Wright believes the UK market remains extremely attractive despite the strong gains of the past year, while company valuations, he says, are not overstretched.
CHAIRMAN S STATEMENT Markets have been dominated by the response to the pandemic through both fiscal stimulus and very loose monetary conditions. In general, these policies have been very positive for risk assets like equities. More recently, as the end of the crisis has become more visible, the expectation of a surge in economic activity has unsettled bond markets and been to the benefit of more cyclical markets and sectors, where earnings momentum is likely to be strong. The portfolio positioning reflects these shifting sands, while recognising that government policies still provide a tailwind. Managed Growth The objective of the Managed Growth share class is long term capital growth. In the six month period, the portfolio outperformed its benchmark and delivered a total return on net assets of 15.5%, compared with the portfolio s benchmark which returned 9.9%. The share price total return was 20.4%. The long-term performance of the Managed Gro
Fidelity Special Values Plc - Issue of Equity
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Issue of Ordinary Shares
On 11 May 2021, Fidelity Special Values PLC (the Company ) issued from its block listing facility of 14 December 2020, a total of 635,000 new Ordinary shares of 5 pence: 35,000 at a price of 289.10 pence per share and 600,000 at a price of 289.00 pence per share. These shares rank pari passu with the existing Ordinary shares in issue.
Following this issue, there are 20,915,000 Ordinary shares available under the Company s block listing facility of 14 December 2020.
As a result of this issue, the total number of Ordinary shares in issue now stands at 304,098,920. There are no shares held in Treasury, therefore the total number of Ordinary shares with voting rights in the Company is 304,098,920.
Fidelity Special Values Plc - Total Voting Rights
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This announcement is made in accordance with DTR 5.6.
During the month of April 2021, Fidelity Special Values PLC issued 1,960,000 ordinary shares from its block listing facility dated 14 December 2020.
No shares were repurchased into Treasury or for cancellation.
As at 30 April 2021, Fidelity Special Values PLC s issued share capital consisted of 302,448,920 ordinary shares. There are no ordinary shares held in Treasury; therefore, the total number of voting rights in Fidelity Special Values PLC is also 302,448,920.
The above figure (302,448,920) may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Fidelity Special Values PLC under the FCA s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.