Transaction in Own Shares

Fidelity European Values PLC announces that the Company on 6 October 2006
repurchased 40,000 of its own shares for cancellation at a price of 1,137.95
pence per share. The total number of shares now in issue is 62,863,233.

Rebecca Burtonwood

For and on behalf of Fidelity Investments International,

Company Secretary

9 October 2006