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Annual General Meeting

Fidelity

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The AGM of the Company will be held at 12 noon on Wednesday, 21 May 2025 at 4 Cannon Street, London EC4M 5AB (nearest tube stations are St. Paul’s or Mansion House) and virtually via the online Lumi AGM meeting platform. Full details of the meeting are given in the Annual Report under the Notice of Meeting on pages 81 to 84.  

For those shareholders who would prefer not to attend in person, we will live-stream the formal business and presentations of the meeting online.  

Nicholas Price, the Portfolio Manager, will be making a presentation to shareholders discussing the performance of the past year and the prospects for the year to come. Nicholas and the Board will be very happy to answer any questions that shareholders may have. Copies of the Portfolio Manager’s presentation can be requested by email at investmenttrusts@fil.com or in writing to the Company Secretary at FIL Investments International, Beech Gate, Millfield Lane, Lower Kingswood, Tadworth, Surrey KT20 6RP.  

Properly registered shareholders joining the AGM virtually will be able to vote on the proposed resolutions. Please see Note 9 to the Notes to the Notice of Meeting on page 83 of the Annual Report for details on how to vote virtually. Investors viewing the AGM online will be able to submit live written questions to the Board and the Portfolio Manager and these will be addressed on their behalf at an appropriate juncture during the meeting.  

Further information and links to the Lumi platform may be found on the Company’s website www.fidelity.co.uk/japan. On the day of the AGM, in order to join electronically and ask questions via the Lumi platform, shareholders will need to connect to the website https://web.lumiagm.com.  

Please note that investors on platforms such as Fidelity Personal Investing, Hargreaves Lansdown, Interactive Investor or AJ Bell Youinvest will need to request attendance at the AGM in accordance with the policies of your chosen platform. They may request that you submit electronic votes in advance of the meeting. If you are unable to obtain a unique IVC and PIN from your nominee or platform, we will also welcome online participation as a guest. Once you have accessed https://web.lumiagm.com from your web browser on a tablet or computer, you will need to enter the Lumi Meeting ID which is 117598418. You should then select the ‘Guest Access’ option before entering your name and who you are representing, if applicable. This will allow you to view the meeting and ask questions, but you will not be able to vote.  

Further information on how to vote across the most common investment platforms is available at the following link: https://www.theaic.co.uk/how-to-vote-your-share 

Further information can be found in the latest Annual Report