businesses, and the broader economy, and to limit disruption to the financial system.
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Extreme events such as the COVID-19 crisis are exogenous shocks that can have significant adverse effects on mutual funds and their investments. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by market disruption, the duration and impact may not be the same for all types of assets. Fidelity is committed to helping you stay informed amid news about COVID-19 and during increased market volatility, and we continue to take extra steps to be responsive to customer needs. We encourage you to visit us online, where we offer ongoing updates, commentary, and analysis on the markets and our funds.
 
 
Investment Summary June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
7.0
 
Microsoft Corp.
6.4
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
5.2
 
General Electric Co.
4.1
 
Apple, Inc.
3.2
 
Bank of America Corp.
2.8
 
Comcast Corp. Class A
2.3
 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. *
2.2
 
Hess Corp. *
1.8
 
Visa, Inc. Class A
1.7
 
 
36.7
 
 
* Security or a portion of the security is pledged as collateral for call options written.
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
18.9
 
Financials
16.3
 
Health Care
14.9
 
Industrials
14.9
 
Energy
12.3
 
Consumer Staples
6.3
 
Communication Services
5.6
 
Consumer Discretionary
2.6
 
Materials
2.3
 
Utilities
1.5
 
Real Estate
1.1
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Written Options - (0.0)%*
Percentages shown as 0.0% may reflect amounts less than 0.05%.
Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
*    Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities).  
Percentages are based on country or territory of incorporation and are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts, if applicable.
 
 
Schedule of Investments June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 96.3%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 5.5%
 
 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.9%
 
 
 
Cellnex Telecom SA (a)
 
112,500
4,365,629
Elisa Corp. (A Shares)
 
29,400
1,652,018
Verizon Communications, Inc.
 
192,280
9,758,210
 
 
 
15,775,857
Entertainment - 1.6%
 
 
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
 
43,000
3,347,980
Nintendo Co. Ltd. ADR
 
65,500
3,525,210
The Walt Disney Co. (b)
 
115,600
10,912,640
Universal Music Group NV
 
442,600
8,867,947
Warner Music Group Corp. Class A
 
104,300
2,540,748
 
 
 
29,194,525
Media - 3.0%
 
 
 
Comcast Corp. Class A
 
1,063,862
41,745,945
Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.
 
407,700
11,223,981
 
 
 
52,969,926
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
97,940,308
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 2.6%
 
 
 
Auto Components - 0.4%
 
 
 
BorgWarner, Inc.
 
209,280
6,983,674
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.7%
 
 
 
Churchill Downs, Inc.
 
27,800
5,324,534
Marriott International, Inc. Class A
 
27,500
3,740,275
Starbucks Corp.
 
36,200
2,765,318
 
 
 
11,830,127
Household Durables - 0.2%
 
 
 
Sony Group Corp. sponsored ADR
 
31,400
2,567,578
Whirlpool Corp.
 
8,700
1,347,369
 
 
 
3,914,947
Multiline Retail - 0.1%
 
 
 
Target Corp.
 
14,000
1,977,220
Specialty Retail - 1.1%
 
 
 
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
114,317
19,967,750
Williams-Sonoma, Inc.
 
2,900
321,755
 
 
 
20,289,505
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.1%
 
 
 
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
6,300
643,860
Puma AG
 
22,602
1,488,414
Tapestry, Inc.
 
900
27,468
 
 
 
2,159,742
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
47,155,215
CONSUMER STAPLES - 6.3%
 
 
 
Beverages - 2.5%
 
 
 
Diageo PLC sponsored ADR (c)
 
54,500
9,489,540
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
 
241,300
8,539,607
Pernod Ricard SA
 
16,000
2,939,290
Remy Cointreau SA
 
9,368
1,636,527
The Coca-Cola Co.
 
352,453
22,172,818
 
 
 
44,777,782
Food & Staples Retailing - 1.3%
 
 
 
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class A (multi-vtg.)
 
11,500
448,582
Sysco Corp.
 
191,700
16,238,907
Walmart, Inc.
 
59,400
7,221,852
 
 
 
23,909,341
Food Products - 0.3%
 
 
 
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
 
84,800
6,059,808
Household Products - 0.4%
 
 
 
Colgate-Palmolive Co.
 
16,100
1,290,254
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
 
3,200
432,480
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
 
57,900
4,748,958
 
 
 
6,471,692
Tobacco - 1.8%
 
 
 
Altria Group, Inc.
 
536,485
22,408,978
Swedish Match Co. AB
 
1,012,300
10,328,031
 
 
 
32,737,009
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
113,955,632
ENERGY - 12.3%
 
 
 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 12.3%
 
 
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
130,700
7,023,399
Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada)
 
1,339,904
25,492,735
Energy Transfer LP
 
34,700
346,306
Enterprise Products Partners LP
 
26,500
645,805
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
1,460,200
125,051,523
Hess Corp. (d)
 
307,600
32,587,144
Imperial Oil Ltd.
 
188,400
8,881,380
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (b)
 
1,002,828
6,207,505
Phillips 66 Co.
 
46,900
3,845,331
Tourmaline Oil Corp.
 
222,900
11,590,038
 
 
 
221,671,166
FINANCIALS - 16.3%
 
 
 
Banks - 11.8%
 
 
 
Bank of America Corp.
 
1,597,012
49,714,984
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 
135,332
15,239,737
M&T Bank Corp.
 
29,900
4,765,761
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
125,372
19,779,940
Truist Financial Corp.
 
352,304
16,709,779
U.S. Bancorp
 
263,198
12,112,372
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
2,371,279
92,882,998
 
 
 
211,205,571
Capital Markets - 3.0%
 
 
 
Ashmore Group PLC
 
314,500
849,141
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. Class A
 
75,345
3,350,592
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
 
3,200
300,928
KKR & Co. LP
 
126,693
5,864,619
Morgan Stanley
 
86,583
6,585,503
Northern Trust Corp.
 
198,845
19,184,566
Raymond James Financial, Inc.
 
96,550
8,632,536
S&P Global, Inc.
 
300
101,118
State Street Corp.
 
160,579
9,899,695
 
 
 
54,768,698
Consumer Finance - 0.2%
 
 
 
Discover Financial Services
 
32,200
3,045,476
Insurance - 1.0%
 
 
 
American Financial Group, Inc.
 
10,500
1,457,505
Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners Ltd.
 
548
24,430
Chubb Ltd.
 
30,900
6,074,322
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
40,542
6,294,146
Old Republic International Corp.
 
55,000
1,229,800
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
21,200
3,585,556
 
 
 
18,665,759
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.3%
 
 
 
Essent Group Ltd.
 
61,500
2,392,350
Radian Group, Inc.
 
179,550
3,528,158
 
 
 
5,920,508
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
293,606,012
HEALTH CARE - 14.6%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 0.0%
 
 
 
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)
 
42,896
592,394
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.5%
 
 
 
Abbott Laboratories
 
8,300
901,795
Becton, Dickinson & Co.
 
25,576
6,305,251
Boston Scientific Corp. (b)
 
319,400
11,904,038
GN Store Nord A/S
 
12,500
438,003
Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV (depositary receipt) (NY Reg.) (c)
 
210,826
4,539,084
Sonova Holding AG
 
6,040
1,923,386
 
 
 
26,011,557
Health Care Providers & Services - 6.3%
 
 
 
Cardinal Health, Inc. (c)
 
198,100
10,354,687
Cigna Corp.
 
91,890
24,214,853
CVS Health Corp.
 
210,564
19,510,860
Humana, Inc.
 
9,300
4,353,051
McKesson Corp.
 
72,188
23,548,447
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
59,500
30,560,985
 
 
 
112,542,883
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Danaher Corp.
 
23,200
5,881,664
Pharmaceuticals - 6.5%
 
 
 
Bayer AG
 
210,033
12,542,414
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (d)
 
499,100
38,430,700
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
21,000
6,808,830
GSK PLC sponsored ADR
 
505,294
21,995,448
Johnson & Johnson
 
155,059
27,524,523
Sanofi SA sponsored ADR
 
80,700
4,037,421
UCB SA
 
62,300
5,264,767
Viatris, Inc.
 
22,500
235,575
 
 
 
116,839,678
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
261,868,176
INDUSTRIALS - 14.9%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 2.9%
 
 
 
Airbus Group NV
 
90,000
8,802,891
General Dynamics Corp.
 
34,700
7,677,375
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.
 
25,800
5,619,756
MTU Aero Engines AG
 
13,000
2,366,376
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
 
46,587
4,477,477
Safran SA
 
30,200
3,006,878
The Boeing Co. (b)
 
152,010
20,782,807
 
 
 
52,733,560
Air Freight & Logistics - 2.1%
 
 
 
DSV A/S
 
9,600
1,349,926
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.
 
2,095
204,179
FedEx Corp.
 
26,700
6,053,157
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
 
163,772
29,894,941
 
 
 
37,502,203
Airlines - 0.0%
 
 
 
Copa Holdings SA Class A (b)
 
7,200
456,264
Building Products - 0.4%
 
 
 
A.O. Smith Corp.
 
23,200
1,268,576
Johnson Controls International PLC
 
111,600
5,343,408
 
 
 
6,611,984
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.6%
 
 
 
GFL Environmental, Inc.
 
253,600
6,533,076
Healthcare Services Group, Inc. (c)
 
180,700
3,145,987
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.
 
4,000
260,255
 
 
 
9,939,318
Electrical Equipment - 0.9%
 
 
 
Acuity Brands, Inc.
 
35,500
5,468,420
Hubbell, Inc. Class B (c)
 
33,179
5,925,106
Regal Rexnord Corp.
 
5,400
613,008
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
 
5,100
1,016,481
Vertiv Holdings Co.
 
392,200
3,223,884
 
 
 
16,246,899
Industrial Conglomerates - 4.3%
 
 
 
3M Co.
 
28,400
3,675,244
General Electric Co.
 
1,161,831
73,973,780
 
 
 
77,649,024
Machinery - 1.8%
 
 
 
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.
 
74,000
2,845,300
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
9,800
1,751,848
Cummins, Inc.
 
14,000
2,709,420
Donaldson Co., Inc.
 
155,200
7,471,328
Epiroc AB (A Shares)
 
8,400
130,243
Flowserve Corp.
 
85,300
2,442,139
Fortive Corp.
 
67,400
3,665,212
Kardex AG
 
1,700
282,428
Nordson Corp.
 
24,500
4,959,780
Otis Worldwide Corp.
 
22,643
1,600,181
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
 
13,100
1,373,666
Westinghouse Air Brake Tech Co.
 
32,121
2,636,492
 
 
 
31,868,037
Professional Services - 0.5%
 
 
 
Equifax, Inc.
 
15,000
2,741,700
RELX PLC (London Stock Exchange)
 
218,829
5,941,505
Robert Half International, Inc.
 
2,600
194,714
 
 
 
8,877,919
Road & Rail - 0.5%
 
 
 
Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. Class A
 
194,038
8,982,019
Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.8%
 
 
 
Brenntag SE
 
19,000
1,244,086
Fastenal Co.
 
32,300
1,612,416
MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. Class A
 
2,000
150,220
Watsco, Inc.
 
49,292
11,771,915
 
 
 
14,778,637
Transportation Infrastructure - 0.1%
 
 
 
Aena SME SA (a)(b)
 
12,500
1,595,012
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
267,240,876
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 18.9%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.2%
 
 
 
CDW Corp.
 
26,300
4,143,828
IT Services - 4.4%
 
 
 
Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A (b)
 
138,900
7,777,589
DXC Technology Co. (b)
 
29,500
894,145
Edenred SA
 
160,500
7,563,773
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.
 
120,200
11,018,734
Genpact Ltd.
 
131,700
5,578,812
Global Payments, Inc.
 
31,100
3,440,904
IBM Corp.
 
49,700
7,017,143
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
8,500
2,681,580
Unisys Corp. (b)
 
210,696
2,534,673
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
157,376
30,985,761
 
 
 
79,493,114
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.3%
 
 
 
Analog Devices, Inc.
 
38,100
5,566,029
Applied Materials, Inc.
 
33,900
3,084,222
Intel Corp.
 
175,200
6,554,232
Lam Research Corp.
 
6,900
2,940,435
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
113,000
4,918,890
NVIDIA Corp.
 
4,300
651,837
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
52,000
7,697,560
Qualcomm, Inc.
 
200,761
25,645,210
Teradyne, Inc.
 
19,800
1,773,090
 
 
 
58,831,505
Software - 7.6%
 
 
 
Intuit, Inc.
 
13,800
5,319,072
Microsoft Corp.
 
443,618
113,934,411
Open Text Corp.
 
42,600
1,611,400
SAP SE sponsored ADR
 
144,800
13,136,256
Temenos Group AG
 
29,740
2,542,690
 
 
 
136,543,829
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.4%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
418,432
57,208,023
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.
 
16,300
875,823
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
 
41,980
1,856,441
 
 
 
59,940,287
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
338,952,563
MATERIALS - 2.3%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 0.7%
 
 
 
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
 
176,400
9,804,312
PPG Industries, Inc.
 
14,400
1,646,496
 
 
 
11,450,808
Metals & Mining - 1.6%
 
 
 
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
 
349,800
6,636,200
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
487,600
14,267,176
Glencore Xstrata PLC
 
1,499,600
8,122,488
 
 
 
29,025,864
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
40,476,672
REAL ESTATE - 1.1%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.1%
 
 
 
American Tower Corp.
 
35,300
9,022,327
Equinix, Inc.
 
200
131,404
Public Storage
 
700
218,869
Simon Property Group, Inc.
 
101,800
9,662,856
 
 
 
19,035,456
UTILITIES - 1.5%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 1.3%
 
 
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
12,333
706,188
Duke Energy Corp.
 
30,000
3,216,300
Entergy Corp.
 
32,900
3,705,856
Exelon Corp.
 
37,000
1,676,840
NextEra Energy, Inc.
 
7,800
604,188
PG&E Corp. (b)
 
274,400
2,738,512
Southern Co.
 
154,200
10,996,002
 
 
 
23,643,886
Multi-Utilities - 0.2%
 
 
 
Sempra Energy
 
17,900
2,689,833
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
26,333,719
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $1,233,823,025)
 
 
 
1,728,235,795
 
 
 
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.2%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
HEALTH CARE - 0.2%
 
 
 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.2%
 
 
 
Becton, Dickinson & Co. 6.50%
 
40,000
1,984,400
Boston Scientific Corp. Series A, 5.50%
 
23,900
2,426,806
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
  (Cost $4,390,000)
 
 
 
4,411,206
 
 
 
 
Convertible Bonds - 0.2%
 
 
Principal
Amount (e)
 
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 0.1%
 
 
 
Interactive Media & Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
Snap, Inc. 0.125% 3/1/28 (a)
 
1,373,000
954,922
HEALTH CARE - 0.1%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 0.1%
 
 
 
Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2% 5/15/26
 
3,194,000
2,087,918
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE BONDS
  (Cost $3,583,666)
 
 
 
3,042,840
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 3.8%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58% (f)
 
48,200,196
48,209,836
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58% (f)(g)
 
20,052,963
20,054,969
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
  (Cost $68,264,805)
 
 
68,264,805
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.5%
  (Cost $1,310,061,496)
 
 
 
1,803,954,646
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.5)%  
(8,485,438)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
1,795,469,208
 
 
 Written Options
 
Counterparty
Number
of Contracts
Notional
Amount ($)
Exercise
Price ($)
Expiration
Date
Value ($)
Call Options
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
Chicago Board Options Exchange
243
1,871,100
80.00
09/16/22
(48,236)
Hess Corp.
Chicago Board Options Exchange
297
3,146,418
125.00
08/19/22
(67,568)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL WRITTEN OPTIONS
 
 
 
 
 
(115,804)
 
 
 
 
Legend
 
(a)
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $6,915,563 or 0.4% of net assets.
 
(b)
Non-income producing
 
(c)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(d)
Security or a portion of the security is pledged as collateral for call options written. At period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $5,017,518.
 
(e)
Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
 
(f)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(g)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
 
Affiliated Central Funds
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58%
17,754,902
142,148,221
111,693,287
99,983
-
-
48,209,836
0.1%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58%
312,435
135,629,511
115,886,977
9,170
-
-
20,054,969
0.1%
Total
18,067,337
277,777,732
227,580,264
109,153
-
-
68,264,805
 
 
Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
 
Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2022, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description
Total ($)
Level 1 ($)
Level 2 ($)
Level 3 ($)
  Investments in Securities:
 
 
 
 
 Equities:
 
 
 
 
Communication Services
97,940,308
89,072,361
8,867,947
-
Consumer Discretionary
47,155,215
47,155,215
-
-
Consumer Staples
113,955,632
103,627,601
10,328,031
-
Energy
221,671,166
221,671,166
-
-
Financials
293,606,012
293,606,012
-
-
Health Care
266,279,382
249,325,762
16,953,620
-
Industrials
267,240,876
245,170,335
22,070,541
-
Information Technology
338,952,563
330,299,151
8,653,412
-
Materials
40,476,672
32,354,184
8,122,488
-
Real Estate
19,035,456
19,035,456
-
-
Utilities
26,333,719
26,333,719
-
-
 Corporate Bonds
3,042,840
-
3,042,840
-
  Money Market Funds
68,264,805
68,264,805
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
1,803,954,646
1,725,915,767
78,038,879
-
  Derivative Instruments:
 
 
 
 
 Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Written Options
(115,804)
(115,804)
-
-
  Total Liabilities
(115,804)
(115,804)
-
-
 Total Derivative Instruments:
(115,804)
(115,804)
-
-
 
Value of Derivative Instruments
 
The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of June 30, 2022. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Primary Risk Exposure / Derivative Type                                                                                                                                                                                   
 
Value
Asset ($)
Liability ($)
Equity Risk
 
 
Written Options (a)  
0
(115,804)
Total Equity Risk
0
(115,804)
Total Value of Derivatives
0
(115,804)
 
(a)Gross value is presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in the written options, at value line-item.
 
 
 
 
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $19,386,552) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$1,735,689,841
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,241,796,691)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $68,264,805)
 
68,264,805
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $1,310,061,496)
 
 
$
1,803,954,646
Cash
 
 
 
23,225
Foreign currency held at value (cost $131,618)
 
 
 
131,618
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
 
2,113,517
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
8,620,342
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
2,728,711
Interest receivable
 
 
 
8,849
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
51,075
Other receivables
 
 
 
102
  Total assets
 
 
 
1,817,632,085
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
$637,396
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
272,536
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
663,171
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees payable
 
220,998
 
 
Written options, at value (premium received $250,463)
 
115,804
 
 
Other affiliated payables
 
162,433
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
 
36,080
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
20,054,459
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
22,162,877
Net Assets  
 
 
$
1,795,469,208
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
1,255,807,853
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
539,661,355
Net Assets
 
 
$
1,795,469,208
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Initial Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($365,586,138 ÷ 15,872,324 shares)
 
 
$
23.03
Service Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($111,606,353 ÷ 4,904,420 shares)
 
 
$
22.76
Service Class 2 :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($975,298,872 ÷ 43,734,328 shares)
 
 
$
22.30
Investor Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($342,977,845 ÷ 14,977,687 shares)
 
 
$
22.90
 
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
21,752,247
Interest  
 
 
94,622
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $9,170 from security lending)
 
 
 
109,153
 Total Income
 
 
 
21,956,022
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
4,256,013
 
 
Transfer agent fees
 
761,189
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees
 
1,415,696
 
 
Accounting fees
 
298,133
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
 
21,356
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
3,401
 
 
Audit
 
28,869
 
 
Legal
 
2,528
 
 
Interest
 
405
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
3,608
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
6,791,198
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(30,085)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
6,761,113
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
15,194,909
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
35,362,326
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
15,253
 
 
 Written options
 
1,092,785
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
36,470,364
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
(297,679,702)
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(30,232)
 
 
 Written options
 
8,490
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(297,701,444)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(261,231,080)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(246,036,171)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
December 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
15,194,909
$
39,049,478
Net realized gain (loss)
 
36,470,364
 
 
46,453,948
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(297,701,444)
 
338,858,569
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(246,036,171)
 
 
424,361,995
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(4,064,527)
 
 
(133,000,432)
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
(36,247,309)
 
 
105,627,226
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
(286,348,007)
 
 
396,988,789
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
2,081,817,215
 
1,684,828,426
 
End of period
$
1,795,469,208
$
2,081,817,215
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Growth & Income Portfolio Initial Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
26.22
$
22.36
$
22.17
$
19.38
$
22.71
$
20.15
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.21
 
.55 C
 
.42
 
.46
 
.46
 
.38
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.35)
 
5.07
 
1.23
 
4.91
 
(2.42)
 
2.96
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.14)  
 
5.62  
 
1.65  
 
5.37  
 
(1.96)
 
3.34
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.62)
 
(.42)
 
(.77) D
 
(.08)
 
(.28)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.05)
 
(1.14)
 
(1.03)
 
(1.81) D
 
(1.29)
 
(.51)
     Total distributions
 
(.05)
 
(1.76)
 
(1.46) E
 
(2.58)
 
(1.37)
 
(.78) E
  Net asset value, end of period
$
23.03
$
26.22
$
22.36
$
22.17
$
19.38
$
22.71
 Total Return   F,G,H
 
(12.00)%
 
25.95%
 
7.85%
 
30.05%
 
(8.98)%
 
16.90%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,I,J
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.52% K
 
.52%
 
.54%
 
.54%
 
.55%
 
.55%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.52% K
 
.52%
 
.54%
 
.54%
 
.54%
 
.55%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.52% K
 
.52%
 
.53%
 
.54%
 
.54%
 
.55%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.68% K
 
2.18% C
 
2.18%
 
2.27%
 
2.08%
 
1.78%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
365,586
$
439,309
$
377,942
$
358,103
$
361,868
$
433,702
    Portfolio turnover rate L
 
12% K
 
15%
 
26%
 
34%
 
41%
 
35%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.16 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.55%.
 
D The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
E Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
F Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
I Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
K Annualized
 
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Growth & Income Portfolio Service Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
25.91
$
22.12
$
21.95
$
19.21
$
22.52
$
19.99
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.20
 
.52 C
 
.40
 
.44
 
.43
 
.35
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.30)
 
5.00
 
1.21
 
4.87
 
(2.39)
 
2.94
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.10)  
 
5.52  
 
1.61  
 
5.31  
 
(1.96)
 
3.29
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.59)
 
(.40)
 
(.75) D
 
(.06)
 
(.25)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.05)
 
(1.14)
 
(1.03)
 
(1.81) D
 
(1.29)
 
(.51)
     Total distributions
 
(.05)
 
(1.73)
 
(1.44) E
 
(2.57) E
 
(1.35)
 
(.76)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
22.76
$
25.91
$
22.12
$
21.95
$
19.21
$
22.52
 Total Return   F,G,H
 
(11.99)%
 
25.76%
 
7.74%
 
29.94%
 
(9.07)%
 
16.77%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,I,J
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.62% K
 
.62%
 
.64%
 
.64%
 
.65%
 
.65%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.62% K
 
.62%
 
.64%
 
.64%
 
.64%
 
.65%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.62% K
 
.62%
 
.63%
 
.64%
 
.64%
 
.65%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.58% K
 
2.08% C
 
2.08%
 
2.17%
 
1.98%
 
1.68%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
111,606
$
128,601
$
115,376
$
118,198
$
101,089
$
125,661
    Portfolio turnover rate L
 
12% K
 
15%
 
26%
 
34%
 
41%
 
35%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.16 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.45%.
 
D The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
E Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
F Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
I Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
K Annualized
 
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Growth & Income Portfolio Service Class 2
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
25.42
$
21.72
$
21.58
$
18.94
$
22.22
$
19.74
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.18
 
.48 C
 
.37
 
.40
 
.39
 
.32
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.25)
 
4.92
 
1.18
 
4.78
 
(2.35)
 
2.90
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.07)  
 
5.40  
 
1.55  
 
5.18  
 
(1.96)
 
3.22
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.55)
 
(.38)
 
(.73) D
 
(.04)
 
(.23)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.05)
 
(1.14)
 
(1.03)
 
(1.81) D
 
(1.28)
 
(.51)
     Total distributions
 
(.05)
 
(1.70) E
 
(1.41)
 
(2.54)
 
(1.32)
 
(.74)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
22.30
$
25.42
$
21.72
$
21.58
$
18.94
$
22.22
 Total Return   F,G,H
 
(12.10)%
 
25.64%
 
7.59%
 
29.68%
 
(9.19)%
 
16.61%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,I,J
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.77% K
 
.77%
 
.79%
 
.79%
 
.80%
 
.80%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.77% K
 
.77%
 
.79%
 
.79%
 
.79%
 
.80%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.77% K
 
.77%
 
.78%
 
.79%
 
.79%
 
.80%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.43% K
 
1.94% C
 
1.93%
 
2.02%
 
1.83%
 
1.53%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
975,299
$
1,137,635
$
908,013
$
790,495
$
527,879
$
546,278
    Portfolio turnover rate L
 
12% K
 
15%
 
26%
 
34%
 
41%
 
35%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.16 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.30%.
 
D The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
E Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
F Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
I Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
K Annualized
 
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Growth & Income Portfolio Investor Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
26.07
$
22.25
$
22.07
$
19.30
$
22.62
$
20.07
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.20
 
.53 C
 
.41
 
.44
 
.44
 
.36
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.32)
 
5.03
 
1.21
 
4.90
 
(2.41)
 
2.96
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.12)  
 
5.56  
 
1.62  
 
5.34  
 
(1.97)
 
3.32
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.60)
 
(.41)
 
(.75) D
 
(.06)
 
(.26)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(.05)
 
(1.14)
 
(1.03)
 
(1.81) D
 
(1.29)
 
(.51)
     Total distributions
 
(.05)
 
(1.74)
 
(1.44)
 
(2.57) E
 
(1.35)
 
(.77)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
22.90
$
26.07
$
22.25
$
22.07
$
19.30
$
22.62
 Total Return   F,G,H
 
(11.99)%
 
25.80%
 
7.76%
 
29.97%
 
(9.05)%
 
16.83%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,I,J
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.60% K
 
.60%
 
.61%
 
.62%
 
.62%
 
.63%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.60% K
 
.60%
 
.61%
 
.62%
 
.62%
 
.63%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.60% K
 
.60%
 
.61%
 
.62%
 
.62%
 
.63%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.60% K
 
2.11% C
 
2.10%
 
2.19%
 
2.01%
 
1.70%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
342,978
$
376,272
$
283,497
$
291,704
$
258,292
$
320,793
    Portfolio turnover rate L
 
12% K
 
15%
 
26%
 
34%
 
41%
 
35%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.16 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been 1.48%.
 
D The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
E Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
F Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
G Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
H Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
I Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
J Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
K Annualized
 
L Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements   (Unaudited)
For the period ended June 30, 2022
 
1. Organization.
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund III (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
 
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
 
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
 
A   Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
 
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
 
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies . The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
 
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.  
 
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
 
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
 
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
 
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
 
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Corporate bonds are valued by pricing vendors who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.
 
Exchange-traded options are valued using the last sale price or, in the absence of a sale, the last offering price and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
 
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of June 30, 2022 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
 
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
 
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
 
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
 
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
 
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
 
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.   Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
 
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
 
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
 
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships and losses deferred due to wash sales.
 
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
$602,130,825
Gross unrealized depreciation
(113,421,828)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$488,708,997
Tax cost
$1,315,129,090
 
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
 
4. Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. Investment objectives allow a fund to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including options. Derivatives are investments whose value is primarily derived from underlying assets, indices or reference rates and may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). Derivatives may involve a future commitment to buy or sell a specified asset based on specified terms, to exchange future cash flows at periodic intervals based on a notional principal amount, or for one party to make one or more payments upon the occurrence of specified events in exchange for periodic payments from the other party.
 
Derivatives were used to increase returns and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the objectives may not be achieved.
 
Derivatives were used to increase or decrease exposure to the following risk(s):
 
 
 
Equity Risk
Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment.
 
 
Funds are also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that a fund will be unable to close out the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to a fund. Exchange-traded contracts are not covered by the ISDA Master Agreement; however counterparty credit risk related to these contracts may be mitigated by the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade.
Investing in derivatives may involve greater risks than investing in the underlying assets directly and, to varying degrees, may involve risk of loss in excess of any initial investment and collateral received and amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, there may be the risk that the change in value of the derivative contract does not correspond to the change in value of the underlying instrument.
 
Options. Options give the purchaser the right, but not the obligation, to buy (call) or sell (put) an underlying security or financial instrument at an agreed exercise or strike price between or on certain dates. Options obligate the seller (writer) to buy (put) or sell (call) an underlying instrument at the exercise or strike price or cash settle an underlying derivative instrument if the holder exercises the option on or before the expiration date.
 
Exchange-traded written covered call options were used to manage exposure to the market. When a fund writes a covered call option, a fund holds the underlying instrument which must be delivered to the holder upon the exercise of the option.
 
Upon entering into a written options contract, a fund will receive a premium. Premiums received are reflected as a liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Options are valued daily and any unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When a written option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying instrument in determining the gain or loss realized on that investment. When an option is closed, a gain or loss is realized depending on whether the proceeds or amount paid for the closing sale transaction are greater or less than the premium received. When an option expires, gains and losses are realized to the extent of premiums received. The net realized gain (loss) on closed and expired written options and the change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written options are presented in the Statement of Operations.
 
Writing call options tends to decrease exposure to the underlying instrument and risk of loss is the change in value in excess of the premium received.
 
Any open options at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Written Options", and are representative of volume of activity during the period unless an average notional amount is presented.
 
5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, U.S. government securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
115,468,804
187,104,127
 
6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .20% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .43% of the Fund's average net assets.
 
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
 
Service Class
$   62,333
Service Class 2
  1,353,363
 
$   1,415,696
 
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
 
 
Amount
% of Class-Level Average Net Assets A
Initial Class
$128,109
.06
Service Class
38,619
.06
Service Class 2
335,346
.06
Investor Class
259,115
.14
 
$761,189
 
A   Annualized
 
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
 
 
% of Average Net Assets
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
.03
 
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
 
 
Amount
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
$2,379
 
Interfund Lending Program. Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC), the Fund, along with other registered investment companies having management contracts with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR), or other affiliated entities of FMR, may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from, or lend money to, other participating affiliated funds. At period end, there were no interfund loans outstanding. Activity in this program during the period for which loans were outstanding was as follows:
 
 
Borrower or Lender
Average Loan Balance
Weighted Average Interest Rate
Interest Expense
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio .
  Borrower
$23,152,000
.32%
$405
 
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
13,090,009
15,858,660
2,924,315
 
7. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
 
 
Amount
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
$1,687
 
8. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
$985
$-
$-
 
9. Expense Reductions.
During the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $30,085.
 
10. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
Year ended
December 31, 2021
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Initial Class
$834,870
  $29,180,191
Service Class
251,556
8,583,827
Service Class 2
2,216,448
71,702,293
Investor Class
761,653
23,534,121
Total   
$4,064,527
$133,000,432
 
11. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
 
 
Shares
Shares
Dollars
Dollars
 
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  3,116,577
  2,834,414
$78,531,325
$71,355,013
Reinvestment of distributions  
  31,326
  1,199,113
  834,870
29,180,191
Shares redeemed
(4,033,265)
(4,175,421)
(102,138,853)
(104,656,469)
Net increase (decrease).
  (885,362)
  (141,894)
$(22,772,658)
$(4,121,265)
Service Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  149,327
  137,042
$3,793,350
$3,481,587
Reinvestment of distributions  
  9,550
  357,380
  251,556
  8,583,827
Shares redeemed
  (217,049)
  (747,533)
(5,469,943)
(19,043,010)
Net increase (decrease).
  (58,172)
  (253,111)
$(1,425,037)
$(6,977,596)
Service Class 2
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  2,191,986
  5,519,392
$54,375,006
$134,744,364
Reinvestment of distributions  
  85,809
  3,031,330
  2,216,448
71,702,293
Shares redeemed
(3,305,411)
(5,585,958)
(83,717,362)
(132,439,834)
Net increase (decrease).
(1,027,616)
  2,964,764
$(27,125,908)
$74,006,823
Investor Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  2,110,327
  2,644,483
$54,671,473
$66,781,336
Reinvestment of distributions  
  28,741
  968,694
  761,653
23,534,121
Shares redeemed
(1,592,802)
(1,922,897)
(40,356,832)
(47,596,193)
Net increase (decrease).
  546,266
  1,690,280
$15,076,294
$42,719,264
 
12. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
 
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% and certain otherwise unaffiliated shareholders were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
 
Fund
Affiliated %
Number of Unaffiliated Shareholders
Unaffiliated Shareholders %
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
23%
2
53%
 
13. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
An outbreak of COVID-19 first detected in China during December 2019 has since spread globally and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization during March 2020. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may magnify factors that affect the Fund's performance.
 
Shareholder Expense Example  
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
 
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
 
 
 
Annualized Expense Ratio- A
 
Beginning Account Value January 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value June 30, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Growth & Income Portfolio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
.52%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 880.00
 
$ 2.42
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.22
 
$ 2.61
Service Class
 
 
 
.62%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 880.10
 
$ 2.89
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.72
 
$ 3.11
Service Class 2
 
 
 
.77%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 879.00
 
$ 3.59
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,020.98
 
$ 3.86
Investor Class
 
 
 
.60%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 880.10
 
$ 2.80
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.82
 
$ 3.01
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.
 
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided.   The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services. The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.
 
Investment Performance. The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history.
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the representative class, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe.
 
  VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.
 
Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods ended September 30 (June 30 for periods ended 2019 and 2018 and December 31 for periods prior to 2018) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group is broader than the Lipper peer group used by the Board for performance comparisons because the Total Mapped Group combines several Lipper investment objective categories while the Lipper peer group does not. The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked, is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board.
 
VIP Growth & Income Portfolio
T he Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio. In its review of the total expense ratio of the representative class (Initial Class), the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund's representative class is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG comparison, which focuses on the total expenses of the representative class relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
 
The Board noted that the total net expense ratio of Initial Class ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and below the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients. The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.
 
Costs of the Services and Profitability.   The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies.. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
 
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
 
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board.   In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
 
Liquidity Risk Management Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program pursuant to the Liquidity Rule (the Program) effective December 1, 2018.  The Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program.  The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds.  The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) in the case of exchange-traded funds, certain additional factors including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable. 
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories described below based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of implementation of the Program for the annual period from December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021.  The report concluded that the Program has been implemented and is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
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Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
 
 
Semi-Annual Report
June 30, 2022

Contents

Note to Shareholders

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Liquidity Risk Management Program

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Note to Shareholders :
 
Early in 2020, the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 emerged as a public health emergency that had a major influence on financial markets, primarily based on its impact on the global economy and corporate earnings. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, citing sustained risk of further global spread. The pandemic prompted a number of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, including travel and border restrictions, quarantines, and restrictions on large gatherings. In turn, these resulted in lower consumer activity, diminished demand for a wide range of products and services, disruption in manufacturing and supply chains, and - given the wide variability in outcomes regarding the outbreak - significant market uncertainty and volatility. To help stem the turmoil, the U.S. government took unprecedented action - in concert with the U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks around the world - to help support consumers, businesses, and the broader economy, and to limit disruption to the financial system.
In general, the overall impact of the pandemic lessened in 2021, amid a resilient economy and widespread distribution of three COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) early in the year. Still, the situation remains dynamic, and the extent and duration of its influence on financial markets and the economy is highly uncertain, due in part to a recent spike in cases based on highly contagious variants of the coronavirus.
Extreme events such as the COVID-19 crisis are exogenous shocks that can have significant adverse effects on mutual funds and their investments. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by market disruption, the duration and impact may not be the same for all types of assets. Fidelity is committed to helping you stay informed amid news about COVID-19 and during increased market volatility, and we continue to take extra steps to be responsive to customer needs. We encourage you to visit us online, where we offer ongoing updates, commentary, and analysis on the markets and our funds.
 
 
Investment Summary June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Microsoft Corp.
9.5
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
6.1
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
4.1
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class A
3.9
 
Apple, Inc.
3.7
 
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2.9
 
Northrop Grumman Corp.
2.1
 
The Coca-Cola Co.
1.9
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C
1.9
 
CME Group, Inc.
1.7
 
 
37.8
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
23.3
 
Health Care
20.5
 
Communication Services
11.5
 
Industrials
9.7
 
Consumer Discretionary
9.6
 
Financials
8.3
 
Consumer Staples
5.4
 
Energy
4.1
 
Materials
3.8
 
Real Estate
2.4
 
Utilities
0.4
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Foreign investments - 12.2%
Geographic Diversification (% of Fund's net assets)
 
*    Includes Short-Term investments and Net Other Assets (Liabilities).  
Percentages are based on country or territory of incorporation and are adjusted for the effect of futures contracts, if applicable.
 
 
Schedule of Investments June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 98.6%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 11.5%
 
 
 
Entertainment - 3.0%
 
 
 
Universal Music Group NV
 
148,492
2,975,190
Warner Music Group Corp. Class A
 
103,175
2,513,343
 
 
 
5,488,533
Interactive Media & Services - 6.5%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
3,304
7,200,275
 Class C (a)
 
1,563
3,418,984
Bumble, Inc. (a)
 
16,100
453,215
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (a)
 
3,254
524,708
Zoominfo Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
10,730
356,665
 
 
 
11,953,847
Media - 2.0%
 
 
 
Charter Communications, Inc. Class A (a)
 
4,310
2,019,364
Innovid Corp. (b)
 
11,766
19,532
Liberty Media Corp. Liberty Formula One Group Series C (a)
 
27,400
1,739,078
 
 
 
3,777,974
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
21,220,354
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 9.6%
 
 
 
Automobiles - 0.7%
 
 
 
Ferrari NV
 
7,023
1,288,580
XPeng, Inc. ADR (a)
 
900
28,566
 
 
 
1,317,146
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.9%
 
 
 
Laureate Education, Inc. Class A
 
96,506
1,116,574
Mister Car Wash, Inc. (c)
 
47,300
514,624
 
 
 
1,631,198
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.8%
 
 
 
Airbnb, Inc. Class A (a)
 
9,800
872,984
Flutter Entertainment PLC (a)
 
4,674
469,056
Wingstop, Inc. (c)
 
1,900
142,063
 
 
 
1,484,103
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 4.3%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
 
70,960
7,536,662
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
22,000
450,120
 
 
 
7,986,782
Multiline Retail - 0.3%
 
 
 
Dollarama, Inc.
 
