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 811-2105

Fidelity Salem Street Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

245 Summer St., Boston, Massachusetts 02210
(Address of principal executive offices)       (Zip code)

Scott C. Goebel, 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:

January 31

 

 

Date of reporting period:

January 31, 2014

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

Fidelity ®

Tax-Free Bond

Fund

Annual Report

January 31, 2014

(Fidelity Cover Art)


Contents

Performance

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How the fund has done over time.

Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

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The Portfolio Manager's review of fund performance and strategy.

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Changes

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A summary of major shifts in the fund's investments over the past six months.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov . A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Performance: The Bottom Line

Average annual total return reflects the change in the value of an investment, assuming reinvestment of the fund's distributions from dividend income and capital gains (the profits earned upon the sale of securities that have grown in value, if any) and assuming a constant rate of performance each year. The $25,000 table and the fund's returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. During periods of reimbursement by Fidelity, a fund's total return will be greater than it would be had the reimbursement not occurred. How a fund did yesterday is no guarantee of how it will do tomorrow.

Average Annual Total Returns

Periods ended January 31, 2014

Past 1
year

Past 5
years

Past 10
years

Fidelity® Tax-Free Bond Fund

-1.03%

5.92%

4.52%

$25,000 Over 10 Years

Let's say hypothetically that $25,000 was invested in Fidelity® Tax-Free Bond Fund on January 31, 2004. The chart shows how the value of your investment would have changed, and also shows how the Barclays® 3+ Year Non-AMT Municipal Bond Index performed over the same period.

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Management's Discussion of Fund Performance

Market Recap: Despite a very strong start to 2014, municipal bonds struggled during the 12-month period ending January 31, resulting in a -1.07% return for the Barclays® Municipal Bond Index. After holding steady in the early months of the period, the muni market came under severe pressure from May through August. U.S. bonds of all types sold off as the Federal Reserve hinted it might curtail its purchases of government bonds, stoking fears of higher interest rates. In addition, the isolated difficulties of a few prominent muni issuers - namely Puerto Rico, Detroit and Illinois - prompted investors to sell muni bonds. The muni market rallied strongly in September and built on that momentum in October, after the Fed delayed tapering and value-seeking investors returned. But munis retreated again in November and December, amid upbeat economic news, the Fed's decision to begin reducing its bond buying in January 2014 and an acceleration of year-end tax-related selling. In January, munis rallied strongly, outperforming most other bonds and equities. Although weak economic data fueled demand for bonds overall, investor flows into munis were particularly strong - against the backdrop of limited supply - as some investors reassessed the asset class and others reinvested the cash from the coupons and principal payments from munis that came due in January.

Comments from Jamie Pagliocco, Lead Portfolio Manager of Fidelity ® Tax-Free Bond Fund: For the year, the fund returned -1.03%, while the Barclays 3+ Year Non-AMT Municipal Bond Index returned -1.45%. The fund's underweighting in Puerto Rico bonds, which are free from federal and state income taxes nationwide, was a plus for relative performance. Puerto Rico bonds substantially lagged the muni market, suffering steep declines in response to growing concern about the financial challenges facing the commonwealth. Another factor working in the fund's favor was an overweighting in zero-coupon bonds issued by California school districts. These bonds outpaced the benchmark because zeros in general performed comparatively well and California bonds of all types benefited from improving investor sentiment toward the state. The biggest detractor was the fund's underweighting in housing bonds, which were among the market's best performers, buoyed by investors seeking the comparatively high income these bonds carried. To a lesser extent, the fund was hurt by its "barbell" stance, meaning that investments were concentrated in short- and long-term bonds while underweighted in bonds with maturities between those two ranges. Given fears of rising interest rates, longer-maturity securities lagged intermediate-term bonds.

The views expressed above reflect those of the portfolio manager(s) only through the end of the period as stated on the cover of this report and do not necessarily represent the views of Fidelity or any other person in the Fidelity organization. Any such views are subject to change at any time based upon market or other conditions and Fidelity disclaims any responsibility to update such views. These views may not be relied on as investment advice and, because investment decisions for a Fidelity fund are based on numerous factors, may not be relied on as an indication of trading intent on behalf of any Fidelity fund.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including redemption fees and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the 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 (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

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 under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. A small balance maintenance fee of $12.00 that is charged once a year may apply for certain accounts with a value of less than $2,000. This fee is not included in the table below. If it was, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value lower, by this amount. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund's actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund's 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. A small balance maintenance fee of $12.00 that is charged once a year may apply for certain accounts with a value of less than $2,000. This fee is not included in the table below. If it was, the estimate of expenses you paid during the period would be higher, and your ending account value lower, by this amount. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

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.

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Shareholder Expense Example - continued

 

Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value
August 1, 2013

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period
*
August 1, 2013
to January 31, 2014

Actual

.25%

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,036.70

$ 1.28

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,023.95

$ 1.28

A 5% return per year before expenses

B Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

* Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Changes (Unaudited)

Top Five States as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

Illinois

17.8

15.1

California

16.1

16.8

Texas

10.7

10.5

New York

9.6

11.0

Florida

8.8

8.7

Top Five Sectors as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

% of fund's net assets
6 months ago

General Obligations

33.8

32.8

Health Care

19.5

18.4

Transportation

10.6

10.3

Water & Sewer

10.5

11.0

Electric Utilities

7.2

7.3

Weighted Average Maturity as of January 31, 2014

 

 

6 months ago

Years

6.6

7.5

This is a weighted average of all the maturities of the securities held in a fund. Weighted Average Maturity (WAM) can be used as a measure of sensitivity to interest rate changes and market changes. Generally, the longer the maturity, the greater the sensitivity to such changes. WAM is based on the dollar-weighted average length of time until principal payments must be paid. Depending on the types of securities held in a fund, certain maturity shortening devices (e.g., demand features, interest rate resets, and call options) may be taken into account when calculating the WAM.

Duration as of January 31, 2014

 

 

6 months ago

Years

8.2

8.3

Duration is a measure of a security's price sensitivity to changes in interest rates. Duration differs from maturity in that it considers a security's interest payments in addition to the amount of time until the security reaches maturity, and also takes into account certain maturity shortening features (e.g., demand features, interest rate resets, and call options) when applicable. Securities with longer durations generally tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes than securities with shorter durations. A fund with a longer average duration generally can be expected to be more sensitive to interest rate changes than a fund with a shorter average duration.

Quality Diversification (% of fund's net assets)

As of January 31, 2014

As of July 31, 2013

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AAA 5.8%

 

SAL833606

AAA 5.5%

 

SAL833609

AA,A 80.6%

 

SAL833609

AA,A 80.8%

 

SAL833612

BBB 8.9%

 

SAL833612

BBB 7.6%

 

SAL833615

BB and Below 0.4%

 

SAL833615

BB and Below 0.5%

 

SAL833618

Not Rated 1.7%

 

SAL833618

Not Rated 1.3%

 

SAL833621

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets 2.6%

 

SAL833621

Short-Term
Investments and
Net Other Assets 4.3%

 

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We have used ratings from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. Where Moody's ® ratings are not available, we have used S&P ® ratings. All ratings are as of the date indicated and do not reflect subsequent changes.

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Investments January 31, 2014

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Municipal Bonds - 97.2%

 

Principal Amount

Value

Alabama - 0.2%

Birmingham Gen. Oblig. Series 2013 A, 0% 3/1/43 (a)

$ 1,400,000

$ 1,221,654

Huntsville Pub. Bldg. Auth. Rev. Series 2007:

5% 10/1/20 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

800,000

878,944

5% 10/1/22 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,096,100

Mobile Indl. Dev. Board Poll. Cont. Rev. Bonds Series 2009 E, 1.65%, tender 3/20/17 (c)

585,000

586,954

Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham Hosp. Rev. Series 2008 A, 5.75% 9/1/22

1,000,000

1,123,020

 

4,906,672

Arizona - 2.3%

Arizona Ctfs. of Partnership Series 2010 A:

5% 10/1/18 (FSA Insured)

1,000,000

1,155,820

5.25% 10/1/20 (FSA Insured)

2,600,000

3,017,976

5.25% 10/1/23 (FSA Insured)

5,000,000

5,616,950

5.25% 10/1/26 (FSA Insured)

1,000,000

1,100,350

5.25% 10/1/28 (FSA Insured)

500,000

545,325

Arizona Health Facilities Auth. Rev. (Banner Health Sys. Proj.):

Series 2007 A, 5% 1/1/21

1,000,000

1,077,790

Series 2007 B, 0.973% 1/1/37 (c)

1,000,000

779,940

Series 2008 D, 5.5% 1/1/38

3,400,000

3,586,354

Arizona School Facilities Board Ctfs. of Prtn. Series 2008, 5.75% 9/1/22

5,000,000

5,594,600

Arizona State Univ. Ctfs. of Partnership (Research Infrastructure Proj.) Series 2004, 5.25% 9/1/22 (Pre-Refunded to 9/1/14 @ 100)

1,000,000

1,028,860

Goodyear McDowell Road Commercial Corridor Impt. District 5.25% 1/1/16 (AMBAC Insured)

1,000,000

1,066,850

Goodyear Pub. Impt. Corp. Facilities Rev. Series 2008, 6% 7/1/31

2,000,000

2,186,200

Marana Muni. Property Corp. Facilities Rev. Series 2008 A, 5% 7/1/20

1,520,000

1,690,985

Maricopa County Poll. Cont. Rev. (Southern California Edison Co. Proj.) Series 2000 A, 5% 6/1/35

1,200,000

1,249,368

Maricopa County School District #28 Kyrene Elementary Series 2010 B, 1% 7/1/21 (b)

375,000

384,619

McAllister Academic Village LLC Rev. (Arizona State Univ. Hassayampa Academic Village Proj.) Series 2008, 5.25% 7/1/39

1,100,000

1,161,358

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Arizona - continued

Phoenix Civic Impt. Corp. District Rev. (Plaza Expansion Proj.) Series 2005 B, 5.5% 7/1/38 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

$ 5,000,000

$ 5,639,750

Phoenix Civic Impt. Corp. Wtr. Sys. Rev. Series 2005, 5% 7/1/29

4,250,000

4,434,238

Pima County Swr. Sys. Rev. Series 2012 A, 5% 7/1/27

1,000,000

1,110,690

Pinal County Indl. Dev. Auth. Correctional Facilities Contract Rev. (Florence West Prison Expansion, LLC Proj.) Series 2006 A, 5.25% 10/1/15 (ACA Finl. Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,335,000

1,376,812

Salt River Proj. Agricultural Impt. & Pwr. District Elec. Sys. Rev. Series 2008 A, 5% 1/1/24

1,000,000

1,104,620

Salt Verde Finl. Corp. Sr. Gas Rev. Series 2007:

5.25% 12/1/23

2,500,000

2,766,625

5.5% 12/1/29

2,100,000

2,338,266

Scottsdale Indl. Dev. Auth. Hosp. Rev. (Scottsdale Healthcare Proj.) Series 2006 C, 5% 9/1/35 (FSA Insured)

285,000

294,659

Tempe Transit Excise Tax Rev. Series 2008, 5% 7/1/33

1,000,000

1,060,720

Univ. of Arizona Univ. Revs. Series 2005 A, 5% 6/1/28 (Pre-Refunded to 6/1/15 @ 100)

1,285,000

1,366,225

 

52,735,950

California - 16.1%

Bay Area Toll Auth. San Francisco Bay Toll Bridge Rev. Series 2009 F1, 5.625% 4/1/44

2,000,000

2,158,640

Cabrillo Cmnty. College District Series B, 0% 8/1/21 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

2,155,000

1,694,002

California Econ. Recovery Series 2009 A, 5% 7/1/15

2,240,000

2,284,016

California Edl. Facilities Auth. Rev. (Univ. of Southern California Proj.) Series 2007 A, 4.75% 10/1/37

4,850,000

4,949,183

California Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2007, 5.625% 5/1/20

5,000

5,019

5% 8/1/20

2,745,000

3,089,168

5% 10/1/22

1,500,000

1,697,430

5% 11/1/22 (XL Cap. Assurance, Inc. Insured)

1,100,000

1,260,193

5% 12/1/22

7,810,000

8,972,206

5% 11/1/24

3,000,000

3,387,330

5% 3/1/26

1,000,000

1,077,320

5% 6/1/26

1,085,000

1,142,440

5% 3/1/31

1,700,000

1,783,164

5% 9/1/31

1,200,000

1,272,420

5% 12/1/31 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

600,000

607,296

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Principal Amount

Value

California - continued

California Gen. Oblig.: - continued

5% 9/1/32

$ 1,400,000

$ 1,476,972

5% 9/1/33

2,900,000

3,043,956

5% 9/1/35

450,000

466,119

5.25% 9/1/23

8,500,000

10,090,435

5.25% 12/1/33

35,000

35,428

5.25% 4/1/35

4,300,000

4,664,425

5.25% 3/1/38

2,525,000

2,655,038

5.25% 11/1/40

1,100,000

1,200,122

5.5% 8/1/27

3,200,000

3,646,080

5.5% 8/1/29

4,300,000

4,852,335

5.5% 4/1/30

5,000

5,034

5.5% 3/1/40

600,000

657,894

5.6% 3/1/36

300,000

335,577

6% 3/1/33

5,850,000

6,817,473

6% 4/1/38

3,100,000

3,529,908

6% 11/1/39

11,280,000

13,077,017

6.5% 4/1/33

5,050,000

6,097,269

California Health Facilities Fing. Auth. Rev.:

(Catholic Healthcare West Proj.) Series 2008 L, 5.125% 7/1/22

1,390,000

1,455,233

(Kaiser Permanente Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2006 A, 5.25% 4/1/39

1,000,000

1,012,930

(Providence Health and Svcs. Proj.):

Series C, 6.5% 10/1/38 (Pre-Refunded to 10/1/18 @ 100)

45,000

56,184

6.5% 10/1/38

2,155,000

2,446,248

(Stanford Hosp. & Clinics Proj.) Series 2010 B, 5.75% 11/15/31

5,400,000

6,037,362

California Pub. Works Board Lease Rev.:

(Butterfield State Office Complex Proj.) Series 2005 A, 5.25% 6/1/30

1,200,000

1,233,588

(Coalinga State Hosp. Proj.) Series 2013 E, 5% 6/1/26

5,265,000

5,857,313

(Dept. of Health Svcs. Proj.) Series 2005 K, 5% 11/1/23

1,600,000

1,695,728

(Office of Emergency Svcs. Proj.) Series 2007 A, 5% 3/1/22

1,000,000

1,101,520

(Porterville Developmental Ctr. Hsg. Expansion and Recreation Complex Proj.) Series 2009 C, 6.25% 4/1/34

2,640,000

3,027,869

(Univ. of California Research Proj.) Series 2006 E, 5.25% 10/1/19 (Pre-Refunded to 10/1/16 @ 100)

2,000,000

2,258,240

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

California - continued

California Pub. Works Board Lease Rev.: - continued

(Univ. Proj.) Series 2011 B, 5.25% 10/1/25

$ 6,000,000

$ 6,816,000

(Various Cap. Proj.) Series 2012 A, 5% 4/1/24

6,500,000

7,378,670

(Various Cap. Projects) Series 2012 G, 5% 11/1/25

1,500,000

1,684,875

(Various Judicial Council Projects) Series 2011 D:

5% 12/1/22

1,400,000

1,613,906

5% 12/1/23

2,600,000

2,948,426

Series 2005 B, 5.25% 11/1/24 (XL Cap. Assurance, Inc. Insured)

1,000,000

1,062,320

Series 2005 H, 5% 6/1/18

1,000,000

1,058,950

Series 2005 K, 5% 11/1/16

1,300,000

1,402,089

Series 2009 G1, 5.75% 10/1/30

835,000

938,340

Series 2009 I:

6.125% 11/1/29

500,000

589,290

6.375% 11/1/34

1,400,000

1,638,476

California State Univ. Rev. Series 2009 A:

5.75% 11/1/25

3,330,000

3,805,424

5.75% 11/1/27

5,600,000

6,393,632

6% 11/1/40

5,400,000

6,051,726

California Statewide Cmntys. Dev. Auth. Rev.:

(St. Joseph Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2007 C, 5.75% 7/1/47 (FGIC Insured)

5,100,000

5,450,625

Series 2005 A, 5.25% 7/1/24

1,100,000

1,130,866

Carlsbad Unified School District Series 2009 B, 0% 5/1/34 (a)

1,450,000

1,156,404

Fontana Unified School District Gen. Oblig.:

5% 5/1/21 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,880,000

2,083,059

5% 5/1/22 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,840,000

2,019,897

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp. Tobacco Settlement Rev.:

Series 2005 A:

5% 6/1/45

3,700,000

3,630,810

5% 6/1/45

1,000,000

981,300

Series 2013 A, 5% 6/1/29

2,500,000

2,613,550

5% 6/1/45 (FSA Insured)

65,000

64,386

Loma Linda Hosp. Rev. (Loma Linda Univ. Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2008 A, 8.25% 12/1/38

3,100,000

3,430,367

Long Beach Unified School District Series A, 5.75% 8/1/33

1,450,000

1,644,141

Los Angeles Cmnty. College District Series 2008 A, 6% 8/1/33

10,000,000

11,858,000

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

California - continued

Los Angeles Dept. of Wtr. & Pwr. Rev. Series A2, 5% 7/1/25 (FSA Insured)

$ 600,000

$ 628,146

Los Angeles Muni. Impt. Corp. Lease Rev. Series 2012 C:

5% 3/1/24

2,000,000

2,194,580

5% 3/1/25

1,000,000

1,093,630

Los Angeles Unified School District Series 2002 B, 5% 7/1/22

1,200,000

1,361,172

Los Angeles Unified School District Ctfs. of Prtn. Series 2007 A, 5% 10/1/17 (AMBAC Insured)

1,080,000

1,230,498

Los Angeles Wastewtr. Sys. Rev. Series 2009 A, 5.75% 6/1/34

10,000,000

11,432,900

Madera County Ctfs. of Prtn. (Children's Hosp. Central California Proj.) Series 2010, 5.375% 3/15/36

1,000,000

1,030,620

Marina Coast Wtr. District Ctfs. Prtn. Series 2006, 5% 6/1/31 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,500,000

1,536,555

Marina Gen. Oblig. Series 2005, 5.25% 8/1/35 (AMBAC Insured)

1,170,000

1,230,080

Merced Union High School District Series A, 0% 8/1/21 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,455,000

1,118,750

Monterey County Pub. Impt. Corp. Ctfs. of Prtn. Series 2007, 5% 8/1/19 (AMBAC Insured)

1,000,000

1,084,770

Northern California Power Agency Rev. (Hydroelectric #1 Proj.) Series 2008 C, 5% 7/1/14 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,500,000

1,529,610

Northern California Transmission Agcy. Rev. (California-Oregon Transmission Proj.) Series 2009 A:

5% 5/1/23

2,235,000

2,493,724

5% 5/1/24

1,510,000

1,672,310

Oakland Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2009 B, 6.25% 1/15/39

1,000,000

1,110,420

Series 2012, 5% 1/15/27

4,865,000

5,277,017

Oakland Unified School District Alameda County Series 2009 A, 6.5% 8/1/20

1,935,000

2,305,591

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Auth. (Oakland Coliseum Proj.) Series 2012 A:

5% 2/1/19

1,500,000

1,724,175

5% 2/1/24

2,915,000

3,204,634

Port of Oakland Rev. Series 2007 C, 5% 11/1/17 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

3,000,000

3,457,170

Poway Unified School District:

(District #2007-1 School Facilities Proj.) Series 2008 A, 0% 8/1/32

1,300,000

532,129

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Principal Amount

Value

California - continued

Poway Unified School District: - continued

Series B:

0% 8/1/33

$ 4,350,000

$ 1,671,009

0% 8/1/37

8,000,000

2,428,720

0% 8/1/38

4,225,000

1,207,632

0% 8/1/39

7,220,000

1,941,386

0% 8/1/40

1,100,000

274,472

0% 8/1/41

4,900,000

1,154,048

Poway Unified School District Pub. Fing. Auth. Lease Rev. Bonds Series 2008 B, 0%, tender 12/1/14 (FSA Insured) (c)

4,485,000

4,457,103

Sacramento City Fing. Auth. Rev. Series A, 0% 12/1/26 (FGIC Insured)

1,600,000

834,656

Sacramento Muni. Util. District Elec. Rev. Series 2012 Y, 5% 8/15/28

4,475,000

4,976,648

San Bernardino County Ctfs. of Prtn. (Arrowhead Proj.) Series 2009 A, 5.25% 8/1/26

1,000,000

1,058,020

San Diego Cmnty. College District Series 2011, 0% 8/1/35

3,000,000

1,014,420

San Diego Convention Ctr. Expansion Series 2012 A, 5% 4/15/24

4,470,000

4,933,807

San Diego Pub. Facilities Fing. Auth. Swr. Rev. Series 2009 A, 5.25% 5/15/39

3,000,000

3,160,590

San Diego Unified School District:

Series 2008 C:

0% 7/1/34

1,300,000

456,040

0% 7/1/36

10,050,000

3,119,621

0% 7/1/37

5,105,000

1,490,405

0% 7/1/39

3,500,000

899,535

Series 2008 E:

0% 7/1/47 (a)

2,600,000

943,020

0% 7/1/49

9,300,000

1,306,929

San Jacinto Unified School District Series 2007, 5.25% 8/1/32 (FSA Insured)

1,900,000

1,992,378

San Jose Fing. Auth. Lease Rev. (Civic Ctr. Proj.) Series 2013 A:

5% 6/1/24

1,000,000

1,149,270

5% 6/1/27

1,000,000

1,114,180

5% 6/1/32

10,000,000

10,635,100

San Jose Int'l. Arpt. Rev. Series 2007 B, 5% 3/1/23 (AMBAC Insured)

3,325,000

3,544,916

San Leandro Unified School District Series 2006 B, 6.25% 8/1/33 (FSA Insured)

1,700,000

1,863,778

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Principal Amount

Value

California - continued

San Marcos Unified School District:

Series 2010 A, 5% 8/1/38

$ 1,700,000

$ 1,766,674

Series 2010 B, 0% 8/1/47

3,700,000

619,195

San Mateo County Joint Powers Fing. Auth. Series 2009 A, (Cap. Projects) 5.25% 7/15/23

2,795,000

3,180,682

Santa Clara County Fing. Auth. Rev. (El Camino Hosp. Proj.) Series 2007 C, 5.75% 2/1/41 (AMBAC Insured)

10,000,000

10,598,000

Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District Series 1999, 0% 8/1/20 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

855,480

Santa Rosa Wastewtr. Rev. Series 2002 B, 0% 9/1/25 (AMBAC Insured)

1,700,000

1,039,040

Sonoma County Jr. College District Rev. Series 2002, 5% 8/1/28 (FSA Insured)

165,000

174,225

Sweetwater Union High School District Series 2008 A, 5.625% 8/1/47 (FSA Insured)

8,300,000

8,651,671

Turlock Health Facilities Rev. Ctfs. Series 2004 A, 5.375% 10/15/34

600,000

611,526

Univ. of California Revs.:

Series 2007 K, 5% 5/15/18 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

940,000

1,003,647

Series 2009 O:

5.25% 5/15/39

1,000,000

1,065,740

5.75% 5/15/30

5,700,000

6,474,459

5.75% 5/15/34

3,060,000

3,428,118

Ventura County Cmnty. College District Series C, 5.5% 8/1/33

1,700,000

1,948,727

Washington Township Health Care District Gen. Oblig. Series 2013 B, 5.5% 8/1/38

2,000,000

2,188,520

Washington Township Health Care District Rev.:

Series 2007 A, 5% 7/1/16

535,000

578,410

Series 2009 A:

5.125% 7/1/17

205,000

226,199

5.25% 7/1/18

230,000

258,987

5.5% 7/1/19

390,000

446,047

6% 7/1/29

1,000,000

1,066,280

Series 2010 A, 5.25% 7/1/30

1,900,000

1,960,325

West Contra Costa Unified School District:

(Election of 2005 Proj.) Series B, 5.625% 8/1/35 (Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. Insured)

1,200,000

1,290,108

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

California - continued

West Contra Costa Unified School District: - continued

Series 2012, 5% 8/1/27

$ 5,000,000

$ 5,535,050

Yuba City Unified School District Series A, 0% 9/1/22 (FGIC Insured)

1,000,000

697,910

 

364,199,837

Colorado - 0.7%

Colorado Ctfs. of Prtn. (UCDHSC Fitzsimons Academic Proj.) Series 2005 B, 5.25% 11/1/24 (Pre-Refunded to 11/1/15 @ 100)

1,000,000

1,086,510

Colorado Health Facilities Auth. Retirement Hsg. Rev. (Liberty Heights Proj.):

Series B, 0% 7/15/20 (Escrowed to Maturity)

2,000,000

1,754,780

0% 7/15/22 (Escrowed to Maturity)

4,500,000

3,585,060

Colorado Health Facilities Auth. Rev.:

(Adventist Health Sys./Sunbelt Proj.) Series 2006 D, 5.25% 11/15/27

2,000,000

2,151,100

(Valley View Hosp. Proj.) Series 2008, 5.75% 5/15/36

2,640,000

2,715,187

Denver City & County Arpt. Rev. Series 2007 E, 5% 11/15/32 (AMBAC Insured)

1,000,000

1,049,710

E-470 Pub. Hwy. Auth. Rev.:

Series 2000 B, 0% 9/1/20 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,400,000

1,106,644

Series 2010 A, 0% 9/1/41

3,400,000

645,116

Series 2010 C, 5.375% 9/1/26

1,000,000

1,064,480

Univ. of Colorado Enterprise Sys. Rev. Series 2009 A, 5.5% 6/1/26

1,250,000

1,436,413

 

16,595,000

District Of Columbia - 0.9%

District of Columbia Ctfs. of Prtn. (District's Pub. Safety and Emergency Preparedness Communications Ctr. and Related Technology Proj.) Series 2003, 5.5% 1/1/19 (AMBAC Insured)

1,565,000

1,570,368

District of Columbia Hosp. Rev. (Sibley Memorial Hosp. Proj.) Series 2009, 6.375% 10/1/39

5,000,000

5,421,650

District of Columbia Rev.:

(Medlantic/Helix Proj.) Series 1998 C, 5% 8/15/14 (FSA Insured)

1,500,000

1,536,900

Series B, 4.75% 6/1/32

800,000

816,144

District of Columbia Wtr. & Swr. Auth. Pub. Util. Rev. Series 2007 A, 5.5% 10/1/41

4,700,000

4,950,369

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Principal Amount

Value

District Of Columbia - continued

Metropolitan Washington Arpts. Auth. Dulles Toll Road Rev. Series 2009 B:

0% 10/1/31 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

$ 5,825,000

$ 2,223,461

0% 10/1/36 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

5,020,000

1,365,490

0% 10/1/39 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

10,000,000

2,221,900

Metropolitan Washington DC Arpts. Auth. Sys. Rev. Series 2010 A, 5% 10/1/39

1,100,000

1,153,174

 

21,259,456

Florida - 8.8%

Brevard County School Board Ctfs. of Prtn. Series 2007 B, 5% 7/1/24 (AMBAC Insured)

1,000,000

1,073,990

Broward County Arpt. Sys. Rev. series 2012 Q1, 5% 10/1/22

2,000,000

2,311,100

Broward County School Board Ctfs. of Prtn.:

Series 2004 B, 5.25% 7/1/15 (FSA Insured)

5,000,000

5,331,500

Series 2007 A, 5% 7/1/16 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,095,080

Series 2012 A, 5% 7/1/24

8,830,000

9,965,273

Broward County Wtr. & Swr. Util. Rev. Series 2009 A, 5.25% 10/1/34

12,120,000

13,109,962

Citizens Property Ins. Corp.:

Series 2010 A1, 5% 6/1/16 (FSA Insured)

5,000,000

5,498,000

Series 2011 A1, 5% 6/1/20

1,000,000

1,155,450

Series 2012 A1, 5% 6/1/21

3,100,000

3,541,936

Collier County Indl. Dev. Auth. Healthcare Facilities Rev. (NCH Healthcare Sys. Proj.) Series 2011, 6.25% 10/1/39

8,060,000

8,971,505

Florida Board of Ed. Lottery Rev. Series 2011 A, 5% 7/1/20

4,300,000

5,049,275

Florida Board of Ed. Pub. Ed. Cap. Outlay:

Series 2006 C, 5% 6/1/29

1,665,000

1,823,375

Series 2006 E, 5% 6/1/35

3,825,000

4,169,671

Series 2011 E, 5% 6/1/24

2,385,000

2,750,573

Series A, 5.5% 6/1/38

700,000

762,573

Florida Dev. Fin. Corp. Healthcare Facility Rev. 6% 2/1/33

2,400,000

2,438,136

Florida Gen. Oblig.:

(Dept. of Trans. Right-of-Way and Bridge Construction Proj.) Series 2008 A, 5.375% 7/1/26

5,675,000

6,311,678

Series 2008 A, 5.25% 7/1/37

1,000,000

1,072,240

Series 2011 B, 5% 7/1/23

3,600,000

4,144,500

Series 2012 A, 5% 7/1/25

3,300,000

3,744,642

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Principal Amount

Value

Florida - continued

Florida Muni. Pwr. Agcy. Rev.:

(St. Lucie Proj.) Series 2012 A, 5% 10/1/26

$ 1,125,000

$ 1,234,170

Series 2009 A, 6.25% 10/1/31

1,000,000

1,120,330

Highlands County Health Facilities Auth. Rev. (Adventist Health Sys./Sunbelt, Inc. Prog.):

Series 2005 A:

5% 11/15/16

495,000

533,818

5% 11/15/16 (Pre-Refunded to 11/15/15 @ 100)

305,000

330,339

Series 2005 B, 5% 11/15/30 (Pre-Refunded to 11/15/15 @ 100)

130,000

140,800

Series 2006 G:

5% 11/15/16

95,000

106,385

5.125% 11/15/18

965,000

1,079,131

Series 2008 B, 6% 11/15/37

5,000,000

5,549,050

Hillsborough County Indl. Dev. (Tampa Gen. Hosp. Proj.) Series 2006, 5.25% 10/1/41

4,980,000

5,084,680

Hillsborough County Indl. Dev. Auth. Indl. Dev. Rev. (Health Facilities/Univ. Cmnty. Hosp. Proj.) Series 2008 B, 8% 8/15/32 (Pre-Refunded to 8/15/19 @ 101)

1,500,000

2,029,170

Jacksonville Elec. Auth. Elec. Sys. Rev.:

Series 2006 A, 5% 10/1/41 (FSA Insured)

1,300,000

1,316,822

Series 2009 B:

5% 10/1/18 (Pre-Refunded to 4/1/14 @ 100)

1,100,000

1,108,294

5% 10/1/19 (Pre-Refunded to 4/1/14 @ 100)

4,120,000

4,151,065

Series 2012 A, 4% 10/1/23

2,335,000

2,492,052

Series Three 2010 D, 5% 10/1/38

2,800,000

2,917,152

Jacksonville Sales Tax Rev. Series 2012, 5% 10/1/25

2,250,000

2,450,925

Miami Beach Health Facilities Auth. Hosp. Rev. (Mount Sinai Med. Ctr. of Florida Proj.) Series 2012, 5% 11/15/22

800,000

859,904

Miami-Dade County Aviation Rev.:

Series 2010 A:

5.5% 10/1/30

1,000,000

1,086,230

5.5% 10/1/41

1,500,000

1,594,215

Series 2010 A1, 5.375% 10/1/35

4,240,000

4,468,536

Miami-Dade County Cap. Asset Acquisition Series 2012 A, 5% 10/1/24

1,000,000

1,111,130

Miami-Dade County Edl. Facilities Rev. (Univ. of Miami Proj.) Series 2008 A, 5.75% 4/1/28

1,400,000

1,492,414

Miami-Dade County Expressway Auth. Series 2010 A, 5% 7/1/40

3,300,000

3,379,728

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Florida - continued

Miami-Dade County School Board Ctfs. of Prtn.:

Series 2008 A, 5% 8/1/21 (AMBAC Insured)

$ 1,500,000

$ 1,650,930

Series 2011 B, 5.625% 5/1/31

2,195,000

2,424,378

Miami-Dade County Transit Sales Surtax Rev. Series 2012, 5% 7/1/22

765,000

887,148

Miami-Dade County Wtr. & Swr. Rev. Series 2008 A, 5.25% 10/1/22 (FSA Insured)

6,000,000

7,087,380

North Brevard County Hosp. District Rev. (Parrish Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2008:

5.75% 10/1/38

3,200,000

3,319,840

5.75% 10/1/43

1,000,000

1,030,730

Orange County Health Facilities Auth. (Orlando Health, Inc.) Series 2009, 5.375% 10/1/23

2,500,000

2,749,275

Orlando & Orange County Expressway Auth. Rev. Series 2012, 5% 7/1/23

1,150,000

1,306,918

Orlando Utils. Commission Util. Sys. Rev.:

Series 2009 A, 5.25% 10/1/39

1,000,000

1,060,530

Series 2009 B, 5% 10/1/33

6,200,000

6,619,864

Series 2012 A, 5% 10/1/24

1,450,000

1,702,634

Series 2013 A:

5% 10/1/24

2,300,000

2,703,029

5% 10/1/25

1,800,000

2,118,834

Palm Beach County Solid Waste Auth. Rev.:

Series 2009, 5.5% 10/1/22 (Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. Insured)

7,000,000

8,382,430

Series 2011, 5% 10/1/24

4,000,000

4,566,920

Port Saint Lucie Master Lease Proj. Ctfs. of Prtn. (Muni. Complex Proj.) Series 2008, 6.25% 9/1/27 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,590,000

1,661,025

Putnam County Dev. Auth. Poll. Cont. Rev. Bonds (Seminole Elec. Coop., Inc. Proj.) Series 2007 B, 5.35%, tender 5/1/18 (c)

2,300,000

2,625,657

Saint Lucie County School Board Ctfs. of Prtn. Series 2013 A, 5% 7/1/26

2,515,000

2,787,400

Sarasota County School Board Ctfs. of Prtn. (Master Lease Prog.):

5% 7/1/16

1,315,000

1,444,659

5% 7/1/17

4,385,000

4,955,050

Seminole County School Board Ctfs. of Prtn. Series 2005 A, 5% 7/1/16 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

200,000

211,454

South Lake County Hosp. District (South Lake Hosp., Inc.) Series 2009 A, 6% 4/1/29

2,375,000

2,576,899

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Florida - continued

Tampa Bay Wtr. Reg'l. Wtr. Supply Auth. Util. Sys. Rev. Series 2011 B, 5% 10/1/19

$ 2,725,000

$ 3,240,243

Tampa Tax Allocation (H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Ctr. Proj.) Series 2012 A, 5% 9/1/25

900,000

992,898

 

198,062,924

Georgia - 3.1%

Atlanta Tax Allocation (Atlantic Station Proj.) 5.25% 12/1/19 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

2,000,000

2,183,200

Atlanta Wtr. & Wastewtr. Rev. Series 2009 A, 6.25% 11/1/39

12,700,000

14,507,845

Augusta Wtr. & Swr. Rev. Series 2004, 5.25% 10/1/39 (FSA Insured)

1,050,000

1,068,554

Burke County Indl. Dev. Auth. Poll. Cont. Rev. Bonds (Oglethorpe Pwr. Corp. Vogtle Proj.) Series 2013 A, 2.4%, tender 4/1/20 (c)

3,000,000

2,886,360

Colquitt County Dev. Auth. Rev.:

Series A, 0% 12/1/21 (Escrowed to Maturity)

4,120,000

3,413,338

Series C, 0% 12/1/21 (Escrowed to Maturity)

3,000,000

2,485,440

DeKalb County Hosp. Auth. Rev. (DeKalb Med. Ctr., Inc. Proj.) Series 2010:

6% 9/1/30

2,900,000

2,951,765

6.125% 9/1/40

3,665,000

3,683,472

DeKalb County Wtr. & Swr. Rev. Series 2011 A:

5.25% 10/1/36

1,000,000

1,073,490

5.25% 10/1/41

1,900,000

2,017,838

Fulton County Wtr. & Swr. Rev.:

Series 2011, 5% 1/1/23

2,500,000

2,859,975

Series 2013, 5% 1/1/32

10,000,000

10,891,200

Georgia Muni. Elec. Auth. Pwr. Rev.:

(Gen. Resolution Proj.) Series 2008 A, 5.25% 1/1/19

4,000,000

4,686,120

Series C, 5% 1/1/22

2,900,000

3,360,723

Series GG, 5% 1/1/23

1,600,000

1,851,120

Georgia Muni. Gas Auth. Rev. (Gas Portfolio III Proj.):

Series R, 5% 10/1/21

1,225,000

1,418,648

Series S, 5% 10/1/24

1,575,000

1,762,520

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Auth. Sales Tax Rev. Third Series 2009 A, 5.25% 7/1/36

4,900,000

5,219,431

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Georgia - continued

Savannah Econ. Dev. Auth. Rev. (Southern Care Corp. Proj.) Series C, 0% 12/1/21 (Escrowed to Maturity)

$ 1,995,000

$ 1,652,818

Valdosta & Lowndes County Hosp. Series 2007, 5% 10/1/24

1,000,000

1,037,090

 

71,010,947

Idaho - 0.4%

Idaho Health Facilities Auth. Rev.:

(St. Luke's Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2008 A, 6.75% 11/1/37

1,900,000

2,110,387

(Trinity Health Group Proj.) 2008 B, 6.25% 12/1/33

6,300,000

7,071,183

 

9,181,570

Illinois - 17.8%

Boone & Winnebago County Cmnty. Unit School District 200 Series 2003, 0% 1/1/20 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,065,000

876,293

Chicago Board of Ed.:

Series 2011 A, 5.5% 12/1/39

2,700,000

2,754,783

Series 2012 A, 5% 12/1/42

7,100,000

6,857,748

Chicago Gen. Oblig.:

(Cap. Impt. Proj.) Series 1999:

0% 1/1/27 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,700,000

857,905

0% 1/1/39 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

5,600,000

1,157,800

(City Colleges Proj.):

Series 1999, 0% 1/1/17 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

4,300,000

4,081,861

0% 1/1/26 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

16,330,000

8,872,742

Series 2004 A, 5.25% 1/1/29 (FSA Insured)

210,000

210,176

Series 2007 A, 5% 1/1/37 (FSA Insured)

10,000,000

10,010,200

Series 2007 C, 5% 1/1/30 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

7,305,000

7,376,881

Series 2008 C, 5% 1/1/34

680,000

680,258

Series 2009 A:

5% 1/1/22

1,500,000

1,628,220

5% 1/1/27 (FSA Insured)

1,900,000

1,976,684

Series 2009 C, 5% 1/1/23

1,285,000

1,349,854

Series 2011 A, 5% 1/1/40

4,125,000

4,031,074

Series 2012 A:

5% 1/1/33

2,000,000

2,007,680

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Illinois - continued

Chicago Gen. Oblig.: - continued

Series 2012 A:

5% 1/1/34

$ 1,045,000

$ 1,045,627

Series 2012 C, 5% 1/1/23

500,000

538,500

Series A, 5.5% 1/1/17

1,480,000

1,629,006

Chicago Motor Fuel Tax Rev. Series A, 5% 1/1/33 (AMBAC Insured)

2,000,000

2,004,840

Chicago O'Hare Int'l. Arpt. Rev.:

Series 2008 A, 5% 1/1/16 (FSA Insured)

1,200,000

1,299,888

Series 2011 C, 6.5% 1/1/41

6,500,000

7,371,130

Series 2013 D, 5% 1/1/27

5,175,000

5,495,540

Chicago Park District Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2010 C:

5.25% 1/1/37

2,100,000

2,159,871

5.25% 1/1/40

1,300,000

1,336,283

Series 2013 A:

5.5% 1/1/33

1,000,000

1,066,810

5.75% 1/1/38

2,400,000

2,566,224

Chicago Transit Auth. Cap. Grant Receipts Rev. (Fed. Transit Administration Section 5307 Proj.):

Series 2006 A, 5% 6/1/21

1,000,000

1,060,100

Series 2008 A:

5.25% 6/1/22 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,200,000

1,267,704

5.25% 6/1/23 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,047,490

Chicago Wtr. Rev. Series 2008:

5.25% 11/1/33

2,300,000

2,416,771

5.25% 11/1/38

9,150,000

9,451,127

Cook County Cmnty. College District Series 2013:

5% 12/1/23

2,000,000

2,198,540

5% 12/1/24

1,000,000

1,085,590

5.25% 12/1/25

1,450,000

1,588,533

Cook County Forest Preservation District Series 2012 C:

5% 12/15/22

1,230,000

1,400,921

5% 12/15/37

1,000,000

1,054,420

Cook County Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2004 B, 5.25% 11/15/26 (Pre-Refunded to 11/15/14 @ 100)

300,000

311,766

Series 2006 B, 5% 11/15/18 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,132,390

Series 2010 A, 5.25% 11/15/33

13,180,000

13,618,762

Series 2011 A, 5.25% 11/15/28

1,625,000

1,744,909

Series 2012 C:

5% 11/15/23

4,375,000

4,895,144

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Illinois - continued

Cook County Gen. Oblig.: - continued

Series 2012 C:

5% 11/15/24

$ 3,500,000

$ 3,879,680

5% 11/15/25

5,400,000

5,913,270

Des Plaines Pub. Library District 5.5% 1/1/30

4,210,000

4,700,760

Grundy, Kendall & Will County Cmnty. High School District #111 Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2006 A, 5.25% 5/1/24 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,400,000

1,532,370

Series A:

5.5% 5/1/15 (Escrowed to Maturity)

480,000

511,334

5.5% 5/1/15 (Escrowed to Maturity)

520,000

553,946

Illinois Dev. Fin. Auth. Retirement Hsg. Regency Park Rev. 0% 7/15/23 (Escrowed to Maturity)

5,600,000

4,188,072

Illinois Fin. Auth. Hosp. Rev. (KishHealth Sys. Proj.) Series 2008, 5.75% 10/1/35

2,400,000

2,499,024

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev.:

(Advocate Health Care Proj.) Series 2008 D, 6.5% 11/1/38

1,100,000

1,231,153

(Bradley Univ. Proj.) 5% 8/1/20 (XL Cap. Assurance, Inc. Insured)

1,440,000

1,523,938

(Central DuPage Health Proj.) Series 2009 B, 5.375% 11/1/39

2,100,000

2,182,194

(Children's Memorial Hosp. Proj.) Series 2008 A, 5.25% 8/15/33 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,900,000

1,933,630

(Edward Hosp. Obligated Group Proj.) Series 2008 A, 5.5% 2/1/40 (AMBAC Insured)

2,205,000

2,228,549

(Newman Foundation, Inc. Proj.) 5% 2/1/27 (Radian Asset Assurance, Inc. Insured)

1,225,000

1,177,458

(Northwest Cmnty. Hosp. Proj.) Series 2008 A, 5.5% 7/1/38

2,800,000

2,908,388

(Northwestern Memorial Hosp. Proj.) Series 2009 A, 6% 8/15/39

3,700,000

4,115,991

(Palos Cmnty. Hosp. Proj.) Series 2010 C, 5.375% 5/15/30

7,600,000

7,913,272

(Provena Health Proj.):

Series 2009 A, 7.75% 8/15/34

6,060,000

7,293,513

Series 2010 A, 6% 5/1/28

5,300,000

5,641,903

(Rush Univ. Med. Ctr. Proj.):

Series 2009 A, 7.25% 11/1/30

1,865,000

2,192,755

Series 2009 C, 6.625% 11/1/39

2,300,000

2,539,177

Series 2009 D, 6.625% 11/1/39

2,300,000

2,539,177

Series B, 5.75% 11/1/28 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

3,595,000

3,876,776

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Principal Amount

Value

Illinois - continued

Illinois Fin. Auth. Rev.: - continued

(Sherman Health Systems Proj.) Series 2007 A, 5.5% 8/1/37

$ 6,825,000

$ 7,193,550

(Silver Cross Hosp. and Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2008 A:

5.5% 8/15/30

700,000

708,645

6% 8/15/23

1,000,000

1,072,230

(The Carle Foundation Proj.) Series 2009 A:

5.5% 2/15/15 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

6,090,000

6,374,647

5.5% 2/15/17 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

3,825,000

4,299,224

Series 2008 A, 5.625% 1/1/37

9,975,000

10,218,091

Series 2009 A, 7.25% 11/1/38

2,880,000

3,359,952

Series 2009:

6.875% 8/15/38

150,000

162,833

7% 8/15/44

6,210,000

6,762,690

Series 2010 A:

5.5% 8/15/24

1,030,000

1,095,570

5.75% 8/15/29

700,000

740,439

Series 2010, 5.25% 8/15/36

1,365,000

1,378,254

Series 2012 A:

5% 5/15/19

1,000,000

1,119,180

5% 5/15/23

700,000

753,473

Series 2012:

4% 9/1/32

1,900,000

1,650,549

5% 9/1/32

4,000,000

4,058,360

5% 9/1/38

4,600,000

4,466,784

5% 11/15/43

1,640,000

1,595,310

Series 2013:

5% 11/15/24

1,115,000

1,217,491

5% 5/15/43

3,700,000

3,386,906

Illinois Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2002, 5.5% 8/1/15 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,068,960

Series 2006:

5% 1/1/19

1,500,000

1,703,985

5.5% 1/1/31

1,000,000

1,063,630

Series 2010:

5% 1/1/21 (FSA Insured)

900,000

1,006,020

5% 1/1/23 (FSA Insured)

2,100,000

2,270,163

Series 2012 A, 5% 1/1/33

1,700,000

1,719,839

Series 2012:

5% 8/1/19

900,000

1,027,125

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Principal Amount

Value

Illinois - continued

Illinois Gen. Oblig.: - continued

Series 2012:

5% 8/1/21

$ 740,000

$ 834,905

5% 3/1/23

1,500,000

1,645,935

5% 8/1/23

1,675,000

1,836,671

5% 3/1/36

1,000,000

1,005,900

Series 2013, 5.5% 7/1/38

2,000,000

2,087,940

Illinois Health Facilities Auth. Rev. (Delnor-Cmnty. Hosp. Proj.):

Series 2002 A, 5.25% 5/15/22 (FSA Insured)

1,175,000

1,254,042

Series 2002 D, 5.25% 5/15/32 (FSA Insured)

1,000,000

1,030,390

5.25% 5/15/32 (FSA Insured)

590,000

607,930

Illinois Muni. Elec. Agcy. Pwr. Supply Series A, 5.25% 2/1/20 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

3,360,000

3,672,211

Illinois Sales Tax Rev.:

Series 2005, 5% 6/15/30 (Pre-Refunded to 6/15/15 @ 100)

3,000,000

3,193,080

Series 2010, 5% 6/15/15

4,300,000

4,571,846

Illinois Toll Hwy. Auth. Toll Hwy. Rev. Series 2013 A, 5% 1/1/38

20,000,000

20,770,800

Illinois Unemployment Ins. Fund Bldg. Receipts Series 2012 A, 5% 6/15/19

1,400,000

1,482,978

Jersey & Greene Counties Cmnty. Unit School District #100 Series 2003, 0% 12/1/18 (FSA Insured)

1,100,000

969,782

Joliet School District #86 Gen. Oblig. Series 2002:

0% 11/1/19 (FSA Insured)

2,260,000

1,938,696

0% 11/1/20 (FSA Insured)

3,850,000

3,122,966

Kane & DeKalb Counties Cmnty. Unit School District #302 Series 2004, 0% 2/1/22 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

5,025,000

3,755,082

Kane, McHenry, Cook & DeKalb Counties Unit School District #300:

Series 2001, 0% 12/1/17 (AMBAC Insured)

1,000,000

947,760

Series 2007, 6.5% 1/1/20 (AMBAC Insured) (Pre-Refunded to 1/1/20 @ 100)

900,000

1,112,922

Lake County Cmnty. Consolidated School District #73 Gen. Oblig.:

0% 12/1/16 (Escrowed to Maturity)

260,000

255,424

0% 12/1/16 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

840,000

803,057

Lake County Cmnty. Unit School District #95, Lake Zurich Series 2000 B, 0% 12/1/18 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

3,000,000

2,735,910

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Principal Amount

Value

Illinois - continued

Lake County Warren Township High School District #121, Gurnee Series C, 5.5% 3/1/23 (Pre-Refunded to 3/1/14 @ 101)

$ 1,000,000

$ 1,013,900

Madison County Cmnty. United School District #007 Series A, 5% 12/1/15 (FSA Insured)

1,000,000

1,074,870

McHenry & Kane Counties Cmnty. Consolidated School District #158 Series 2004, 0% 1/1/24 (FSA Insured)

1,600,000

1,081,840

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition:

(McCormick Place Expansion Proj.):

Series 2002 A, 0% 12/15/30 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

11,900,000

4,958,492

Series 2010 B1:

0% 6/15/43 (FSA Insured)

15,500,000

2,900,825

0% 6/15/44 (FSA Insured)

19,125,000

3,380,535

0% 6/15/45 (FSA Insured)

12,145,000

2,027,729

0% 6/15/46 (FSA Insured)

2,335,000

367,062

0% 6/15/47 (FSA Insured)

5,660,000

837,567

Series 2012 B:

0% 12/15/41

4,600,000

930,258

0% 12/15/51

5,900,000

645,578

5% 6/15/52

7,100,000

7,051,578

Series A, 0% 12/15/16 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

3,155,000

3,012,678

0% 6/15/15

2,760,000

2,714,681

0% 6/15/15 (Escrowed to Maturity)

1,885,000

1,874,519

0% 6/15/15 (Escrowed to Maturity)

605,000

601,636

0% 6/15/16 (Escrowed to Maturity)

475,000

468,768

0% 6/15/16 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,125,000

1,085,490

Quincy Hosp. Rev. Series 2007, 5% 11/15/14

1,015,000

1,046,364

Schaumburg Village Gen. Oblig. Series B, 5% 12/1/38 (Pre-Refunded to 12/1/14 @ 100)

1,900,000

1,975,373

Univ. of Illinois Rev.:

(Auxiliary Facilities Sys. Proj.):

Series 1999 A, 0% 4/1/20 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

2,015,000

1,663,362

Series 2009 A, 5.75% 4/1/38

4,870,000

5,343,997

Series 2010 A:

5% 4/1/25

1,700,000

1,827,364

5.25% 4/1/30

1,020,000

1,091,206

Series 2013:

6% 10/1/42

1,935,000

2,013,909

6.25% 10/1/38

1,900,000

2,031,917

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Principal Amount

Value

Illinois - continued

Will County Cmnty. Unit School District #365-U:

0% 11/1/14 (FSA Insured)

$ 505,000

$ 502,697

0% 11/1/16 (Escrowed to Maturity)

420,000

413,616

0% 11/1/16 (FSA Insured)

1,280,000

1,231,347

0% 11/1/18 (Escrowed to Maturity)

945,000

887,884

0% 11/1/18 (FSA Insured)

4,085,000

3,660,283

0% 11/1/19 (Escrowed to Maturity)

1,290,000

1,173,913

0% 11/1/19 (FSA Insured)

8,310,000

7,084,358

Winnebago County School District No. 122 Harlem-Loves Park Rev.:

0% 1/1/15 (FSA Insured)

2,675,000

2,632,655

0% 1/1/15 (FSA Insured) (Escrowed to Maturity)

1,605,000

1,599,639

 

401,912,392

Indiana - 2.9%

Beech Grove School Bldg. Corp. Series 1996, 5.625% 7/5/24 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

2,875,000

3,366,280

Carlisle-Sullivan Independent School Bldg. Corp. Series 2007, 5% 7/15/20 (FSA Insured)

1,000,000

1,098,660

Delaware County Ind. Hosp. Auth. Series 2006, 5.125% 8/1/29

1,000,000

1,018,090

Franklin Cmnty. Multi-School Bldg. Corp. 5% 7/15/20 (FSA Insured)

1,525,000

1,669,067

Franklin Township Independent School Bldg. Corp., Marion County 5% 7/15/20 (AMBAC Insured)

3,540,000

3,829,501

Hammond School Bldg. Corp. Series 2004, 5% 7/15/18 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,040,790

Hobart Bldg. Corp. Series 2006, 6.5% 1/15/29 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

3,100,000

3,660,759

Indiana Fin. Auth. Health Sys. Rev. (Sisters of Saint Francis Health Svcs., Inc. Obligated Group Proj.) Series 2009 A, 5.25% 11/1/39

1,700,000

1,744,710

Indiana Fin. Auth. Rev. Series 2012:

5% 3/1/25

1,000,000

1,071,940

5% 3/1/30

500,000

509,960

5% 3/1/41

2,590,000

2,533,512

Indiana Health & Edl. Facilities Fing. Auth. Rev.:

(Sisters of St. Francis Health Svcs., Inc. Proj.) Series 2006 E, 5.25% 5/15/41 (FSA Insured)

1,600,000

1,627,808

Bonds (Ascension Health Sr. Cr. Group Proj.) Series 2006 B1, 4.1%, tender 11/3/16 (c)

5,000,000

5,451,250

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Principal Amount

Value

Indiana - continued

Indiana Health Facility Fing. Auth. Rev. Bonds (Ascension Health Cr. Group Proj.):

Series 2001 A1, 1.5%, tender 8/1/14 (c)

$ 1,600,000

$ 1,610,544

Series 2001 A2, 1.6%, tender 2/1/17 (c)

2,800,000

2,856,840

Indiana Muni. Pwr. Agcy. Pwr. Supply Sys. Rev. Series 2011 A, 5% 1/1/21

800,000

926,656

Indiana State Fin. Auth. Wastewtr.:

(CWA Auth. Proj.) Series 2012 A:

5% 10/1/24

850,000

973,140

5% 10/1/37

1,700,000

1,790,185

Series 2011 A, 5.25% 10/1/26

1,000,000

1,124,450

Series 2011 B, 5% 10/1/41

2,000,000

2,075,840

Indiana Trans. Fin. Auth. Hwy. Rev. Series 1993 A, 0% 6/1/17 (AMBAC Insured)

1,000,000

957,550

Indianapolis Local Pub. Impt. Bond Bank (Wtrwks. Proj.):

Series 2007 L, 5.25% 7/1/23 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,089,240

Series A, 5.5% 1/1/16 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,005,000

1,100,174

Indianapolis Thermal Energy Sys. Series 2010 B, 5% 10/1/19

8,390,000

9,532,215

Jasper County Indl. Poll. Ctl. Rev. (Northern Indiana Pub. Svc. Co. Proj.) Series 1988 C, 5.6% 11/1/16 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,072,730

Lake Central Multi-District School Bldg. Corp. Series 2012 B:

5% 7/15/27

5,000,000

5,439,400

5% 1/15/30

4,300,000

4,617,211

Purdue Univ. Rev. (Student Facilities Sys. Proj.) Series 2009 B, 5% 7/1/27

1,220,000

1,378,563

Wayne Township Marion County School Bldg. Corp. Series 2007, 5.5% 7/15/27 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

700,000

758,625

 

65,925,690

Kansas - 0.4%

Kansas Dev. Fin. Auth. Health Facilities Rev. (Hays Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2005 L, 5.25% 11/15/14

650,000

671,652

Lawrence Hosp. Rev. Series 2006:

5.125% 7/1/14

520,000

528,138

5.25% 7/1/15

200,000

210,620

Overland Park Sales Tax Spl. Oblig. Rev. Series 2012, 4.375% 12/15/23

1,800,000

1,711,134

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Kansas - continued

Wichita Hosp. Facilities Rev. (Via Christi Health Sys., Inc. Proj.) Series 2009 X:

4% 11/15/18 (Escrowed to Maturity)

$ 400,000

$ 454,440

5% 11/15/17 (Escrowed to Maturity)

1,000,000

1,160,030

Wyandotte County/Kansas City Unified Govt. Util. Sys. Rev. Series 2012 A, 5% 9/1/26

4,020,000

4,447,447

 

9,183,461

Kentucky - 0.6%

Ashland Med. Ctr. Rev. (Ashland Hosp. Corp. d/b/a/ King's Daughters Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2010 B, 5% 2/1/21

1,185,000

1,312,660

Kentucky Econ. Dev. Fin. Auth. Rev. (Ashland Hosp. Corp. d/b/a/ King's Daughters Med. Ctr. Proj.):

Series 2008 C, 6.125% 2/1/38

5,000,000

5,380,500

Series 2010 A, 5% 2/1/30

1,605,000

1,620,697

Louisville & Jefferson County Series 2013 A:

5.5% 10/1/33

1,275,000

1,321,283

5.75% 10/1/38

3,105,000

3,255,468

Pikeville Hosp. Rev. (Pikeville Med. Ctr., Inc. Proj.) Series 2011, 6.5% 3/1/41

1,000,000

1,107,830

 

13,998,438

Louisiana - 1.0%

Louisiana Pub. Facilities Auth. Hosp. Rev. (Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2009, 6.75% 7/1/39

800,000

887,904

Louisiana Pub. Facilities Auth. Rev. (Nineteenth Judicial District Court Proj.) Series 2007:

5.375% 6/1/32 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,500,000

1,548,390

5.5% 6/1/41 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

4,770,000

4,830,150

New Orleans Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2005, 5.25% 12/1/23 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,070,320

Series 2012:

5% 12/1/24

2,455,000

2,660,533

5% 12/1/25

2,400,000

2,584,200

Tobacco Settlement Fing. Corp. Series 2013 A:

5% 5/15/23

2,500,000

2,830,750

5.5% 5/15/29

5,000,000

5,343,550

 

21,755,797

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Maine - 0.2%

Maine Health & Higher Ed. Facilities Auth. Rev. Series 2008 D, 5.75% 7/1/38

$ 1,800,000

$ 1,953,234

Maine Tpk. Auth. Tpk. Rev. Series 2007:

5.25% 7/1/27 (AMBAC Insured)

1,065,000

1,148,081

5.25% 7/1/37 (AMBAC Insured)

1,500,000

1,582,050

 

4,683,365

Maryland - 0.5%

Maryland Econ. Dev. Corp. Student Hsg. Rev. (Towson Univ. Proj.) Series A, 5.25% 7/1/24

1,000,000

1,025,930

Maryland Health & Higher Edl. Facilities Auth. Rev.:

(Doctors Cmnty. Hosp. Proj.) Series 2010, 5.75% 7/1/38

1,880,000

1,806,116

(Upper Chesapeake Hosp. Proj.) Series 2008 C:

5.5% 1/1/18

480,000

509,074

6% 1/1/38

4,200,000

4,521,216

(Washington County Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2008, 6% 1/1/43

1,100,000

1,111,341

Bonds (Johns Hopkins Health Sys. Obligated Group Proj.) Series 2008 B, 5%, tender 5/15/15 (c)

1,400,000

1,484,406

Series 2010, 5.625% 7/1/30

1,100,000

1,071,796

 

11,529,879

Massachusetts - 1.1%

Massachusetts Dev. Fin. Agcy. Rev.:

Series 2011 I, 6.75% 1/1/36

1,000,000

1,124,660

4% 11/15/17

4,000,000

4,003,400

5.5% 7/1/44

2,600,000

2,554,630

Massachusetts Gen. Oblig. Series 2004 D, 5% 12/1/23 (Pre-Refunded to 12/1/14 @ 100)

1,100,000

1,143,637

Massachusetts Health & Edl. Facilities Auth. Rev. (CareGroup, Inc. Proj.) Series 2008 E1, 5.125% 7/1/33

1,000,000

1,044,580

Massachusetts School Bldg. Auth. Dedicated Sales Tax Rev.:

Series 2005 A:

5% 8/15/23 (Pre-Refunded to 8/15/15 @ 100)

3,000,000

3,219,060

5% 8/15/24 (Pre-Refunded to 8/15/15 @ 100)

5,000,000

5,365,100

Series 2007 A, 5% 8/15/22 (AMBAC Insured)

2,890,000

3,183,884

Springfield Gen. Oblig. Series 2005, 5% 8/1/21 (Pre-Refunded to 8/1/15 @ 100)

2,040,000

2,183,596

 

23,822,547

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Michigan - 3.4%

Detroit School District Series 2012 A, 5% 5/1/22

$ 1,500,000

$ 1,621,815

Detroit Swr. Disp. Rev.:

Series 2001 E, 5.75% 7/1/31 (Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. Insured) (FGIC Insured)

1,600,000

1,651,936

Series 2003 B, 7.5% 7/1/33 (FSA Insured)

1,200,000

1,292,832

Series 2006 B, 5% 7/1/36 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

2,300,000

2,076,072

Detroit Wtr. Supply Sys. Rev.:

Series 2003 A, 5% 7/1/34 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

2,100,000

1,938,195

Series 2004 A, 5.25% 7/1/15 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,003,030

Series 2005 B, 5.5% 7/1/35 (Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. Insured) (FGIC Insured)

2,665,000

2,676,220

Series 2006 B:

6.25% 7/1/36 (FSA Insured)

1,500,000

1,539,915

7% 7/1/36 (FSA Insured)

1,400,000

1,486,226

Ferris State Univ. Rev. Series 2005, 5% 10/1/18 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,395,000

1,432,749

Kent Hosp. Fin. Auth. Hosp. Facilities Rev. Bonds (Spectrum Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2008 A, 5.5%, tender 1/15/15 (c)

1,200,000

1,255,992

Lansing Board of Wtr. & Lt. Util. Rev. 5.5% 7/1/41

1,000,000

1,078,660

Lapeer Cmnty. Schools Series 2007, 5% 5/1/33 (FSA Insured)

800,000

827,072

Lincoln Consolidated School District Series 2008, 5% 5/1/19 (FSA Insured)

1,355,000

1,532,939

Michigan Bldg. Auth. Rev. Series IA:

5.375% 10/15/41

1,000,000

1,058,310

5.5% 10/15/45

2,000,000

2,119,380

Michigan Fin. Auth. Rev.:

Series 2012 A:

4.125% 6/1/32

2,200,000

1,887,578

5% 6/1/20

750,000

829,395

5% 6/1/27

1,100,000

1,118,645

5% 6/1/39

1,975,000

1,785,854

Series 2012:

5% 11/15/36

1,300,000

1,307,241

5% 11/15/42

2,950,000

2,936,401

Series 2013, 5% 8/15/29

3,865,000

4,043,834

Michigan Gen. Oblig. Series 2007, 5.25% 9/15/21 (FSA Insured)

3,625,000

4,103,754

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Principal Amount

Value

Michigan - continued

Michigan Hosp. Fin. Auth. Rev.:

(McLaren Health Care Corp. Proj.) Series 2008 A, 5.75% 5/15/38

$ 2,000,000

$ 2,162,360

(Sparrow Hosp. Proj.) Series 2007, 5% 11/15/15

1,390,000

1,497,725

(Trinity Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2008 A, 6.5% 12/1/33

3,500,000

3,968,615

Michigan Muni. Bond Auth. Rev. Series 2009, 5% 10/1/26

4,165,000

4,518,442

Michigan Strategic Fund Ltd. Oblig. Rev. Bonds (Detroit Edison Co. Proj.) Series 2008 ET1, 5.25%, tender 8/1/14 (c)

4,250,000

4,340,398

Portage Pub. Schools Series 2008, 5% 5/1/23 (FSA Insured)

5,275,000

5,817,745

Royal Oak Hosp. Fin. Auth. Hosp. Rev. (William Beaumont Hosp. Proj.) Series 2009 V, 8.25% 9/1/39

900,000

1,082,520

South Redford School District Series 2005, 5% 5/1/22 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,575,000

1,655,168

Western Michigan Univ. Rev.:

5.25% 11/15/19 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

3,015,000

3,451,874

5.25% 11/15/22 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

4,640,000

5,140,470

Willow Run Cmnty. Schools County of Washtenaw Series 2005, 5% 5/1/19 (FSA Insured)

1,000,000

1,052,560

 

77,291,922

Minnesota - 1.4%

Duluth Independent School District #709 Ctfs. of Prtn. Series 2009 B, 4% 3/1/21

1,765,000

1,773,013

Maple Grove Health Care Sys. Rev. (Maple Grove Hosp. Corp. Proj.) Series 2007, 5.25% 5/1/28

1,000,000

1,020,180

Minneapolis & Saint Paul Metropolitan Arpts. Commission Arpt. Rev. Series 2007 A, 5% 1/1/22

8,845,000

9,727,112

Minneapolis Health Care Sys. Rev. (Fairview Health Svcs. Proj.) Series 2008 B, 6.5% 11/15/38 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,129,460

Minnesota Gen. Oblig. 5% 8/1/22

2,000,000

2,259,660

Minnesota Higher Ed. Facilities Auth. Rev. (Macalester College Proj.) Series 6, 5% 3/1/20

2,190,000

2,397,831

Saint Paul Port Auth. Lease Rev. (HealthEast Midway Campus Proj.) Series 2003 A, 5.75% 5/1/25

700,000

715,554

Southern Minnesota Muni. Pwr. Agcy. Pwr. Supply Sys. Rev. Series 2009 A, 5% 1/1/21

1,915,000

2,137,504

St. Louis Park Health Care Facilities Rev. (Park Nicollet Health Svcs. Proj.):

Series 2008 C, 5.5% 7/1/17

1,225,000

1,381,849

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Minnesota - continued

St. Louis Park Health Care Facilities Rev. (Park Nicollet Health Svcs. Proj.): - continued

Series 2009, 5.75% 7/1/39

$ 6,690,000

$ 7,119,966

St. Paul Hsg. & Redev. Auth. Health Care Facilities Rev. (HealthPartners Oblig. Group Proj.) Series 2006, 5.25% 5/15/36

1,000,000

1,024,560

 

30,686,689

Mississippi - 0.1%

Mississippi Hosp. Equip. & Facilities Auth. (Mississippi Baptist Med. Proj.) Series 2007 A, 5% 8/15/15

1,500,000

1,587,435

Missouri - 0.1%

Metropolitan St. Louis Swr. District Wastewtr. Sys. Rev. Series 2008 A, 5.75% 5/1/38

1,000,000

1,094,910

Missouri Envir. Impt. & Energy Resources Auth. Wtr. Poll. Cont. & Drinking Wtr. Rev. 5.125% 1/1/21

125,000

125,371

Saint Louis County Indl. Dev. Auth. Sr. Living Facilities Rev. (Friendship Village West County Proj.) Series A, 5.25% 9/1/16

940,000

972,844

 

2,193,125

Montana - 0.1%

Forsyth Poll. Cont. Rev. (Portland Gen. Elec. Co. Proj.) Series 1998 A, 5% 5/1/33

2,900,000

3,076,175

Nebraska - 0.3%

Central Plains Energy Proj. Rev. (Nebraska Gas Proj.) Series 2007 B, 0.66% 12/1/17 (c)

1,000,000

953,320

Douglas County Hosp. Auth. #2 Health Facilities Rev. (Children's Hosp. Proj.) Series 2008 B, 6% 8/15/24

1,915,000

2,058,089

Nebraska Pub. Pwr. District Rev. Series 2012 C, 5% 1/1/26

2,550,000

2,784,753

 

5,796,162

Nevada - 0.8%

Clark County Wtr. Reclamation District:

Series 2009 A, 5.25% 7/1/29 (Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corp. Insured)

1,400,000

1,566,446

5.625% 7/1/32

10,730,000

11,851,285

Las Vegas Valley Wtr. District Wtr. Impt. Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2011 C, 5% 6/1/24

1,900,000

2,148,064

Series 2012 B, 5% 6/1/42

3,260,000

3,385,673

 

18,951,468

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

New Hampshire - 0.5%

New Hampshire Bus. Fin. Auth. Rev. Series 2009 A, 6.125% 10/1/39

$ 2,900,000

$ 3,015,362

New Hampshire Health & Ed. Facilities Auth. Rev.:

Series 2007 A, 5% 10/1/37

2,200,000

2,221,054

Series 2012:

4% 7/1/23

1,000,000

984,560

4% 7/1/32

900,000

786,582

New Hampshire Tpk. Sys. Rev. Series 2012 B:

5% 10/1/19

2,890,000

3,400,403

5% 2/1/20

1,300,000

1,522,287

 

11,930,248

New Jersey - 2.0%

Garden State Preservation Trust Open Space & Farmland Preservation Series 2005 A, 5.8% 11/1/19 (Pre-Refunded to 11/1/15 @ 100)

600,000

657,078

New Jersey Ctfs. of Prtn. Series 2009 A:

5% 6/15/14

5,000,000

5,086,750

5.125% 6/15/24

1,500,000

1,625,010

5.25% 6/15/28

1,000,000

1,077,730

New Jersey Econ. Dev. Auth. School Facilities Construction Rev.:

Series 2005 O:

5.125% 3/1/28 (Pre-Refunded to 3/1/15 @ 100)

600,000

631,500

5.25% 3/1/23 (Pre-Refunded to 3/1/15 @ 100)

1,000,000

1,053,840

5.25% 3/1/25 (Pre-Refunded to 3/1/15 @ 100)

800,000

843,072

Series 2011 EE, 5% 9/1/20

4,650,000

5,442,593

Series 2012, 5% 6/15/21

1,600,000

1,807,648

Series 2013:

5% 3/1/23

4,500,000

5,139,045

5% 3/1/24

6,200,000

6,999,676

5% 3/1/25

700,000

782,152

6% 12/15/34

1,675,000

1,866,151

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Fing. Auth. Rev. Series 2008, 6.625% 7/1/38

3,700,000

3,762,382

New Jersey Trans. Trust Fund Auth.:

Series 2001 A, 6% 6/15/35

1,300,000

1,490,164

Series 2005 B, 5.25% 12/15/22 (AMBAC Insured)

400,000

469,900

Series 2008 A, 0% 12/15/35

24,090,000

7,515,357

 

46,250,048

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

New Mexico - 0.1%

New Mexico Edl. Assistance Foundation Series 2010 A1, 5% 12/1/18

$ 3,000,000

$ 3,462,450

New York - 9.6%

Hudson Yards Infrastructure Corp. New York Rev. Series 2012 A, 5.75% 2/15/47

5,200,000

5,558,748

New York City Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2005 A, 5.25% 9/1/14 (Escrowed to Maturity)

25,000

25,717

Series 2005 F1:

5% 9/1/25

50,000

52,597

5% 9/1/25 (Pre-Refunded to 9/1/15 @ 100)

2,950,000

3,168,271

5.25% 9/1/14

675,000

694,724

Series 2005 G, 5% 8/1/15

2,800,000

2,996,224

Series 2008 A1, 5.25% 8/15/27

2,200,000

2,477,530

Series 2008 D1, 5.125% 12/1/23

1,000,000

1,136,140

Series 2009 I1, 5.625% 4/1/29

1,000,000

1,144,520

Series 2012 A1, 5% 8/1/24

2,720,000

3,084,398

Series 2012 F, 5% 8/1/24

10,525,000

11,938,508

Series 2012 G1, 5% 4/1/25

5,040,000

5,671,058

New York City Indl. Dev. Agcy. Civic Facility Rev. (Polytechnic Univ. NY Proj.) 5.25% 11/1/27 (ACA Finl. Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,065,000

1,168,880

New York City Indl. Dev. Agcy. Rev.:

(Queens Ballpark Co. LLC Proj.) Series 2006, 5% 1/1/22 (AMBAC Insured)

1,000,000

1,017,790

(Yankee Stadium Proj.) Series 2006, 5% 3/1/31

1,000,000

1,013,440

New York City Muni. Wtr. Fin. Auth. Wtr. & Swr. Sys. Rev.:

Series 2009 A, 5.75% 6/15/40

5,400,000

6,037,740

Series 2009 CC, 5% 6/15/34

3,585,000

3,785,724

Series 2009 EE, 5.25% 6/15/40

3,300,000

3,513,477

Series 2009 FF 2, 5.5% 6/15/40

4,800,000

5,204,304

Series 2011 EE, 5.375% 6/15/43

22,705,000

24,349,750

Series 2012 EE, 5.25% 6/15/30

6,300,000

7,092,918

New York City Transitional Fin. Auth. Bldg. Aid Rev.:

Series 2009 S2:

6% 7/15/33

6,415,000

7,241,380

6% 7/15/38

13,000,000

14,628,510

Series 2009 S3, 5.25% 1/15/39

8,300,000

8,930,634

Series 2009 S4:

5.5% 1/15/39

1,200,000

1,324,692

5.75% 1/15/39

2,500,000

2,794,200

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

New York - continued

New York City Transitional Fin. Auth. Bldg. Aid Rev.: - continued

Series S1:

5% 7/15/24

$ 2,000,000

$ 2,281,980

5% 7/15/27

2,000,000

2,225,380

New York Dorm. Auth. Mental Health Svcs. Facilities Impt. Rev. Series 2012 A:

4% 5/15/21

1,500,000

1,662,510

4% 5/15/22

5,000,000

5,467,450

5% 5/15/23

2,000,000

2,315,000

New York Dorm. Auth. Personal Income Tax Rev.:

(Ed. Proj.):

Series 2006 D, 5% 3/15/20

3,500,000

3,870,440

Series 2007 A, 5% 3/15/32

3,900,000

4,145,427

Series 2008 B, 5.75% 3/15/36

5,500,000

6,256,250

Series 2009 A, 5% 2/15/34

1,750,000

1,870,033

New York Dorm. Auth. Revs. (New York Univ. Hosp. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2007 B, 5.25% 7/1/24

400,000

428,384

New York Metropolitan Trans. Auth. Rev.:

Series 2003 B, 5.25% 11/15/19 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

3,000,000

3,554,610

Series 2008 A, 5.25% 11/15/36

4,600,000

4,768,452

Series 2008 C, 6.5% 11/15/28

3,600,000

4,240,980

Series 2012 D, 5% 11/15/25

9,500,000

10,576,065

Series 2012 F, 5% 11/15/24

4,600,000

5,157,980

New York Sales Tax Asset Receivables Corp. Series 2005 A, 5.25% 10/15/27 (AMBAC Insured)

1,000,000

1,031,100

New York Thruway Auth. Gen. Rev.:

Series 2005 G, 5.25% 1/1/27

1,000,000

1,058,440

Series 2007 H:

5% 1/1/25

4,000,000

4,387,000

5% 1/1/26

2,500,000

2,729,175

New York Thruway Auth. Personal Income Tax Rev. Series 2007 A, 5.25% 3/15/25

2,000,000

2,244,640

New York Thruway Auth. Second Gen. Hwy. & Bridge Trust Fund Series 2007 A, 5% 4/1/21

1,900,000

2,121,635

Tobacco Settlement Fing. Corp.:

Series 2011:

5% 6/1/17

4,000,000

4,542,600

5% 6/1/17

3,600,000

4,088,340

Series 2013 B:

5% 6/1/20

4,600,000

5,025,730

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

New York - continued

Tobacco Settlement Fing. Corp.: - continued

Series 2013 B:

5% 6/1/21

$ 2,000,000

$ 2,170,140

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Auth. Revs. 5% 11/15/22

1,970,000

2,333,761

 

216,605,376

North Carolina - 1.0%

Charlotte Int'l. Arpt. Rev. (Charlotte Douglas Int'l. Arpt. Proj.) Series 2010 A:

5% 7/1/21

1,000,000

1,142,020

5% 7/1/22

1,965,000

2,209,485

5% 7/1/23

2,075,000

2,310,035

Dare County Ctfs. of Prtn. Series 2004, 5.25% 6/1/21 (Pre-Refunded to 6/1/14 @ 100)

1,110,000

1,128,049

Nash Health Care Sys. Health Care Facilities Rev.:

Series 2003, 5.5% 11/1/26 (FSA Insured)

1,200,000

1,287,636

Series 2012, 5% 11/1/41

1,630,000

1,661,850

North Carolina Eastern Muni. Pwr. Agcy. Pwr. Sys. Rev. Series 2009 B, 5% 1/1/26

3,600,000

3,895,308

North Carolina Med. Care Commission Health Care Facilities Rev. (Rex Healthcare Proj.) Series 2010 A, 5% 7/1/30

2,780,000

2,956,613

North Carolina Muni. Pwr. Agcy. #1 Catawba Elec. Rev. Series 2009 A, 5% 1/1/30

1,000,000

1,064,260

Raleigh Durham Arpt. Auth. Arpt. Rev. Series 2010 A, 5% 5/1/32

2,900,000

3,106,480

Randolph County Ctfs. of Prtn. 5% 2/1/20 (Pre-Refunded to 2/1/17 @ 100)

1,500,000

1,698,090

 

22,459,826

North Dakota - 0.3%

Cass County Health Care Facilities Rev. (Essentia Health Obligated Group Proj.) Series 2008, 5.125% 2/15/37 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,500,000

1,558,620

McLean County Solid Waste Facilities Rev. (Great River Energy Projects) Series 2010 B, 5.15% 7/1/40

3,700,000

3,770,522

Ward County Health Care Facility Rev. (Trinity Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2006, 5.125% 7/1/21

1,065,000

1,086,055

 

6,415,197

Ohio - 1.3%

American Muni. Pwr., Inc. Rev. (Freemont Energy Ctr. Proj.) Series 2012 B, 5% 2/15/42

900,000

921,492

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Fing. Auth. Series 2007 A1:

5% 6/1/16

1,500,000

1,606,875

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Ohio - continued

Buckeye Tobacco Settlement Fing. Auth. Series 2007 A1: - continued

5% 6/1/17

$ 1,755,000

$ 1,921,585

Cleveland Gen. Oblig. Series C:

5.25% 11/15/18 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,090,000

1,275,562

5.25% 11/15/19 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,050,000

1,244,114

Fairfield County Hosp. Facilities Rev. (Fairfield Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2013, 5.25% 6/15/43

5,000,000

4,926,050

Lake County Hosp. Facilities Rev. (Lake Hosp. Sys., Inc. Proj.) Series 2008 C, 6% 8/15/43

2,500,000

2,623,850

Lucas County Hosp. Rev. (ProMedica Heathcare Oblig. Group Proj.) Series 2011 A, 6.5% 11/15/37

1,900,000

2,206,413

Muskingum County Hosp. Facilities (Genesis Healthcare Sys. Obligated Group Proj.) Series 2013, 5% 2/15/48

