Issue of Equity

Fidelity Special Values PLC announces that on 10 February 2003 the Company
allotted 911 ordinary 25p shares at a price of 223 pence per share (which
represents a premium in excess of 2% over the latest net asset value) in
respect of the Fidelity Share Plan and Fidelity ISA. The new shares will rank
pari passu with existing ordinary 25p shares.

A total of 3,050,129 shares now remain available for issue under the existing
authority.

The total number of ordinary 25p shares now in issue is 43,560,822.


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