9,500
547,032
Specialty Retail - 1.9%
 
 
 
Five Below, Inc. (a)
 
7,500
850,725
Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. Class A (a)
 
2,800
176,288
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
31,758
1,773,684
Victoria's Secret & Co. (a)
 
24,974
698,523
 
 
 
3,499,220
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.7%
 
 
 
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
 
200
122,576
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
 
700
425,943
On Holding AG
 
500
8,845
Samsonite International SA (a)(d)
 
391,545
779,417
 
 
 
1,336,781
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
17,802,262
CONSUMER STAPLES - 5.4%
 
 
 
Beverages - 4.2%
 
 
 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a)
 
1,800
545,346
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
3,700
862,322
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
 
28,400
1,005,076
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
 
19,774
1,833,050
The Coca-Cola Co.
 
54,600
3,434,886
 
 
 
7,680,680
Household Products - 1.2%
 
 
 
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC
 
29,817
2,242,604
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
9,923,284
ENERGY - 4.1%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 1.3%
 
 
 
Baker Hughes Co. Class A
 
57,600
1,662,912
Cactus, Inc.
 
4,700
189,269
Championx Corp.
 
10,000
198,500
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
 
4,800
206,688
ProPetro Holding Corp. (a)
 
14,400
144,000
TechnipFMC PLC (a)
 
5,200
34,996
 
 
 
2,436,365
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.8%
 
 
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (c)
 
28,300
1,519,144
Cheniere Energy, Inc.
 
16,300
2,168,389
Denbury, Inc. (a)
 
6,000
359,940
New Fortress Energy, Inc.
 
11,300
447,141
Range Resources Corp. (a)
 
23,500
581,625
 
 
 
5,076,239
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
7,512,604
FINANCIALS - 8.3%
 
 
 
Banks - 0.8%
 
 
 
M&T Bank Corp.
 
9,500
1,514,205
Capital Markets - 4.5%
 
 
 
CME Group, Inc.
 
15,036
3,077,869
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.
 
2,300
588,823
Moody's Corp.
 
900
244,773
Morgan Stanley
 
22,810
1,734,929
Morningstar, Inc.
 
5,600
1,354,248
MSCI, Inc.
 
1,629
671,392
S&P Global, Inc.
 
2,000
674,120
 
 
 
8,346,154
Insurance - 3.0%
 
 
 
American Financial Group, Inc.
 
8,900
1,235,409
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
15,457
2,520,109
BRP Group, Inc. (a)
 
16,600
400,890
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
8,300
1,288,575
 
 
 
5,444,983
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
15,305,342
HEALTH CARE - 20.5%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 6.3%
 
 
 
Adamas Pharmaceuticals, Inc.:
 
 
 
 rights (a)(e)
 
47,000
2,820
 rights (a)(e)
 
47,000
2,820
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
3,179
463,657
Cytokinetics, Inc. (a)
 
5,500
216,095
EQRx, Inc. (a)
 
11,677
54,765
Erasca, Inc.
 
4,900
27,293
Evelo Biosciences, Inc. (a)
 
12,700
26,797
Galapagos NV sponsored ADR (a)
 
10,100
563,580
Gamida Cell Ltd. (a)(c)
 
38,300
67,791
Hookipa Pharma, Inc. (a)
 
32,100
52,323
Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)
 
14,500
1,156,520
Innovent Biologics, Inc. (a)(d)
 
36,000
160,116
Prelude Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
800
4,176
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
3,179
1,879,202
Rubius Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
6,100
5,189
Seagen, Inc. (a)
 
6,900
1,220,886
Seres Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
10,900
37,387
Synlogic, Inc. (a)
 
34,200
39,330
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
19,025
5,361,055
Vor Biopharma, Inc. (a)
 
11,384
56,578
XOMA Corp. (a)(c)
 
10,300
229,484
 
 
 
11,627,864
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.0%
 
 
 
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)
 
13,800
1,312,242
Insulet Corp. (a)
 
400
87,176
Nevro Corp. (a)
 
1,900
83,277
Penumbra, Inc. (a)
 
2,500
311,300
 
 
 
1,793,995
Health Care Providers & Services - 8.2%
 
 
 
Guardant Health, Inc. (a)
 
12,000
484,080
HealthEquity, Inc. (a)
 
30,600
1,878,534
Option Care Health, Inc. (a)
 
19,700
547,463
Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)
 
17,200
904,032
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
22,024
11,312,187
 
 
 
15,126,296
Health Care Technology - 1.0%
 
 
 
Certara, Inc. (a)
 
17,900
384,134
Change Healthcare, Inc. (a)
 
56,500
1,302,890
Doximity, Inc. (c)
 
3,400
118,388
Simulations Plus, Inc.
 
2,500
123,325
 
 
 
1,928,737
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.3%
 
 
 
10X Genomics, Inc. (a)
 
1,900
85,975
Bio-Techne Corp.
 
1,700
589,288
Bruker Corp.
 
14,600
916,296
Codexis, Inc. (a)
 
12,700
132,842
Danaher Corp.
 
7,000
1,774,640
Nanostring Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
500
6,350
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
1,600
869,248
 
 
 
4,374,639
Pharmaceuticals - 1.7%
 
 
 
Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
7,300
101,908
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR
 
20,300
1,341,221
Euroapi SASU (a)
 
691
10,901
Revance Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
8,100
111,942
Sanofi SA
 
15,900
1,603,452
 
 
 
3,169,424
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
38,020,955
INDUSTRIALS - 9.7%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 2.8%
 
 
 
Axon Enterprise, Inc. (a)
 
2,000
186,340
Northrop Grumman Corp.
 
8,000
3,828,560
The Boeing Co. (a)
 
8,800
1,203,136
 
 
 
5,218,036
Electrical Equipment - 1.1%
 
 
 
Ballard Power Systems, Inc. (a)(c)
 
800
5,040
Bloom Energy Corp. Class A (a)(c)
 
3,900
64,350
Ceres Power Holdings PLC (a)
 
43,000
286,845
Eaton Corp. PLC
 
5,800
730,742
Generac Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
3,500
737,030
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
 
9,500
201,989
 
 
 
2,025,996
Machinery - 2.2%
 
 
 
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
4,600
822,296
Chart Industries, Inc. (a)
 
1,900
318,022
Deere & Co.
 
3,786
1,133,793
Ingersoll Rand, Inc.
 
39,822
1,675,710
Parker Hannifin Corp.
 
500
123,025
 
 
 
4,072,846
Professional Services - 2.6%
 
 
 
ASGN, Inc. (a)
 
4,400
397,100
Clarivate Analytics PLC (a)
 
20,600
285,516
Experian PLC
 
34,791
1,021,492
KBR, Inc.
 
55,785
2,699,436
Kforce, Inc.
 
2,000
122,680
Upwork, Inc. (a)
 
15,460
319,713
 
 
 
4,845,937
Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.0%
 
 
 
Azelis Group NV
 
3,800
83,149
Ferguson PLC
 
15,877
1,775,771
 
 
 
1,858,920
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
18,021,735
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 23.2%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.4%
 
 
 
Teledyne Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
2,200
825,242
IT Services - 0.6%
 
 
 
Cloudflare, Inc. (a)
 
6,800
297,500
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (a)
 
3,100
804,450
Snowflake, Inc. (a)
 
800
111,248
 
 
 
1,213,198
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.1%
 
 
 
Aixtron AG
 
20,200
511,857
Allegro MicroSystems LLC (a)
 
5,700
117,933
ASML Holding NV
 
1,505
716,199
Enphase Energy, Inc. (a)
 
5,978
1,167,145
NVIDIA Corp.
 
5,087
771,138
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
2,400
355,272
Qualcomm, Inc.
 
17,539
2,240,432
SiTime Corp. (a)
 
900
146,727
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
3,300
903,144
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. sponsored ADR
 
200
16,350
Universal Display Corp.
 
5,639
570,328
 
 
 
7,516,525
Software - 14.4%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (a)
 
5,618
2,056,525
Confluent, Inc. (c)
 
10,400
241,696
Epic Games, Inc. (a)(b)(e)
 
156
145,080
GitLab, Inc.
 
500
26,570
HashiCorp, Inc.
 
7,800
229,632
HubSpot, Inc. (a)
 
900
270,585
Intuit, Inc.
 
3,700
1,426,128
Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)
 
6,100
699,060
Microsoft Corp.
 
68,242
17,526,594
Oracle Corp.
 
21,600
1,509,192
Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)
 
4,861
2,401,042
Volue A/S (a)
 
48,500
117,191
 
 
 
26,649,295
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.7%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
49,960
6,830,531
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
43,034,791
MATERIALS - 3.5%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 3.1%
 
 
 
Albemarle Corp.
 
5,600
1,170,288
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
 
18,645
1,598,436
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
8,960
2,006,234
The Chemours Co. LLC
 
30,826
987,049
 
 
 
5,762,007
Metals & Mining - 0.4%
 
 
 
Lynas Rare Earths Ltd. (a)
 
78,788
476,224
MP Materials Corp. (a)(c)
 
8,400
269,472
 
 
 
745,696
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
6,507,703
REAL ESTATE - 2.4%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 2.1%
 
 
 
Prologis (REIT), Inc.
 
19,255
2,265,351
Welltower, Inc.
 
20,700
1,704,645
 
 
 
3,969,996
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%
 
 
 
Doma Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
22,979
23,668
WeWork, Inc. (a)(c)
 
87,300
438,246
 
 
 
461,914
TOTAL REAL ESTATE
 
 
4,431,910
UTILITIES - 0.4%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 0.2%
 
 
 
ORSTED A/S (d)
 
3,200
337,037
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.2%
 
 
 
Brookfield Renewable Corp.
 
6,700
238,587
Brookfield Renewable Partners LP
 
4,000
139,200
 
 
 
377,787
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
714,824
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $153,195,218)
 
 
 
182,495,764
 
 
 
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.4%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
HEALTH CARE - 0.0%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 0.0%
 
 
 
ElevateBio LLC Series C (a)(b)(e)
 
5,300
24,237
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Software - 0.1%
 
 
 
ASAPP, Inc. Series C (a)(b)(e)
 
17,672
61,499
MATERIALS - 0.3%
 
 
 
Metals & Mining - 0.3%
 
 
 
Illuminated Holdings, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Series C2 (a)(b)(e)
 
3,438
171,969
 Series C3 (a)(b)(e)
 
4,298
214,986
 Series C4 (a)(b)(e)
 
1,252
62,625
 Series C5 (b)(e)
 
2,617
130,902
 
 
 
580,482
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
  (Cost $511,834)
 
 
 
666,218
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 2.9%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58% (f)
 
2,234,424
2,234,871
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58% (f)(g)
 
3,093,603
3,093,912
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
  (Cost $5,328,783)
 
 
5,328,783
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 101.9%
  (Cost $159,035,835)
 
 
 
188,490,765
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (1.9)%  
(3,447,152)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
185,043,613
 
 
 
 
Legend
 
(a)
Non-income producing
 
(b)
Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues).  At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $854,498 or 0.5% of net assets.
 
(c)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(d)
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $1,276,570 or 0.7% of net assets.
 
(e)
Level 3 security
 
(f)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(g)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:
Security
Acquisition Date
Acquisition Cost ($)
 
ASAPP, Inc. Series C
4/30/21
116,584
Doma Holdings, Inc.
3/02/21
229,790
ElevateBio LLC Series C
3/09/21
22,234
Epic Games, Inc.
3/29/21
138,060
Illuminated Holdings, Inc. Series C2
7/07/20
85,950
Illuminated Holdings, Inc. Series C3
7/07/20
128,940
Illuminated Holdings, Inc. Series C4
1/08/21
45,072
Illuminated Holdings, Inc. Series C5
6/16/21
113,054
Innovid Corp.
6/24/21
117,660
 
Affiliated Central Funds
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58%
813,800
16,781,066
15,359,995
3,094
-
-
2,234,871
0.0%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58%
374,512
12,346,200
9,626,800
7,707
-
-
3,093,912
0.0%
Total
1,188,312
29,127,266
24,986,795
10,801
-
-
5,328,783
 
 
Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
 
Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2022, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description
Total ($)
Level 1 ($)
Level 2 ($)
Level 3 ($)
  Investments in Securities:
 
 
 
 
 Equities:
 
 
 
 
Communication Services
21,220,354
18,245,164
2,975,190
-
Consumer Discretionary
17,802,262
17,679,686
122,576
-
Consumer Staples
9,923,284
7,680,680
2,242,604
-
Energy
7,512,604
7,512,604
-
-
Financials
15,305,342
15,305,342
-
-
Health Care
38,045,192
36,411,863
1,603,452
29,877
Industrials
18,021,735
16,798,254
1,223,481
-
Information Technology
43,096,290
42,889,711
-
206,579
Materials
7,088,185
6,031,479
476,224
580,482
Real Estate
4,431,910
4,431,910
-
-
Utilities
714,824
377,787
337,037
-
  Money Market Funds
5,328,783
5,328,783
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
188,490,765
178,693,263
8,980,564
816,938
 
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $2,951,150) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$183,161,982
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $153,707,052)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $5,328,783)
 
5,328,783
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $159,035,835)
 
 
$
188,490,765
Cash
 
 
 
3,075
Foreign currency held at value (cost $3,678)
 
 
 
3,600
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
19,776
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
82,264
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
6,550
  Total assets
 
 
 
188,606,030
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
$326,238
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
2,307
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
83,149
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees payable
 
3,074
 
 
Other affiliated payables
 
25,196
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
 
28,728
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
3,093,725
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
3,562,417
Net Assets  
 
 
$
185,043,613
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
147,717,976
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
37,325,637
Net Assets
 
 
$
185,043,613
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Initial Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($21,076,267 ÷ 1,543,791 shares)
 
 
$
13.65
Service Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($388,304 ÷ 28,942 shares)
 
 
$
13.42
Service Class 2 :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($14,197,100 ÷ 1,089,452 shares)
 
 
$
13.03
Investor Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($149,381,942 ÷ 10,981,657 shares)
 
 
$
13.60
 
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
133,602
Special dividends
 
 
 
71,200
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $7,707 from security lending)
 
 
 
10,801
 Total Income
 
 
 
215,603
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
557,719
 
 
Transfer agent fees
 
129,189
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees
 
20,567
 
 
Accounting fees
 
40,736
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
 
13,148
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
376
 
 
Audit
 
26,336
 
 
Legal
 
1,775
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
421
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
790,267
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(3,484)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
786,783
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
(571,180)
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
8,574,707
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
(1,197)
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
8,573,510
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers
 
(60,389,870)
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(290)
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(60,390,160)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(51,816,650)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(52,387,830)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
December 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
(571,180)
$
1,010,371
Net realized gain (loss)
 
8,573,510
 
 
31,847,565
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(60,390,160)
 
17,319,602
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(52,387,830)
 
 
50,177,538
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(25,885,254)
 
 
(21,366,276)
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
9,685,902
 
 
19,313,218
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
(68,587,182)
 
 
48,124,480
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
253,630,795
 
205,506,315
 
End of period
$
185,043,613
$
253,630,795
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio Initial Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
19.62
$
17.36
$
13.20
$
12.24
$
14.43
$
12.53
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
(.04) C
 
.09 D
 
.03
 
.07
 
.08
 
.10
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.88)
 
3.96
 
4.35
 
3.21
 
(.73) E
 
2.77
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.92)  
 
4.05  
 
4.38  
 
3.28  
 
(.65)
 
2.87
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.11) F
 
(.03)
 
(.08)
 
(.08)
 
(.12)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(2.05)
 
(1.67) F
 
(.19)
 
(2.24)
 
(1.46)
 
(.86)
     Total distributions
 
(2.05)
 
(1.79) G
 
(.22)
 
(2.32)
 
(1.54)
 
(.97) G
  Net asset value, end of period
$
13.65
$
19.62
$
17.36
$
13.20
$
12.24
$
14.43
 Total Return   H,I,J
 
(21.52)%
 
24.63%
 
33.61%
 
30.08%
 
(4.89)% E
 
23.89%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,K,L
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.67% M
 
.66%
 
.68%
 
.68%
 
.69%
 
.72%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.66% M
 
.66%
 
.68%
 
.68%
 
.69%
 
.72%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.66% M
 
.66%
 
.68%
 
.68%
 
.68%
 
.71%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
(.49)% C,M
 
.51% D
 
.19%
 
.57%
 
.54%
 
.73%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
21,076
$
30,029
$
26,104
$
22,638
$
20,701
$
24,566
    Portfolio turnover rate N
 
53% M
 
61%
 
62%
 
66%
 
155%
 
116%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.01 per share. Such dividends are not annualized in the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s) the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.53)%.
 
D Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .18%.
 
E Amount includes a reimbursement from the investment adviser for an operational error which amounted to less than $.33 per share. Excluding this reimbursement, the total return would have been (7.25)%.
 
F The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
G Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
H Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
I Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
J Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
K Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
L Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
M Annualized
 
N Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio Service Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
19.33
$
17.13
$
13.03
$
12.11
$
14.28
$
12.41
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
(.04) C
 
.08 D
 
.01
 
.06
 
.06
 
.08
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.82)
 
3.89
 
4.30
 
3.17
 
(.71) E
 
2.75
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.86)  
 
3.97  
 
4.31  
 
3.23  
 
(.65)
 
2.83
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.09) F
 
(.02)
 
(.07)
 
(.06)
 
(.10)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(2.05)
 
(1.67) F
 
(.19)
 
(2.24)
 
(1.46)
 
(.86)
     Total distributions
 
(2.05)
 
(1.77) G
 
(.21)
 
(2.31)
 
(1.52)
 
(.96)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
13.42
$
19.33
$
17.13
$
13.03
$
12.11
$
14.28
 Total Return   H,I,J
 
(21.53)%
 
24.47%
 
33.48%
 
29.96%
 
(4.97)% E
 
23.76%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,K,L
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.77% M
 
.76%
 
.78%
 
.78%
 
.79%
 
.82%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.76% M
 
.76%
 
.78%
 
.78%
 
.79%
 
.82%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.76% M
 
.76%
 
.78%
 
.78%
 
.78%
 
.81%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
(.59)% C,M
 
.42% D
 
.09%
 
.47%
 
.44%
 
.63%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
388
$
445
$
327
$
287
$
265
$
631
    Portfolio turnover rate N
 
53% M
 
61%
 
62%
 
66%
 
155%
 
116%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.01 per share. Such dividends are not annualized in the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s) the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.63)%.
 
D Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .08%.
 
E Amount includes a reimbursement from the investment adviser for an operational error which amounted to less than $.33 per share. Excluding this reimbursement, the total return would have been (7.33)%.
 
F The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
G Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
H Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
I Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
J Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
K Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
L Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
M Annualized
 
N Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio Service Class 2
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
18.85
$
16.74
$
12.74
$
11.88
$
14.05
$
12.23
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
(.05) C
 
.05 D
 
(.01)
 
.04
 
.04
 
.06
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.72)
 
3.79
 
4.21
 
3.11
 
(.71) E
 
2.70
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.77)  
 
3.84  
 
4.20  
 
3.15  
 
(.67)
 
2.76
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.05) F
 
(.01)
 
(.05)
 
(.05)
 
(.08)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(2.05)
 
(1.67) F
 
(.19)
 
(2.24)
 
(1.46)
 
(.86)
     Total distributions
 
(2.05)
 
(1.73) G
 
(.20)
 
(2.29)
 
(1.50) G
 
(.94)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
13.03
$
18.85
$
16.74
$
12.74
$
11.88
$
14.05
 Total Return   H,I,J
 
(21.62)%
 
24.27%
 
33.34%
 
29.82%
 
(5.17)% E
 
23.50%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,K,L
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.92% M
 
.91%
 
.93%
 
.93%
 
.94%
 
.97%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.91% M
 
.91%
 
.93%
 
.93%
 
.94%
 
.97%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.91% M
 
.91%
 
.93%
 
.93%
 
.93%
 
.96%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
(.74)% C,M
 
.26% D
 
(.06)%
 
.32%
 
.29%
 
.48%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
14,197
$
19,579
$
18,900
$
15,870
$
14,533
$
17,294
    Portfolio turnover rate N
 
53% M
 
61%
 
62%
 
66%
 
155%
 
116%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.01 per share. Such dividends are not annualized in the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s) the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.78)%.
 
D Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.07)%.
 
E Amount includes a reimbursement from the investment adviser for an operational error which amounted to less than $.32 per share. Excluding this reimbursement, the total return would have been (7.53)%.
 
F The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
G Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
H Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
I Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
J Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
K Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
L Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
M Annualized
 
N Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio Investor Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
19.56
$
17.32
$
13.17
$
12.21
$
14.40
$
12.51
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
(.04) C
 
.08 D
 
.02
 
.06
 
.06
 
.09
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(3.87)
 
3.93
 
4.34
 
3.21
 
(.72) E
 
2.76
  Total from investment operations
 
(3.91)  
 
4.01  
 
4.36  
 
3.27  
 
(.66)
 
2.85
  Distributions from net investment income
 
-
 
(.09) F
 
(.02)
 
(.07)
 
(.07)
 
(.11)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(2.05)
 
(1.67) F
 
(.19)
 
(2.24)
 
(1.46)
 
(.86)
     Total distributions
 
(2.05)
 
(1.77) G
 
(.21)
 
(2.31)
 
(1.53)
 
(.96) G
  Net asset value, end of period
$
13.60
$
19.56
$
17.32
$
13.17
$
12.21
$
14.40
 Total Return   H,I,J
 
(21.54)%
 
24.46%
 
33.54%
 
30.07%
 
(5.00)% E
 
23.74%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,K,L
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.74% M
 
.73%
 
.76%
 
.76%
 
.77%
 
.80%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.74% M
 
.73%
 
.76%
 
.76%
 
.77%
 
.80%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.74% M
 
.73%
 
.75%
 
.76%
 
.76%
 
.79%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
(.57)% C,M
 
.44% D
 
.12%
 
.50%
 
.46%
 
.65%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
149,382
$
203,577
$
160,175
$
124,723
$
108,561
$
118,071
    Portfolio turnover rate N
 
53% M
 
61%
 
62%
 
66%
 
155%
 
116%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.01 per share. Such dividends are not annualized in the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s) the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been (.60)%.
 
D Net investment income per share reflects one or more large, non-recurring dividend(s) which amounted to $.06 per share. Excluding such non-recurring dividend(s), the ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets would have been .10%.
 
E Amount includes a reimbursement from the investment adviser for an operational error which amounted to less than $.33 per share. Excluding this reimbursement, the total return would have been (7.36)%.
 
F The amount shown reflects reclassifications related to book to tax differences that were made in the year shown.
 
G Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
H Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
I Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
J Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
K Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
L Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
M Annualized
 
N Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements   (Unaudited)
For the period ended June 30, 2022
 
1. Organization.
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund III (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
A Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3. Significant Accounting Policies.
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies. The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of June 30, 2022, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. During the period, dividend income and net realized appreciation (depreciation) were adjusted as presented in the table below as a result of a change in the prior period estimate, which had no impact on the total net assets or total return.
 
Dividend Income
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
$(850,080)
$850,080
 
 
 
Large, non-recurring dividends recognized by the Fund are presented separately on the Statement of Operations as "Special Dividends" and the impact of these dividends is presented in the Financial Highlights. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
 
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests.
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These differences resulted in distribution reclassifications for the period ended December 31, 2021.
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
Book-tax differences are primarily due to foreign currency transactions, partnerships, and losses deferred due to wash sales, and excise tax regulations.
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
Gross unrealized appreciation
$46,884,748
Gross unrealized depreciation
(17,699,604)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$29,185,144
Tax cost
$159,305,621
The Fund elected to defer to its next fiscal year approximately $73,918 of capital losses recognized during the period November 1, 2021 to December 31,2021.
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
56,776,130
74,448,160
5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .30% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .53% of the Fund's average net assets.
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
Service Class
$192
Service Class 2
20,375
 
$20,567
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
 
Amount
% of Class-Level Average Net Assets A
Initial Class
$7,671
.06
Service Class
119
.06
Service Class 2
5,039
.06
Investor Class
116,360
.14
 
$129,189
 
A Annualized
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
 
% of Average Net Assets
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
.04
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
 
Amount
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
$1,070
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
3,274,848
2,460,474
369,253
6. Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
 
Amount
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
$193
7. Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
$825
$381
$113,628
8. Expense Reductions.
During the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $3,484.
9. Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
Year ended
December 31, 2021
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Initial Class
$3,074,210
$2,664,797
Service Class
47,185
35,465
Service Class 2
2,042,772
1,896,525
Investor Class
20,721,087
16,769,489
Total
$25,885,254
$21,366,276
10. Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
 
Shares
Shares
Dollars
Dollars
 
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
17,292
121,009
$259,690
$2,187,314
Reinvestment of distributions
191,779
150,157
3,074,210
2,664,797
Shares redeemed
(196,016)
(243,725)
(3,087,971)
(4,518,065)
Net increase (decrease)
13,055
27,441
$245,929
$334,046
Service Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
28,979
2,415
$398,871
$41,895
Reinvestment of distributions
2,994
2,022
47,185
35,465
Shares redeemed
(26,046)
(509)
(380,412)
(9,577)
Net increase (decrease)
5,927
3,928
$65,644
$67,783
Service Class 2
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
113,252
61,917
$1,636,311
$1,062,336
Reinvestment of distributions
133,340
111,561
2,042,772
1,896,525
Shares redeemed
(195,932)
(263,821)
(2,957,213)
(4,676,764)
Net increase (decrease)
50,660
(90,343)
$721,870
$(1,717,903)
Investor Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
260,304
1,178,977
$3,878,127
$21,525,300
Reinvestment of distributions
1,296,689
946,320
20,721,087
16,769,489
Shares redeemed
(982,437)
(967,121)
(15,946,755)
(17,665,497)
Net increase (decrease)
574,556
1,158,176
$8,652,459
$20,629,292
11. Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
Fund
Affiliated %
VIP Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
92%
12. Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
An outbreak of COVID-19 first detected in China during December 2019 has since spread globally and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization during March 2020. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may magnify factors that affect the Fund's performance.
 
 
Shareholder Expense Example  
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
 
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
 
 
 
Annualized Expense Ratio- A
 
Beginning Account Value January 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value June 30, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Dynamic Capital Appreciation Portfolio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
.66%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 784.80
 
$ 2.92
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.52
 
$ 3.31
Service Class
 
 
 
.76%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 784.70
 
$ 3.36
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.03
 
$ 3.81
Service Class 2
 
 
 
.91%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 783.80
 
$ 4.02
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,020.28
 
$ 4.56
Investor Class
 
 
 
.74%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 784.60
 
$ 3.27
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.12
 
$ 3.71
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
 
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Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.
 
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided . The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
 
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services . The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.  
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services. The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family. The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.
 
Investment Performance . The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history. The Board noted that the fund had a portfolio manager change in March 2019. The Board will continue to monitor closely the fund's performance, taking into account the portfolio manager change.
 
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the representative class, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.  
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe.  
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Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.
 
Management Fee. The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods ended September 30 (June 30 for periods ended 2019 and 2018 and December 31 for periods prior to 2018) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked, is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board .  
 
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The Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio . In its review of the total expense ratio of the representative class (Initial Class), the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund's representative class is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG comparison, which focuses on the total expenses of the representative class relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
 
The Board noted that the total net expense ratio of Initial Class ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and below the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients . The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.  
 
Costs of the Services and Profitability.   The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
 
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
 
Economies of Scale. The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract).  FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board . In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
 
Liquidity Risk Management Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program pursuant to the Liquidity Rule (the Program) effective December 1, 2018.  The Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program.  The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds.  The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) in the case of exchange-traded funds, certain additional factors including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable. 
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories described below based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of implementation of the Program for the annual period from December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021.  The report concluded that the Program has been implemented and is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
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Fidelity® Variable Insurance Products:
 
Balanced Portfolio
 
 
Semi-Annual Report
June 30, 2022

Contents

Note to Shareholders

Investment Summary

Schedule of Investments

Financial Statements

Notes to Financial Statements

Shareholder Expense Example

Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Liquidity Risk Management Program

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Note to Shareholders :
 
Early in 2020, the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 emerged as a public health emergency that had a major influence on financial markets, primarily based on its impact on the global economy and corporate earnings. On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic, citing sustained risk of further global spread. The pandemic prompted a number of measures to limit the spread of COVID-19, including travel and border restrictions, quarantines, and restrictions on large gatherings. In turn, these resulted in lower consumer activity, diminished demand for a wide range of products and services, disruption in manufacturing and supply chains, and - given the wide variability in outcomes regarding the outbreak - significant market uncertainty and volatility. To help stem the turmoil, the U.S. government took unprecedented action - in concert with the U.S. Federal Reserve and central banks around the world - to help support consumers, businesses, and the broader economy, and to limit disruption to the financial system.
In general, the overall impact of the pandemic lessened in 2021, amid a resilient economy and widespread distribution of three COVID-19 vaccines granted emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) early in the year. Still, the situation remains dynamic, and the extent and duration of its influence on financial markets and the economy is highly uncertain, due in part to a recent spike in cases based on highly contagious variants of the coronavirus.
Extreme events such as the COVID-19 crisis are exogenous shocks that can have significant adverse effects on mutual funds and their investments. Although multiple asset classes may be affected by market disruption, the duration and impact may not be the same for all types of assets. Fidelity is committed to helping you stay informed amid news about COVID-19 and during increased market volatility, and we continue to take extra steps to be responsive to customer needs. We encourage you to visit us online, where we offer ongoing updates, commentary, and analysis on the markets and our funds.
 
 
Investment Summary June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
The information in the following tables is based on the combined investments of the Fund and its pro-rata share of the investments of Fidelity's Fixed-Income Central Funds.
Top Holdings (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Microsoft Corp.
4.6
 
Apple, Inc.
3.7
 
Amazon.com, Inc.
2.2
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
1.6
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class A
1.4
 
Alphabet, Inc. Class C
1.3
 
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A
1.3
 
Exxon Mobil Corp.
1.1
 
Bank of America Corp.
1.1
 
Visa, Inc. Class A
1.0
 
 
19.3
 
 
Top Bond Issuers (% of Fund's net assets)
(with maturities greater than one year)
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations
13.0
 
Fannie Mae
1.4
 
Uniform Mortgage Backed Securities
1.4
 
Ginnie Mae
1.3
 
Freddie Mac
1.1
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
0.4
 
Petroleos Mexicanos
0.4
 
Bank of America Corp.
0.3
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
0.3
 
Morgan Stanley
0.3
 
 
19.9
 
 
Market Sectors (% of Fund's net assets)
 
Information Technology
17.1
 
Financials
11.9
 
Health Care
10.2
 
Consumer Discretionary
8.0
 
Communication Services
7.2
 
Industrials
5.4
 
Consumer Staples
5.3
 
Energy
4.2
 
Real Estate
2.9
 
Utilities
2.5
 
Materials
1.8
 
 
Asset Allocation (% of Fund's net assets)
Foreign investments - 8.7%
               Percentages in the above tables are adjusted for the effect of TBA Sale Commitments.
An unaudited holdings listing for the fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying Fidelity Central Funds, other than the Money Market Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable.
 
Schedule of Investments June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
 
Showing Percentage of Net Assets
Common Stocks - 65.9%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 6.2%
 
 
 
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.2%
 
 
 
AT&T, Inc.
 
285,699
5,988,251
Liberty Global PLC Class C (a)
 
283,963
6,272,743
 
 
 
12,260,994
Entertainment - 1.0%
 
 
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
 
155,575
12,113,070
Cinemark Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
142,482
2,140,080
Netflix, Inc. (a)
 
92,458
16,168,130
Sea Ltd. ADR (a)
 
75,200
5,027,872
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)
 
49,818
6,104,200
The Walt Disney Co. (a)
 
170,132
16,060,461
Warner Bros Discovery, Inc. (a)
 
8,928
119,814
 
 
 
57,733,627
Interactive Media & Services - 4.2%
 
 
 
Alphabet, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
39,138
85,291,878
 Class C (a)
 
36,122
79,015,069
Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A (a)
 
476,542
76,842,398
Snap, Inc. Class A (a)
 
498,049
6,539,383
Tongdao Liepin Group (a)
 
1,496,633
1,884,429
Twitter, Inc. (a)
 
99,300
3,712,827
 
 
 
253,285,984
Media - 0.4%
 
 
 
Altice U.S.A., Inc. Class A (a)
 
194,345
1,797,691
Comcast Corp. Class A
 
225,909
8,864,669
Liberty Broadband Corp.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
16,500
1,873,575
 Class C (a)
 
63,700
7,366,268
 
 
 
19,902,203
Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.4%
 
 
 
T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a)
 
191,851
25,811,634
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
 
 
368,994,442
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 7.6%
 
 
 
Auto Components - 0.1%
 
 
 
Adient PLC (a)
 
108,000
3,200,040
Automobiles - 1.0%
 
 
 
Ferrari NV
 
20,100
3,687,948
Tesla, Inc. (a)
 
83,900
56,499,938
 
 
 
60,187,886
Distributors - 0.1%
 
 
 
LKQ Corp.
 
128,100
6,288,429
Diversified Consumer Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Frontdoor, Inc. (a)
 
647,258
15,585,973
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.2%
 
 
 
ARAMARK Holdings Corp.
 
24,200
741,246
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
9,200
16,090,708
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. (a)
 
97,100
3,718,930
Churchill Downs, Inc.
 
45,900
8,791,227
Compass Group PLC
 
215,700
4,428,621
Domino's Pizza, Inc.
 
16,700
6,508,157
Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)
 
143,700
4,826,883
Marriott International, Inc. Class A
 
109,400
14,879,494
McDonald's Corp.
 
50,100
12,368,688
Sweetgreen, Inc. Class A
 
11,200
130,480
 
 
 
72,484,434
Household Durables - 0.2%
 
 
 
Lennar Corp. Class A
 
144,500
10,197,365
Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)
 
30,500
3,784,745
 
 
 
13,982,110
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 2.5%
 
 
 
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
 
1,244,200
132,146,482
Cazoo Group Ltd. (a)(c)
 
56,400
40,608
Deliveroo PLC Class A (a)(d)
 
71,200
78,334
eBay, Inc.
 
229,700
9,571,599
Uber Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
399,847
8,180,870
 
 
 
150,017,893
Multiline Retail - 0.4%
 
 
 
Dollar General Corp.
 
79,100
19,414,304
Nordstrom, Inc.
 
158,405
3,347,098
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
35,000
2,056,250
 
 
 
24,817,652
Specialty Retail - 1.4%
 
 
 
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)
 
17,400
2,370,402
Industria de Diseno Textil SA (b)
 
330,100
7,501,678
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
 
192,800
33,676,376
The Home Depot, Inc.
 
79,808
21,888,940
TJX Companies, Inc.
 
337,480
18,848,258
 
 
 
84,285,654
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%
 
 
 
Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)
 
46,500
1,906,965
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
 
3,600
2,206,361
NIKE, Inc. Class B
 
83,030
8,485,666
PVH Corp.
 
50,400
2,867,760
Tapestry, Inc.
 
287,100
8,762,292
 
 
 
24,229,044
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
455,079,115
CONSUMER STAPLES - 4.6%
 
 
 
Beverages - 1.7%
 
 
 
Boston Beer Co., Inc. Class A (a)
 
7,500
2,272,275
Celsius Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
5,700
371,982
Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.)
 
62,500
14,566,250
Duckhorn Portfolio, Inc. (a)
 
56,300
1,185,678
Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.
 
57,417
2,031,988
Monster Beverage Corp. (a)
 
136,326
12,637,420
PepsiCo, Inc.
 
167,700
27,948,882
Pernod Ricard SA
 
15,200
2,792,326
The Coca-Cola Co.
 
601,000
37,808,910
 
 
 
101,615,711
Food & Staples Retailing - 1.1%
 
 
 
Albertsons Companies, Inc.
 
141,200
3,772,864
Cake Box Holdings PLC
 
53,343
116,882
Costco Wholesale Corp.
 
57,600
27,606,528
Grocery Outlet Holding Corp. (a)
 
33,300
1,419,579
Sysco Corp.
 
20,000
1,694,200
U.S. Foods Holding Corp. (a)
 
243,500
7,470,580
Walmart, Inc.
 
216,800
26,358,544
 
 
 
68,439,177
Food Products - 0.7%
 
 
 
Bunge Ltd.
 
18,000
1,632,420
Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)
 
28,400
1,698,320
Freshpet, Inc. (a)
 
27,400
1,421,786
Hotel Chocolat Group Ltd. (a)
 
30,400
105,467
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.
 
37,200
2,658,312
Local Bounti Corp. (a)
 
165,565
526,497
McCormick & Co., Inc. (non-vtg.)
 
66,000
5,494,500
Mondelez International, Inc.
 
257,700
16,000,593
Sovos Brands, Inc. (b)
 
64,500
1,023,615
The Hershey Co.
 
32,200
6,928,152
TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)
 
35,800
1,497,156
 
 
 
38,986,818
Household Products - 0.9%
 
 
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
 
373,600
53,719,944
The Clorox Co.
 
6,100
859,978
 
 
 
54,579,922
Personal Products - 0.1%
 
 
 
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. Class A
 
32,200
8,200,374
Olaplex Holdings, Inc.
 
17,600
247,984
The Honest Co., Inc. (a)
 
29,100
84,972
 
 
 
8,533,330
Tobacco - 0.1%
 
 
 
Philip Morris International, Inc.
 
52,100
5,144,354
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES
 
 
277,299,312
ENERGY - 3.0%
 
 
 
Energy Equipment & Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Halliburton Co.
 
235,700
7,391,552
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. Class A (a)
 
153,000
1,952,280
Schlumberger Ltd.
 
217,900
7,792,104
Weatherford International PLC (a)
 
51,000
1,079,670
 
 
 
18,215,606
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.7%
 
 
 
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.
 
279,200
15,003,313
Delek U.S. Holdings, Inc.
 
62,700
1,620,168
Exxon Mobil Corp.
 
759,900
65,077,836
Genesis Energy LP
 
437,000
3,504,740
Hess Corp.
 
158,500
16,791,490
Imperial Oil Ltd.
 
281,100
13,251,358
Kosmos Energy Ltd. (a)
 
891,600
5,519,004
MEG Energy Corp. (a)
 
1,071,300
14,831,080
Phillips 66 Co.
 
72,826
5,971,004
Tourmaline Oil Corp.
 
139,500
7,253,523
Valero Energy Corp.
 
108,400
11,520,752
 
 
 
160,344,268
TOTAL ENERGY
 
 
178,559,874
FINANCIALS - 7.1%
 
 
 
Banks - 3.5%
 
 
 
Bank of America Corp.
 
2,042,750
63,590,808
BankUnited, Inc.
 
26,000
924,820
BNP Paribas SA
 
75,433
3,608,109
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
 
100,163
3,574,817
Comerica, Inc.
 
57,155
4,194,034
Eurobank Ergasias Services and Holdings SA (a)
 
3,785,207
3,395,518
First Horizon National Corp.
 
162,700
3,556,622
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
 
170,350
19,183,114
M&T Bank Corp.
 
60,721
9,678,320
Piraeus Financial Holdings SA (a)
 
846,179
831,065
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
52,370
8,262,415
Signature Bank
 
23,370
4,188,138
Silvergate Capital Corp. (a)
 
7,800
417,534
Societe Generale Series A
 
185,500
4,101,352
Standard Chartered PLC (United Kingdom)
 
178,249
1,345,672
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D (a)(c)(e)
 
756,521
2,171,513
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.
 
52,300
1,554,623
SVB Financial Group (a)
 
9,915
3,916,326
U.S. Bancorp
 
382,675
17,610,704
UniCredit SpA
 
378,998
3,621,835
Wells Fargo & Co.
 
1,321,214
51,751,952
 
 
 
211,479,291
Capital Markets - 1.2%
 
 
 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
 
569,696
23,762,020
BlackRock, Inc. Class A
 
20,408
12,429,288
Cboe Global Markets, Inc.
 
19,618
2,220,561
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
 
16,428
4,879,445
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
 
130,505
12,272,690
State Street Corp.
 
88,218
5,438,640
StepStone Group, Inc. Class A
 
109,220
2,842,997
TMX Group Ltd.
 
20,300
2,065,957
Virtu Financial, Inc. Class A
 
166,246
3,891,819
 
 
 
69,803,417
Consumer Finance - 0.4%
 
 
 
American Express Co.
 
84,703
11,741,530
Capital One Financial Corp.
 
59,974
6,248,691
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
 
128,165
4,790,808
Shriram Transport Finance Co. Ltd.
 
102,862
1,669,122
 
 
 
24,450,151
Diversified Financial Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Ant International Co. Ltd. Class C (a)(c)(e)
 
915,084
1,857,621
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.:
 
 
 
 Class A (a)
 
13
5,316,350
 Class B (a)
 
45,876
12,525,066
Jumo World Ltd. (e)
 
176
793,135
 
 
 
20,492,172
Insurance - 1.7%
 
 
 
AIA Group Ltd.
 
126,600
1,383,304
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.
 
56,114
9,148,827
Chubb Ltd.
 
26,700
5,248,686
Globe Life, Inc.
 
83,648
8,153,171
Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
 
179,752
11,761,173
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
 
114,733
17,812,298
Prudential PLC
 
68,435
851,279
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
 
268,613
45,430,517
 
 
 
99,789,255
TOTAL FINANCIALS
 
 
426,014,286
HEALTH CARE - 9.8%
 
 
 
Biotechnology - 1.7%
 
 
 
Amgen, Inc.
 
141,778
34,494,587
Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)
 
122,224
9,748,586
Legend Biotech Corp. ADR (a)
 
118,486
6,516,730
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
24,600
14,541,798
Seagen, Inc. (a)
 
14,700
2,601,018
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
114,163
32,169,992
 
 
 
100,072,711
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.6%
 
 
 
Abbott Laboratories
 
306,766
33,330,126
Boston Scientific Corp. (a)
 
422,135
15,732,971
Demant A/S (a)
 
159,969
6,002,035
Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)
 
78,546
7,468,939
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)
 
46,244
9,281,633
ResMed, Inc.
 
93,080
19,512,360
Stryker Corp.
 
41,719
8,299,161
 
 
 
99,627,225
Health Care Providers & Services - 2.9%
 
 
 
agilon health, Inc. (a)
 
494,387
10,792,468
AmerisourceBergen Corp.
 
174,689
24,715,000
HCA Holdings, Inc.
 
9,890
1,662,113
Humana, Inc.
 
42,209
19,756,767
Option Care Health, Inc. (a)
 
510,953
14,199,384
Surgery Partners, Inc. (a)
 
386,774
11,185,504
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
 
182,507
93,741,070
 
 
 
176,052,306
Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.8%
 
 
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
 
86,307
46,888,867
Pharmaceuticals - 2.8%
 
 
 
AstraZeneca PLC sponsored ADR
 
220,447
14,564,933
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
 
533,660
41,091,820
Eli Lilly & Co.
 
173,977
56,408,563
Roche Holding AG (participation certificate)
 
35,836
11,979,969
Royalty Pharma PLC
 
544,528
22,891,957
Zoetis, Inc. Class A
 
110,593
19,009,831
 
 
 
165,947,073
TOTAL HEALTH CARE
 
 
588,588,182
INDUSTRIALS - 5.2%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 1.1%
 
 
 
Lockheed Martin Corp.
 
21,318
9,165,887
Northrop Grumman Corp.
 
21,570
10,322,755
Raytheon Technologies Corp.
 
135,133
12,987,633
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A (a)(c)(e)
 
17,000
1,190,000
The Boeing Co. (a)
 
253,000
34,590,160
 
 
 
68,256,435
Air Freight & Logistics - 0.6%
 
 
 
FedEx Corp.
 
145,495
32,985,171
United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B
 
33,747
6,160,177
 
 
 
39,145,348
Building Products - 0.1%
 
 
 
Jeld-Wen Holding, Inc. (a)
 
251,681
3,672,026
Johnson Controls International PLC
 
6,600
316,008
 
 
 
3,988,034
Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%
 
 
 
CoreCivic, Inc. (a)
 
481,916
5,354,087
The GEO Group, Inc. (a)
 
928,021
6,124,939
 
 
 
11,479,026
Construction & Engineering - 0.1%
 
 
 
AECOM
 
59,540
3,883,199
API Group Corp. (a)
 
127,154
1,903,495
 
 
 
5,786,694
Electrical Equipment - 0.4%
 
 
 
Fluence Energy, Inc. (b)
 
35,500
336,540
Sensata Technologies, Inc. PLC
 
489,763
20,232,110
Vertiv Holdings Co.
 
84,600
695,412
 
 
 
21,264,062
Industrial Conglomerates - 0.8%
 
 
 
3M Co.
 
71,214
9,215,804
General Electric Co.
 
540,037
34,384,156
Honeywell International, Inc.
 
23,440
4,074,106
 
 
 
47,674,066
Machinery - 1.0%
 
 
 
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.
 
511,959
19,684,824
Caterpillar, Inc.
 
130,333
23,298,327
Flowserve Corp.
 
271,583
7,775,421
Fortive Corp.
 
98,364
5,349,034
PACCAR, Inc.
 
24,205
1,993,040
 
 
 
58,100,646
Marine - 0.0%
 
 
 
Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.
 
55,509
1,072,434
Navios Maritime Partners LP
 
17,529
403,167
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (b)
 
40,355
1,008,471
 
 
 
2,484,072
Professional Services - 0.3%
 
 
 
Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
94,008
1,412,940
Equifax, Inc.
 
25,952
4,743,507
Nielsen Holdings PLC
 
544,718
12,648,352
 
 
 
18,804,799
Road & Rail - 0.6%
 
 
 
CSX Corp.
 
157,013
4,562,798
Norfolk Southern Corp.
 
94,026
21,371,170
Union Pacific Corp.
 
45,432
9,689,737
 
 
 
35,623,705
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
312,606,887
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 16.6%
 
 
 
Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.2%
 
 
 
Amphenol Corp. Class A
 
165,700
10,667,766
IT Services - 2.5%
 
 
 
Accenture PLC Class A
 
16,600
4,608,990
Affirm Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
 
54,700
987,882
Block, Inc. Class A (a)(b)
 
131,700
8,094,282
Capgemini SA
 
47,200
8,084,767
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A
 
274,600
18,532,754
Dlocal Ltd.
 
232,600
6,105,750
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)
 
21,000
6,190,380
MasterCard, Inc. Class A
 
31,600
9,969,168
MongoDB, Inc. Class A (a)
 
36,900
9,575,550
Snowflake, Inc. (a)
 
25,000
3,476,500
Thoughtworks Holding, Inc.
 
121,569
1,715,339
Thoughtworks Holding, Inc. (d)
 
54,128
763,746
Twilio, Inc. Class A (a)
 
49,900
4,182,119
Visa, Inc. Class A
 
313,232
61,672,248
Wix.com Ltd. (a)
 
52,500
3,441,375
Worldline SA (a)(d)
 
35,200
1,305,092
 
 
 
148,705,942
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.1%
 
 
 
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)
 
63,400
4,848,198
ASML Holding NV (Netherlands)
 
14,700
6,944,838
Lam Research Corp.
 
38,400
16,364,160
Marvell Technology, Inc.
 
183,372
7,982,183
MediaTek, Inc.
 
205,000
4,489,353
Microchip Technology, Inc.
 
242,900
14,107,632
Micron Technology, Inc.
 
368,100
20,348,568
NVIDIA Corp.
 
392,900
59,559,711
NXP Semiconductors NV
 
74,012
10,955,996
Renesas Electronics Corp. (a)
 
1,144,100
10,353,370
Silergy Corp.
 
35,000
2,819,827
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
34,400
9,414,592
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
 
1,118,000
17,921,380
 
 
 
186,109,808
Software - 7.1%
 
 
 
Adobe, Inc. (a)
 
97,100
35,544,426
Autodesk, Inc. (a)
 
69,900
12,020,004
Black Knight, Inc. (a)
 
43,300
2,831,387
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc. (a)(c)
 
36,613
336,840
Coupa Software, Inc. (a)
 
51,400
2,934,940
Cvent Holding Corp. (c)
 
117,171
541,330
Elastic NV (a)
 
41,100
2,781,237
Epic Games, Inc. (a)(c)(e)
 
1,812
1,685,160
Five9, Inc. (a)
 
57,700
5,258,778
HubSpot, Inc. (a)
 
30,300
9,109,695
Intuit, Inc.
 
57,100
22,008,624
Microsoft Corp.
 
1,085,100
278,686,228
Otonomo Technologies Ltd. (a)
 
105,387
113,818
Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)
 
189,200
31,225,568
Stripe, Inc. Class B (a)(c)(e)
 
19,953
510,198
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
 
41,900
12,725,030
Workday, Inc. Class A (a)
 
43,400
6,057,772
 
 
 
424,371,035
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.7%
 
 
 
Apple, Inc.
 
1,652,364
225,911,206
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
995,765,757
MATERIALS - 1.8%
 
 
 
Chemicals - 1.0%
 
 
 
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
 
31,403
7,551,793
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
 
123,380
10,577,367
DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
 
66,650
3,704,407
Ecolab, Inc.
 
37,146
5,711,569
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.
 
50,417
6,005,673
Linde PLC
 
40,970
11,780,104
Olin Corp.
 
96,330
4,458,152
Sherwin-Williams Co.
 
31,271
7,001,890
Valvoline, Inc.
 
165,300
4,765,599
 
 
 
61,556,554
Construction Materials - 0.3%
 
 
 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.
 
16,884
5,052,368
Summit Materials, Inc. (a)
 
214,965
5,006,535
Vulcan Materials Co.
 
29,220
4,152,162
 
 
 
14,211,065
Containers & Packaging - 0.1%
 
 
 
Crown Holdings, Inc.
 
71,120
6,555,130
Metals & Mining - 0.4%
 
 
 
Alcoa Corp.
 
46,930
2,139,069
First Quantum Minerals Ltd.
 
239,300
4,539,859
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
 
280,851
8,217,700
Newmont Corp.
 
119,753
7,145,662
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.
 
20,518
3,485,187
 
 
 
25,527,477
TOTAL MATERIALS
 
 
107,850,226
REAL ESTATE - 2.0%
 
 
 
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.9%
 
 
 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.
 
2,800
406,084
American Tower Corp.
 
72,400
18,504,716
Corporate Office Properties Trust (SBI)
 
88,700
2,323,053
Crown Castle International Corp.
 
134,100
22,579,758
CubeSmart
 
77,800
3,323,616
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
 
105,600
7,441,632
Essex Property Trust, Inc.
 
15,800
4,131,858
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
 
164,800
2,584,064
Invitation Homes, Inc.
 
185,000
6,582,300
Kilroy Realty Corp.
 
7,900
413,407
Life Storage, Inc.
 
12,700
1,418,082
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
 
24,900
4,349,283
Prologis (REIT), Inc.
 
112,000
13,176,800
Simon Property Group, Inc.
 
16,400
1,556,688
Ventas, Inc.
 
87,900
4,520,697
Washington REIT (SBI)
 
87,158
1,857,337
Welltower, Inc.
 
207,427
17,081,613
 
 
 
112,250,988
Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%
 
 
 
Cushman & Wakefield PLC (a)
 
427,100
6,509,004
WeWork, Inc. (a)
 
274,600
1,378,492
 
 
 
7,887,496
TOTAL REAL ESTATE
 
 
120,138,484
UTILITIES - 2.0%
 
 
 
Electric Utilities - 1.4%
 
 
 
Constellation Energy Corp.
 
99,978
5,724,740
Edison International
 
92,200
5,830,728
Entergy Corp.
 
35,878
4,041,298
Evergy, Inc.
 
69,725
4,549,556
Exelon Corp.
 
202,835
9,192,482
FirstEnergy Corp.
 
169,300
6,499,427
NextEra Energy, Inc.
 
305,204
23,641,102
PG&E Corp. (a)
 
659,219
6,579,006
PPL Corp.
 
187,300
5,081,449
Southern Co.
 
185,200
13,206,612
 
 
 
84,346,400
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%
 
 
 
The AES Corp.
 
260,400
5,471,004
Multi-Utilities - 0.5%
 
 
 
CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
 
149,783
4,430,581
Dominion Energy, Inc.
 
115,078
9,184,375
NiSource, Inc.
 
143,500
4,231,815
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.
 
64,200
4,062,576
Sempra Energy
 
69,198
10,398,383
 
 
 
32,307,730
TOTAL UTILITIES
 
 
122,125,134
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (Cost $3,181,222,168)
 
 
 
3,953,021,699
 
 
 
 
Preferred Stocks - 0.4%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Convertible Preferred Stocks - 0.3%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.1%
 
 
 
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series F (c)
 
36,875
1,779,447
 
 
 
 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0%
 
 
 
Algolia SAS Series D (c)(e)
 
28,064
500,381
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY
 
 
2,279,828
 
 
 
 
INDUSTRIALS - 0.0%
 
 
 
Aerospace & Defense - 0.0%
 
 
 
ABL Space Systems:
 
 
 
  Series B(a)(c)(e)
 
17,763
894,722
  Series B2(c)(e)
 
8,188
412,430
 
 
 
1,307,152
Construction & Engineering - 0.0%
 
 
 
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A (a)(c)(e)
 
7,264
749,427
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS
 
 
2,056,579
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.2%
 
 
 
Communications Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astranis Space Technologies Corp. Series C (a)(c)(e)
 
60,816
2,054,973
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D (a)(c)(e)
 
65,770
491,960
 
 
 
2,546,933
IT Services - 0.1%
 
 
 
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1 (a)(c)(e)
 
21,701
3,308,100
 
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
Astera Labs, Inc. Series C (c)(e)
 
155,858
1,584,998
GaN Systems, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series F1(c)(e)
 
14,731
98,845
  Series F2(c)(e)
 
7,778
52,190
 
 
 
1,736,033
Software - 0.1%
 
 
 
Bolt Technology OU Series E (c)(e)
 
6,283
1,017,467
Databricks, Inc.:
 
 
 
  Series G(a)(c)(e)
 
1,487
235,273
  Series H(c)(e)
 
6,214
983,179
Skyryse, Inc. Series B (c)(e)
 
50,000
1,233,999
Stripe, Inc. Series H (a)(c)(e)
 
6,600
168,762
 
 
 
3,638,680
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
 
 
11,229,746
 
 
 
 
TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
15,566,153
Nonconvertible Preferred Stocks - 0.1%
 
 
 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 0.1%
 
 
 
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.1%
 
 
 
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series E (c)
 
68,071
3,284,848
 
 
 
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.0%
 
 
 
IT Services - 0.0%
 
 
 
Checkr, Inc. Series E (e)
 
29,109
1,600,995
Gupshup, Inc. (a)(c)(e)
 
59,838
1,167,439
 
 
 
2,768,434
TOTAL NONCONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS
 
 
6,053,282
 
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
  (Cost $18,025,002)
 
 
 
21,619,435
 
 
 
 
U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (f)
 
Value ($)
 
U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 1.6% 9/15/22 (g)
 
  (Cost $1,534,805)
 
 
1,540,000
1,534,863
 
 
 
 
Preferred Securities - 0.0%
 
 
Principal
Amount (f)
 
Value ($)
 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 0.0%
 
 
 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.0%
 
 
 
GaN Systems, Inc. 0% (c)(e)(h)
 
  (Cost $345,272)
 
 
345,272
345,272
 
 
 
 
Fixed-Income Funds - 32.1%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Central Fund (i)
 
  (Cost $2,143,050,399)
 
 
20,066,363
1,925,166,849
 
 
 
 
Money Market Funds - 1.8%
 
 
Shares
Value ($)
 
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58% (j)
 
97,598,626
97,618,146
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58% (j)(k)
 
12,903,371
12,904,662
 
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
  (Cost $110,522,299)
 
 
110,522,808
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES - 100.2%
  (Cost $5,454,699,945)
 
 
 
6,012,210,926
NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (0.2)%  
(11,317,398)
NET ASSETS - 100.0%
6,000,893,528
 
 
 
Futures Contracts  
 
Number
of contracts
Expiration
Date
Notional
Amount ($)
 
Value ($)
 
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation) ($)
 
Purchased
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Equity Index Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
CME E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts (United States)
135
Sep 2022
25,579,125
195,760
195,760
 
 
 
 
 
 
The notional amount of futures purchased as a percentage of Net Assets is 0.4%
 
 
 
Legend
 
(a)
Non-income producing
 
(b)
Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.
 
(c)
Restricted securities (including private placements) - Investment in securities not registered under the Securities Act of 1933 (excluding 144A issues).  At the end of the period, the value of restricted securities (excluding 144A issues) amounted to $28,696,982 or 0.5% of net assets.
 
(d)
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933.  These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At the end of the period, the value of these securities amounted to $2,147,172 or 0.0% of net assets.
 
(e)
Level 3 security
 
(f)
Amount is stated in United States dollars unless otherwise noted.
 
(g)
Security or a portion of the security was pledged to cover margin requirements for futures contracts. At period end, the value of securities pledged amounted to $1,497,987.
 
(h)
Security is perpetual in nature with no stated maturity date.
 
(i)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. A complete unaudited schedule of portfolio holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is filed with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT and is available upon request or at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. An unaudited holdings listing for the Fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(j)
Affiliated fund that is generally available only to investment companies and other accounts managed by Fidelity Investments. The rate quoted is the annualized seven-day yield of the fund at period end. A complete unaudited listing of the fund's holdings as of its most recent quarter end is available upon request. In addition, each Fidelity Central Fund's financial statements are available on the SEC's website or upon request.
 
(k)
Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.
 
 
 
Additional information on each restricted holding is as follows:
Security
Acquisition Date
Acquisition Cost ($)
 
ABL Space Systems Series B
3/24/21
799,967
ABL Space Systems Series B2
10/22/21
556,752
Algolia SAS Series D
7/23/21
820,733
Ant International Co. Ltd. Class C
5/16/18
3,487,731
Astera Labs, Inc. Series C
8/24/21
523,963
Astranis Space Technologies Corp. Series C
3/19/21
1,333,143
Beta Technologies, Inc. Series A
4/09/21
532,233
Bolt Technology OU Series E
1/03/22
1,632,302
ByteDance Ltd. Series E1
11/18/20
2,377,869
Cazoo Group Ltd.
3/28/21
564,000
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings, Inc.
2/02/21
366,130
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series E
5/11/21
1,104,800
Circle Internet Financial Ltd. Series F
5/09/22
1,553,913
Cvent Holding Corp.
7/23/21
1,171,710
Databricks, Inc. Series G
2/01/21
263,746
Databricks, Inc. Series H
8/31/21
1,369,891
Epic Games, Inc.
3/29/21
1,603,620
GaN Systems, Inc. Series F1
11/30/21
124,919
GaN Systems, Inc. Series F2
11/30/21
65,957
GaN Systems, Inc. 0%
11/30/21
345,272
Gupshup, Inc.
6/08/21
1,368,208
Skyryse, Inc. Series B
10/21/21
1,233,999
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A
2/16/21
713,983
Starling Bank Ltd. Series D
6/18/21
1,352,573
Stripe, Inc. Class B
5/18/21
800,682
Stripe, Inc. Series H
3/15/21
264,825
Xsight Labs Ltd. Series D
2/16/21
525,897
 
Affiliated Central Funds
 
Fiscal year to date information regarding the Fund's investments in Fidelity Central Funds, including the ownership percentage, is presented below.
 
 
Affiliate
Value,
beginning
of period ($)
Purchases ($)
Sales
Proceeds ($)
Dividend
Income ($)
Realized
Gain (loss) ($)
Change in
Unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) ($)
Value,
end
of period ($)
%ownership,
end
of period
Fidelity Cash Central Fund 1.58%
115,602,840
632,976,250
650,960,944
185,136
-
-
97,618,146
0.2%
Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund 1.58%
5,110,773
93,236,055
85,442,166
80,153
-
-
12,904,662
0.0%
Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Central Fund
2,046,910,415
133,993,728
-
41,596,284
-
(255,737,294)
1,925,166,849
84.7%
Total
2,167,624,028
860,206,033
736,403,110
41,861,573
-
(255,737,294)
2,035,689,657
 
 
Amounts in the income column in the above table include any capital gain distributions from underlying funds, which are presented in the corresponding line item in the Statement of Operations, if applicable.
 
Amount for Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities.
 
Investment Valuation
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of June 30, 2022, involving the Fund's assets and liabilities carried at fair value. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used below, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description
Total ($)
Level 1 ($)
Level 2 ($)
Level 3 ($)
  Investments in Securities:
 
 
 
 
 Equities:
 
 
 
 
Communication Services
368,994,442
368,994,442
-
-
Consumer Discretionary
460,643,791
440,942,455
19,200,955
500,381
Consumer Staples
277,299,312
277,299,312
-
-
Energy
178,559,874
178,559,874
-
-
Financials
426,014,286
401,330,325
19,861,692
4,822,269
Health Care
588,588,182
576,608,213
11,979,969
-
Industrials
314,663,466
311,416,887
-
3,246,579
Information Technology
1,009,763,937
958,350,811
35,219,588
16,193,538
Materials
107,850,226
107,850,226
-
-
Real Estate
120,138,484
120,138,484
-
-
Utilities
122,125,134
122,125,134
-
-
 U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations
1,534,863
-
1,534,863
-
 Preferred Securities
345,272
-
-
345,272
 Fixed-Income Funds
1,925,166,849
1,925,166,849
-
-
  Money Market Funds
110,522,808
110,522,808
-
-
 Total Investments in Securities:
6,012,210,926
5,899,305,820
87,797,067
25,108,039
  Derivative Instruments:
 
 
 
 
 Assets
 
 
 
 
Futures Contracts
195,760
195,760
-
-
  Total Assets
195,760
195,760
-
-
 Total Derivative Instruments:
195,760
195,760
-
-
 
Value of Derivative Instruments
 
The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of June 30, 2022. For additional information on derivative instruments, please refer to the Derivative Instruments section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
Primary Risk Exposure / Derivative Type                                                                                                                                                                                   
 
Value
Asset ($)
Liability ($)
Equity Risk
 
 
Futures Contracts (a)  
195,760
0
Total Equity Risk
195,760
0
Total Value of Derivatives
195,760
0
 
(a)Reflects gross cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as presented in the Schedule of Investments. In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, the period end daily variation margin is included in receivable or payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts, and the net cumulative appreciation (depreciation) is included in Total accumulated earnings (loss).
 
 
 
 
Financial Statements
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Investment in securities, at value  (including  securities loaned of $11,609,375) - See accompanying schedule:
 
$3,976,521,269
 
 
Unaffiliated issuers (cost $3,201,127,247)
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Funds (cost $2,253,572,698)
 
2,035,689,657
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investment in Securities (cost $5,454,699,945)
 
 
$
6,012,210,926
Receivable for investments sold
 
 
 
15,488,568
Receivable for fund shares sold
 
 
 
1,103,157
Dividends receivable
 
 
 
3,677,008
Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds
 
 
 
89,949
Other receivables
 
 
 
15,827
  Total assets
 
 
 
6,032,585,435
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Payable to custodian bank
 
$800,415
 
 
Payable for investments purchased
 
13,516,923
 
 
Payable for fund shares redeemed
 
1,085,939
 
 
Accrued management fee
 
1,931,482
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees payable
 
452,326
 
 
Payable for daily variation margin on futures contracts
 
214,313
 
 
Other affiliated payables
 
667,305
 
 
Other payables and accrued expenses
 
118,542
 
 
Collateral on securities loaned
 
12,904,662
 
 
  Total Liabilities
 
 
 
31,691,907
Net Assets  
 
 
$
6,000,893,528
Net Assets consist of:
 
 
 
 
Paid in capital
 
 
$
5,229,477,042
Total accumulated earnings (loss)
 
 
 
771,416,486
Net Assets
 
 
$
6,000,893,528
 
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value and Maximum Offering Price
 
 
 
 
Initial Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($278,584,131 ÷ 14,224,236 shares)
 
 
$
19.59
Service Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($35,561,901 ÷ 1,833,156 shares)
 
 
$
19.40
Service Class 2 :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($2,105,114,896 ÷ 111,185,862 shares)
 
 
$
18.93
Investor Class :
 
 
 
 
Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($3,581,632,600 ÷ 184,905,868 shares)
 
 
$
19.37
 
Statement of Operations
 
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
Investment Income
 
 
 
 
Dividends
 
 
$
30,025,717
Interest  
 
 
3,167
Income from Fidelity Central Funds (including $80,153 from security lending)
 
 
 
23,080,537
 Total Income
 
 
 
53,109,421
Expenses
 
 
 
 
Management fee
$
12,620,604
 
 
Transfer agent fees
 
3,582,556
 
 
Distribution and service plan fees
 
2,951,922
 
 
Accounting fees
 
712,725
 
 
Custodian fees and expenses
 
77,208
 
 
Independent trustees' fees and expenses
 
11,619
 
 
Audit
 
35,726
 
 
Legal
 
10,393
 
 
Miscellaneous
 
12,493
 
 
 Total expenses before reductions
 
20,015,246
 
 
 Expense reductions
 
(105,063)
 
 
 Total expenses after reductions
 
 
 
19,910,183
Net Investment income (loss)
 
 
 
33,199,238
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)
 
 
 
 
Net realized gain (loss) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers(net of foreign taxes of $319,576)
 
180,379,144
 
 
 Foreign currency transactions
 
(87,298)
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
(8,048,525)
 
 
 Capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds
 
18,781,036
 
 
Total net realized gain (loss)
 
 
 
191,024,357
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:
 
 
 
 
 Investment Securities:
 
 
 
 
   Unaffiliated issuers (net of decrease in deferred foreign taxes of $243,670)  
 
(1,298,657,475)
 
 
   Fidelity Central Funds
 
(255,737,294)
 
 
 Unfunded commitments
 
4,439
 
 
 Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
 
(54,090)
 
 
 Futures contracts
 
(568,390)
 
 
Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
 
 
(1,555,012,810)
Net gain (loss)
 
 
 
(1,363,988,453)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
 
$
(1,330,789,215)
 
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
 
Year ended
December 31, 2021
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)
$
33,199,238
$
59,520,454
Net realized gain (loss)
 
191,024,357
 
 
563,915,748
 
Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
(1,555,012,810)
 
486,540,958
 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
 
(1,330,789,215)
 
 
1,109,977,160
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
(403,806,707)
 
 
(545,425,671)
 
Share transactions - net increase (decrease)
 
321,262,969
 
 
866,336,017
 
Total increase (decrease) in net assets
 
(1,413,332,953)
 
 
1,430,887,506
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Assets
 
 
 
 
Beginning of period
 
7,414,226,481
 
5,983,338,975
 
End of period
$
6,000,893,528
$
7,414,226,481
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balanced Portfolio Initial Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
25.29
$
23.29
$
19.55
$
16.78
$
18.76
$
16.77
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.12
 
.25
 
.29
 
.33
 
.30
 
.28
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(4.46)
 
3.79
 
4.02
 
3.62
 
(1.07)
 
2.44
  Total from investment operations
 
(4.34)  
 
4.04  
 
4.31  
 
3.95  
 
(.77)
 
2.72
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.06)
 
(.23)
 
(.30)
 
(.32)
 
(.27)
 
(.27)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(1.30)
 
(1.81)
 
(.28)
 
(.86)
 
(.94)
 
(.46)
     Total distributions
 
(1.36)
 
(2.04)
 
(.57) C
 
(1.18)
 
(1.21)
 
(.73)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
19.59
$
25.29
$
23.29
$
19.55
$
16.78
$
18.76
 Total Return   D,E,F
 
(17.90)%
 
18.26%
 
22.39%
 
24.51%
 
(4.22)%
 
16.43%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.46% I
 
.46%
 
.48%
 
.49%
 
.49%
 
.50%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.46% I
 
.46%
 
.48%
 
.49%
 
.49%
 
.50%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.46% I
 
.46%
 
.47%
 
.48%
 
.49%
 
.50%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.12% I
 
1.01%
 
1.45%
 
1.81%
 
1.64%
 
1.56%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
278,584
$
332,976
$
271,384
$
240,746
$
206,293
$
231,977
    Portfolio turnover rate J
 
42% I
 
33%
 
62%
 
41%
 
55%
 
45%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
D Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
E Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
F Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
G Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
I Annualized
 
J Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Balanced Portfolio Service Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
25.07
$
23.11
$
19.40
$
16.67
$
18.65
$
16.69
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.11
 
.22
 
.27
 
.31
 
.28
 
.26
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(4.42)
 
3.76
 
4.00
 
3.58
 
(1.05)
 
2.41
  Total from investment operations
 
(4.31)  
 
3.98  
 
4.27  
 
3.89  
 
(.77)
 
2.67
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.06)
 
(.21)
 
(.28)
 
(.30)
 
(.27)
 
(.26)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(1.30)
 
(1.81)
 
(.28)
 
(.86)
 
(.94)
 
(.46)
     Total distributions
 
(1.36)
 
(2.02)
 
(.56)
 
(1.16)
 
(1.21)
 
(.71) C
  Net asset value, end of period
$
19.40
$
25.07
$
23.11
$
19.40
$
16.67
$
18.65
 Total Return   D,E,F
 
(17.96)%
 
18.13%
 
22.32%
 
24.30%
 
(4.27)%
 
16.25%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,G,H
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.56% I
 
.56%
 
.58%
 
.59%
 
.59%
 
.60%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.56% I
 
.56%
 
.58%
 
.59%
 
.59%
 
.60%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.56% I
 
.56%
 
.57%
 
.58%
 
.59%
 
.60%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.02% I
 
.91%
 
1.35%
 
1.71%
 
1.53%
 
1.46%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
35,562
$
41,039
$
30,072
$
19,258
$
16,616
$
7,933
    Portfolio turnover rate J
 
42% I
 
33%
 
62%
 
41%
 
55%
 
45%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total distributions per share do not sum due to rounding.
 
D Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
E Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
F Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
G Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
I Annualized
 
J Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Balanced Portfolio Service Class 2
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
24.52
$
22.64
$
19.02
$
16.37
$
18.33
$
16.41
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.09
 
.18
 
.24
 
.28
 
.25
 
.23
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(4.33)
 
3.68
 
3.91
 
3.51
 
(1.04)
 
2.38
  Total from investment operations
 
(4.24)  
 
3.86  
 
4.15  
 
3.79  
 
(.79)
 
2.61
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.05)
 
(.18)
 
(.25)
 
(.28)
 
(.23)
 
(.23)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(1.30)
 
(1.81)
 
(.28)
 
(.86)
 
(.94)
 
(.46)
     Total distributions
 
(1.35)
 
(1.98)
 
(.53)
 
(1.14)
 
(1.17)
 
(.69)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
18.93
$
24.52
$
22.64
$
19.02
$
16.37
$
18.33
 Total Return   C,D,E
 
(18.05)%
 
17.99%
 
22.13%
 
24.11%
 
(4.44)%
 
16.12%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.71% H
 
.71%
 
.73%
 
.74%
 
.74%
 
.75%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.71% H
 
.71%
 
.73%
 
.74%
 
.74%
 
.75%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.71% H
 
.71%
 
.72%
 
.73%
 
.74%
 
.75%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
.87% H
 
.76%
 
1.20%
 
1.56%
 
1.39%
 
1.31%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
2,105,115
$
2,562,199
$
1,985,175
$
1,492,773
$
1,045,617
$
979,052
    Portfolio turnover rate I
 
42% H
 
33%
 
62%
 
41%
 
55%
 
45%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
F Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
H Annualized
 
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
Balanced Portfolio Investor Class
 
 
Six months ended
(Unaudited) June 30, 2022  
 
Years ended December 31, 2021  
 
2020    
 
2019  
 
2018  
 
2017    
  Selected Per-Share Data  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Net asset value, beginning of period
$
25.04
$
23.08
$
19.37
$
16.64
$
18.61
$
16.65
  Income from Investment Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net investment income (loss) A,B
 
.11
 
.22
 
.27
 
.31
 
.28
 
.26
     Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
 
(4.42)
 
3.76
 
4.00
 
3.59
 
(1.05)
 
2.41
  Total from investment operations
 
(4.31)  
 
3.98  
 
4.27  
 
3.90  
 
(.77)
 
2.67
  Distributions from net investment income
 
(.06)
 
(.21)
 
(.28)
 
(.31)
 
(.26)
 
(.25)
  Distributions from net realized gain
 
(1.30)
 
(1.81)
 
(.28)
 
(.86)
 
(.94)
 
(.46)
     Total distributions
 
(1.36)
 
(2.02)
 
(.56)
 
(1.17)
 
(1.20)
 
(.71)
  Net asset value, end of period
$
19.37
$
25.04
$
23.08
$
19.37
$
16.64
$
18.61
 Total Return   C,D,E
 
(17.97)%
 
18.17%
 
22.35%
 
24.38%
 
(4.28)%
 
16.28%
 Ratios to Average Net Assets B,F,G
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Expenses before reductions
 
.54% H
 
.54%
 
.56%
 
.57%
 
.57%
 
.58%
    Expenses net of fee waivers, if any
 
.53% H
 
.54%
 
.55%
 
.57%
 
.57%
 
.58%
    Expenses net of all reductions
 
.53% H
 
.54%
 
.55%
 
.56%
 
.57%
 
.58%
    Net investment income (loss)
 
1.05% H
 
.93%
 
1.37%
 
1.73%
 
1.56%
 
1.48%
 Supplemental Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$
3,581,633
$
4,478,013
$
3,696,708
$
3,152,822
$
2,599,494
$
2,750,265
    Portfolio turnover rate I
 
42% H
 
33%
 
62%
 
41%
 
55%
 
45%
 
A Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.
 
B Net investment income (loss) is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Net investment income (loss) of any such underlying funds is not included in the Fund's net investment income (loss) ratio.
 
C Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
 
D Total returns do not reflect charges attributable to your insurance company's separate account. Inclusion of these charges would reduce the total returns shown.
 
E Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.
 
F Fees and expenses of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses. For additional expense information related to investments in Fidelity Central Funds, please refer to the "Investments in Fidelity Central Funds" note found in the Notes to Financial Statements section of the most recent Annual or Semi-Annual report.
 
G Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed, waived, or reduced through arrangements with the investment adviser, brokerage services, or other offset arrangements, if applicable, and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements, waivers or reductions occur.
 
H Annualized
 
I Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
 
 
 
Notes to Financial Statements   (Unaudited)
For the period ended June 30, 2022
 
1.  Organization.
VIP Balanced Portfolio (the Fund) is a fund of Variable Insurance Products Fund III (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as an open-end management investment company organized as a Massachusetts business trust. Shares of the Fund may only be purchased by insurance companies for the purpose of funding variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts. The Fund offers the following classes of shares: Initial Class shares, Service Class shares, and Service Class 2 shares and Investor Class shares. All classes have equal rights and voting privileges, except for matters affecting a single class.
2.  Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.
Funds may invest in Fidelity Central Funds, which are open-end investment companies generally available only to other investment companies and accounts managed by the investment adviser and its affiliates. The Schedule of Investments lists any Fidelity Central Funds held as an investment as of period end, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. An investing fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.
 
Based on its investment objective, each Fidelity Central Fund may invest or participate in various investment vehicles or strategies that are similar to those of the investing fund. These strategies are consistent with the investment objectives of the investing fund and may involve certain economic risks which may cause a decline in value of each of the Fidelity Central Funds and thus a decline in the value of the investing fund.
 
 
 
Fidelity Central Fund
Investment Manager
Investment Objective
Investment Practices
Expense Ratio A
Fidelity VIP Investment Grade Central Fund
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Seeks a high level of current income by normally investing in investment-grade debt securities and repurchase agreements.
Delayed Delivery & When Issued Securities
Restricted Securities
Less than .005%
Fidelity Money Market Central Funds
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR)
Each fund seeks to obtain a high level of current income consistent with the preservation of capital and liquidity.
Short-term Investments
Less than .005%
 
A   Expenses expressed as a percentage of average net assets and are as of each underlying Central Fund's most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.
 
An unaudited holdings listing for the investing fund, which presents direct holdings as well as the pro-rata share of any securities and other investments held indirectly through its investment in underlying non-money market Fidelity Central Funds, is available at fidelity.com and/or institutional.fidelity.com, as applicable. A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds which contain the significant accounting policies (including investment valuation policies) of those funds, and are not covered by the Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission website or upon request.
3.  Significant Accounting Policies.
 
The Fund is an investment company and applies the accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies . The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP), which require management to make certain estimates and assumptions at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events, if any, through the date that the financial statements were issued have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Fund's Schedule of Investments lists any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) but does not include the underlying holdings of these funds. The following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:
 
Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. The Board of Trustees (the Board) has delegated the day to day responsibility for the valuation of the Fund's investments to the Fair Value Committee (the Committee) established by the Fund's investment adviser. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board, the Fund attempts to obtain prices from one or more third party pricing vendors or brokers to value its investments. When current market prices, quotations or currency exchange rates are not readily available or reliable, investments will be fair valued in good faith by the Committee, in accordance with procedures adopted by the Board. Factors used in determining fair value vary by investment type and may include market or investment specific events, changes in interest rates and credit quality. The frequency with which these procedures are used cannot be predicted and they may be utilized to a significant extent. The Committee oversees the Fund's valuation policies and procedures and reports to the Board on the Committee's activities and fair value determinations. The Board monitors the appropriateness of the procedures used in valuing the Fund's investments and ratifies the fair value determinations of the Committee.
 
The Fund categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value its investments into a disclosure hierarchy consisting of three levels as shown below:
 
Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments
Level 2 - other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, etc.)
Level 3 - unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions based on the best information available)
 
Valuation techniques used to value the Fund's investments by major category are as follows:
 
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the last quoted bid price or may be valued using the last available price and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For foreign equity securities, when market or security specific events arise, comparisons to the valuation of American Depositary Receipts (ADRs), futures contracts, ETFs and certain indexes as well as quoted prices for similar securities may be used and would be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. For equity securities, including restricted securities, where observable inputs are limited, assumptions about market activity and risk are used and these securities may be categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
 
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. Preferred securities and U.S. government and government agency obligations are valued by pricing vendors who utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type or by broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances.
 
Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds, including the Fidelity Central Funds, are valued at their closing net asset value (NAV) each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
 
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy. The aggregate value of investments by input level as of June 30, 2022 is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.
 
Foreign Currency. Certain Funds may use foreign currency contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign-denominated securities. Gains and losses from these transactions may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency or if the counterparties do not perform under the contracts' terms.
 
Foreign-denominated assets, including investment securities, and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates at period end. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and dividends received, and expenses denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect on the transaction date.
 
The effects of exchange rate fluctuations on investments are included with the net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment securities. Other foreign currency transactions resulting in realized and unrealized gain (loss) are disclosed separately.
 
Investment Transactions and Income. For financial reporting purposes, the Fund's investment holdings and NAV include trades executed through the end of the last business day of the period. The NAV per share for processing shareholder transactions is calculated as of the close of business of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time and includes trades executed through the end of the prior business day. Gains and losses on securities sold are determined on the basis of identified cost   and include proceeds received from litigation. Commissions paid to certain brokers with whom the investment adviser, or its affiliates, places trades on behalf of a fund include an amount in addition to trade execution, which may be rebated back to a fund. Any such rebates are included in net realized gain (loss) on investments in the Statement of Operations. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except for certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Income and capital gain distributions from Fidelity Central Funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Certain distributions received by the Fund represent a return of capital or capital gain. The Fund determines the components of these distributions subsequent to the ex-dividend date, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. These distributions are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Interest income is accrued as earned and includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities as applicable. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Funds may file withholding tax reclaims in certain jurisdictions to recover a portion of amounts previously withheld. Any withholding tax reclaims income is included in the Statement of Operations in dividends. Any receivables for withholding tax reclaims are included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities in dividends receivable.
 
Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of a fund, and certain fund-level expense reductions, if any, are allocated daily on a pro-rata basis to each class based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of a fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent and distribution and service plan fees incurred, as applicable. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class, if applicable. For the reporting period, the allocated portion of income and expenses to each class as a percent of its average net assets may vary due to the timing of recording these transactions in relation to fluctuating net assets of the classes. Expenses directly attributable to a fund are charged to that fund. Expenses attributable to more than one fund are allocated among the respective funds on the basis of relative net assets or other appropriate methods. Expenses included in the accompanying financial statements reflect the expenses of that fund and do not include any expenses associated with any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds. Although not included in a fund's expenses, a fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of these expenses through the net asset value of each underlying mutual fund or exchange-traded fund. Expense estimates are accrued in the period to which they relate and adjustments are made when actual amounts are known.
 
Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders. Each year, the Fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code, including distributing substantially all of its taxable income and realized gains. As a result, no provision for U.S. Federal income taxes is required. The Fund files a U.S. federal tax return, in addition to state and local tax returns as required. The Fund's federal income tax returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for a period of three fiscal years after they are filed. State and local tax returns may be subject to examination for an additional fiscal year depending on the jurisdiction.   Foreign taxes are provided for based on the Fund's understanding of the tax rules and rates that exist in the foreign markets in which it invests. The Fund is subject to a tax imposed on capital gains by certain countries in which it invests. An estimated deferred tax liability for net unrealized appreciation on the applicable securities is included in Other payables and accrued expenses on the Statement of Assets & Liabilities.
 
Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are declared separately for each class. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.
 
Capital accounts within the financial statements are adjusted for permanent book-tax differences. These adjustments have no impact on net assets or the results of operations. Capital accounts are not adjusted for temporary book-tax differences which will reverse in a subsequent period.
 
Book-tax differences are primarily due to   futures contracts, foreign currency transactions, certain foreign taxes, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC), partnerships and   losses deferred due to wash sales.
 
As of period end, the cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in securities, and derivatives if applicable, for federal income tax purposes were as follows:
 
Gross unrealized appreciation
$1,149,111,373
Gross unrealized depreciation
  (603,342,953)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
$545,768,420
Tax cost
$5,466,638,266
 
Restricted Securities (including Private Placements). Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities held at period end is included at the end of the Schedule of Investments, if applicable.
 
Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. Funds may invest in stock, warrants, and other securities of special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) or similar special purpose entities. A SPAC is a publicly traded company that raises investment capital via an initial public offering (IPO) for the purpose of acquiring the equity securities of one or more existing companies via merger, business combination, acquisition or other similar transactions within a designated time frame.
 
Private Investment in Public Equity. Funds may acquire equity securities of an issuer through a private investment in a public equity (PIPE) transaction, including through commitments to purchase securities on a when-issued basis. A PIPE typically involves the purchase of securities directly from a publicly traded company in a private placement transaction. Securities purchased through PIPE transactions will be restricted from trading and considered illiquid until a resale registration statement for the shares is filed and declared effective.
 
At the current and/or prior period end the Fund had commitments to purchase when-issued securities through PIPE transactions with SPACs. The commitments are contingent upon the SPACs acquiring the securities of target companies. Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on any commitments outstanding at period end is separately presented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments, and any change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on unfunded commitments during the period is separately presented in the Statement of Operations, as applicable.
4.  Derivative Instruments.
Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. Investment objectives allow a fund to enter into various types of derivative contracts, including futures contracts. Derivatives are investments whose value is primarily derived from underlying assets, indices or reference rates and may be transacted on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). Derivatives may involve a future commitment to buy or sell a specified asset based on specified terms, to exchange future cash flows at periodic intervals based on a notional principal amount, or for one party to make one or more payments upon the occurrence of specified events in exchange for periodic payments from the other party.
 
Derivatives were used to increase returns and to manage exposure to certain risks as defined below. The success of any strategy involving derivatives depends on analysis of numerous economic factors, and if the strategies for investment do not work as intended, the objectives may not be achieved.
 
Derivatives were used to increase or decrease exposure to the following risk(s):
 
 
 
 
Equity Risk
Equity risk relates to the fluctuations in the value of financial instruments as a result of changes in market prices (other than those arising from interest rate risk or foreign exchange risk), whether caused by factors specific to an individual investment, its issuer, or all factors affecting all instruments traded in a market or market segment.
 
 
 
Funds are also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that a fund will be unable to close out the derivative in the open market in a timely manner. Counterparty credit risk is the risk that the counterparty will not be able to fulfill its obligation to a fund. Exchange-traded contracts are not covered by the ISDA Master Agreement; however counterparty credit risk related to these contracts may be mitigated by the protection provided by the exchange on which they trade.
Investing in derivatives may involve greater risks than investing in the underlying assets directly and, to varying degrees, may involve risk of loss in excess of any initial investment and collateral received and amounts recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, there may be the risk that the change in value of the derivative contract does not correspond to the change in value of the underlying instrument.
 
Futures Contracts. A futures contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specified underlying instrument for a fixed price at a specified future date. Futures contracts were used to manage exposure to the stock market.
 
Upon entering into a futures contract, a fund is required to deposit either cash or securities (initial margin) with a clearing broker in an amount equal to a certain percentage of the face value of the contract. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily and subsequent daily payments are made or received by a fund depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the futures contracts and are recorded as unrealized appreciation or (depreciation). This receivable and/or payable, if any, is included in daily variation margin on futures contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract. The net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts during the period is presented in the Statement of Operations.
 
Any open futures contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts". The notional amount at value reflects each contract's exposure to the underlying instrument or index at period end, and is representative of volume of activity during the period unless an average notional amount is presented. Any securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments. Any cash deposited to meet initial margin requirements is presented as segregated cash with brokers for derivative instruments in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
 
 
 
5.  Purchases and Sales of Investments.
Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions, as applicable, are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
VIP Balanced Portfolio
1,417,566,710
1,420,455,743
 
6.  Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.
Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee. The management fee is the sum of an individual fund fee rate that is based on an annual rate of .15% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .22% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the monthly average net assets of a group of registered investment companies with which the investment adviser has management contracts. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annualized management fee rate was .38% of the Fund's average net assets.
 
Distribution and Service Plan Fees. In accordance with Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act, the Fund has adopted separate 12b-1 Plans for each Service Class of shares. Each Service Class pays Fidelity Distributors Company LLC (FDC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, a service fee. For the period, the service fee is based on an annual rate of .10% of Service Class' average net assets and .25% of Service Class 2's average net assets.
For the period, total fees, all of which were re-allowed to insurance companies for the distribution of shares and providing shareholder support services, were as follows:
 
Service Class
$   19,113
Service Class 2
  2,932,809
 
$2,951,922
 
Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company LLC (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the Fund's transfer, dividend disbursing, and shareholder servicing agent. FIIOC receives an asset-based fee with respect to each class. Each class pays a fee for transfer agent services, typesetting and printing and mailing of shareholder reports, excluding mailing of proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees for each class were as follows:
 
 
Amount
% of Class-Level Average Net Assets A
Initial Class
$   94,759
 
.06
Service Class
  11,839
.06
Service Class 2
  726,315
.06
Investor Class
  2,749,643
.14
 
$3,582,556
 
 
A   Annualized
 
 
 
Accounting Fees. Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, maintains the Fund's accounting records. The accounting fee is based on the level of average net assets for each month. For the period, the fees were equivalent to the following annualized rates:
 
 
% of Average Net Assets
VIP Balanced Portfolio
.02
 
 
 
 
Brokerage Commissions. A portion of portfolio transactions were placed with brokerage firms which are affiliates of the investment adviser. Brokerage commissions are included in net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) in the Statement of Operations. The commissions paid to these affiliated firms were as follows:
 
 
Amount
VIP Balanced Portfolio
$   30,318
 
 
 
Interfund Trades. Funds may purchase from or sell securities to other Fidelity Funds under procedures adopted by the Board. The procedures have been designed to ensure these interfund trades are executed in accordance with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Any interfund trades are included within the respective purchases and sales amounts shown in the Purchases and Sales of Investments note. Interfund trades during the period are noted in the table below.
 
 
Purchases ($)
Sales ($)
Realized Gain (Loss) ($)
VIP Balanced Portfolio
183,650,422
156,171,593
  9,882,439
 
7.  Committed Line of Credit.
Certain Funds participate with other funds managed by the investment adviser or an affiliate in a $4.25 billion credit facility (the "line of credit") to be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes to fund shareholder redemptions or for other short-term liquidity purposes. The participating funds have agreed to pay commitment fees on their pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which are reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations, and are listed below. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.
 
 
 
Amount
VIP Balanced Portfolio
$   5,852
 
8.  Security Lending.
Funds lend portfolio securities from time to time in order to earn additional income. Lending agents are used, including National Financial Services (NFS), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Pursuant to a securities lending agreement, NFS will receive a fee, which is capped at 9.9% of a fund's daily lending revenue, for its services as lending agent. A fund may lend securities to certain qualified borrowers, including NFS. On the settlement date of the loan, a fund receives collateral (in the form of U.S. Treasury obligations, letters of credit and/or cash) against the loaned securities and maintains collateral in an amount not less than 100% of the market value of the loaned securities during the period of the loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of business of a fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to a fund on the next business day. A fund or borrower may terminate the loan at any time, and if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, a fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. A fund may experience delays and costs in recovering the securities loaned. Any cash collateral received is invested in the Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund. Any loaned securities are identified as such in the Schedule of Investments, and the value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end, as applicable, are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Security lending income represents the income earned on investing cash collateral, less rebates paid to borrowers and any lending agent fees associated with the loan, plus any premium payments received for lending certain types of securities. Security lending income is presented in the Statement of Operations as a component of income from Fidelity Central Funds. Affiliated security lending activity, if any, was as follows:
 
 
Total Security Lending Fees Paid to NFS
Security Lending Income From Securities Loaned to NFS
Value of Securities Loaned to NFS at Period End
VIP Balanced Portfolio
$   8,600
$   -
$-
 
9.  Expense Reductions.
During the period the investment adviser or an affiliate reimbursed and/or waived a portion of fund-level operating expenses in the amount of $105,063.
10.  Distributions to Shareholders.
Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:
 
 
Six months ended
June 30, 2022
Year ended
December 31, 2021
VIP Balanced Portfolio
 
 
Distributions to shareholders
 
 
Initial Class
$17,720,117
  $24,483,104
Service Class
  2,142,806
  2,857,510
Service Class 2
142,187,991
183,989,796
Investor Class
241,755,793
334,095,261
Total   
$403,806,707
$545,425,671
 
 
11.  Share Transactions.
Transactions for each class of shares were as follows and may contain in-kind transactions:
 
 
Shares
Shares
Dollars
Dollars
 
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
Six months ended June 30, 2022
Year ended December 31, 2021
VIP Balanced Portfolio
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  1,641,848
  2,346,915
$35,474,692
$57,940,332
Reinvestment of distributions  
  780,278
  1,048,715
  17,720,117
24,483,104
Shares redeemed
(1,362,398)
(1,881,652)
(29,442,174)
(45,214,085)
Net increase (decrease).
  1,059,728
  1,513,978
$23,752,635
$37,209,351
Service Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  361,485
  409,426
$7,963,831
$9,827,105
Reinvestment of distributions  
  95,194
  123,283
  2,142,806
  2,857,510
Shares redeemed
  (260,181)
  (197,194)
(5,691,143)
(4,753,055)
Net increase (decrease).
  196,498
  335,515
$4,415,494
$7,931,560
Service Class 2
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  7,764,395
16,662,627
$167,154,460
$390,743,401
Reinvestment of distributions  
  6,468,971
  8,124,891
142,187,991
183,989,796
Shares redeemed
(7,546,157)
(7,956,788)
(157,969,514)
(187,262,084)
Net increase (decrease).
  6,687,209
16,830,730
$151,372,937
$387,471,113
Investor Class
 
 
 
 
Shares sold
  1,629,540
  8,471,131
$36,226,326
$201,898,989
Reinvestment of distributions  
10,759,047
14,458,679
241,755,793
334,095,261
Shares redeemed
(6,337,848)
(4,254,847)
(136,260,216)
(102,270,257)
Net increase (decrease).
  6,050,739
18,674,963
$141,721,903
$433,723,993
 
 
 
 
12.  Other.
A fund's organizational documents provide former and current trustees and officers with a limited indemnification against liabilities arising in connection with the performance of their duties to the fund. In the normal course of business, a fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. A fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against a fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.
 
At the end of the period, the investment adviser or its affiliates were owners of record of more than 10% and certain otherwise unaffiliated shareholders were owners of record of more than 10% of the outstanding shares as follows:
 
Fund
Affiliated %
Number ofUnaffiliated Shareholders
Unaffiliated Shareholders %
VIP Balanced Portfolio
  62%
  1
18%
 
 
13.  Coronavirus (COVID-19) Pandemic.
An outbreak of COVID-19 first detected in China during December 2019 has since spread globally and was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization during March 2020. Developments that disrupt global economies and financial markets, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, may magnify factors that affect the Fund's performance.
 
Shareholder Expense Example  
As a shareholder, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, which may include sales charges (loads) on purchase payments or redemption proceeds, as applicable and (2) ongoing costs, which generally include management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
 
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the accompanying table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000.00 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000.00 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line for a class/Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. If any fund is a shareholder of any underlying mutual funds or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) (the Underlying Funds), such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses incurred presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds. If any fund is a shareholder of any Underlying Funds, such fund indirectly bears its proportional share of the expenses of the Underlying Funds in addition to the direct expenses as presented in the table. These fees and expenses are not included in the annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below. The estimate of expenses does not include any fees or other expenses of any variable annuity or variable life insurance product. If they were, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value would be lower.
 
 
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
 
 
 
Annualized Expense Ratio- A
 
Beginning Account Value January 1, 2022
 
Ending Account Value June 30, 2022
 
Expenses Paid During Period- C January 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022
Balanced Portfolio
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Initial Class
 
 
 
.46%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 821.00
 
$ 2.08
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.51
 
$ 2.31
Service Class
 
 
 
.56%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 820.40
 
$ 2.53
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.02
 
$ 2.81
Service Class 2
 
 
 
.71%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 819.50
 
$ 3.20
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,021.27
 
$ 3.56
Investor Class
 
 
 
.53%
 
 
 
 
 
 
Actual
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 820.30
 
$ 2.39
Hypothetical- B
 
 
 
 
 
$ 1,000
 
$ 1,022.17
 
$ 2.66
 
A   Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.
 
B   5% return per year before expenses
 
C   Expenses are equal to the annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 181/ 365 (to reflect the one-half year period). The fees and expenses of any Underlying Funds are not included in each annualized expense ratio.
 
 
 
 
Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees
 
VIP Balanced Portfolio  
 
Each year, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), votes on the renewal of the management contract with Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. FMR and the sub-advisers are referred to herein as the Investment Advisers. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, requests and considers a broad range of information relevant to the renewal of the Advisory Contracts throughout the year.
 
The Board meets regularly and, at each of its meetings, covers an extensive agenda of topics and materials and considers factors that are relevant to its annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, including the services and support provided to the fund and its shareholders. The Board has established various standing committees (Committees), each composed of and chaired by Independent Trustees with varying backgrounds, to which the Board has assigned specific subject matter responsibilities in order to enhance effective decision-making by the Board. The Board, acting directly and through its Committees, requests and receives information concerning the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. The Board also meets as needed to review matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through joint ad hoc committees to discuss certain matters relevant to all of the Fidelity funds.
 
At its May 2022 meeting, the Board unanimously determined to renew the fund's Advisory Contracts. In reaching its determination, the Board considered all factors it believed relevant, including (i) the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness relative to peer funds of the fund's management fee and the total expense ratio of a representative class (Initial Class); (iii) the total costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity from its relationships with the fund; and (iv) the extent to which, if any, economies of scale exist and are realized as the fund grows, and whether any economies of scale are appropriately shared with fund shareholders.
 
In considering whether to renew the Advisory Contracts for the fund, the Board reached a determination, with the assistance of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel and through the exercise of its business judgment, that the renewal of the Advisory Contracts was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders and that the compensation payable under the Advisory Contracts was fair and reasonable. The Board's decision to renew the Advisory Contracts was not based on any single factor, but rather was based on a comprehensive consideration of all the information provided to the Board at its meetings throughout the year. The Board, in reaching its determination to renew the Advisory Contracts, was aware that shareholders of the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among funds offered by Fidelity's competitors, and that the fund's shareholders, who have the opportunity to review and weigh the disclosure provided by the fund in its prospectus and other public disclosures, have chosen to invest in this fund, which is part of the Fidelity family of funds.
 
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided . The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of investment personnel of Fidelity, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Independent Trustees also had discussions with senior management of Fidelity's investment operations and investment groups. The Board considered the structure of the investment personnel compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund. Additionally, the Board considered the portfolio managers' investments, if any, in the funds that they manage. The Board also considered the steps Fidelity had taken to ensure the continued provision of high quality services to the Fidelity funds during the COVID-19 pandemic, including the expansion of staff in client facing positions to maintain service levels in periods of high volumes and volatility.
 
Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services . The Board and the Fund Oversight and Research Committees reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of Fidelity's investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as Fidelity's approach to recruiting, training, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted the resources devoted to expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization, and that Fidelity's analysts have extensive resources, tools, and capabilities that allow them to conduct sophisticated quantitative and fundamental analysis, as well as credit analysis of issuers, counterparties, and guarantors. Further, the Board considered that Fidelity's investment professionals have sufficient access to global information and data so as to provide competitive investment results over time, and that those professionals also have access to sophisticated tools that permit them to assess portfolio construction and risk and performance attribution characteristics continuously, as well as to transmit new information and research conclusions rapidly around the world. Additionally, in its deliberations, the Board considered Fidelity's trading, risk management, compliance, and technology and operations capabilities and resources, which are integral parts of the investment management process.  
 
Shareholder and Administrative Services . The Board considered (i) the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians, subcustodians, and pricing vendors; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures. The Board also reviewed the allocation of fund brokerage, including allocations to brokers affiliated with the Investment Advisers, the use of brokerage commissions to pay fund expenses, and the use of "soft" commission dollars to pay for research services.
 
The Board noted that the growth of fund assets over time across the complex allows Fidelity to reinvest in the development of services designed to enhance the value and convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information over the Internet and through telephone representatives, investor education materials, and asset allocation tools. The Board also considered that it reviews customer service metrics such as telephone response times, continuity of services on the website and metrics addressing services at Fidelity Investor Centers.
 
Investment in a Large Fund Family . The Board considered the benefits to shareholders of investing in a Fidelity fund, including the benefits of investing in a fund that is part of a large family of funds offering a variety of investment disciplines and providing a large variety of mutual fund investor services. The Board noted that Fidelity had taken, or had made recommendations that resulted in the Fidelity funds taking, a number of actions over the previous year that benefited particular funds, including: (i) continuing to dedicate additional resources to Fidelity's investment research process, which includes meetings with management of issuers of securities in which the funds invest; (ii) continuing efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and ETFs with innovative structures, strategies and pricing and making other enhancements to meet client needs; (iv) launching new share classes of existing funds; (v) eliminating purchase minimums and broadening eligibility requirements for certain funds and share classes; (vi) reducing management fees and total expenses for certain target date funds and classes and index funds; (vii) lowering expenses for certain existing funds and classes by implementing or lowering expense caps; (viii) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies from fund mergers and liquidations; (ix) continuing to develop, acquire and implement systems and technology to improve services to the funds and shareholders, strengthen information security, and increase efficiency; and (x) continuing to implement enhancements to further strengthen Fidelity's product line to increase investors' probability of success in achieving their investment goals, including retirement income goals.  
 
Investment Performance . The Board considered whether the fund has operated in accordance with its investment objective, as well as its record of compliance with its investment restrictions and its performance history. The Board noted that the fund had a portfolio manager change in March 2019, October 2019, November 2019, January 2020, April 2021, and January 2022. The Board will continue to monitor closely the fund's performance, taking into account the portfolio manager changes.
The Board took into account discussions that occur at Board meetings throughout the year with representatives of the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance. In this regard the Board noted that as part of regularly scheduled fund reviews and other reports to the Board on fund performance, the Board considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against an appropriate securities market index (benchmark index) and an appropriate peer group of funds with similar objectives (peer group). The Board also reviews and considers information about performance attribution. In its evaluation of fund investment performance, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating changes in performance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and discussed with the Investment Advisers the reasons for any overperformance or underperformance.  
 
In addition to reviewing absolute and relative fund performance, the Independent Trustees periodically consider the appropriateness of fund performance metrics in evaluating the results achieved. In general, the Independent Trustees believe that fund performance should be evaluated based on net performance (after fees and expenses) of the representative class, compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following:  general market conditions; issuer-specific information; and fund cash flows and other factors.
 
The Independent Trustees recognize that shareholders evaluate performance on a net basis over their own holding periods, for which one-, three-, and five-year periods are often used as a proxy. For this reason, the performance information reviewed by the Board also included net cumulative total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods ended September 30, 2021, as shown below. Returns are shown compared to the 25th percentile (top of box, 75% beaten) and 75th percentile (bottom of box, 25% beaten) of the peer universe.
VIP Balanced Portfolio  
 
 
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should continue to benefit the shareholders of the fund.
 
Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio.   The Board considered the fund's management fee and total expense ratio compared to "mapped groups" of competitive funds and classes created for the purpose of facilitating the Trustees' competitive analysis of management fees and total expenses. Fidelity creates "mapped groups" by combining similar Lipper investment objective categories that have comparable investment mandates. Combining Lipper investment objective categories aids the Board's management fee and total expense ratio comparisons by broadening the competitive group used for comparison.
 
Management Fee . The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods ended September 30 (June 30 for periods ended 2019 and 2018 and December 31 for periods prior to 2018) shown in basis points (BP) in the chart below. The group of Lipper funds used by the Board for management fee comparisons is referred to below as the "Total Mapped Group." The Total Mapped Group is broader than the Lipper peer group used by the Board for performance comparisons because the Total Mapped Group combines several Lipper investment objective categories while the Lipper peer group does not. The Total Mapped Group comparison focuses on a fund's standing in terms of gross management fees before expense reimbursements or caps relative to the total universe of funds with comparable investment mandates, regardless of whether their management fee structures also are comparable. Funds with comparable investment mandates offer exposure to similar types of securities. Funds with comparable management fee structures have similar management fee contractual arrangements (e.g., flat rate charged for advisory services, all-inclusive fee rate, etc.). "TMG %" represents the percentage of funds in the Total Mapped Group that had management fees that were lower than the fund's. For example, a hypothetical TMG % of 20% would mean that 80% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and 20% had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s and the number of funds in the Total Mapped Group are in the chart below. The "Asset-Sized Peer Group" (ASPG) comparison focuses on a fund's standing relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the Total Mapped Group that are similar in size and management fee structure. For example, if a fund is in the first quartile of the ASPG, the fund's management fee ranks in the least expensive or lowest 25% of funds in the ASPG. The ASPG represents at least 15% of the funds in the Total Mapped Group with comparable asset size and management fee structures, subject to a minimum of 50 funds (or all funds in the Total Mapped Group if fewer than 50). Additional information, such as the ASPG quartile in which the fund's management fee rate ranked, is also included in the chart and was considered by the Board.
 
VIP Balanced Portfolio  
 
The Board noted that the fund's management fee rate ranked below the median of its Total Mapped Group and below the median of its ASPG for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
The Board also considered that, for funds subject to the group fee, FMR agreed to voluntarily waive fees over a specified period of time in amounts designed to account for assets converted from certain funds to certain collective investment trusts.
Based on its review, the Board concluded that the fund's management fee is fair and reasonable in light of the services that the fund receives and the other factors considered.
 
Total Expense Ratio . In its review of the total expense ratio of the representative class (Initial Class), the Board considered the fund's management fee rate as well as other fund or class expenses, as applicable, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, fund-paid 12b-1 fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted that Fidelity may agree to waive fees or reimburse expenses from time to time, and the extent to which, if any, it has done so for the fund. The fund's representative class is compared to those funds and classes in the Total Mapped Group (used by the Board for management fee comparisons) that have a similar sales load structure. The Board also considered a total expense ASPG comparison, which focuses on the total expenses of the representative class relative to a subset of non-Fidelity funds within the total expense similar sales load structure group. The total expense ASPG is limited to 15 larger and 15 smaller classes in fund average assets for a total of 30 classes, where possible. The total expense ASPG comparison excludes performance adjustments and fund-paid 12b-1 fees to eliminate variability in fee structures.
 
The Board noted that the total net expense ratio of Initial Class ranked below the similar sales load structure group competitive median and below the ASPG competitive median for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2021.
 
Fees Charged to Other Fidelity Clients . The Board also considered Fidelity fee structures and other information with respect to clients of Fidelity, such as other funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients with similar mandates. The Board noted that a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically reviews and compares Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds and also noted the most recent findings of the committee. The Board noted that the committee's review included a consideration of the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in the markets serving the different categories of clients.
 
Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the total expense ratio of each class of the fund was reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders receive and the other factors considered.  
 
Costs of the Services and Profitability.   The Board considered the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and servicing the fund's shareholders. The Board also considered the level of Fidelity's profits in respect of all the Fidelity funds.
On an annual basis, Fidelity presents to the Board information about the profitability of its relationships with the fund. Fidelity calculates profitability information for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability information for groups of Fidelity funds and all Fidelity funds, using a series of detailed revenue and cost allocation methodologies which originate with the books and records of Fidelity on which Fidelity's audited financial statements are based. The Audit Committee of the Board reviews any significant changes from the prior year's methodologies and the full Board approves such changes.
 
A public accounting firm has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. The engagement includes the review and assessment of the methodologies used by Fidelity in determining the revenues and expenses attributable to Fidelity's mutual fund business, and completion of agreed-upon procedures in respect of the mathematical accuracy of certain fund profitability information and its conformity to established allocation methodologies. After considering the reports issued under the engagement and information provided by Fidelity, the Board concluded that while other allocation methods may also be reasonable, Fidelity's profitability methodologies are reasonable in all material respects.
The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and potential indirect benefits such businesses may have received as a result of their association with Fidelity's mutual fund business (i.e., fall-out benefits) as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from the funds' business. The Board considered areas where potential indirect benefits to the Fidelity funds from their relationships with Fidelity may exist. The Board's consideration of these matters was informed by the findings of a joint ad hoc committee created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds to evaluate potential fall-out benefits.
 
The Board considered the costs of the services provided by and the profits realized by Fidelity in connection with the operation of the fund and was satisfied that the profitability was not excessive.
 
Economies of Scale.   The Board considered whether there have been economies of scale in respect of the management of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds (including the fund) have appropriately benefited from any such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale. The Board considered the extent to which the fund will benefit from economies of scale as assets grow through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense ratio reductions. The Board also noted that a committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) created by it and the boards of other Fidelity funds periodically analyzes whether Fidelity attains economies of scale in respect of the management and servicing of the Fidelity funds, whether the Fidelity funds have appropriately benefited from such economies of scale, and whether there is potential for realization of any further economies of scale.
 
The Board recognized that the fund's management contract incorporates a "group fee" structure, which provides for lower group fee rates as total "group assets" increase, and for higher group fee rates as total "group assets" decrease ("group assets" as defined in the management contract). FMR calculates the group fee rates based on a tiered asset "breakpoint" schedule that varies based on asset class. The Board considered that the group fee is designed to deliver the benefits of economies of scale to fund shareholders when total Fidelity fund assets increase, even if assets of any particular fund are unchanged or have declined, because some portion of Fidelity's costs are attributable to services provided to all Fidelity funds, and all funds benefit if those costs can be allocated among more assets. The Board further considered that Fidelity agreed to impose a temporary fee waiver in the form of additional breakpoints to the current breakpoint schedule. The Board concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as "group assets" increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.  
 
The Board concluded, taking into account the analysis of the Economies of Scale Committee, that economies of scale, if any, are being appropriately shared between fund shareholders and Fidelity.
 
Additional Information Requested by the Board.   In order to develop fully the factual basis for consideration of the Fidelity funds' advisory contracts, the Board requested and received additional information on certain topics, including: (i) fund flow and performance trends, in particular the underperformance of certain funds and strategies, and Fidelity's long-term strategies for certain funds, including any consideration of fund liquidations or mergers; (ii) the operation of performance fees, competitor use of performance fees, and consideration of the expansion of performance fees to additional funds; (iii) Fidelity's pricing philosophy compared to competitors; (iv) fund profitability methodology and data; (v) evaluation of competitive fund data and peer group classifications and fee and expense comparisons; (vi) the management fee and expense structures for different funds and classes and information about the differences between various fee and expense structures; (vii) group fee breakpoints and related voluntary fee waivers; and (viii) information regarding other accounts managed by Fidelity and the funds' sub-advisory arrangements.
 
Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board concluded that the advisory fee arrangements are fair and reasonable and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.
 
 
Liquidity Risk Management Program
The Securities and Exchange Commission adopted Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the Liquidity Rule) to promote effective liquidity risk management throughout the open-end investment company industry, thereby reducing the risk that funds will be unable to meet their redemption obligations and mitigating dilution of the interests of fund shareholders.
The Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program pursuant to the Liquidity Rule (the Program) effective December 1, 2018.  The Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk and to comply with the requirements of the Liquidity Rule. The Fund's Board of Trustees (the Board) has designated the Fund's investment adviser as administrator of the Program.  The Fidelity advisers have established a Liquidity Risk Management Committee (the LRM Committee) to manage the Program for each of the Fidelity Funds.  The LRM Committee monitors the adequacy and effectiveness of implementation of the Program and on a periodic basis assesses each Fund's liquidity risk based on a variety of factors including (1) the Fund's investment strategy, (2) portfolio liquidity and cash flow projections during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, (3) shareholder redemptions, (4) borrowings and other funding sources and (5) in the case of exchange-traded funds, certain additional factors including the effect of the Fund's prices and spreads, market participants, and basket compositions on the overall liquidity of the Fund's portfolio, as applicable. 
In accordance with the Program, each of the Fund's portfolio investments is classified into one of four liquidity categories described below based on a determination of a reasonable expectation for how long it would take to convert the investment to cash (or sell or dispose of the investment) without significantly changing its market value.
Liquidity classification determinations take into account a variety of factors including various market, trading and investment-specific considerations, as well as market depth, and generally utilize analysis from a third-party liquidity metrics service.
The Liquidity Rule places a 15% limit on a fund's illiquid investments and requires funds that do not primarily hold assets that are highly liquid investments to determine and maintain a minimum percentage of the fund's net assets to be invested in highly liquid investments (highly liquid investment minimum or HLIM).  The Program includes provisions reasonably designed to comply with the 15% limit on illiquid investments and for determining, periodically reviewing and complying with the HLIM requirement as applicable.
At a recent meeting of the Fund's Board of Trustees, the LRM Committee provided a written report to the Board pertaining to the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of implementation of the Program for the annual period from December 1, 2020 through November 30, 2021.  The report concluded that the Program has been implemented and is operating effectively and is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund's liquidity risk.  
 
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Item 2.

Code of Ethics


Not applicable.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert


Not applicable.


Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services


Not applicable.


Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants


Not applicable.


Item 6.  

Investments


(a)

Not applicable.


(b)

Not applicable


Item 7.

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies


Not applicable.


Item 8.

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies


Not applicable.


Item 9.  

Purchase of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers


Not applicable.


Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders


There were no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Variable Insurance Products Fund IIIs Board of Trustees.


Item 11.

Controls and Procedures


(a)(i)  The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Variable Insurance Products Fund IIIs (the Trust) disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act) provide



reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.


(a)(ii)  There was no change in the Trusts internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trusts internal control over financial reporting.


Item 12.

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management

Investment Companies


Not applicable.



Item 13.

Exhibits


(a)

(1)

Not applicable.

(a)

(2)

Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(a)

(3)

Not applicable.

(b)


Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is furnished and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.




SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


Variable Insurance Products Fund III



By:

/s/Stacie M. Smith


Stacie M. Smith


President and Treasurer



Date:

August 19, 2022


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.



By:

/s/Stacie M. Smith


Stacie M. Smith


President and Treasurer



Date:

August 19, 2022



By:

/s/John J. Burke III


John J. Burke III


Chief Financial Officer



Date:

August 19, 2022

 







Form of Certification required from Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer in connection with each Form N

                                                       Exhibit EX-99.CERT

     

I, Stacie M. Smith, certify that:



1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Variable Insurance Products Fund III;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a.

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based upon such evaluation; and

d.

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant s internal control over financial reporting; and





5.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



Date:

 August 19, 2022

/s/Stacie M. Smith

Stacie M. Smith

President and Treasurer





I, John J. Burke III, certify that:

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Variable Insurance Products Fund III;

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

a.

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 b.

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

c.

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based upon such evaluation; and

d.

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant s internal control over financial reporting; and





5.

The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

b.

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.



Date:

August 19, 2022

/s/John J. Burke III

John J. Burke III

Chief Financial Officer
















Exhibit 99

Exhibit EX-99.906CERT





Certification Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code)



In connection with the attached Report of Variable Insurance Products Fund III (the Trust ) on Form N-CSR to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Report ), each of the undersigned officers of the Trust does hereby certify that, to the best of such officer s knowledge:



1.

The Report fully complies with the requirements of 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.

The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Trust as of, and for, the periods presented in the Report.



Dated: August 19, 2022





/s/Stacie M. Smith

Stacie M. Smith

President and Treasurer





 

Dated: August 19, 2022





/s/John J. Burke III

John J. Burke III

Chief Financial Officer







A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906, or other document authenticating, acknowledging, or otherwise adopting the signature that appears in typed form within the electronic version of this written statement required by Section 906, has been provided to the Trust and will be retained by the Trust and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.