4,400,000

3,406,832

Ohio Air Quality Dev. Auth. Rev. Series 2009 C, 5.625% 6/1/18

700,000

760,025

Ohio Tpk. Commission Tpk. Rev. (Infastructure Proj.) Series 2005 A, 0% 2/15/42

5,800,000

1,220,146

Ohio Wtr. Dev. Auth. Poll. Cont. Facilities Rev. Bonds (FirstEnergy Corp. Proj.) Series 2009 A, 5.875%, tender 6/1/16 (c)

4,000,000

4,341,280

Ross County Hosp. Facilities Rev. (Adena Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2008, 5.75% 12/1/35

2,300,000

2,482,114

 

28,936,338

Oklahoma - 0.6%

Oklahoma City Pub. Property Auth. Hotel Tax Rev. Series 2005, 5.5% 10/1/21 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,054,670

Oklahoma Dev. Fin. Auth. Health Sys. Rev. (Integris Baptist Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series C:

5.5% 8/15/20

2,000,000

2,280,160

5.5% 8/15/22

2,400,000

2,662,968

Oklahoma Dev. Fin. Auth. Rev.:

(Saint John Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2012, 5% 2/15/42

3,625,000

3,684,849

Series 2012:

5% 2/15/21

955,000

1,107,323

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Oklahoma - continued

Oklahoma Dev. Fin. Auth. Rev.: - continued

Series 2012:

5% 2/15/24

$ 1,800,000

$ 2,029,122

Tulsa County Indl. Auth. Health Care Rev. Series 2006, 5% 12/15/17

1,205,000

1,341,322

 

14,160,414

Oregon - 0.3%

Forest Grove Campus Impt. Rev. (Pacific Univ. Proj.) Series 2009, 6.375% 5/1/39

1,800,000

1,816,830

Oregon State Dept. of Administrative Svcs. Lottery Rev. Series 2011 A, 5.25% 4/1/31

1,900,000

2,129,197

Polk Marion & Benton School District # 13J Series B, 0% 12/15/38

2,115,000

642,537

Yamhill County School District #029J Newberg Series 2005, 5.5% 6/15/18 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,181,220

 

5,769,784

Pennsylvania - 1.5%

Allegheny County Hosp. Dev. Auth. Rev.:

(Pittsburgh Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series A, 5% 9/1/14

2,400,000

2,466,120

(Univ. of Pittsburgh Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2009 A:

4.7% 8/15/19

1,000,000

1,148,530

5% 8/15/20

3,000,000

3,416,520

Annville-Cleona School District Series 2005, 5.5% 3/1/21 (FSA Insured)

1,200,000

1,247,472

Beaver County Indl. Dev. Auth. Poll. Cont. Rev. Bonds (FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation Corp. Proj.) Series 2005 A, 3.375%, tender 7/1/15 (c)

3,400,000

3,468,238

Centre County Hosp. Auth. Rev. (Mount Nittany Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2011, 7% 11/15/46

1,000,000

1,150,410

Econ. Dev. Fin. Auth. Unemployment Compensation Rev. Series 2012 B:

5% 7/1/21

1,700,000

1,923,482

5% 1/1/23

1,000,000

1,075,300

Mifflin County School District Series 2007, 7.75% 9/1/30 (XL Cap. Assurance, Inc. Insured)

400,000

468,336

Monroeville Fin. Auth. UPMC Rev. Series 2012, 5% 2/15/26

1,700,000

1,878,160

Montgomery County Higher Ed. & Health Auth. Hosp. Rev. (Abington Memorial Hosp. Proj.) Series 2012 A, 5% 6/1/24

1,400,000

1,536,640

Pennsylvania Gen. Oblig. Second Series 2006, 5% 3/1/20 (Pre-Refunded to 3/1/17 @ 100)

700,000

794,990

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Pennsylvania - continued

Philadelphia Gas Works Rev.:

(1975 Gen. Ordinance Proj.) Seventeenth Series, 5.375% 7/1/20 (FSA Insured)

$ 500,000

$ 501,275

(1998 Gen. Ordinance Proj.):

Fifth Series A1, 5% 9/1/33 (FSA Insured)

150,000

150,717

Ninth Series, 5.25% 8/1/40

3,800,000

3,841,572

Seventh Series, 5% 10/1/37 (AMBAC Insured)

2,100,000

2,102,646

Philadelphia Gen. Oblig.:

Series 2008 A, 5.25% 12/15/32 (FSA Insured)

2,500,000

2,629,925

Series 2008 B, 7.125% 7/15/38 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,163,150

Philadelphia School District Series 2005 A, 5% 8/1/22 (AMBAC Insured)

300,000

310,092

Southeastern Pennsylvania Trans. Auth. Rev. Series 2011, 5% 6/1/22

1,000,000

1,115,930

Westmoreland County Muni. Auth. Muni. Svc. Rev. Series 2001 A, 0% 8/15/20 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

2,500,000

2,051,750

 

34,441,255

Puerto Rico - 0.0%

Puerto Rico Pub. Bldg. Auth. Rev. Series N, 5.5% 7/1/22

1,300,000

932,243

Rhode Island - 0.1%

Rhode Island Health & Edl. Bldg. Corp. Higher Ed. Facilities Rev. Series A, 5.25% 9/15/19 (Pre-Refunded to 9/15/14 @ 100)

1,410,000

1,453,456

South Carolina - 1.5%

Greenwood Fifty School Facilities Installment 5% 12/1/21 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,117,270

Lexington County Health Svcs. District, Inc. Hosp. Rev. Series 2007, 5% 11/1/14

1,000,000

1,035,340

Scago Edl. Facilities Corp. for Colleton School District (School Proj.):

5% 12/1/16 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,091,980

5% 12/1/18 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,880,000

2,045,308

South Carolina Jobs-Econ. Dev. Auth. Econ. Dev. Rev. Series 2013, 5% 11/1/27

2,900,000

3,057,209

South Carolina Jobs-Econ. Dev. Auth. Health Facilities Rev. (Bishop Gadsden Proj.) Series 2007, 5% 4/1/18

1,765,000

1,833,200

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

South Carolina - continued

South Carolina Pub. Svc. Auth. (Santee Cooper) Rev. Oblig.:

Series 2012 C:

5% 12/1/15

$ 3,220,000

$ 3,489,256

5% 12/1/18

7,000,000

8,170,960

Series 2013 E, 5.5% 12/1/53

6,500,000

6,749,340

South Carolina Pub. Svc. Auth. Rev. (Santee Cooper Proj.) Series 2009 B, 5.25% 1/1/39

2,700,000

2,824,389

Univ. of South Carolina Athletic Facilities Rev. Series 2008 A, 5.5% 5/1/38

1,590,000

1,712,875

 

33,127,127

Tennessee - 0.3%

Clarksville Natural Gas Acquisition Corp. Gas Rev. Series 2006, 5% 12/15/15

2,525,000

2,694,756

Jackson Hosp. Rev. (Jackson-Madison County Gen. Hosp. Proj.) Series 2008, 5.75% 4/1/41

1,500,000

1,583,625

Knox County Health Edl. & Hsg. Facilities Board Rev. (Univ. Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2007, 5% 4/1/16

1,700,000

1,798,515

 

6,076,896

Texas - 10.7%

Aledo Independent School District (School Bldg. Proj.) Series 2006 A, 5% 2/15/43

2,000,000

2,121,040

Austin Cmnty. College District Pub. Facilities Lease Rev. (Round Rock Campus Proj.) Series 2008, 5.5% 8/1/19

1,500,000

1,744,635

Austin Independent School District Series 2006, 5.25% 8/1/14

1,000,000

1,025,010

Bastrop Independent School District Series 2007:

5.25% 2/15/37

1,000,000

1,077,880

5.25% 2/15/42

3,255,000

3,494,731

Beaumont Independent School District Series 2009, 5% 2/15/24 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,025,000

1,124,405

Bexar Metropolitan Wtr. District Wtrwks. Sys. Rev.:

5% 5/1/19 (XL Cap. Assurance, Inc. Insured)

1,715,000

1,887,443

5% 5/1/20 (XL Cap. Assurance, Inc. Insured)

1,325,000

1,453,830

Brazosport College District Series 2008, 5.5% 2/15/33 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,098,160

Canyon Reg'l. Wtr. Auth. Contract Rev. (Wells Ranch Proj.) 5% 8/1/21 (AMBAC Insured)

1,670,000

1,842,778

Comal Independent School District Series 1996, 0% 2/1/16

2,235,000

2,212,024

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Texas - continued

Corpus Christi Util. Sys. Rev. 5% 7/15/23

$ 3,400,000

$ 3,849,684

Cotulla Independent School District Series 2007, 5.25% 2/15/37 (Pre-Refunded to 2/15/17 @ 100)

4,170,000

4,759,054

Crowley Independent School District Series 2006, 5.25% 8/1/33

500,000

539,010

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Sales Tax Rev. Series 2008, 5.25% 12/1/38

5,615,000

6,016,360

Dallas Fort Worth Int'l. Arpt. Rev.:

Series 2009 A, 5% 11/1/22

1,500,000

1,660,815

Series 2010 A, 5% 11/1/42

5,200,000

5,276,856

Dallas Independent School District Series 2008, 6.375% 2/15/34

500,000

585,300

Dallas Wtrwks. & Swr. Sys. Rev. Series 2008, 5% 10/1/33

3,000,000

3,226,350

Freer Independent School District Series 2007, 5.25% 8/15/37

1,000,000

1,076,520

Frisco Independent School District Series 2009, 5.375% 8/15/39 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

2,610,000

2,993,696

Granbury Independent School District 0% 8/1/19

1,000,000

909,290

Grand Parkway Trans. Corp. Series 2013 B:

5% 4/1/53

26,800,000

27,002,584

5.5% 4/1/53

2,300,000

2,318,676

Harris County Cultural Ed. Facilities Fin. Corp. Med. Facilities Rev. (Baylor College of Medicine Proj.) Series 2012 A, 5% 11/15/37

5,200,000

5,280,860

Harris County Gen. Oblig. (Road Proj.) Series 2008 B, 5.25% 8/15/47

11,600,000

11,952,640

Houston Arpt. Sys. Rev. Series 2011 B:

5% 7/1/25

1,460,000

1,617,797

5% 7/1/26

3,000,000

3,299,460

Houston Independent School District:

Bonds Series 2012, 2.5%, tender 6/1/15 (c)

3,800,000

3,904,082

Series 2005 A, 0% 2/15/16

2,800,000

2,765,084

Judson Independent School District:

Series 2005 B, 5% 2/1/23 (Pre-Refunded to 2/1/14 @ 100)

860,000

860,000

5% 2/1/23 (FSA Insured)

385,000

386,020

Kermit Independent School District Series 2007, 5.25% 2/15/32

600,000

646,002

Lewisville Independent School District 0% 8/15/18

1,025,000

963,992

Liberty Hill Independent School District (School Bldg. Proj.) Series 2006, 5.25% 8/1/35

1,000,000

1,058,630

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Texas - continued

Lower Colorado River Auth. Rev.:

5.75% 5/15/37

$ 120,000

$ 123,156

5.75% 5/15/37 (Pre-Refunded to 5/15/15 @ 100)

30,000

32,096

Lubbock Cooper Independent School District:

5.75% 2/15/42 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

4,500,000

4,991,490

6% 2/15/49 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

5,000,000

5,690,150

Lubbock Gen. Oblig. (Wtrwks. Sys. Surplus Proj.) Series 2005, 5% 2/15/16 (FSA Insured)

1,260,000

1,317,645

Magnolia Independent School District Series 2005, 5.25% 8/15/29 (Pre-Refunded to 8/15/15 @ 100)

1,300,000

1,398,839

Mansfield Independent School District 5.5% 2/15/17

15,000

15,062

McLennan County Jr. College District 5% 8/15/15 (Pre-Refunded to 8/15/14 @ 100)

1,120,000

1,148,347

New Caney Independent School District Series 2007 A, 5.25% 2/15/37

6,820,000

7,408,566

North Forest Independent School District Series A, 5% 8/15/18

2,125,000

2,359,770

North Harris County Reg'l. Wtr. Auth. Series 2005, 5.25% 12/15/17 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

2,000,000

2,079,220

North Texas Muni. Wtr. District Reg'l. Wastewtr. Sys. Rev. Series 2008:

5% 6/1/24

1,000,000

1,118,320

5% 6/1/25

2,100,000

2,336,523

North Texas Muni. Wtr. District Wtr. Sys. Rev. Series 2006, 5% 9/1/35 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,000,000

1,042,570

North Texas Tollway Auth. Dallas North Tollway Sys. Rev. Series 2005 A, 5% 1/1/35 (Pre-Refunded to 1/1/15 @ 100)

1,000,000

1,043,220

North Texas Tollway Auth. Rev.:

Bonds Series 2008 E3, 5.75%, tender 1/1/16 (c)

5,000,000

5,455,100

Series 2008 A:

6% 1/1/24

1,000,000

1,123,880

6% 1/1/25

6,000,000

6,733,800

Series 2008 I, 0% 1/1/42 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured) (a)

1,700,000

1,846,574

Series 2009 A, 6.25% 1/1/39

3,000,000

3,344,460

Series 2011 A:

5.5% 9/1/41

870,000

944,446

6% 9/1/41

2,100,000

2,354,499

Series 2011 D, 5% 9/1/28

4,700,000

5,175,123

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Texas - continued

Prosper Independent School District:

Series 2005, 5.125% 8/15/30

$ 400,000

$ 420,512

Series 2007, 5.375% 8/15/33

2,400,000

2,615,472

Rockdale Independent School District:

Series 2007 A, 5.25% 2/15/37 (Pre-Refunded to 2/15/16 @ 100)

220,000

241,998

5.25% 2/15/37

580,000

612,283

Sam Rayburn Muni. Pwr. Agcy. Series 2012, 5% 10/1/18

600,000

684,498

San Antonio Elec. & Gas Sys. Rev.:

Series 2008, 5% 2/1/24

1,000,000

1,118,540

Series 2012, 5.25% 2/1/25

1,600,000

1,928,224

San Antonio Wtr. Sys. Rev. Series 2012:

5% 5/15/25

3,540,000

4,069,407

5% 5/15/26

7,000,000

8,019,130

San Jacinto Cmnty. College District Series 2009, 5% 2/15/39

1,605,000

1,705,971

Seminole Independent School District Series A, 5% 2/15/21

3,200,000

3,560,512

Spring Branch Independent School District Series 2008, 5.25% 2/1/38

1,000,000

1,063,860

Tarrant County Cultural Ed. Facilities Fin. Corp. Hosp. Rev.:

(Baylor Health Care Sys. Proj.) Series 2009, 5.75% 11/15/24

1,800,000

2,034,972

(Scott & White Healthcare Proj.) Series 2013 A, 4% 8/15/43

1,005,000

857,938

Tarrant County Cultural Ed. Facilities Fin. Corp. Retirement Facility Rev. (Buckner Retirement Svcs. Proj.) 5% 11/15/15

1,000,000

1,044,950

Tarrant County Cultural Ed. Facilities Fin. Corp. Rev. 5% 2/15/16

4,500,000

4,887,945

Texas Gen. Oblig.:

(Trans. Commission Mobility Fund Proj.) Series 2005 A, 4.75% 4/1/35

2,430,000

2,481,759

Series 2006 A, 5% 4/1/29

1,020,000

1,109,831

Series 2006, 5% 4/1/27

2,100,000

2,246,013

Series 2008, 5% 4/1/25

1,500,000

1,684,275

Texas Muni. Pwr. Agcy. Rev.:

0% 9/1/15 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

2,340,000

2,309,369

0% 9/1/16 (Escrowed to Maturity)

15,000

14,786

0% 9/1/16 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

5,045,000

4,909,643

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Texas - continued

Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Trans. Corp.:

(LBJ Infrastructure Group LLC IH-635 Managed Lanes Proj.) Series 2010, 7% 6/30/40

$ 2,100,000

$ 2,319,114

(NTE Mobility Partners LLC North Tarrant Express Managed Lanes Proj.) Series 2009, 6.875% 12/31/39

3,800,000

4,146,066

Texas Trans. Commission Central Texas Tpk. Sys. Rev. Bonds Series 2012 B, 1.25%, tender 2/15/15 (c)

1,200,000

1,206,492

Texas Trans. Commission State Hwy. Fund Rev. Series 2007:

5% 4/1/21

1,300,000

1,465,438

5% 4/1/25

1,200,000

1,344,336

5% 4/1/26

1,500,000

1,672,995

Texas Wtr. Dev. Board Rev. Series 2008 B, 5.25% 7/15/23

1,000,000

1,149,410

Univ. of Texas Board of Regents Sys. Rev. Series 2007 F, 4.75% 8/15/27

2,085,000

2,264,164

Waller Independent School District 5.5% 2/15/33

5,100,000

5,596,536

 

241,899,993

Utah - 0.2%

Utah Associated Muni. Pwr. Sys. Rev. Series 2012 A, 5% 9/1/25

1,680,000

1,846,908

Utah Transit Auth. Sales Tax Rev. Series 2008 A, 5.25% 6/15/38

1,785,000

1,905,041

 

3,751,949

Vermont - 0.2%

Vermont Edl. & Health Bldg. Fin. Agcy. Rev. (Fletcher Allen Health Care Proj.) Series 2004 B, 5.5% 12/1/28 (FSA Insured)

3,900,000

4,144,179

Washington - 3.1%

Chelan County Pub. Util. District #1 Columbia River-Rock Island Hydro-Elec. Sys. Rev. Series A, 0% 6/1/28 (Nat'l. Pub. Fin. Guarantee Corp. Insured)

1,200,000

660,744

Grant County Pub. Util. District #2 Wanapum Hydro Elec. Rev. Series 2005 A:

5% 1/1/18

960,000

993,014

5% 1/1/18 (Pre-Refunded to 1/1/15 @ 100)

135,000

140,835

Kent Spl. Events Ctr. Pub. Facilities District Rev. Series 2008, 5.25% 12/1/32 (FSA Insured)

3,000,000

3,187,710

King County Swr. Rev.:

Series 2008, 5.75% 1/1/43

7,700,000

8,441,895

Series 2009, 5.25% 1/1/42

1,000,000

1,069,380

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Washington - continued

King County Swr. Rev.: - continued

Series 2010, 5% 1/1/50

$ 2,200,000

$ 2,282,852

Spokane Pub. Facilities District Hotel/Motel Tax & Sales/Use Tax Rev. Series 2013 B, 5% 12/1/26

3,880,000

4,342,612

Tobacco Settlement Auth. Rev. Series 2013, 5% 6/1/22

3,500,000

3,978,870

Washington Gen. Oblig.:

Series 1999 S2, 0% 1/1/19 (FSA Insured)

10,000,000

9,302,200

Series 2006 A, 5% 7/1/24 (Pre-Refunded to 7/1/15 @ 100)

1,595,000

1,701,004

Series B, 5% 7/1/28 (Pre-Refunded to 7/1/15 @ 100)

1,000,000

1,066,460

Series C, 0% 6/1/21 (AMBAC Insured)

5,000,000

4,168,350

Washington Health Care Facilities Auth. Rev.:

(Catholic Health Initiatives Proj.) Series 2008 D, 6.375% 10/1/36

7,000,000

7,854,070

(MultiCare Health Sys. Proj.):

Series 2008 B, 6% 8/15/39 (Assured Guaranty Corp. Insured)

1,500,000

1,615,845

Series 2010 A, 5.25% 8/15/20

2,325,000

2,662,218

(Overlake Hosp. Med. Ctr. Proj.) Series 2010, 5.5% 7/1/30

3,800,000

4,076,982

(Providence Health Systems Proj.):

Series 2006 D, 5.25% 10/1/33

1,500,000

1,600,710

Series 2012 A, 5% 10/1/24

6,700,000

7,567,382

(Seattle Children's Hosp. Proj.) Series 2009, 5.625% 10/1/38

2,200,000

2,348,236

 

69,061,369

West Virginia - 0.1%

West Virginia Hosp. Fin. Auth. Hosp. Rev.:

(West Virginia United Health Sys. Proj.) Series 2008 E, 5.625% 6/1/35

1,300,000

1,372,475

(West Virginia Univ. Hospitals, Inc. Proj.) Series 2003 D, 5.5% 6/1/33 (FSA Insured)

1,000,000

1,055,260

 

2,427,735

Wisconsin - 0.5%

Evansville Cmnty. School District 5% 4/1/16 (FSA Insured)

1,000,000

1,081,280

Wisconsin Health & Edl. Facilities Auth. Rev.:

(Agnesian HealthCare, Inc. Proj.):

Series 2010:

5.5% 7/1/40

1,000,000

1,049,400

Municipal Bonds - continued

 

Principal Amount

Value

Wisconsin - continued

Wisconsin Health & Edl. Facilities Auth. Rev.: - continued

(Agnesian HealthCare, Inc. Proj.): - continued

Series 2010:

5.75% 7/1/30

$ 1,000,000

$ 1,090,320

Series 2013 B:

5% 7/1/26

750,000

805,238

5% 7/1/36

1,900,000

1,942,845

(Children's Hosp. of Wisconsin Proj.) Series 2008 A, 5.25% 8/15/23

2,000,000

2,209,680

(Marshfield Clinic Proj.) Series A, 5.375% 2/15/34

1,000,000

1,010,580

Series 2012:

5% 10/1/24

1,400,000

1,566,684

5% 6/1/39

390,000

388,861

 

11,144,888

Wyoming - 0.1%

Campbell County Solid Waste Facilities Rev. (Basin Elec. Pwr. Coop. - Dry Fork Station Facilities Proj.) Series 2009 A, 5.75% 7/15/39

2,600,000

2,832,492

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS

(Cost $2,105,246,863)


2,197,630,164

Municipal Notes - 0.2%

 

 

 

 

Kentucky - 0.2%

Kentucky Pub. Trans. BAN Series 2013 A, 5% 7/1/17
(Cost $3,938,840)

3,600,000


4,009,140

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 97.4%

(Cost $2,109,185,703)

2,201,639,304

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - 2.6%

58,287,375

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 2,259,926,679

Security Type Abbreviations

BAN

-

BOND ANTICIPATION NOTE

Legend

(a) Security initially issued in zero coupon form which converts to coupon form at a specified rate and date. The rate shown is the rate at period end.

(b) 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.

(c) Coupon rates for floating and adjustable rate securities reflect the rates in effect at period end.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Tax-Free Cash Central Fund

$ 28,201

Other Information

All investments are categorized as Level 2 under the Fair Value Hierarchy. 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, please refer to the Investment Valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

The distribution of municipal securities by revenue source, as a percentage of total net assets, is as follows (Unaudited):

General Obligations

33.8%

Health Care

19.5%

Transportation

10.6%

Water & Sewer

10.5%

Electric Utilities

7.2%

Special Tax

6.0%

Others* (Individually Less Than 5%)

12.4%

 

100.0%

* Includes net other assets

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $2,109,185,703)

 

$ 2,201,639,304

Cash

 

40,967,266

Receivable for fund shares sold

1,250,107

Interest receivable

25,342,185

Prepaid expenses

4,233

Receivable from investment adviser for expense reductions

382,869

Other receivables

1,579

Total assets

2,269,587,543

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 2,750,917

Payable for fund shares redeemed

1,752,910

Distributions payable

3,908,330

Accrued management fee

674,038

Other affiliated payables

530,535

Other payables and accrued expenses

44,134

Total liabilities

9,660,864

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 2,259,926,679

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 2,175,736,562

Undistributed net investment income

510,013

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments

(8,773,497)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

92,453,601

Net Assets , for 202,136,339 shares outstanding

$ 2,259,926,679

Net Asset Value , offering price and redemption price per share ($2,259,926,679 ÷ 202,136,339 shares)

$ 11.18

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 

Year ended January 31, 2014

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Interest

 

$ 96,194,324

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

28,201

Total income

 

96,222,525

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 8,689,832

Transfer agent fees

1,795,641

Accounting fees and expenses

425,018

Custodian fees and expenses

29,011

Independent trustees' compensation

9,174

Registration fees

234,888

Audit

53,434

Legal

7,202

Miscellaneous

19,601

Total expenses before reductions

11,263,801

Expense reductions

(5,272,035 )

5,991,766

Net investment income (loss)

90,230,759

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

 

3,617,558

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities

(127,185,919 )

Net gain (loss)

(123,568,361 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ (33,337,602 )

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

Year ended
January 31,
2014

Year ended
January 31,
2013

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 90,230,759

$ 85,011,574

Net realized gain (loss)

3,617,558

2,363,134

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(127,185,919 )

52,000,486

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

(33,337,602 )

139,375,194

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(90,009,300)

(84,158,476)

Distributions to shareholders from net realized gain

-

(43,812 )

Total distributions

(90,009,300 )

(84,202,288 )

Share transactions
Proceeds from sales of shares

1,281,890,321

784,195,132

Reinvestment of distributions

47,915,444

52,795,488

Cost of shares redeemed

(1,442,037,412 )

(630,783,264 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions

(112,231,647 )

206,207,356

Redemption fees

49,250

35,639

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

(235,529,299)

261,415,901

 

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

2,495,455,978

2,234,040,077

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $510,013 and undistributed net investment income of $296,357, respectively)

$ 2,259,926,679

$ 2,495,455,978

Ot her Information

Shares

Sold

114,509,357

67,527,435

Issued in reinvestment of distributions

4,253,184

4,541,611

Redeemed

(129,425,682 )

(54,314,624 )

Net increase (decrease)

(10,663,141 )

17,754,422

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights

Years ended January 31,

2014

2013

2012

2011

2010

Selected Per-Share Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 11.73

$ 11.45

$ 10.42

$ 10.76

$ 10.20

Income from Investment Operations

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss) B

  .425

  .411

  .436

  .445

  .444

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  (.551 )

  .276

  1.033

  (.340 )

  .558

Total from investment operations

  (.126 )

  .687

  1.469

  .105

  1.002

Distributions from net investment income

  (.424)

  (.407)

  (.439)

  (.445)

  (.444)

Distributions from net realized gain

  -

  - F

  -

  -

  -

Total distributions

  (.424 )

  (.407 )

  (.439 )

  (.445 )

  (.444 )

Redemption fees added to paid in capital B

  - F

  - F

  - F

  - F

  .002

Net asset value, end of period

$ 11.18

$ 11.73

$ 11.45

$ 10.42

$ 10.76

Total Return A

  (1.03)%

  6.09%

  14.40%

  .89%

  10.02%

Ratios to Average Net Assets C, E

 

 

 

 

Expenses before reductions

  .47%

  .47%

  .47%

  .47%

  .47%

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .25%

  .25%

  .25%

  .25%

  .25%

Expenses net of all reductions

  .25%

  .25%

  .25%

  .24%

  .25%

Net investment income (loss)

  3.77%

  3.54%

  4.01%

  4.09%

  4.21%

Supplemental Data

 

 

 

 

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 2,259,927

$ 2,495,456

$ 2,234,040

$ 1,730,801

$ 1,825,702

Portfolio turnover rate D

  14%

  5%

  8%

  18%

  14%

A Total returns would have been lower if certain expenses had not been reduced during the applicable periods shown.

B Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

C Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

D Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the Fund. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the Fund during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the Fund.

F Amount represents less than $.001 per share.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended January 31, 2014

1. Organization.

Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Salem Street Trust (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.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests 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 Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

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 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. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (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 Fidelity Management &

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Research Company (FMR) Fair Value Committee (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 is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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 - 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:

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. Municipal 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.

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.

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

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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. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities.

Expenses. 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. 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. As of January 31, 2014, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. 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.

Dividends are declared and recorded daily and paid monthly from net investment income. Distributions from realized gains, if any, are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. In addition, the Fund claimed a portion of the payment made to redeeming shareholders as a distribution for income tax purposes.

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 market discount, capital loss carryforwards and losses deferred due to wash sales and excise tax regulations.

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The Fund purchases municipal securities whose interest, in the opinion of the issuer, is free from federal income tax. There is no assurance that the IRS will agree with this opinion. In the event the IRS determines that the issuer does not comply with relevant tax requirements, interest payments from a security could become federally taxable, possibly retroactively to the date the security was issued.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 116,776,513

Gross unrealized depreciation

(24,123,477 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ 92,653,036

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 2,108,986,268

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Capital loss carryforward

$ (7,965,824 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ 92,653,036

Capital loss carryforwards are only available to offset future capital gains of the Fund to the extent provided by regulations and may be limited. Under the Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010 (the Act), the Fund is permitted to carry forward capital losses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 for an unlimited period and such capital losses are required to be used prior to any losses that expire. The capital loss carryforward information presented below, including any applicable limitation, is estimated as of fiscal period end and is subject to adjustment.

Fiscal year of expiration

 

2017

$ (4,899,820)

2018

(3,066,004 )

Total capital loss carryforward

$ (7,965,824 )

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

January 31, 2014

January 31, 2013

Tax-exempt Income

$ 90,009,300

$ 84,158,476

Ordinary Income

-

43,812

Total

$ 90,009,300

$ 84,202,288

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Short-Term Trading (Redemption) Fees. Shares held by investors in the Fund less than 30 days may have been subject to a redemption fee equal to .50% of the NAV of shares redeemed. All redemption fees, which reduce the proceeds of the shareholder redemption, are retained by the Fund and accounted for as an addition to paid in capital.

4. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities, other than short-term securities, aggregated $334,170,727 and $397,560,392, respectively.

5. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee. Fidelity Management & Research Company (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 .25% of the Fund's average net assets and an annualized group fee rate that averaged .11% during the period. The group fee rate is based upon the average net assets of all the mutual funds advised by the investment adviser, including any mutual funds previously advised by the investment adviser that are currently advised by Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of the investment adviser. The group fee rate decreases as assets under management increase and increases as assets under management decrease. For the reporting period, the total annual management fee rate was .36% of the Fund's average net assets.

Transfer Agent and Accounting Fees. Citibank, N.A. (Citibank) is the custodian, transfer agent and servicing agent for the Fund. Citibank has entered into a sub-arrangement with Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc. (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, under which FIIOC performs the activities associated with the Fund's transfer agency, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing functions. The Fund pays Citibank account fees and asset-based fees that vary according to account size and type of account. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements. For the period, transfer agent fees were equivalent to an annual rate of .08% of average net assets.

Citibank also has a sub-arrangement with Fidelity Service Company, Inc. (FSC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, under which FSC maintains the Fund's accounting records. The fee is paid to Citibank and is based on the level of average net assets for each month.

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6. Committed Line of Credit.

The Fund participates 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 Fund has agreed to pay commitment fees on its pro-rata portion of the line of credit, which amounted to $3,905 and is reflected in Miscellaneous expenses on the Statement of Operations. During the period, there were no borrowings on this line of credit.

7. Expense Reductions.

The investment adviser voluntarily agreed to reimburse the Fund to the extent annual operating expenses exceeded .25% of average net assets. Some expenses, for example interest expense, including commitment fees, are excluded from this reimbursement. During the period this reimbursement reduced the Fund's expenses by $5,246,186.

In addition, through arrangements with the Fund's custodian and transfer agent, credits realized as a result of uninvested cash balances were used to reduce the Fund's expenses. During the period, these credits reduced the Fund's custody expenses by $25,849.

8. Other.

The 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, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Salem Street Trust and Shareholders of Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund (the Fund), a fund of Fidelity Salem Street Trust, including the schedule of investments, as of January 31, 2014, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2014, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund as of January 31, 2014, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

March 14, 2014

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees and officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for Elizabeth S. Acton and James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 223 funds. Ms. Acton oversees 205 funds. Mr. Curvey oversees 396 funds.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the fund (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the month in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The officers hold office without limit in time, except that any officer may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Board Structure and Oversight Function. Abigail P. Johnson is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Albert R. Gamper, Jr. serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds that are overseen by such other Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations and Audit Committees. In addition, an ad hoc Board committee of Independent Trustees has worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-8544.

Interested Trustees *:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience +

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

 

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Abigail P. Johnson (1961)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

 

Ms. Johnson also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Ms. Johnson serves as President of FMR LLC (2013-present), President of Fidelity Financial Services (2012-present) and President of Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is Chairman and Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2011-present), Chairman and Director of FMR (2011-present), and the Vice Chairman and Director (2007-present) of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., and FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. Ms. Abigail P. Johnson and Mr. Arthur E. Johnson are not related.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees :

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience +

Elizabeth S. Acton (1951)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Trustee

 

Ms. Acton also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity funds. Prior to her retirement in April 2012, Ms. Acton was Executive Vice President, Finance (2011-2012), Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (2002-2011), and Treasurer (2004-2005) of Comerica Incorporated (financial services). Prior to joining Comerica, Ms. Acton held a variety of positions at Ford Motor Company (1983-2002), including Vice President and Treasurer (2000-2002) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ford Motor Credit Company (1998-2000). Ms. Acton currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit and Finance Committees of Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (homebuilding, 2012-present).

Albert R. Gamper, Jr. (1942)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

 

Mr. Gamper also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Prior to his retirement in December 2004, Mr. Gamper served as Chairman of the Board of CIT Group Inc. (commercial finance). During his tenure with CIT Group Inc. Mr. Gamper served in numerous senior management positions, including Chairman (1987-1989; 1999-2001; 2002-2004), Chief Executive Officer (1987-2004), and President (2002-2003). Mr. Gamper currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Public Service Enterprise Group (utilities, 2000-present), a member of the Board of Trustees, Rutgers University (2004-present), and Chairman of the Board of Barnabas Health Care System. Previously, Mr. Gamper served as Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of certain Fidelity funds (2011-2012) and as Chairman of the Board of Governors, Rutgers University (2004-2007).

Robert F. Gartland (1951)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Trustee

 

Mr. Gartland also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Gartland is Chairman and an investor in Gartland and Mellina Group Corp. (consulting, 2009-present). Previously, Mr. Gartland served as a partner and investor of Vietnam Partners LLC (investments and consulting, 2008-2011). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Gartland held a variety of positions at Morgan Stanley (financial services, 1979-2007) including Managing Director (1987-2007).

Arthur E. Johnson (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

 

Mr. Johnson also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Johnson serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified power management, 2009-present), AGL Resources, Inc. (holding company, 2002-present) and Booz Allen Hamilton (management consulting, 2011-present). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Johnson served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development of Lockheed Martin Corporation (defense contractor, 1999-2009). He previously served on the Board of Directors of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (1999-2008) and Delta Airlines (2005-2007). Mr. Arthur E. Johnson is not related to Ms. Abigail P. Johnson.

Michael E. Kenneally (1954)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Trustee

 

Mr. Kenneally also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Kenneally served as a Member of the Advisory Board for certain Fidelity funds before joining the Board of Trustees (2008-2009). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Kenneally served as Chairman and Global Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Asset Management. Before joining Credit Suisse, he was an Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for Bank of America Corporation. Earlier roles at Bank of America included Director of Research, Senior Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst, and Mr. Kenneally was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1991.

James H. Keyes (1940)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

 

Mr. Keyes also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Keyes serves as a member of the Board and Non-Executive Chairman of Navistar International Corporation (manufacture and sale of trucks, buses, and diesel engines, since 2002). Previously, Mr. Keyes served as a member of the Board of Pitney Bowes, Inc. (integrated mail, messaging, and document management solutions, 1998-2013). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Keyes served as Chairman (1993-2002) and Chief Executive Officer (1988-2002) of Johnson Controls (automotive, building, and energy) and as a member of the Board of LSI Logic Corporation (semiconductor technologies, 1984-2008).

Marie L. Knowles (1946)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Trustee

Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees

 

Ms. Knowles also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Prior to Ms. Knowles' retirement in June 2000, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) (diversified energy, 1996-2000). From 1993 to 1996, she was a Senior Vice President of ARCO and President of ARCO Transportation Company. She served as a Director of ARCO from 1996 to 1998. Ms. Knowles currently serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of McKesson Corporation (healthcare service, since 2002). Ms. Knowles is a member of the Board of the Catalina Island Conservancy and of the Santa Catalina Island Company (2009-present). She also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the School of Engineering of the University of Southern California. Previously, Ms. Knowles served as a Director of Phelps Dodge Corporation (copper mining and manufacturing, 1994-2007), URS Corporation (engineering and construction, 2000-2003) and America West (airline, 1999-2002).

Kenneth L. Wolfe (1939)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

 

Mr. Wolfe also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Wolfe served as Chairman and a Director (2007-2009) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1994-2001) of Hershey Foods Corporation. He also served as a member of the Boards of Adelphia Communications Corporation (telecommunications, 2003-2006), Bausch & Lomb, Inc. (medical/pharmaceutical, 1993-2007), and Revlon, Inc. (personal care products, 2004-2009). Mr. Wolfe previously served as Chairman of the Independent Trustees of other Fidelity funds (2008-2012).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Officers :

Correspondence intended for each officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. Officers appear below in alphabetical order.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

 

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Robert P. Brown (1963)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Vice President of Fidelity's Bond Funds

 

Mr. Brown also serves as Vice President of other funds. Mr. Brown serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present), President, Bond Group of FMR (2011-present), Director and Managing Director, Research of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present), and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Brown served as President, Money Market Group of FMR (2010-2011) and Vice President of Fidelity's Money Market Funds (2010-2012).

Marc Bryant (1966)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Secretary

 

Mr. Bryant also serves as an officer of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Bryant served as a Senior Vice President and the Head of Global Retail Legal for AllianceBernstein L.P. (2006-2010), and as the General Counsel for ProFund Advisors LLC (2001-2006).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

President and Treasurer

 

Ms. Dorsey also serves as an officer of other funds. She is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present) and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Scott C. Goebel (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

 

Mr. Goebel serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2013-present), Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present); and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present) and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Secretary and CLO of other Fidelity funds (2008-2013), Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and certain funds (2007-2008); and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007). Mr. Goebel has been employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate since 2001.

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Charles S. Morrison (1960)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Vice President

 

Mr. Morrison also serves as Trustee or Vice President of other funds. He serves as President, Asset Management (2014-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Morrison served as President, Fixed Income (2011-2014), Vice President of Fidelity's Money Market Funds (2005-2009), President, Money Market Group Leader of FMR (2009), and Senior Vice President, Money Market Group of FMR (2004-2009). Mr. Morrison also served as Vice President of Fidelity's Bond Funds (2002-2005), certain Balanced Funds (2002-2005), and certain Asset Allocation Funds (2002-2007), and as Senior Vice President (2002-2005) of Fidelity's Bond Division.

Christine Reynolds (1958)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer

 

Ms. Reynolds also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2013-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served in other fund officer roles.

Gary W. Ryan (1958)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Ryan also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments and has served in other fund officer roles. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (1971)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Deputy Treasurer

 

Mr. Sadoski also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other funds. He is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present) and has served in another fund officer role. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP (1997-2009).

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

 

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. She is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present) and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (1996-2009).

Renee Stagnone (1975)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Deputy Treasurer

 

Ms. Stagnone also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other funds. Ms. Stagnone is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Michael H. Whitaker (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Compliance Officer

 

Mr. Whitaker also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Whitaker is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2007-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Whitaker worked at MFS Investment Management where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (2004-2006), and Assistant General Counsel.

Joseph F. Zambello (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer

 

Mr. Zambello also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund voted to pay on March 17, 2014, to shareholders of record at the opening of business on March 14, 2014, a distribution of $0.001 per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities.

During fiscal year ended 2014, 100% of the fund's income dividends was free from federal income tax, and 0.00% of the fund's income dividends was subject to the federal alternative minimum tax.

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2015 of amounts for use in preparing 2014 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund

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 (FMR) and the sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. 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 four standing committees, Operations, Audit, Fair Valuation, and Governance and Nominating, 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 Operations Committee, of which all of the Independent Trustees are members, meets regularly throughout the year and, among other matters, considers matters specifically related to the annual consideration of the renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts. 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 consider matters specifically related to the Board's annual consideration of the renewal of Advisory Contracts. Members of the Board may also meet with trustees of other Fidelity funds through ad hoc joint committees to discuss certain matters relevant to the Fidelity funds.

At its September 2013 meeting, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, 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 to be provided to the fund and its shareholders (including the investment performance of the fund); (ii) the competitiveness of the fund's management fee and total expense ratio relative to peer funds; (iii) the total costs of the services to be provided by and the profits to be realized by Fidelity from its relationship with the fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale exist and would be realized as the fund grows; and (v) whether fee levels reflect these economies of scale, if any, for the benefit of 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 in the fund have a broad range of investment choices available to them, including a wide choice among mutual 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.

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Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered Fidelity's staffing as it relates to the fund, including the backgrounds of the investment personnel of FMR and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), 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 portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services . The Board 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, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board noted that Fidelity has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization. The Board also noted 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 believes 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 the Fidelity's trading and risk management capabilities and resources, which are an integral part 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 and pricing and bookkeeping services for the fund; (ii) the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians; and (iii) the resources devoted to, and the record of compliance with, the fund's compliance policies and procedures.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

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 or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of 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 investment research and to the support of the senior management team that oversees asset management; (ii) persisting in efforts to enhance Fidelity's global research capabilities; (iii) launching new funds and making other enhancements to meet client needs for global and income-oriented solutions; (iv) continuing to launch dedicated lower cost underlying funds to meet portfolio construction needs related to expanding underlying fund options for Fidelity funds of funds, specifically for the Freedom Fund product lines; (v) rationalizing product lines and gaining increased efficiencies through the combination of several funds with other funds; (vi) strengthening Fidelity's index fund offerings by reducing investment minimums and adopting or lowering existing expense caps for certain funds and classes; (vii)  enhancing Global Asset Allocation product offerings by launching new funds and strategies, including "open architecture" target date funds that utilize affiliated and unaffiliated sub-advisers; (viii) modifying the eligibility criteria for Institutional Class shares of Advisor funds to increase their marketability to a portion of the defined contribution plan market; (ix) creating a new low-cost retirement share class for certain Advisor funds to appeal to large retirement plans; (x) transitioning the management of certain Fidelity commodity funds to Geode Capital Management LLC, a registered commodity pool operator, while retaining administrative responsibilities for the funds; and (xi) taking steps toward establishing a new Fidelity adviser to manage sector-based funds and products.

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 with the Investment Advisers about fund investment performance that occur at Board meetings throughout the year. 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 periodically considers annualized return information for the fund for different time periods, measured against a securities market index ("benchmark index") and a peer group of mutual funds with similar objectives ("peer group"). In its evaluation of fund investment performance at meetings throughout the year, the Board gave particular attention to information indicating underperformance of certain Fidelity funds for specific time periods and the Investment Advisers' explanations for such underperformance.

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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 gross performance (before fees and expenses but after transaction costs) compared to appropriate benchmark indices, over appropriate time periods that may include full market cycles, and on net performance (after fees and expenses) compared to peer groups, as applicable, over the same periods, taking into account relevant factors including the following: general market conditions; expectations for interest rate levels and credit conditions; issuer-specific information including credit quality; tactical opportunities for investment; the potential for incremental return versus the fund's benchmark index weighed against the risks involved in obtaining that incremental return, including the risk of diminished or negative total returns; and fund cash flows and other factors. Depending on the circumstances, the Independent Trustees may be satisfied with a fund's performance notwithstanding that it lags its benchmark index or peer group for certain periods.

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 calendar year total return information for the fund and an appropriate benchmark index and peer group for the most recent one-, three-, and five-year periods.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

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. 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 and by reducing the number of universes to which various Fidelity funds are compared.

Management Fee . The Board considered two proprietary management fee comparisons for the 12-month periods shown 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" and, for the reasons explained above, is broader than the Lipper peer group used by the Board for performance comparisons. 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. "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 50% would mean that half of the funds in the Total Mapped Group had higher, and half had lower, management fees than the fund. The fund's actual TMG %s are in the chart below. The "Asset-Size 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 considered by the Board.

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Management Fees - continued

Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund

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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 2012.

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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 fund's total expense ratio, the Board considered the fund's management fee as well as other fund expenses, such as transfer agent fees, pricing and bookkeeping fees, and custodial, legal, and audit fees. The Board also noted the effects of any waivers and reimbursements on fees and expenses. As part of its review, the Board also considered the current and historical total expense ratios of the fund compared to competitive fund median expenses. The fund 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 noted that the fund's total expense ratio ranked below its competitive median for 2012.

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 mutual funds advised or subadvised by Fidelity, pension plan clients, and other institutional clients. The Board noted the findings of the 2013 ad hoc joint committee (created with the board of other Fidelity funds), which reviewed and compared Fidelity's institutional investment advisory business with its business of providing services to the Fidelity funds, including the differences in services provided, fees charged, and costs incurred, as well as competition in their respective marketplaces.

Based on its review of total expense ratios and fees charged to other Fidelity clients, the Board concluded that the fund's total expense ratio 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 Fidelity's profitability for the fund. Fidelity calculates the profitability for each fund, as well as aggregate profitability 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.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC), independent registered public accounting firm and auditor to Fidelity and certain Fidelity funds, has been engaged annually by the Board as part of the Board's assessment of Fidelity's profitability analysis. PwC's 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 surrounding the mathematical accuracy of fund profitability and its conformity to allocation methodologies. After considering PwC's 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.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

The Board also reviewed Fidelity's non-fund businesses and fall-out benefits related to the mutual fund business as well as cases where Fidelity's affiliates may benefit from or be related to the fund's business.

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 in the circumstances.

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 through increased services to the fund, through waivers or reimbursements, or through fee or expense reductions. The Board also noted that in 2009, it and the board of other Fidelity funds created an ad hoc committee (the Economies of Scale Committee) to analyze 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 fund assets under FMR's management increase, and for higher group fee rates as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. 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 concluded that, given the group fee structure, fund shareholders will benefit from lower management fees as assets under FMR's management increase at the fund complex level, regardless of whether Fidelity achieves any such economies of scale.

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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.

Amendment to Description of Group Fee Rate . At its September 2013 meeting, the Board voted to approve an amendment to the fund's management contract to modify the description of the "group fee rate." The Board noted that under the prior description in the contract, the group fee rate was based on the average net assets of all registered investment companies with which FMR has management contracts. Under the contract's tiered asset breakpoint schedule, the group fee rate is lower as total fund assets under FMR's management increase, and higher as total fund assets under FMR's management decrease. The Board considered that the prior description would have excluded the assets of 64 Fidelity sector funds from the group fee rate calculation once Fidelity SelectCo, LLC, an affiliate of FMR, assumed management responsibilities for those funds. The Board noted that modifying the description of the group fee rate to continue to include the assets of those 64 funds for purposes of determining group fee rate breakpoints would avoid an immediate adverse impact on the group fee rate for any fund.

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) Fidelity's fund profitability methodology, profitability trends for certain funds, and the impact of certain factors on fund profitability results; (ii) portfolio manager changes that have occurred during the past year and the amount of the investment that each portfolio manager has made in the Fidelity fund(s) that he or she manages; (iii) Fidelity's compensation structure for portfolio managers, research analysts, and other key personnel, including its effects on fund profitability, the rationale for the compensation structure, and the extent to which current market conditions have affected retention and recruitment; (iv) the arrangements with and compensation paid to certain fund sub-advisers on behalf of the Fidelity funds; (v) Fidelity's fee structures, including the group fee structure and definition of group assets, and the rationale for recommending different fees among different categories of funds and classes; (vi) Fidelity's voluntary waiver of its fees to maintain minimum yields for certain money market funds and classes as well as contractual waivers in place for certain funds; (vii) the methodology with respect to competitive fund data and peer group classifications; (viii) Fidelity's transfer agent fee, expense, and service structures for different funds and classes, and the impact of the increased use of omnibus accounts; and (ix) explanations regarding the relative total expense ratios of certain funds and classes, total expense competitive trends and methodologies for total expense competitive comparisons, and actions that might be taken by Fidelity to reduce total expense ratios for certain funds and classes or to achieve further economies of scale.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and
Management Fees - continued

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be renewed.

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Investment Adviser

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Boston, MA

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Smithfield, RI

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Boston, MA

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Boston, MA

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Citibank, N.A.

New York, NY

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Series 1000 Value Index

Fund

Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index
Fund

Class F

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Contents

Shareholder Expense Example

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An example of shareholder expenses.

Investment Summary

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A summary of the fund's holdings.

Investments

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A complete list of the fund's investments with their market values.

Financial Statements

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Statements of assets and liabilities, operations, and changes in net assets, as well as financial highlights.

Notes

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Notes to the financial statements.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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Trustees and Officers

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Distributions

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

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To view a fund's proxy voting guidelines and proxy voting record for the 12-month period ended June 30, visit http://www.fidelity.com/proxyvotingresults or visit the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) web site at http://www.sec.gov. You may also call 1-800-544-8544 for Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund or 1-800-835-5092 for Class F of the fund to request a free copy of the proxy voting guidelines.

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This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the fund. This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the fund unless preceded or accompanied by an effective prospectus.

A fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. Forms N-Q are available on the SEC's web site at http://www.sec.gov . A fund's Forms N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information regarding the operation of the SEC's Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330. For a complete list of a fund's portfolio holdings, view the most recent holdings listing, semiannual report, or annual report on Fidelity's web site at http://www.fidelity.com, http://www.advisor.fidelity.com, or http://www.401k.com, as applicable.

NOT FDIC INSURED • MAY LOSE VALUE • NO BANK GUARANTEE

Neither the fund nor Fidelity Distributors Corporation is a bank.

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Shareholder Expense Example

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The actual expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (November 7, 2013 to January 31, 2014). The hypothetical expense Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested for the one-half year period (August 1, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

Actual Expenses

The first line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund 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 of the Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line of the accompanying table for each class of the Fund provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on a Class' actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Class' 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. In addition, the Fund, as a shareholder in the underlying Fidelity Central Funds, will indirectly bear its pro-rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by the underlying Fidelity Central Funds. These fees and expenses are not included in the Fund's annualized expense ratio used to calculate the expense estimate in the table below.

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.

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Annualized
Expense Ratio
B

Beginning
Account Value

Ending
Account Value
January 31, 2014

Expenses Paid
During Period

Series 1000 Value Index

.10%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,004.40

$ .24 C

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,024.70

$ .51 D

Class F

.05%

 

 

 

Actual

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,004.40

$ .12 C

Hypothetical A

 

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,024.95

$ .26 D

A 5% return per year before expenses

B Annualized expense ratio reflects expenses net of applicable fee waivers.

C Actual expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 86/365 (to reflect the period November 7, 2013 to January 31, 2014).

D Hypothetical expenses are equal to each Class' annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

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Investment Summary (Unaudited)

Top Ten Stocks as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

Exxon Mobil Corp.

4.5

General Electric Co.

2.9

Wells Fargo & Co.

2.4

Johnson & Johnson

2.4

Chevron Corp.

2.4

Procter & Gamble Co.

2.3

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

2.3

Pfizer, Inc.

2.3

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B

2.2

Bank of America Corp.

2.0

 

25.7

Market Sectors as of January 31, 2014

 

% of fund's
net assets

Financials

28.9

Energy

14.4

Health Care

13.4

Industrials

10.3

Information Technology

8.9

Consumer Discretionary

6.3

Utilities

6.1

Consumer Staples

5.8

Materials

2.9

Telecommunication Services

2.5

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Investments January 31, 2014

Showing Percentage of Net Assets

Common Stocks - 99.5%

Shares

Value

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 6.3%

Auto Components - 0.5%

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

5,421

$ 155,745

Gentex Corp.

11,121

360,209

Johnson Controls, Inc.

125,924

5,807,615

Lear Corp.

13,176

953,020

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

19,816

1,469,356

 

8,745,945

Automobiles - 0.8%

Ford Motor Co.

460,629

6,891,010

General Motors Co.

153,115

5,524,389

 

12,415,399

Distributors - 0.0%

Genuine Parts Co.

1,529

125,760

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.1%

Apollo Ed Group, Inc. Class A (non-vtg.) (a)

17,943

579,379

DeVry, Inc.

11,460

414,164

Graham Holdings Co.

795

497,718

Service Corp. International

8,398

148,645

Weight Watchers International, Inc. (d)

2,232

60,331

 

1,700,237

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.6%

Carnival Corp. unit

76,825

3,010,772

Choice Hotels International, Inc.

4,785

232,216

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

8,202

405,507

Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A (a)

8,150

389,489

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

4,959

244,479

MGM Mirage, Inc. (a)

68,388

1,665,932

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.

341

11,942

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (a)

12,540

147,094

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

30,056

1,490,778

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

20,612

1,539,923

Wendy's Co.

