Issue of Equity

Fidelity Special Values PLC announces that on 8 April 2003 the Company allotted
3,129 ordinary 25p shares at a price of 215 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 the Fidelity ISA. The new shares will rank pari passu
with existing ordinary 25p shares.

A total of 2,584,233 shares now remain available for issue under the existing
authority.

The total number of ordinary 25p shares now in issue is 44,026,718.