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Fidelity Advisor Series II – ‘NSAR-A’ for 2/28/18

On: Thursday, 4/26/18, at 3:29pm ET · Effective: 4/26/18 · For: 2/28/18 · Accession #: 795422-18-25 · File #: 811-04707

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 4/26/18  Fidelity Advisor Series II        NSAR-A      2/28/18    4:165K
          → Fidelity Advisor Ltd. Term Bond Fund ⇒ Class A (FDIAX) — Class C (FNBCX) — Class I (EFIPX) — Class M (FTBRX) — Fidelity Ltd. Term Bond Fund (FJRLX)
          → Fidelity Advisor Mortgage Securities Fund ⇒ Class A (FMGAX) — Class C (FOMCX) — Class I (FMSCX) — Class M (FMSAX) — Fidelity Mortgage Securities Fund (FMSFX)

Semi-Annual Report by an Investment Company — Form N-SAR — ICA’40
Filing Table of Contents

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 1: NSAR-A      Answer File                                           15     60K 
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‘NSAR-A’ — Answer File

SEC Info℠ rendering: Data from the Answer File, which may only contain updates to a prior Form N-SAR

Form N-SAR

Semi-Annual Report by an Open-End Investment Company

Report
Registrant: Fidelity Advisor Series II — List all N-SARs

Semi-Annual Report (at mid-year) for the 1st-half period ended: 2/28/18

Were there any Answer File errors in the Filing? None FoundNone Found by SEC InfoNot Checked by the FilerOne or more Found by SEC Info
Was the Answer File completed by the Registrant? Yes

Is this an Amendment to a previous Report? No
Is this a change to a previous Report? No
Registrant
1. SEC CIK: 795422
SEC File #: 811-04707

Telephone #: 603-791-7481
2. Address: 245 Summer Street
Boston, MA 02210
3. Is this the first Form N-SAR filed by the Registrant? No
4. Is this the final Form N-SAR filed by the Registrant? No
Funds/Series ↑Top of Form N-SAR
7. Is the Registrant a Funds/Series (multiple portfolios) company? Yes

The number of separate Funds/Series (portfolios) at period end: 2
The number of separate Funds/Series (portfolios) reported here: 2...

N-SAR S# Fund/Series — Filings for F/S#… ⇒ Symbols
↓Information Common to All
↓ Series 8: Fidelity Advisor Ltd. Term Bond Fund — S#5131 ⇒ FDIAX & 4 more
↓ Series 9: Fidelity Advisor Mortgage Securities Fund — S#5133 ⇒ FMGAX & 4 more
Family of Investment Companies
19. Is the Registrant/Series part of a “family” of investment companies? Yes

Total number of registered management investment companies, Series
and portfolios (excluding any Unit Investment Trusts) in the family: 543

The Identification Code of the family for Form N-SAR Filings: FIDELITYZZ
Investment Company Type
27. Is the Registrant an “open-end” investment company? Yes, Open-End
Additional Disclosures
77. Did the Registrant file any additional Exhibits with the filing of this
Report (listed here and filed either herewith — as one of the ‘EX-99.*’
↑Exhibits in this Filing — or separately and incorporated by reference)? Yes

EX-99.77Q1: Other Disclosure? