Investment Philosophy & Current Views

Investment Philosophy & Current Views Miguel Corte-Real Product Director Equity March 2009 Dieses Dokument ist nur professionelle Investoren und nicht für Privatanleger bestimmt.

Agenda Global Research Resources & Process Equity & Fixed Income Our Views & portfolio positioning within Equities 2

Global Research Resources FMR Co & Pyramis Fidelity International (FIL) Pan Europe 69 Portfolio Managers 95 Research Professionals Americas (Boston) 149 Portfolio Managers 353 Research Professionals Team France 3 Portfolio Managers 2 Research Professional Team Italy 1 Portfolio Manager Team Germany 3 Portfolio Managers 1 Research Professional Team Korea 2 Portfolio Managers 3 Research Professionals Japan 17 Portfolio Managers 35 Research Professionals Local market coverage Proprietary research Analysts manage industry / country funds Main investment offices in London, Tokyo, Hong Kong & Boston with sub-investment offices in Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, Mumbai, Seoul, Singapore & Sydney Team India 3 Portfolio Managers 7 Research Professionals Team Singapore 4 Portfolio Managers 3 Research Professionals Pacific ex Japan 24 Portfolio Managers 37 Research Professionals Team Australia 2 Portfolio Managers 5 Research Professionals NB: Teams France, Germany and Italy are constituents of the Pan total. Teams India, Korea, Singapore & Australia are constituents of the Pacific ex Japan total. These figures reflect the resources of FMR LLC, a U.S. company, and its subsidiaries, and the resources of FIL Limited, a non-u.s. company and affiliate, and its subsidiaries. Includes Equity, Bonds, Real Estate, Multimanager, Quants, Derivatives and Technical analysts. Source: FMR LLC, Pyramis Global Advisors, FIL Limited, as of 31 December 2008. Data is unaudited. Research Professionals include both analysts and associates. 3

The importance of strong research Total analysts: 57 Total DoR: 5 Director of Research Financials Team Leader Consumer Team Leader Natural resources & utilities Team Leader Healthcare Team Leader Industrials Team Leader TMT Team Leader Typical stock number 13 Large Cap analysts 8-17 Director of Research Director of Research Director of Research 31 Mid Cap analysts 5 Emerging analysts 5 Small cap analysts + 1 Country analyst 10 analysts 9 analysts 9 analysts 3 analysts 14 analysts 8 analysts 25-50 25-60 >200 Note: Number of analysts in the team at any time may be more or less than number of positions. One Emerging analyst covers industrials and resources. There are 2 additional analysts based in London that cover LatAm. Source: FIL Limited, 31.12.08 4

The Equity research process Industry analysis Ideas communicated to/ debated with PMs via: Company positioning within industry Management meetings/ evaluation Financial modeling Valuation work Risk assessment Stock ratings (5 levels, strong buy to strong sell) Written reports One-on-one discussions Group discussions Voicemails Emails Fidelity intranet Overall aim helping funds to outperform 5

Going the extra mile with our research Number of companies 7,000 6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000 1,000 Over 3,100 company meetings attended in-house Outside Fidelity offices At Fidelity offices 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Global context Capital markets Third party & bespoke research Company X Proprietary research Customers Suppliers Bi-directional research conclusions More than 8,000 research notes published Increasingly important to identify the sells as well as the buys Corporate governance Competitors 6

Depth of research The 360 view Chinese steel company meetings and site visits Chinese construction and financial company meetings Japanese steel company meetings Korean shipping company meetings and site visits Asian oil analyst Asian mining analyst Australian management meetings (1:1) UK management meetings (1:1) Australian site visits International site visits North American mining analyst Latin American mining analyst mining analyst oil analyst North American oil analyst Joining the dots Along value chains Within industry teams Across industry teams Across regions 7

Agenda Global Research Resources & Process Equity & Fixed Income Our Views & portfolio positioning within Equities 8

How we combine equity and debt analysis EQUITY Organic growth DEBT Can they pay us back? Growth Story Offensive Earnings growth Free-Cash-Flow Reinvestment Balance Sheet Dividend Management Access Fundamental Company Analysis Debt / Equity Meetings Bottom-up Approach Avoid Downside Defensive Cash Flow and Balance Sheet Focus Payback Quant Overlay Funding Capex, Working Capital Finance Growth Higher Earnings Higher Price and Higher Chance for Payback 9

Investment philosophy If I look at TEN companies, I ll find ONE I like... If I look at ONE HUNDRED, I ll find TEN... Whoever turns over the most stones wins the game. Peter Lynch, Fidelity Investments 10

Agenda Global Research Resources & Process Equity & Fixed Income Our Views & portfolio positioning within Equities 11