51,576

467,794

 

9,605,926

Household Durables - 0.7%

D.R. Horton, Inc. (d)

51,868

1,217,861

Garmin Ltd. (d)

22,548

1,015,787

Harman International Industries, Inc.

12,493

1,292,151

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

26,304

789,646

Lennar Corp. Class A

30,413

1,221,386

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

11,149

1,585,165

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Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

22,315

$ 689,534

NVR, Inc. (a)

143

164,938

Taylor Morrison Home Corp.

744

15,736

Toll Brothers, Inc. (a)

31,121

1,143,697

Whirlpool Corp.

13,536

1,804,349

 

10,940,250

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.1%

Liberty Interactive Corp. Series A (a)

89,596

2,393,109

zulily, Inc.

991

39,392

 

2,432,501

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.0%

Hasbro, Inc.

3,142

154,335

Media - 2.7%

CBS Corp. Class B

9,495

557,546

Comcast Corp. Class A

36,659

1,996,083

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. Class A (a)

13,447

453,702

Gannett Co., Inc.

42,179

1,161,188

Interpublic Group of Companies, Inc.

43,034

702,315

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class A

8,292

448,929

Liberty Global PLC Class A (a)

10,823

865,082

Liberty Media Corp. Class A (a)

17,604

2,316,510

News Corp. Class A (a)

23,802

379,880

Regal Entertainment Group Class A (d)

11,681

227,780

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc. (a)(d)

299,597

1,072,557

Starz - Liberty Capital Series A (a)

2,251

62,983

The Walt Disney Co.

257,583

18,703,102

Thomson Reuters Corp.

68,682

2,477,794

Time Warner, Inc.

171,382

10,767,931

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. Class A

96,107

3,058,125

 

45,251,507

Multiline Retail - 0.3%

Big Lots, Inc. (a)

7,793

208,774

Dillard's, Inc. Class A

1,628

142,124

J.C. Penney Co., Inc. (a)(d)

43,144

255,412

Kohl's Corp.

40,865

2,068,995

Macy's, Inc.

15,907

846,252

Sears Holdings Corp. (a)(d)

7,895

287,141

Target Corp.

25,561

1,447,775

 

5,256,473

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Specialty Retail - 0.5%

Aarons, Inc. Class A

11,716

$ 315,043

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A

12,597

445,682

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

12,514

169,314

Ascena Retail Group, Inc. (a)

19,900

373,324

Best Buy Co., Inc.

36,822

866,790

Chico's FAS, Inc.

1,876

31,142

CST Brands, Inc.

10,988

350,847

DSW, Inc. Class A

1,153

43,410

Foot Locker, Inc.

24,440

943,384

GameStop Corp. Class A (d)

21,871

767,016

Guess?, Inc.

10,808

303,164

Murphy U.S.A., Inc.

8,702

337,115

Signet Jewelers Ltd.

13,596

1,081,562

Staples, Inc.

122,193

1,608,060

 

7,635,853

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0%

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)(d)

3,521

274,462

PVH Corp.

1,682

203,303

 

477,765

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

104,741,951

CONSUMER STAPLES - 5.8%

Beverages - 0.2%

Beam, Inc.

29,577

2,463,764

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A (sub. vtg.) (a)

1,665

127,656

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B

25,725

1,354,164

 

3,945,584

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.7%

CVS Caremark Corp.

199,212

13,490,637

Safeway, Inc.

40,871

1,276,810

Sprouts Farmers Market LLC

1,095

39,135

Sysco Corp.

71,385

2,504,186

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

99,729

7,447,762

Walgreen Co.

43,035

2,468,057

 

27,226,587

Food Products - 1.4%

Archer Daniels Midland Co.

111,978

4,420,891

Bunge Ltd.

27,067

2,050,596

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Food Products - continued

Campbell Soup Co.

10,896

$ 449,024

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

5,795

184,223

Dean Foods Co. (a)

16,990

268,442

Ingredion, Inc.

12,535

780,931

Kellogg Co.

3,683

213,540

Mondelez International, Inc.

328,056

10,743,834

Pinnacle Foods, Inc.

2,595

70,065

The J.M. Smucker Co.

17,164

1,654,438

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

51,508

1,926,399

 

22,762,383

Household Products - 2.5%

Clorox Co.

3,926

346,548

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

11,465

1,083,443

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

11,605

1,269,239

Procter & Gamble Co.

503,814

38,602,229

 

41,301,459

Personal Products - 0.0%

Coty, Inc. Class A

3,492

47,107

Tobacco - 0.0%

Reynolds American, Inc.

14,115

684,578

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

95,967,698

ENERGY - 14.4%

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.2%

Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (a)

8,497

402,758

Baker Hughes, Inc.

76,114

4,311,097

Cameron International Corp. (a)

16,878

1,012,174

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (d)

12,694

616,167

Frank's International NV (d)

3,389

79,438

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

17,458

1,537,002

McDermott International, Inc. (a)(d)

43,085

359,329

Nabors Industries Ltd.

54,271

926,949

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

78,546

5,891,735

Oil States International, Inc. (a)

10,133

951,995

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

27,057

695,094

Rowan Companies PLC (a)

22,907

718,593

RPC, Inc.

2,279

38,811

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

29,410

695,252

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Tidewater, Inc.

9,019

$ 467,635

Unit Corp. (a)

8,956

447,531

 

19,151,560

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 13.2%

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

87,131

7,030,600

Antero Resources Corp.

3,751

220,334

Apache Corp.

72,040

5,781,930

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

106,558

2,867,476

Chevron Corp.

356,353

39,779,685

Cimarex Energy Co.

15,910

1,558,862

Cobalt International Energy, Inc. (a)

4,054

66,364

ConocoPhillips Co.

224,759

14,598,097

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

42,056

1,570,792

Denbury Resources, Inc.

68,736

1,104,588

Devon Energy Corp.

74,656

4,421,128

Energen Corp.

13,307

941,071

EOG Resources, Inc.

3,174

524,472

EQT Corp.

2,310

214,391

Exxon Mobil Corp.

817,390

75,330,653

Golar LNG Ltd. (NASDAQ) (d)

7,970

283,015

Gulfport Energy Corp. (a)

2,875

175,231

Hess Corp.

56,425

4,259,523

HollyFrontier Corp.

37,358

1,729,675

Kinder Morgan Holding Co. LLC

10,136

344,725

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (a)

827

20,460

Marathon Oil Corp.

130,345

4,274,013

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

55,347

4,817,956

Murphy Oil Corp.

35,124

1,988,370

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

24,955

618,135

Noble Energy, Inc.

57,582

3,589,086

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

148,112

12,970,168

PBF Energy, Inc. Class A (d)

4,362

113,107

Peabody Energy Corp.

49,620

846,021

Phillips 66 Co.

113,842

8,320,712

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

6,583

1,114,634

QEP Resources, Inc.

29,690

917,124

SandRidge Energy, Inc. (a)(d)

91,068

560,068

Spectra Energy Corp.

123,070

4,424,367

Teekay Corp.

6,919

374,802

Tesoro Corp.

24,979

1,286,918

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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - continued

The Williams Companies, Inc.

56,619

$ 2,292,503

Ultra Petroleum Corp. (a)(d)

28,162

674,480

Valero Energy Corp.

100,267

5,123,644

Whiting Petroleum Corp. (a)

19,953

1,164,856

World Fuel Services Corp.

10,736

458,642

WPX Energy, Inc. (a)

36,857

702,126

 

219,454,804

TOTAL ENERGY

238,606,364

FINANCIALS - 28.9%

Capital Markets - 3.5%

American Capital Ltd. (a)

52,038

812,313

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

25,222

2,664,452

Ares Capital Corp.

54,429

963,938

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc.

1,316

83,461

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

213,367

6,819,209

BlackRock, Inc. Class A

15,530

4,666,299

Charles Schwab Corp.

174,394

4,328,459

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

52,759

1,056,235

Federated Investors, Inc. Class B (non-vtg.) (d)

4,356

117,133

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

84,280

13,832,034

Invesco Ltd.

81,764

2,718,653

Legg Mason, Inc.

20,459

866,439

LPL Financial

2,260

120,978

Morgan Stanley

279,925

8,260,587

Northern Trust Corp.

43,995

2,649,379

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

22,454

1,143,133

SEI Investments Co.

1,429

48,672

State Street Corp.

83,849

5,613,691

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

42,826

1,338,313

 

58,103,378

Commercial Banks - 5.9%

Associated Banc-Corp.

30,579

503,636

Bank of Hawaii Corp.

8,186

464,801

BankUnited, Inc.

11,728

364,741

BB&T Corp.

129,010

4,826,264

BOK Financial Corp.

4,840

311,018

CapitalSource, Inc.

35,745

490,779

CIT Group, Inc.

37,025

1,723,514

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Commercial Banks - continued

City National Corp.

8,625

$ 624,019

Comerica, Inc.

34,376

1,574,421

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

15,040

653,789

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc. (d)

9,629

712,739

East West Bancorp, Inc.

26,014

870,428

Fifth Third Bancorp

160,850

3,381,067

First Citizen Bancshares, Inc.

1,384

306,196

First Horizon National Corp.

44,543

523,826

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

65,148

562,879

First Republic Bank

21,469

1,041,891

Fulton Financial Corp.

35,577

439,376

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

154,500

1,401,315

KeyCorp

169,286

2,160,089

M&T Bank Corp. (d)

23,720

2,645,017

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

97,333

7,774,960

Popular, Inc. (a)

18,810

496,584

Regions Financial Corp.

259,934

2,643,529

Signature Bank (a)

7,851

958,293

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

99,307

3,676,345

SVB Financial Group (a)

8,306

932,182

Synovus Financial Corp.

180,528

604,769

TCF Financial Corp.

29,864

480,810

U.S. Bancorp

339,985

13,507,604

Valley National Bancorp

36,325

351,989

Wells Fargo & Co.

887,409

40,235,124

Zions Bancorporation

33,933

975,574

 

98,219,568

Consumer Finance - 0.9%

Capital One Financial Corp.

107,382

7,582,243

Discover Financial Services

90,176

4,837,942

SLM Corp.

81,697

1,859,424

 

14,279,609

Diversified Financial Services - 8.8%

Bank of America Corp.

1,981,725

33,193,894

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B (a)

330,796

36,916,834

Citigroup, Inc.

559,363

26,530,587

CME Group, Inc.

58,274

4,356,564

ING U.S., Inc.

13,660

461,298

Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.

8,708

184,610

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

7,622

1,591,397

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JPMorgan Chase & Co.

694,797

$ 38,463,962

Leucadia National Corp.

47,131

1,288,090

McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

26,616

2,023,881

MSCI, Inc. Class A (a)

12,969

554,036

The NASDAQ Stock Market, Inc.

20,531

783,258

 

146,348,411

Insurance - 5.4%

ACE Ltd.

62,510

5,864,063

AFLAC, Inc.

85,682

5,379,116

Alleghany Corp. (a)

3,087

1,149,383

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.

4,280

440,498

Allstate Corp.

86,119

4,409,293

American Financial Group, Inc.

12,415

681,832

American International Group, Inc.

271,376

13,015,193

American National Insurance Co.

1,337

139,048

Aon PLC

13,014

1,047,106

Arch Capital Group Ltd. (a)

22,967

1,235,854

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

12,263

477,031

Assurant, Inc.

13,386

874,775

Assured Guaranty Ltd.

31,018

656,031

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

16,378

737,338

Brown & Brown, Inc.

11,790

371,267

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

30,137

1,460,138

CNA Financial Corp.

4,801

188,583

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.

5,138

269,180

Everest Re Group Ltd.

9,193

1,330,779

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Class A

46,635

1,470,868

Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A (a)

90,658

1,337,206

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.

5,712

317,187

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

83,804

2,786,483

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

18,581

797,311

Kemper Corp.

8,660

318,255

Lincoln National Corp.

49,357

2,370,617

Loews Corp.

51,952

2,316,540

Markel Corp. (a)

2,537

1,367,798

Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.

33,604

1,536,039

MBIA, Inc. (a)

25,785

282,088

Mercury General Corp.

4,872

223,284

MetLife, Inc.

164,334

8,060,583

Old Republic International Corp.

47,808

746,761

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PartnerRe Ltd.

9,954

$ 977,184

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

53,946

2,350,427

ProAssurance Corp.

11,404

529,830

Progressive Corp.

21,734

505,098

Protective Life Corp.

14,450

708,195

Prudential Financial, Inc.

52,525

4,432,585

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

13,359

997,517

RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.

8,192

743,096

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.

8,171

524,987

The Chubb Corp.

40,808

3,449,908

The Travelers Companies, Inc.

47,409

3,853,404

Torchmark Corp.

17,012

1,278,452

Unum Group

49,095

1,580,859

Validus Holdings Ltd.

17,590

631,833

W.R. Berkley Corp.

19,984

774,580

White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.

1,140

643,758

XL Group PLC Class A

53,689

1,543,022

 

89,182,263

Real Estate Investment Trusts - 4.0%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

13,156

922,630

American Campus Communities, Inc.

19,305

671,042

American Capital Agency Corp.

72,906

1,527,381

American Homes 4 Rent Class A

7,560

126,101

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.

174,251

1,876,683

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A

11,981

335,109

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

23,780

2,936,830

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

34,417

671,476

Boston Properties, Inc.

25,247

2,728,948

Brandywine Realty Trust (SBI)

28,526

406,496

BRE Properties, Inc.

14,178

837,920

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

7,047

145,732

Camden Property Trust (SBI)

15,618

965,505

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

19,978

339,426

Chimera Investment Corp.

189,302

590,622

CommonWealth REIT

21,793

535,672

Corporate Office Properties Trust (SBI)

15,626

388,306

Corrections Corp. of America

7,702

258,556

DDR Corp.

54,562

854,987

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (d)

5,005

255,205

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

26,333

669,648

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Duke Realty LP

59,234

$ 930,566

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

4,252

167,146

Equity Residential (SBI)

66,192

3,665,713

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

6,994

1,107,640

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

18,796

858,225

Federal Realty Investment Trust (SBI)

4,074

444,066

General Growth Properties, Inc.

102,985

2,074,118

Hatteras Financial Corp.

17,994

322,812

HCP, Inc.

83,557

3,271,257

Health Care REIT, Inc.

52,313

3,029,969

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc.

20,743

222,572

Home Properties, Inc.

10,475

583,981

Hospitality Properties Trust (SBI)

27,602

709,371

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

136,852

2,516,708

Kilroy Realty Corp.

15,018

792,950

Kimco Realty Corp.

75,130

1,570,968

Liberty Property Trust (SBI)

23,871

868,904

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

16,000

323,680

MFA Financial, Inc.

66,578

485,354

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

13,754

887,683

National Retail Properties, Inc. (d)

21,810

724,092

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A (d)

30,975

516,353

Post Properties, Inc.

9,942

466,578

Prologis, Inc.

91,587

3,549,912

Public Storage

1,772

279,249

Realty Income Corp. (d)

37,911

1,546,011

Regency Centers Corp.

9,698

466,862

Retail Properties America, Inc.

24,402

321,862

Senior Housing Properties Trust (SBI)

32,212

725,414

Simon Property Group, Inc.

14,404

2,230,315

SL Green Realty Corp.

16,841

1,579,181

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

54,967

582,650

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.

35,876

1,083,455

Taubman Centers, Inc.

9,599

624,127

The Macerich Co.

25,291

1,431,471

Two Harbors Investment Corp.

67,279

661,353

UDR, Inc.

46,151

1,123,315

Ventas, Inc.

29,595

1,846,432

Vornado Realty Trust

27,697

2,543,416

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Weingarten Realty Investors (SBI)

22,500

$ 652,275

WP Carey, Inc.

10,580

625,066

 

66,457,347

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.2%

Forest City Enterprises, Inc. Class A (a)

29,113

529,565

Howard Hughes Corp. (a)

7,274

907,577

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

8,111

926,763

Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)

2,410

109,824

The St. Joe Co. (a)(d)

11,354

204,031

 

2,677,760

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.2%

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

97,390

880,406

New York Community Bancorp, Inc. (d)

81,151

1,313,835

People's United Financial, Inc.

56,979

809,672

TFS Financial Corp. (a)

14,427

165,622

Washington Federal, Inc.

18,991

415,523

 

3,585,058

TOTAL FINANCIALS

478,853,394

HEALTH CARE - 13.4%

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.5%

Abbott Laboratories

286,580

10,506,023

Alere, Inc. (a)

14,976

567,590

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

248,089

3,356,644

CareFusion Corp. (a)

40,446

1,648,983

Covidien PLC

86,506

5,903,169

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

19,035

878,275

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

10,891

395,017

Hologic, Inc. (a)

35,072

749,138

Medtronic, Inc.

186,774

10,563,937

St. Jude Medical, Inc.

18,979

1,152,595

Stryker Corp.

25,511

1,979,654

Teleflex, Inc.

7,586

710,353

The Cooper Companies, Inc.

2,280

283,358

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

29,232

2,746,931

 

41,441,667

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.6%

Aetna, Inc.

51,065

3,489,271

Common Stocks - continued

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HEALTH CARE - continued

Health Care Providers & Services - continued

Cardinal Health, Inc.

62,857

$ 4,275,533

Cigna Corp.

49,430

4,266,303

Community Health Systems, Inc. (a)

16,008

662,891

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

3,191

105,494

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

18,946

1,415,077

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

45,648

2,294,725

Health Net, Inc. (a)

14,455

475,425

Humana, Inc.

28,967

2,818,489

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (a)

8,633

457,635

MEDNAX, Inc. (a)

6,447

358,711

Omnicare, Inc.

19,325

1,207,040

Patterson Companies, Inc.

1,670

66,733

Premier, Inc.

2,046

70,976

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

25,001

1,312,553

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

187,524

13,554,235

Universal Health Services, Inc. Class B

5,405

443,318

VCA Antech, Inc. (a)

16,139

515,480

WellPoint, Inc.

55,231

4,749,866

 

42,539,755

Health Care Technology - 0.0%

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. (a)

32,803

543,218

Veeva Systems, Inc. Class A

966

30,709

 

573,927

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.9%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

56,373

3,278,090

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. Class A (a)

3,733

474,539

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. (a)

4,910

277,562

Life Technologies Corp. (a)

11,004

837,074

PerkinElmer, Inc.

20,656

900,602

QIAGEN NV (a)

43,102

953,416

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc.

2,686

127,934

Techne Corp.

3,592

326,405

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

65,984

7,597,398

 

14,773,020

Pharmaceuticals - 7.4%

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

41,983

2,097,891

Eli Lilly & Co.

142,334

7,687,459

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a)

49,031

3,250,755

Hospira, Inc. (a)

30,475

1,341,205

Johnson & Johnson

449,735

39,788,055

Common Stocks - continued

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HEALTH CARE - continued

Pharmaceuticals - continued

Mallinckrodt PLC (a)

10,836

$ 626,646

Merck & Co., Inc.

555,122

29,404,812

Pfizer, Inc.

1,229,493

37,376,587

 

121,573,410

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

220,901,779

INDUSTRIALS - 10.3%

Aerospace & Defense - 1.4%

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

5,924

851,279

BE Aerospace, Inc. (a)

1,128

89,642

Exelis, Inc.

34,687

679,518

General Dynamics Corp.

54,913

5,563,236

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

16,588

1,842,429

Northrop Grumman Corp.

40,823

4,717,098

Raytheon Co.

59,686

5,674,348

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

2,694

203,559

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. Class A (a)

19,148

649,309

Textron, Inc.

51,106

1,814,263

Triumph Group, Inc.

7,490

512,466

United Technologies Corp.

10,635

1,212,603

 

23,809,750

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.5%

FedEx Corp.

58,264

7,767,756

Airlines - 0.3%

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

957

75,670

American Airlines Group, Inc. (a)

15,045

504,760

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

85,406

2,614,278

Southwest Airlines Co.

118,378

2,480,019

 

5,674,727

Building Products - 0.1%

A.O. Smith Corp.

8,063

380,735

Allegion PLC (a)

5,230

258,101

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

3,653

164,604

Owens Corning (a)

21,910

835,867

 

1,639,307

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.5%

ADT Corp.

37,111

1,114,814

Cintas Corp.

13,691

781,345

Common Stocks - continued

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INDUSTRIALS - continued

Commercial Services & Supplies - continued

Covanta Holding Corp.

19,325

$ 347,850

Iron Mountain, Inc.

3,041

80,313

KAR Auction Services, Inc.

8,665

241,060

Pitney Bowes, Inc. (d)

20,985

528,402

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (d)

15,152

279,857

Republic Services, Inc.

49,810

1,595,414

Waste Connections, Inc.

1,265

51,713

Waste Management, Inc.

79,113

3,305,341

 

8,326,109

Construction & Engineering - 0.3%

AECOM Technology Corp. (a)

16,984

486,931

Fluor Corp.

12,020

913,039

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

24,062

1,460,804

KBR, Inc.

27,207

851,579

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

30,402

947,630

URS Corp.

13,978

701,696

 

5,361,679

Electrical Equipment - 0.6%

Babcock & Wilcox Co.

6,349

217,644

Eaton Corp. PLC

86,977

6,357,149

Emerson Electric Co.

33,336

2,198,176

Hubbell, Inc. Class B

2,976

347,388

Regal-Beloit Corp.

8,316

616,132

 

9,736,489

Industrial Conglomerates - 3.5%

3M Co.

19,535

2,504,192

Carlisle Companies, Inc.

11,198

834,587

Danaher Corp.

87,710

6,524,747

General Electric Co.

1,900,800

47,767,104

 

57,630,630

Machinery - 2.2%

AGCO Corp.

17,914

955,354

Caterpillar, Inc.

99,024

9,299,344

Crane Co.

686

43,328

Cummins, Inc.

6,282

797,688

Donaldson Co., Inc.

2,081

85,862

Dover Corp.

8,261

715,072

Harsco Corp.

13,689

347,564

IDEX Corp.

1,040

74,890

Common Stocks - continued

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INDUSTRIALS - continued

Machinery - continued

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

43,594

$ 3,438,259

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

15,833

930,822

Joy Global, Inc. (d)

19,558

1,032,467

Kennametal, Inc.

14,510

628,863

Navistar International Corp. (a)

8,831

272,171

Oshkosh Truck Corp.

16,195

876,797

PACCAR, Inc.

56,660

3,172,960

Parker Hannifin Corp.

27,442

3,111,100

Pentair Ltd.

37,572

2,792,727

Snap-On, Inc.

9,546

956,032

SPX Corp.

8,624

858,692

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

27,149

2,101,333

Terex Corp.

20,479

839,639

Timken Co.

15,887

894,915

Trinity Industries, Inc.

14,576

848,760

Xylem, Inc.

32,007

1,067,754

 

36,142,393

Marine - 0.0%

Kirby Corp. (a)

4,231

422,211

Professional Services - 0.3%

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

540

59,400

Manpower, Inc.

14,209

1,106,881

Nielsen Holdings B.V.

34,409

1,455,157

Towers Watson & Co.

11,991

1,401,988

 

4,023,426

Road & Rail - 0.5%

AMERCO

606

134,974

Con-way, Inc.

6,507

250,324

CSX Corp.

94,166

2,534,007

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. Class A (a)

4,432

400,387

Norfolk Southern Corp.

47,452

4,393,581

Ryder System, Inc.

9,588

682,570

 

8,395,843

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1%

Air Lease Corp. Class A

12,781

402,346

GATX Corp.

8,528

493,771

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. (a)

4,046

86,868

Common Stocks - continued

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Value

INDUSTRIALS - continued

Trading Companies & Distributors - continued

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

8,639

$ 241,201

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

8,138

675,128

 

1,899,314

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

170,829,634

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 8.9%

Communications Equipment - 1.6%

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

81,721

763,274

Cisco Systems, Inc.

982,519

21,526,991

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.

3,252

58,308

EchoStar Holding Corp. Class A (a)

7,389

347,505

Harris Corp.

16,684

1,156,869

JDS Uniphase Corp. (a)

10,084

134,016

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

75,877

2,019,087

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

2,404

153,375

Polycom, Inc. (a)

31,429

374,948

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

1,636

32,262

 

26,566,635

Computers & Peripherals - 2.6%

Apple, Inc.

41,932

20,991,159

Diebold, Inc.

11,601

389,678

EMC Corp.

193,185

4,682,804

Gaming & Leisure Properties

14,016

486,355

Hewlett-Packard Co.

357,404

10,364,716

Lexmark International, Inc. Class A

11,482

449,980

SanDisk Corp.

22,697

1,578,576

Stratasys Ltd. (a)(d)

2,880

347,213

Western Digital Corp.

38,854

3,348,049

 

42,638,530

Electronic Equipment & Components - 0.5%

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

19,300

991,634

Avnet, Inc.

25,248

1,036,935

AVX Corp.

8,531

110,221

CDW Corp.

3,078

72,856

Corning, Inc.

271,194

4,667,249

Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Class A (a)(d)

4,937

202,368

FLIR Systems, Inc.

7,835

248,526

Ingram Micro, Inc. Class A (a)

28,158

704,513

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

37,294

670,173

Common Stocks - continued

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Value

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued

Electronic Equipment & Components - continued

Tech Data Corp. (a)

6,885

$ 371,239

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

23,962

325,404

 

9,401,118

Internet Software & Services - 0.4%

AOL, Inc. (a)

14,261

657,147

Twitter, Inc. (d)

3,711

239,360

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

164,458

5,923,777

 

6,820,284

IT Services - 0.5%

Amdocs Ltd.

29,673

1,283,654

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. Class A

347

6,343

Computer Sciences Corp.

27,654

1,670,578

CoreLogic, Inc. (a)

17,595

560,401

DST Systems, Inc.

1,125

102,375

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

48,599

2,463,969

Leidos Holdings, Inc. (d)

13,452

609,914

Paychex, Inc.

5,921

247,616

Science Applications International Corp.

7,610

281,646

Total System Services, Inc.

6,670

199,300

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

20,001

580,229

 

8,006,025

Office Electronics - 0.2%

Xerox Corp.

225,859

2,450,570

Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A (a)

8,457

464,797

 

2,915,367

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.4%

Altera Corp.

38,582

1,289,796

Analog Devices, Inc.

32,241

1,556,273

Applied Materials, Inc.

74,925

1,260,239

Avago Technologies Ltd.

3,781

206,594

Broadcom Corp. Class A

59,143

1,760,096

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

23,187

295,866

First Solar, Inc. (a)

12,466

630,530

Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd. (a)(d)

5,565

100,893

Intel Corp.

854,443

20,968,031

KLA-Tencor Corp.

30,540

1,877,294

Lam Research Corp. (a)

22,945

1,161,246

LSI Corp.

89,325

985,255

Marvell Technology Group Ltd.

72,581

1,083,634

Common Stocks - continued

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Value

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - continued

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - continued

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

189,381

$ 4,363,338

NVIDIA Corp.

106,344

1,669,601

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

4,108

34,343

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

1,031

48,704

Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (a)

5,889

178,142

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

35,154

661,247

 

40,131,122

Software - 0.7%

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

49,016

839,644

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

56,307

3,332,811

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

8,421

431,576

CA Technologies, Inc.

60,432

1,938,659

Compuware Corp.

38,862

394,061

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

12,791

337,682

FireEye, Inc. (d)

804

58,684

MICROS Systems, Inc. (a)

12,371

686,962

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)(d)

48,137

737,940

Rovi Corp. (a)

16,640

352,934

Symantec Corp.

34,876

746,695

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

28,382

1,131,307

Zynga, Inc. (a)

106,270

467,588

 

11,456,543

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

147,935,624

MATERIALS - 2.9%

Chemicals - 1.4%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

38,306

4,027,493

Albemarle Corp.

9,301

596,938

Ashland, Inc.

14,544

1,349,829

Cabot Corp.

11,635

566,275

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

10,903

2,517,067

Cytec Industries, Inc.

6,737

606,128

Huntsman Corp.

35,585

780,023

Kronos Worldwide, Inc.

3,793

58,716

PPG Industries, Inc.

2,335

425,811

Rockwood Holdings, Inc.

3,654

250,409

RPM International, Inc.

1,541

61,131

Sigma Aldrich Corp.

1,223

113,702

The Dow Chemical Co.

193,239

8,794,307

Common Stocks - continued

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MATERIALS - continued

Chemicals - continued

The Mosaic Co.

55,182

$ 2,464,428

W.R. Grace & Co. (a)

1,808

170,531

Westlake Chemical Corp.

516

62,715

 

22,845,503

Construction Materials - 0.1%

Vulcan Materials Co.

23,921

1,476,643

Containers & Packaging - 0.2%

Aptargroup, Inc.

3,628

231,466

Avery Dennison Corp.

12,530

617,353

Bemis Co., Inc.

10,498

404,278

Crown Holdings, Inc. (a)

3,910

160,701

Greif, Inc. Class A

4,602

232,999

MeadWestvaco Corp.

32,558

1,174,367

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a)

12,346

395,566

Rock-Tenn Co. Class A

3,669

372,330

Sonoco Products Co.

18,698

773,723

 

4,362,783

Metals & Mining - 1.1%

Alcoa, Inc.

196,630

2,263,211

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

19,886

625,216

Carpenter Technology Corp.

8,436

490,216

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. (d)

28,172

544,283

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

190,158

6,163,021

Newmont Mining Corp.

90,543

1,955,729

Nucor Corp.

58,470

2,827,025

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

14,127

988,184

Royal Gold, Inc.

8,727

488,188

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

40,637

670,511

Tahoe Resources, Inc. (a)

13,516

240,585

United States Steel Corp.

26,559

693,455

 

17,949,624

Paper & Forest Products - 0.1%

Domtar Corp.

6,082

653,268

International Paper Co.

11,483

548,198

 

1,201,466

TOTAL MATERIALS

47,836,019

Common Stocks - continued

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Value

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES - 2.5%

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.3%

AT&T, Inc.

989,002

$ 32,953,547

CenturyLink, Inc.

112,021

3,232,926

Frontier Communications Corp. (d)

183,845

864,072

Intelsat SA

3,765

75,225

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a)

19,868

637,763

Windstream Holdings, Inc. (d)

5,935

44,394

 

37,807,927

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.2%

Sprint Corp. (a)

128,044

1,058,924

T-Mobile U.S., Inc. (a)

35,019

1,070,531

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

17,160

463,663

U.S. Cellular Corp.

2,384

105,587

 

2,698,705

TOTAL TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

40,506,632

UTILITIES - 6.1%

Electric Utilities - 3.2%

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

89,328

4,360,100

Duke Energy Corp.

129,624

9,154,047

Edison International

59,915

2,885,506

Entergy Corp.

32,759

2,064,800

Exelon Corp.

157,347

4,563,063

FirstEnergy Corp.

76,911

2,421,927

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

28,438

701,850

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

18,000

468,360

NextEra Energy, Inc.

78,040

7,174,217

Northeast Utilities

57,839

2,533,348

OGE Energy Corp.

36,480

1,242,874

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

45,970

893,197

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

20,287

1,067,705

PPL Corp.

116,133

3,550,186

Southern Co.

159,903

6,594,400

Westar Energy, Inc.

23,487

779,064

Xcel Energy, Inc.

91,394

2,642,201

 

53,096,845

Gas Utilities - 0.3%

AGL Resources, Inc.

21,765

1,039,932

Atmos Energy Corp.

16,695

801,527

National Fuel Gas Co.

13,545

1,020,751

Common Stocks - continued

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Value

UTILITIES - continued

Gas Utilities - continued

ONEOK, Inc.

2,267

$ 155,267

Questar Corp.

28,130

655,992

UGI Corp.

20,989

910,713

 

4,584,182

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.3%

Calpine Corp. (a)

64,188

1,218,288

NRG Energy, Inc.

59,253

1,650,196

The AES Corp.

114,186

1,605,455

 

4,473,939

Multi-Utilities - 2.2%

Alliant Energy Corp.

20,447

1,062,426

Ameren Corp.

44,614

1,688,194

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

78,801

1,843,943

CMS Energy Corp.

49,058

1,363,322

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

53,777

2,926,007

Dominion Resources, Inc.

106,165

7,209,665

DTE Energy Co.

31,941

2,179,015

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

14,616

794,233

MDU Resources Group, Inc.

34,793

1,114,768

NiSource, Inc.

57,366

1,971,669

PG&E Corp.

81,254

3,424,856

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

92,961

3,099,320

SCANA Corp.

25,697

1,214,697

Sempra Energy

44,743

4,148,124

TECO Energy, Inc.

40,065

656,265

Vectren Corp.

15,033

549,005

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

42,041

1,793,889

 

37,039,398

Water Utilities - 0.1%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

32,746

1,393,997

Aqua America, Inc.

3,889

93,142

 

1,487,139

TOTAL UTILITIES

100,681,503

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $1,662,883,918)


1,646,860,598

U.S. Treasury Obligations - 0.0%

 

Principal Amount

Value

U.S. Treasury Bills, yield at date of purchase 0.07% 6/26/14 (e)
(Cost $299,918)

$ 300,000

$ 299,949

Money Market Funds - 4.8%

Shares

 

Fidelity Cash Central Fund, 0.10% (b)

60,291,241

60,291,241

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund, 0.09% (b)(c)

19,139,100

19,139,100

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS

(Cost $79,430,341)


79,430,341

TOTAL INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO - 104.3%

(Cost $1,742,614,177)

1,726,590,888

NET OTHER ASSETS (LIABILITIES) - (4.3)%

(71,026,135 )

NET ASSETS - 100%

$ 1,655,564,753

Futures Contracts

Expiration Date

Underlying Face Amount at Value

Unrealized Appreciation/
(Depreciation)

Purchased

Equity Index Contracts

15 CME E-mini S&P 500 Index Contracts (United States)

March 2014

$ 1,332,450

$ (1,316)

15 CME S&P 500 Index Contracts (United States)

March 2014

6,662,250

(65,600 )

TOTAL EQUITY INDEX CONTRACTS

$ 7,994,700

$ (66,916 )

The face value of futures purchased as a percentage of net assets is 0.5%

Legend

(a) Non-income producing

(b) 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, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC's website or upon request.

(c) Investment made with cash collateral received from securities on loan.

(d) Security or a portion of the security is on loan at period end.

(e) 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 $299,949.

Affiliated Central Funds

Information regarding fiscal year to date income earned by the Fund from investments in Fidelity Central Funds is as follows:

Fund

Income earned

Fidelity Cash Central Fund

$ 5,534

Fidelity Securities Lending Cash Central Fund

14,375

Total

$ 19,909

Other Information

The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of January 31, 2014, 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 in the table 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:

Consumer Discretionary

$ 104,741,951

$ 104,741,951

$ -

$ -

Consumer Staples

95,967,698

95,967,698

-

-

Energy

238,606,364

238,606,364

-

-

Financials

478,853,394

478,853,394

-

-

Health Care

220,901,779

220,901,779

-

-

Industrials

170,829,634

170,829,634

-

-

Information Technology

147,935,624

147,935,624

-

-

Materials

47,836,019

47,836,019

-

-

Telecommunication Services

40,506,632

40,506,632

-

-

Utilities

100,681,503

100,681,503

-

-

U.S. Government and Government Agency Obligations

299,949

-

299,949

-

Money Market Funds

79,430,341

79,430,341

-

-

Total Investments in Securities:

$ 1,726,590,888

$ 1,726,290,939

$ 299,949

$ -

Derivative Instruments:

Liabilities

Futures Contracts

$ (66,916 )

$ (66,916 )

$ -

$ -

Value of Derivative Instruments

The following table is a summary of the Fund's value of derivative instruments by primary risk exposure as of January 31, 2014. 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)

$ -

$ (66,916 )

Total Value of Derivatives

$ -

$ (66,916 )

(a) Reflects gross cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts as presented in the Schedule of Investments. Only the period end receivable or payable for daily variation margin and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) are presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

 

January 31, 2014

 

 

 

Assets

Investment in securities, at value (including securities loaned of $18,575,688) - See accompanying schedule:

Unaffiliated issuers (cost $1,663,183,836)

$ 1,647,160,547

 

Fidelity Central Funds (cost $79,430,341)

79,430,341

 

Total Investments (cost $1,742,614,177)

 

$ 1,726,590,888

Segregated cash with brokers for derivative instruments

182,151

Cash

 

23,843

Receivable for investments sold

91,490

Receivable for fund shares sold

17,420,969

Dividends receivable

1,675,493

Distributions receivable from Fidelity Central Funds

10,739

Other affiliated receivables

20,829

Total assets

1,746,016,402

 

 

 

Liabilities

Payable for investments purchased

$ 68,281,318

Payable for fund shares redeemed

2,910,007

Accrued management fee

63,424

Payable for daily variation margin for derivative instruments

30,523

Other affiliated payables

27,277

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

19,139,100

Total liabilities

90,451,649

 

 

 

Net Assets

$ 1,655,564,753

Net Assets consist of:

 

Paid in capital

$ 1,670,024,875

Undistributed net investment income

1,805,496

Accumulated undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments

(175,413)

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments

(16,090,205 )

Net Assets

$ 1,655,564,753

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities - continued

 

January 31, 2014

 

 

 

Series 1000 Value Index :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($832,316,628 ÷ 83,124,702 shares)

$ 10.01

 

 

 

Class F :
Net Asset Value
, offering price and redemption price per share ($823,248,125 ÷ 82,210,289 shares)

$ 10.01

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Statements - continued

Statement of Operations

 

For the period November 7, 2013
(commencement of operations) to
January 31, 2014

 

 

 

Investment Income

 

 

Dividends

 

$ 5,586,655

Interest

 

46

Income from Fidelity Central Funds

 

19,909

Total income

 

5,606,610

 

 

 

Expenses

Management fee

$ 139,218

Transfer agent fees

66,865

Independent trustees' compensation

628

Total expenses

206,711

Net investment income (loss)

5,399,899

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Investment securities:

 

 

Unaffiliated issuers

(43,415)

Futures contracts

(125,940 )

Total net realized gain (loss)

 

(169,355)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Investment securities

(16,023,289)

Futures contracts

(66,916 )

Total change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

 

(16,090,205 )

Net gain (loss)

(16,259,560 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

$ (10,859,661 )

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

For the period
November 7, 2013 (commencement of operations) to
January 31, 2014

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

 

Operations

 

Net investment income (loss)

$ 5,399,899

Net realized gain (loss)

(169,355)

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

(16,090,205 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting
from operations

(10,859,661 )

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

(3,600,461 )

Share transactions - net increase (decrease)

1,670,024,875

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

1,655,564,753

 

 

Net Assets

Beginning of period

-

End of period (including undistributed net investment income of $1,805,496)

$ 1,655,564,753

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Series 1000 Value Index

Year ended January 31,

2014 G

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .01 F

Total from investment operations

  .05

Distributions from net investment income

  (.04 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.01

Total Return B

  .44%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

Expenses before reductions

  .10% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .10% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  .10% A

Net investment income (loss)

  1.91% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 832,317

Portfolio turnover rate E

  2% I

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.

G For the period November 7, 2013 (commencement of operations) to January 31, 2014.

H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

I Amount not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Financial Highlights - Class F

Year ended January 31,

2014 G

Selected Per-Share Data

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

$ 10.00

Income from Investment Operations

 

Net investment income (loss) C

  .04

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)

  .01 F

Total from investment operations

  .05

Distributions from net investment income

  (.04 )

Net asset value, end of period

$ 10.01

Total Return B

  .44%

Ratios to Average Net Assets D, H

 

Expenses before reductions

  .05% A

Expenses net of fee waivers, if any

  .05% A

Expenses net of all reductions

  .05% A

Net investment income (loss)

  1.95% A

Supplemental Data

 

Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)

$ 823,248

Portfolio turnover rate E

  2% I

A Annualized

B Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

C Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

D Fees and expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds are not included in the Fund's expense ratio. The Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

E Amount does not include the portfolio activity of any underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

F The amount shown for a share outstanding does not correspond with the aggregate net gain (loss) on investments for the period due to the timing of sales and repurchases of shares in relation to fluctuating market values of the investments of the Fund.

G For the period November 7, 2013 (commencement of operations) to January 31, 2014.

H Expense ratios reflect operating expenses of the class. Expenses before reductions do not reflect amounts reimbursed by the investment adviser or reductions from expense offset arrangements and do not represent the amount paid by the class during periods when reimbursements or reductions occur. Expenses net of fee waivers reflect expenses after reimbursement by the investment adviser but prior to reductions from expense offset arrangements. Expenses net of all reductions represent the net expenses paid by the class.

I Amount not annualized.

See accompanying notes which are an integral part of the financial statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements

For the period ended January 31, 2014

1. Organization.

Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund (the Fund) is a fund of Fidelity Salem Street Trust (the Trust) and is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares. Shares of the Fund are only available for purchase by mutual funds for which Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMR) or an affiliate serves as an investment manager. 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. The Fund offers Series 1000 Value Index and Class F shares, each of which, has equal rights as to assets and voting privileges. Each class has exclusive voting rights with respect to matters that affect that class.

2. Investments in Fidelity Central Funds.

The Fund invests 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 Fund's Schedule of Investments lists each of the Fidelity Central Funds held as of period end, if any, as an investment of the Fund, but does not include the underlying holdings of each Fidelity Central Fund. As an Investing Fund, the Fund indirectly bears its proportionate share of the expenses of the underlying Fidelity Central Funds.

The Money Market Central Funds seek preservation of capital and current income and are managed by Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM), an affiliate of the investment adviser. Annualized expenses of the Money Market Central Funds as of their most recent shareholder report date are less than .01%.

A complete unaudited list of holdings for each Fidelity Central Fund is available upon request or at the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) website at www.sec.gov. In addition, the financial statements of the Fidelity Central Funds, which are not covered by the Fund's Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm, are available on the SEC website or upon request.

3. Significant Accounting Policies.

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 following summarizes the significant accounting policies of the Fund:

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation. Investments are valued as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time on the last calendar day of the period. In accordance with valuation policies and procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (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 FMR Fair Value Committee (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 is responsible for approving and reporting to the Board all fair value determinations.

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 - 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, Exchange-Traded Funds (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. Utilizing these techniques may result in transfers between Level 1 and Level 2. 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.

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Investment Valuation - continued

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. 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 January 31, 2014, is included at the end of the Fund's Schedule of Investments.

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. 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. Distributions received on securities that represent a return of capital or capital gain are recorded as a reduction of cost of investments and/or as a realized gain. Subsequent to ex-dividend date the Fund determines the components of these distributions, based upon receipt of tax filings or other correspondence relating to the underlying investment. Interest income and distributions from the Fidelity Central Funds are accrued as earned. Interest income includes coupon interest and amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Class Allocations and Expenses. Investment income, realized and unrealized capital gains and losses, common expenses of the 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 the Fund. Each class differs with respect to transfer agent fees incurred. Certain expense reductions may also differ by class. 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. 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. As of January 31, 2014, the Fund did not have any unrecognized tax benefits in the financial statements; nor is the Fund aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. 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.

Distributions are declared and recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income dividends 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, passive foreign investment companies (PFIC) and losses deferred due to wash sales.

The federal tax cost of investment securities and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of period end were as follows:

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3. Significant Accounting Policies - continued

Income Tax Information and Distributions to Shareholders - continued

Gross unrealized appreciation

$ 39,091,252

Gross unrealized depreciation

(55,372,661 )

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities and other investments

$ (16,281,409 )

 

 

Tax Cost

$ 1,742,872,297

The tax-based components of distributable earnings as of period end were as follows:

Undistributed ordinary income

$ 1,821,288

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

$ (16,281,409 )

The tax character of distributions paid was as follows:

 

January 31, 2014

Ordinary Income

$ 3,600,461

4. Derivative Instruments.

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments. The Fund's investment objective allows the 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.

The Fund used derivatives 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 Fund may not achieve its objectives.

The Fund's use of derivatives increased or decreased its exposure to the following risks:

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.

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

4. Derivative Instruments - continued

Risk Exposures and the Use of Derivative Instruments - continued

The Fund is also exposed to additional risks from investing in derivatives, such as liquidity risk and counterparty credit risk. Liquidity risk is the risk that the 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 the Fund. Counterparty credit risk related to exchange-traded futures 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. The Fund used futures contracts to manage its 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 (variation margin) 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 for derivative instruments in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Realized gain or (loss) is recorded upon the expiration or closing of a futures contract.

Any open futures contracts at period end are presented in the Schedule of Investments under the caption "Futures Contracts." The underlying face 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. Securities deposited to meet initial margin requirements are identified in the Schedule of Investments. Cash deposited to meet initial margin requirements is presented as segregated cash with brokers for derivative instruments in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

During the period the Fund recognized net realized gain (loss) of $(125,940) and a change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of $(66,916) related to its investment in futures contracts. These amounts are included in the Statement of Operations.

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5. Purchases and Sales of Investments.

Purchases and sales of securities including in-kind transactions, other than short-term securities, aggregated $1,692,757,807 and $29,652,096, respectively.

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates.

Management Fee and Expense Contract. Fidelity Management & Research Company (the investment adviser) and its affiliates provide the Fund with investment management related services for which the Fund pays a monthly management fee that is based on an annual rate of .05% of the Fund's average net assets. Under the management contract, the investment adviser pays all other fund-level expenses, except the compensation of the independent Trustees and certain other expenses such as interest expense.

In addition, under the expense contract, the investment adviser pays class-level expenses for Series 1000 Value Index so that the total expenses do not exceed .10%, expressed as a percentage of class average net assets, with certain exceptions such as interest expense.

Sub-Adviser. Geode Capital Management, LLC (Geode), serves as sub-adviser for the Fund. Geode provides discretionary investment advisory services to the Fund and is paid by the investment adviser for providing these services.

Transfer Agent Fees. Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc., (FIIOC), an affiliate of the investment adviser, is the transfer, dividend disbursing and shareholder servicing agent for each class of the Fund. FIIOC receives transfer agent fees at an annual rate of .075% of average net assets for Series 1000 Value Index. FIIOC receives no fees for providing transfer agency services to Class F. FIIOC pays for typesetting, printing and mailing of shareholder reports, except proxy statements.

Under the expense contract, Series 1000 Value Index pays a portion of the transfer agent fees at an annual rate of .05% of average net assets.

For the period, transfer agent fees for each applicable class were as follows:

 

Amount

Series 1000 Value Index

$ 66,865

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Notes to Financial Statements - continued

6. Fees and Other Transactions with Affiliates - continued

Exchanges In-Kind. During the period, certain investment companies managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates (Investing Funds) completed exchanges in-kind with the Fund. The Investing Funds delivered securities and other assets, valued at $1,017,242,348 in exchange for 101,724,235 shares of the Fund. The amount of in-kind exchanges is included in share transactions in the accompanying Statement of Changes in Net Assets as well as Note 9: Share Transactions. The Fund recognized no gain or loss for federal income tax purposes.

7. Security Lending.

The Fund lends portfolio securities through a lending agent from time to time in order to earn additional income. On the settlement date of the loan, the 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 the Fund and any additional required collateral is delivered to the Fund on the next business day. If the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons, the Fund may apply collateral received from the borrower against the obligation. The 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. The value of loaned securities and cash collateral at period end are disclosed on the Fund's 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. Total security lending income during the period amounted to $14,375.

8. Distributions to Shareholders.

Distributions to shareholders of each class were as follows:

Period ended January 31,


2014
A

From net investment income

 

Series 1000 Value Index

$ 1,880,484

Class F

1,719,977

Total

$ 3,600,461

A For the period November 7, 2013 (commencement of operations) to January 31, 2014.

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9. Share Transactions.

Transactions for each class of shares were as follows:

 

Shares

Dollars

Period ended January 31,

2014 A

2014 A

Series 1000 Value Index

 

 

Shares sold

85,900,540 B

$ 867,369,365 B

Reinvestment of distributions

184,181

1,880,484

Shares redeemed

(2,960,019 )

(30,332,084 )

Net increase (decrease)

83,124,702

$ 838,917,765

Class F

 

 

Shares sold

84,579,010 B

$ 855,400,909 B

Reinvestment of distributions

168,460

1,719,977

Shares redeemed

(2,537,181 )

(26,013,776 )

Net increase (decrease)

82,210,289

$ 831,107,110

A For the period November 7, 2013 (commencement of operations) to January 31, 2014.

B Amount includes in-kind exchanges (see Note 6: Exchanges In-Kind).

10. Other.

The 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, the Fund may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund's maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would be dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote.

At the end of the period, mutual funds managed by the investment adviser or its affiliates were the owners of record of all of the outstanding shares of the Fund.

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Trustees of Fidelity Salem Street Trust and Shareholders of Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund (the Fund), a fund of Fidelity Salem Street Trust, including the schedule of investments, as of January 31, 2014, and the related statement of operations, the statement of changes in net assets and financial highlights for the period from November 7, 2013 (commencement of operations) to January 31, 2014. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2014, by correspondence with the custodians and brokers; where replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund as of January 31, 2014, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the period from November 7, 2013 (commencement of operations) to January 31, 2014, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

March 18, 2014

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Trustees and Officers

The Trustees and officers of the trust and fund, as applicable, are listed below. The Board of Trustees governs the fund and is responsible for protecting the interests of shareholders. The Trustees are experienced executives who meet periodically throughout the year to oversee the fund's activities, review contractual arrangements with companies that provide services to the fund, oversee management of the risks associated with such activities and contractual arrangements, and review the fund's performance. Except for Elizabeth S. Acton and James C. Curvey, each of the Trustees oversees 223 funds. Ms. Acton oversees 205 funds. Mr. Curvey oversees 396 funds.

The Trustees hold office without limit in time except that (a) any Trustee may resign; (b) any Trustee may be removed by written instrument, signed by at least two-thirds of the number of Trustees prior to such removal; (c) any Trustee who requests to be retired or who has become incapacitated by illness or injury may be retired by written instrument signed by a majority of the other Trustees; and (d) any Trustee may be removed at any special meeting of shareholders by a two-thirds vote of the outstanding voting securities of the trust. Each Trustee who is not an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the trust and the fund (Independent Trustee), shall retire not later than the last day of the month in which his or her 75th birthday occurs. The Independent Trustees may waive this mandatory retirement age policy with respect to individual Trustees. The officers hold office without limit in time, except that any officer may resign or may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Trustees at any regular meeting or any special meeting of the Trustees. Except as indicated, each individual has held the office shown or other offices in the same company for the past five years.

Experience, Skills, Attributes, and Qualifications of the Fund's Trustees. The Governance and Nominating Committee has adopted a statement of policy that describes the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills that are necessary and desirable for potential Independent Trustee candidates (Statement of Policy). The Board believes that each Trustee satisfied at the time he or she was initially elected or appointed a Trustee, and continues to satisfy, the standards contemplated by the Statement of Policy. The Governance and Nominating Committee also engages professional search firms to help identify potential Independent Trustee candidates who have the experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills consistent with the Statement of Policy. From time to time, additional criteria based on the composition and skills of the current Independent Trustees, as well as experience or skills that may be appropriate in light of future changes to board composition, business conditions, and regulatory or other developments, have also been considered by the professional search firms and the Governance and Nominating Committee. In addition, the Board takes into account the Trustees' commitment and participation in Board and committee meetings, as well as their leadership of standing and ad hoc committees throughout their tenure.

In determining that a particular Trustee was and continues to be qualified to serve as a Trustee, the Board has considered a variety of criteria, none of which, in isolation, was controlling. The Board believes that, collectively, the Trustees have balanced and diverse experience, qualifications, attributes, and skills, which allow the Board to operate effectively in governing the fund and protecting the interests of shareholders. Information about the specific experience, skills, attributes, and qualifications of each Trustee, which in each case led to the Board's conclusion that the Trustee should serve (or continue to serve) as a trustee of the fund, is provided below.

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Trustees and Officers - continued

Board Structure and Oversight Function. Abigail P. Johnson is an interested person (as defined in the 1940 Act) and currently serves as Chairman. The Trustees have determined that an interested Chairman is appropriate and benefits shareholders because an interested Chairman has a personal and professional stake in the quality and continuity of services provided to the fund. Independent Trustees exercise their informed business judgment to appoint an individual of their choosing to serve as Chairman, regardless of whether the Trustee happens to be independent or a member of management. The Independent Trustees have determined that they can act independently and effectively without having an Independent Trustee serve as Chairman and that a key structural component for assuring that they are in a position to do so is for the Independent Trustees to constitute a substantial majority for the Board. The Independent Trustees also regularly meet in executive session. Albert R. Gamper, Jr. serves as Chairman of the Independent Trustees and as such (i) acts as a liaison between the Independent Trustees and management with respect to matters important to the Independent Trustees and (ii) with management prepares agendas for Board meetings.

Fidelity funds are overseen by different Boards of Trustees. The fund's Board oversees Fidelity's investment-grade bond, money market, and asset allocation funds and another Board oversees Fidelity's equity and high income funds. The asset allocation funds may invest in Fidelity funds that are overseen by such other Board. The use of separate Boards, each with its own committee structure, allows the Trustees of each group of Fidelity funds to focus on the unique issues of the funds they oversee, including common research, investment, and operational issues. On occasion, the separate Boards establish joint committees to address issues of overlapping consequences for the Fidelity funds overseen by each Board.

The Trustees operate using a system of committees to facilitate the timely and efficient consideration of all matters of importance to the Trustees, the fund, and fund shareholders and to facilitate compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and oversight of the fund's activities and associated risks. The Board, acting through its committees, has charged FMR and its affiliates with (i) identifying events or circumstances the occurrence of which could have demonstrably adverse effects on the fund's business and/or reputation; (ii) implementing processes and controls to lessen the possibility that such events or circumstances occur or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur; and (iii) creating and maintaining a system designed to evaluate continuously business and market conditions in order to facilitate the identification and implementation processes described in (i) and (ii) above. Because the day-to-day operations and activities of the fund are carried out by or through FMR, its affiliates, and other service providers, the fund's exposure to risks is mitigated but not eliminated by the processes overseen by the Trustees. While each of the Board's committees has responsibility for overseeing different aspects of the fund's activities, oversight is exercised primarily through the Operations and Audit Committees. In addition, an ad hoc Board committee of Independent Trustees has worked with FMR to enhance the Board's oversight of investment and financial risks, legal and regulatory risks, technology risks, and operational risks, including the development of additional risk reporting to the Board. Appropriate personnel, including but not limited to the fund's Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), FMR's internal auditor, the independent accountants, the fund's Treasurer and portfolio management personnel, make periodic reports to the Board's committees, as appropriate, including an annual review of FMR's risk management program for the Fidelity funds. The responsibilities of each standing committee, including their oversight responsibilities, are described further under "Standing Committees of the Fund's Trustees."

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The fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI) includes more information about the Trustees. To request a free copy, call Fidelity at 1-800-544-8544 for Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund, or 1-800-835-5092 for Class F.

Interested Trustees *:

Correspondence intended for each Trustee who is an interested person may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience +

James C. Curvey (1935)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

 

Mr. Curvey also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Curvey is a Director of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (2009-present), Director of Fidelity Research & Analysis Co. (2009-present) and Director of FMR and FMR Co., Inc. (2007-present). Mr. Curvey is also Vice Chairman (2007-present) and Director of FMR LLC. In addition, Mr. Curvey serves as an Overseer for the Boston Symphony Orchestra and a member of the Trustees of Villanova University. Previously, Mr. Curvey was the Vice Chairman (2006-2007) and Director (2000-2007) of FMR Corp.

Abigail P. Johnson (1961)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Trustee

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

 

Ms. Johnson also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Ms. Johnson serves as President of FMR LLC (2013-present), President of Fidelity Financial Services (2012-present) and President of Personal, Workplace and Institutional Services (2005-present). Ms. Johnson is Chairman and Director of FMR Co., Inc. (2011-present), Chairman and Director of FMR (2011-present), and the Vice Chairman and Director (2007-present) of FMR LLC. Previously, Ms. Johnson served as President and a Director of FMR (2001-2005), a Trustee of other investment companies advised by FMR, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc., and FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2005), Senior Vice President of the Fidelity funds (2001-2005), and managed a number of Fidelity funds. Ms. Abigail P. Johnson and Mr. Arthur E. Johnson are not related.

* Trustees have been determined to be "Interested Trustees" by virtue of, among other things, their affiliation with the trust or various entities under common control with FMR.

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

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Independent Trustees :

Correspondence intended for each Independent Trustee (that is, the Trustees other than the Interested Trustees) may be sent to Fidelity Investments, P.O. Box 55235, Boston, Massachusetts 02205-5235.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupations and Other Relevant Experience +

Elizabeth S. Acton (1951)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Trustee

 

Ms. Acton also serves as Trustee or Member of the Advisory Board of other Fidelity funds. Prior to her retirement in April 2012, Ms. Acton was Executive Vice President, Finance (2011-2012), Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer (2002-2011), and Treasurer (2004-2005) of Comerica Incorporated (financial services). Prior to joining Comerica, Ms. Acton held a variety of positions at Ford Motor Company (1983-2002), including Vice President and Treasurer (2000-2002) and Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Ford Motor Credit Company (1998-2000). Ms. Acton currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Audit and Finance Committees of Beazer Homes USA, Inc. (homebuilding, 2012-present).

Albert R. Gamper, Jr. (1942)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2006

Trustee

Chairman of the Independent Trustees

 

Mr. Gamper also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Prior to his retirement in December 2004, Mr. Gamper served as Chairman of the Board of CIT Group Inc. (commercial finance). During his tenure with CIT Group Inc. Mr. Gamper served in numerous senior management positions, including Chairman (1987-1989; 1999-2001; 2002-2004), Chief Executive Officer (1987-2004), and President (2002-2003). Mr. Gamper currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Public Service Enterprise Group (utilities, 2000-present), a member of the Board of Trustees, Rutgers University (2004-present), and Chairman of the Board of Barnabas Health Care System. Previously, Mr. Gamper served as Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees of certain Fidelity funds (2011-2012) and as Chairman of the Board of Governors, Rutgers University (2004-2007).

Robert F. Gartland (1951)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Trustee

 

Mr. Gartland also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Gartland is Chairman and an investor in Gartland and Mellina Group Corp. (consulting, 2009-present). Previously, Mr. Gartland served as a partner and investor of Vietnam Partners LLC (investments and consulting, 2008-2011). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Gartland held a variety of positions at Morgan Stanley (financial services, 1979-2007) including Managing Director (1987-2007).

Arthur E. Johnson (1947)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Trustee

 

Mr. Johnson also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Johnson serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Eaton Corporation (diversified power management, 2009-present), AGL Resources, Inc. (holding company, 2002-present) and Booz Allen Hamilton (management consulting, 2011-present). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Johnson served as Senior Vice President of Corporate Strategic Development of Lockheed Martin Corporation (defense contractor, 1999-2009). He previously served on the Board of Directors of IKON Office Solutions, Inc. (1999-2008) and Delta Airlines (2005-2007). Mr. Arthur E. Johnson is not related to Ms. Abigail P. Johnson.

Michael E. Kenneally (1954)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Trustee

 

Mr. Kenneally also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Kenneally served as a Member of the Advisory Board for certain Fidelity funds before joining the Board of Trustees (2008-2009). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Kenneally served as Chairman and Global Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse Asset Management. Before joining Credit Suisse, he was an Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer for Bank of America Corporation. Earlier roles at Bank of America included Director of Research, Senior Portfolio Manager and Research Analyst, and Mr. Kenneally was awarded the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1991.

James H. Keyes (1940)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2007

Trustee

 

Mr. Keyes also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Mr. Keyes serves as a member of the Board and Non-Executive Chairman of Navistar International Corporation (manufacture and sale of trucks, buses, and diesel engines, since 2002). Previously, Mr. Keyes served as a member of the Board of Pitney Bowes, Inc. (integrated mail, messaging, and document management solutions, 1998-2013). Prior to his retirement, Mr. Keyes served as Chairman (1993-2002) and Chief Executive Officer (1988-2002) of Johnson Controls (automotive, building, and energy) and as a member of the Board of LSI Logic Corporation (semiconductor technologies, 1984-2008).

Marie L. Knowles (1946)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2001

Trustee

Vice Chairman of the Independent Trustees

 

Ms. Knowles also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Prior to Ms. Knowles' retirement in June 2000, she served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Richfield Company (ARCO) (diversified energy, 1996-2000). From 1993 to 1996, she was a Senior Vice President of ARCO and President of ARCO Transportation Company. She served as a Director of ARCO from 1996 to 1998. Ms. Knowles currently serves as a Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee of McKesson Corporation (healthcare service, since 2002). Ms. Knowles is a member of the Board of the Catalina Island Conservancy and of the Santa Catalina Island Company (2009-present). She also serves as a member of the Advisory Board for the School of Engineering of the University of Southern California. Previously, Ms. Knowles served as a Director of Phelps Dodge Corporation (copper mining and manufacturing, 1994-2007), URS Corporation (engineering and construction, 2000-2003) and America West (airline, 1999-2002).

Kenneth L. Wolfe (1939)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Trustee

 

Mr. Wolfe also serves as Trustee of other Fidelity funds. Prior to his retirement, Mr. Wolfe served as Chairman and a Director (2007-2009) and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (1994-2001) of Hershey Foods Corporation. He also served as a member of the Boards of Adelphia Communications Corporation (telecommunications, 2003-2006), Bausch & Lomb, Inc. (medical/pharmaceutical, 1993-2007), and Revlon, Inc. (personal care products, 2004-2009). Mr. Wolfe previously served as Chairman of the Independent Trustees of other Fidelity funds (2008-2012).

+ The information above includes each Trustee's principal occupation during the last five years and other information relating to the experience, attributes, and skills relevant to each Trustee's qualifications to serve as a Trustee, which led to the conclusion that each Trustee should serve as a Trustee for the fund.

Officers :

Correspondence intended for each officer may be sent to Fidelity Investments, 245 Summer Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210. Officers appear below in alphabetical order.

Name, Year of Birth; Principal Occupation

Elizabeth Paige Baumann (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Officer

 

Ms. Baumann also serves as AML Officer of other funds. She is Chief AML Officer of FMR LLC (2012-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Ms. Baumann served as Vice President and Deputy Anti-Money Laundering Officer (2007-2012).

Marc Bryant (1966)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Secretary

 

Mr. Bryant also serves as an officer of other funds. He is Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel of FMR LLC. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Bryant served as a Senior Vice President and the Head of Global Retail Legal for AllianceBernstein L.P. (2006-2010), and as the General Counsel for ProFund Advisors LLC (2001-2006).

Jonathan Davis (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Davis also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Davis is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Davis served as Vice President and Associate General Counsel of FMR LLC (2003-2010).

Adrien E. Deberghes (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2010

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Deberghes also serves as an officer of other funds. He is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Deberghes was Senior Vice President of Mutual Fund Administration at State Street Corporation (2007-2008), Senior Director of Mutual Fund Administration at Investors Bank & Trust (2005-2007), and Director of Finance for Dunkin' Brands (2000-2005).

Stephanie J. Dorsey (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

President and Treasurer

 

Ms. Dorsey also serves as an officer of other funds. She is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2008-present) and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Dorsey served as Treasurer (2004-2008) of the JPMorgan Mutual Funds and Vice President (2004-2008) of JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Scott C. Goebel (1968)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (CLO)

 

Mr. Goebel serves as Secretary and CLO of other funds. Mr. Goebel also serves as Secretary of Fidelity SelectCo, LLC (2013-present), Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2010-present) and Fidelity Research and Analysis Company (FRAC) (2010-present); General Counsel, Secretary, and Senior Vice President of FMR (2008-present) and FMR Co., Inc. (2008-present); Chief Legal Officer of Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Limited (2008-present); and Assistant Secretary of Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Inc. (2008-present) and Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2008-present). Previously, Mr. Goebel served as Secretary and CLO of other Fidelity funds (2008-2013), Assistant Secretary of FIMM (2008-2010), FRAC (2008-2010), and certain funds (2007-2008); and as Vice President and Secretary of Fidelity Distributors Corporation (FDC) (2005-2007). Mr. Goebel has been employed by FMR LLC or an affiliate since 2001.

Bruce T. Herring (1965)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Vice President of Fidelity's Asset Allocation Funds

 

Mr. Herring also serves as Vice President of other funds. He serves as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Global Asset Allocation (GAA) (2013-present), Group Chief Investment Officer of FMR, and President of Fidelity Research & Analysis Company (2010-present). Previously, Mr. Herring served as Chief Investment Officer and Director of Fidelity Management & Research (U.K.) Inc. (2010-2013), Vice President (2005-2006) and Senior Vice President (2006-2007) of Fidelity Management & Research Company, Vice President of FMR Co., Inc. (2001-2007), and as a portfolio manager for Fidelity U.S. Equity Funds.

Chris Maher (1972)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Maher serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Maher is Vice President of Valuation Oversight and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Maher served as Vice President of Asset Management Compliance (2013), Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2010-2013), and Vice President of Valuation Oversight (2008-2010).

Charles S. Morrison (1960)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2012

Vice President

 

Mr. Morrison also serves as Trustee or Vice President of other funds. He serves as President, Asset Management (2014-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Morrison served as President, Fixed Income (2011-2014), Vice President of Fidelity's Money Market Funds (2005-2009), President, Money Market Group Leader of FMR (2009), and Senior Vice President, Money Market Group of FMR (2004-2009). Mr. Morrison also served as Vice President of Fidelity's Bond Funds (2002-2005), certain Balanced Funds (2002-2005), and certain Asset Allocation Funds (2002-2007), and as Senior Vice President (2002-2005) of Fidelity's Bond Division.

Christine Reynolds (1958)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Financial Officer

 

Ms. Reynolds also serves as Chief Financial Officer of other funds. Ms. Reynolds became President of Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) in August 2008. Ms. Reynolds served as Chief Operating Officer of FPCMS (2007-2008). Previously, Ms. Reynolds served as President, Treasurer, and Anti-Money Laundering officer of the Fidelity funds (2004-2007).

Kenneth B. Robins (1969)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Robins also serves as an officer of other funds. Mr. Robins serves as Executive Vice President of Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. (FIMM) (2013-present) and is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2004-present). Previously, Mr. Robins served in other fund officer roles.

Gary W. Ryan (1958)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2005

Assistant Treasurer

 

Mr. Ryan also serves as Assistant Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Ryan is an employee of Fidelity Investments and has served in other fund officer roles. Previously, Mr. Ryan served as Vice President of Fund Reporting in Fidelity Pricing and Cash Management Services (FPCMS) (1999-2005).

Stephen Sadoski (1971)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Deputy Treasurer

 

Mr. Sadoski also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other funds. He is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2012-present) and has served in another fund officer role. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Sadoski served as an assistant chief accountant in the Division of Investment Management of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (2009-2012) and as a senior manager at Deloitte & Touche LLP (1997-2009).

Stacie M. Smith (1974)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Assistant Treasurer

 

Ms. Smith also serves as an officer of other funds. She is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2009-present) and has served in other fund officer roles. Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Ms. Smith served as Senior Audit Manager of Ernst & Young LLP (1996-2009).

Renee Stagnone (1975)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2013

Deputy Treasurer

 

Ms. Stagnone also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other funds. Ms. Stagnone is an employee of Fidelity Investments.

Michael H. Whitaker (1967)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2008

Chief Compliance Officer

 

Mr. Whitaker also serves as Chief Compliance Officer of other funds. Mr. Whitaker is an employee of Fidelity Investments (2007-present). Prior to joining Fidelity Investments, Mr. Whitaker worked at MFS Investment Management where he served as Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (2004-2006), and Assistant General Counsel.

Derek L. Young (1964)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2009

Vice President of Fidelity's Asset Allocation Funds

 

Mr. Young also serves as Trustee or an officer of other funds. He is President and a Director of Strategic Advisers, Inc. (2011-present), President of Fidelity Global Asset Allocation (GAA) (2011-present), and Vice Chairman of Pyramis Global Advisors, LLC (2011-present). Previously, Mr. Young served as Chief Investment Officer of GAA (2009-2011) and as a portfolio manager.

Joseph F. Zambello (1957)

Year of Election or Appointment: 2011

Deputy Treasurer

 

Mr. Zambello also serves as Deputy Treasurer of other funds. Mr. Zambello is an employee of Fidelity Investments. Previously, Mr. Zambello served as Vice President of FMR's Program Management Group (2009-2011) and Vice President of the Transfer Agent Oversight Group (2005-2009).

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Distributions (Unaudited)

The Board of Trustees of Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund voted to pay to shareholders of record at the opening of business on record date, the following distributions per share derived from capital gains realized from sales of portfolio securities and dividends derived from net investment income:

 

Pay Date

Record Date

Dividends

Capital Gains

Series 1000 Value Index

03/17/14

03/14/14

$0.011

$0.002

Class F

03/17/14

03/14/14

$0.011

$0.002

Series 1000 Value Index and Class F declare 87% of the dividends during the fiscal year as qualifying for the dividends-received deduction for corporate shareholders.

Series 1000 Value Index and Class F declare 88% of the dividends distributed during the fiscal year as amounts which may be taken into account as a dividend for purposes of the maximum rate under section 1(h)(11) of the Internal Revenue Code.

The fund will notify shareholders in January 2015 of amounts for use in preparing 2014 income tax returns.

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Board Approval of Investment Advisory Contracts and Management Fees

Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund

On July 18, 2013, the Board of Trustees, including the Independent Trustees (together, the Board), voted to approve the management contract and sub-advisory agreements (together, the Advisory Contracts) for the fund. The Board, assisted by the advice of fund counsel and Independent Trustees' counsel, considered a broad range of information.

Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services Provided. The Board considered the staffing within the investment adviser, FMR, and the sub-advisers (together, the Investment Advisers), including the backgrounds of the fund's investment personnel, and also considered the fund's investment objective, strategies, and related investment philosophy. The Board considered the structure of the portfolio manager compensation program and whether this structure provides appropriate incentives to act in the best interests of the fund.

Resources Dedicated to Investment Management and Support Services . The Board reviewed the general qualifications and capabilities of the Investment Advisers' investment staff, including its size, education, experience, and resources, as well as the Investment Advisers' approach to recruiting, managing, and compensating investment personnel. The Board also noted that FMR has continued to increase the resources devoted to non-U.S. offices, including expansion of Fidelity's global investment organization.

Shareholder and Administrative Services . The Board considered the nature, extent, quality, and cost of advisory, administrative, and shareholder services to be performed by the Investment Advisers and their affiliates under the Advisory Contracts and under separate agreements covering transfer agency, and pricing and bookkeeping, and securities lending services for the fund. The Board also considered the nature and extent of the supervision of third party service providers, principally custodians and subcustodians.

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 or convenience of the Fidelity funds as investment vehicles. These services include 24-hour access to account information and market information through telephone representatives and over the Internet, investor education materials and asset allocation tools, and the expanded availability of Fidelity Investor Centers.

Investment Performance . The fund is a new fund and therefore had no historical performance for the Board to review at the time it approved the fund's Advisory Contracts.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the nature, extent, and quality of services to be provided to the fund under the Advisory Contracts should benefit the fund's shareholders.

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Competitiveness of Management Fee and Total Expense Ratio. The Board considered the fund's proposed management fee out of which FMR will pay all "fund-level" expenses, with certain limited exceptions, and the projected total expense ratio of each class of the fund in reviewing the Advisory Contracts. The Board noted that the fund's proposed management fee rate is lower than the median fee rate of funds with similar Lipper investment objective categories and comparable management fee characteristics. The Board also considered that the projected total expense ratios are comparable to those of similar classes and funds that Fidelity offers to shareholders.

The Board also considered that the proposed contractual arrangements for the fund oblige FMR to pay all class-level expenses of the retail class of the fund to the extent necessary to limit total expenses of the retail class of the fund, with certain limited exceptions, to 10 bp. These contractual arrangements may not be amended to increase fees shareholders pay without the approval of the Board.

Based on its review, the Board concluded that the management fee and the projected total expense ratio of each class of the fund were reasonable in light of the services that the fund and its shareholders will receive and the other factors considered.

Costs of the Services and Profitability. The fund is a new fund and therefore no revenue, cost, or profitability data was available for the Board to review in respect of the fund at the time it approved the Advisory Contracts. In connection with its future renewal of the fund's Advisory Contracts, the Board will consider the revenues earned and the expenses incurred by Fidelity in conducting the business of developing, marketing, distributing, managing, administering and servicing the fund and its shareholders.

Economies of Scale. The Board will consider economies of scale when there is operating experience to permit assessment thereof. It noted that, notwithstanding the entrepreneurial risk associated with a new fund, the management fee was at a level normally associated, by comparison with competitors, with very high fund net assets, and Fidelity asserted to the Board that the level of the fee anticipated economies of scale at lower asset levels even before, if ever, economies of scale are achieved. The Board also noted that the fund and its shareholders would have access to the very considerable number and variety of services available through Fidelity and its affiliates.

Additional Information Requested by the Board: The Board also received information explaining that the fund's investments will be chosen using an investment discipline developed by Geode Capital Management, LLC, the sub-adviser to Fidelity's equity index funds.

Based on its evaluation of all of the conclusions noted above, and after considering all factors it believed relevant, the Board ultimately concluded that the advisory fee structures are fair and reasonable, and that the fund's Advisory Contracts should be approved.

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Investment Adviser

Fidelity Management & Research Company

Boston, MA

Investment Sub-Advisers

FMR Co., Inc.

Geode Capital Management, LLC

General Distributor

Fidelity Distributors Corporation

Smithfield, RI

Transfer and Service Agents

Fidelity Investments Institutional Operations Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Fidelity Service Company, Inc.

Boston, MA

Custodian

State Street Bank & Trust Company

Quincy, MA

(Fidelity Investment logo)(registered trademark)
Corporate Headquarters
245 Summer St., Boston, MA 02210
www.fidelity.com

XS6-ANN-0314
1.967963.100

Item 2. Code of Ethics

As of the end of the period, January 31, 2014, Fidelity Salem Street Trust (the trust) has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its President and Treasurer and its Chief Financial Officer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The Board of Trustees of the trust has determined that James H. Keyes is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR.   Mr. Keyes is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.  

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

Fees and Services

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP, the member firms of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, and their respective affiliates (collectively, "Deloitte Entities") in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund and Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund (the "Funds"):

Services Billed by Deloitte Entities

January 31, 2014 Fees A,B

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund

$39,000

$-

$6,100

$100

Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund

$36,000

$-

$4,700

$1,000

January 31, 2013 Fees A,B

 

Audit Fees

Audit-Related Fees

Tax Fees

All Other Fees

Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund

$-

$-

$-

$-

Fidelity Tax-Free Bond Fund

$36,000

$-

$4,700

$700

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

B Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund commenced operations on November 7, 2013.

The following table presents fees billed by Deloitte Entities that were required to be approved by the Audit Committee for services that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds and that are rendered on behalf of Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR") and entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser) that provide ongoing services to the Funds ("Fund Service Providers"):

Services Billed by Deloitte Entities

 

January 31, 2014 A,B

January 31, 2013 A,B

Audit-Related Fees

$765,000

$910,000

Tax Fees

$-

$-

All Other Fees

$795,000

$735,000

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

B May include amounts billed prior to the Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund's commencement of operations.

"Audit-Related Fees" represent fees billed for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the fund audit or the review of the fund's financial statements and that are not reported under Audit Fees.

"Tax Fees" represent fees billed for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund.

"All Other Fees" represent fees billed for services provided to the fund or Fund Service Provider, a significant portion of which are assurance related, that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the fund, excluding those services that are reported under Audit Fees, Audit-Related Fees or Tax Fees.

Assurance services must be performed by an independent public accountant.

* * *

The aggregate non-audit fees billed by Deloitte Entities for services rendered to the Funds, FMR (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any Fund Service Provider for each of the last two fiscal years of the Funds are as follows:

Billed By

January 31, 2014 A,B

January 31, 2013 A,B

Deloitte Entities

$1,695,000

$1,675,000

A Amounts may reflect rounding.

B May include amounts billed prior to the Fidelity Series 1000 Value Index Fund's commencement of operations.

The trust's Audit Committee has considered non-audit services that were not pre-approved that were provided by Deloitte Entities to Fund Service Providers to be compatible with maintaining the independence of Deloitte Entities in its audit of the Funds, taking into account representations from Deloitte Entities, in accordance with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board rules, regarding its independence from the Funds and their related entities and FMR's review of the appropriateness and permissibility under applicable law of such non-audit services prior to their provision to the Fund Service Providers.

Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The trust's Audit Committee must pre-approve all audit and non-audit services provided by a fund's independent registered public accounting firm relating to the operations or financial reporting of the fund. Prior to the commencement of any audit or non-audit services to a fund, the Audit Committee reviews the services to determine whether they are appropriate and permissible under applicable law.

The Audit Committee has adopted policies and procedures to, among other purposes, provide a framework for the Committee's consideration of non-audit services by the audit firms that audit the Fidelity funds. The policies and procedures require that any non-audit service provided by a fund audit firm to a Fidelity fund and any non-audit service provided by a fund auditor to a Fund Service Provider that relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund ("Covered Service") are subject to approval by the Audit Committee before such service is provided.

All Covered Services must be approved in advance of provision of the service either: (i) by formal resolution of the Audit Committee, or (ii) by oral or written approval of the service by the Chair of the Audit Committee (or if the Chair is unavailable, such other member of the Audit Committee as may be designated by the Chair to act in the Chair's absence). The approval contemplated by (ii) above is permitted where the Treasurer determines that action on such an engagement is necessary before the next meeting of the Audit Committee.

Non-audit services provided by a fund audit firm to a Fund Service Provider that do not relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of a Fidelity fund are reported to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis.

Non-Audit Services Approved Pursuant to Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) and (ii) of Regulation S-X ("De Minimis Exception")

There were no non-audit services approved or required to be approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to the De Minimis Exception during the Funds' last two fiscal years relating to services provided to (i) the Funds or (ii) any Fund Service Provider that relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds.

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 trust's Board of Trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

(a)(i) The President and Treasurer and the Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the trust's 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 trust's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the trust's internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Exhibits

(a)

(1)

Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as EX-99.CODE ETH.

(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.

Fidelity Salem Street Trust

By:

/s/Stephanie J. Dorsey

 

Stephanie J. Dorsey

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

March 28, 2014

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/Stephanie J. Dorsey

 

Stephanie J. Dorsey

 

President and Treasurer

 

 

Date:

March 28, 2014

By:

/s/Christine Reynolds

 

Christine Reynolds

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date:

March 28, 2014

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