Coming out of a recession Are we seeing signs of a possible H2 2009 recovery? GDP forecast to recover in H2 2009 Collapse in oil prices Unprecedented monetary loosening Major rundown in inventories Equity markets are most undervalued in last two decades and have managed to brush off bad news Possible signs of a corporate bond bubble 12

GDP forecast to recover in H2 2009 while oil prices have collapsed in 2008 Actual and forecasted GDP data for EMU area Crude oil, WTI Index 3 160 2 140 Real GDP (%) 1 0-1 -2-3 Actual Historical Median Forecast High Forecast Low Forecast USD/barrel 120 100 80 60 40-74% -4 20-5 Q4 07 Q1 08 Q2 08 Q3 08 Q4 08 Q1 09 Q2 09 Q3 09 Q4 09 0 Jan-08 Mar-08 May-08 Jul-08 Sep-08 Nov-08 Jan-09 We could see a return to economic growth by the end of the year Source: Bloomberg, consensus forecasts, as at 23/02/09 The oil price decrease has eased the pressure on inflation Source: Bloomberg, as at 23/02/09. WTI = West Texas Intermediate 13

Unprecedented monetary loosening and a major rundown on inventories Official Policy Interest Rate Changes Freight, Baltic Exchange Dry Index (BDI), USD 7 6 US ECB Japan UK Fed starts to cut rates in Sept 07 12000 10000 BDI is down -93% from its May highs Interest rate (%) 5 4 3 8000 6000 2 4000 1 2000 0 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 On average there is an 18 months lag between cost of money falling and a bounce in economic activity a bounce in Spring 2009? Source: Bloomberg, January 2009 0 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 04 06 08 Inventories have come back down to historical levels Source: Bloomberg, as at 31/01/09 14

Over the last 20 years we have not seen such undervalued equity markets Price-to-Earnings Price-to-Book 27 4.5 24 4.0 Europe Market Trailing PE 21 18 15 12 9 market is at its cheapest level for 20 years on a PE basis Average Market Price-to-Book 3.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 1.5 Average market is also cheap on a Price-to-Book basis 6 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 1.0 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 How about relative to other markets? Source: Datastream / IBES, 20/02/1989 to 20/02/2009 Source: Datastream / IBES, 20/02/1989 to 20/01/2009 15

Global markets are becoming cheaper by the month Trailing P/E Ratio (vs. Peak) Trailing EPS Growth (YoY) China 10.3 31.8 +25.6% India 10.5 29.3 +8.8% Hong Kong 8.3 22.9 +28.3% BRIC 7.7 21.0 +1.3% Indonesia EM Far East Japan Canada EM (Emerging Markets) Australia USA EM Latin America 8.7 9.3 12.0 9.9 8.5 10.6 13.8 9.0 20.3 20.2 19.6 19.2 18.5 17.9 17.7 17.2 P/E at peak Trl P/E Ratio -8.4% -1.4% -8.8% -26.3% -23.2% -16.4% +5.1% +1.3% Europe P/E has dropped from 14.1x to 8x. China s P/E has dropped from 32x to 10.3x. Mexico 12.3 16.8-25.0% MSCI AC World 10.7 16.7-16.5% Brazil 7.9 16.6-16.3% MSCI AC World ex USA 9.0 16.1-12.6% EM EMEA 6.7 15.2-5.3% EM Eastern Europe 4.2 14.5 +5.8% AC Europe 8.0 14.1-16.5% Russia 3.4 13.8 +6.4% 0.0 5.0 10.0 15.0 20.0 25.0 30.0 35.0 Source: MSCI, Factset. Monthly data as of December 08-40.0% -20.0% +0.0% +20.0% +40.0% 16

Agenda Investment philosophy at Fidelity Current views Portfolio Manager positioning 17

20.0 15.0 10.0 5.0 0.0-5.0 18 How our portfolio managers are positioned HEALTHCARE 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0-1.0-2.0-3.0-4.0-5.0-6.0 MATERIALS Euro Blue Chip Growth Aggressive Dynamic Growth Fidelity Europe Euro Blue Chip Growth Aggressive Dynamic Growth Fidelity Europe Fidelity Europe 6.0 5.0 4.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 0.0-1.0-2.0-3.0 CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY Euro Blue Chip Growth Aggressive Dynamic Growth 5.0 0.0-5.0-10.0-15.0-20.0 FINANCIALS 31/12/2008 31/01/2009 Euro Blue Chip Growth Aggressive Dynamic Growth Fidelity Europe

Conclusion Equity markets are in a bottoming process Economic slowdown is unavoidable Risk is unexpected slowdown from China Rules of the game are changing Parts of the financial industry will face increasing regulation Stock picking challenge: in three years time, which stocks will we look at and wonder how did they get so cheap Dislocation in financial markets Opportunities to play across the capital structure 19

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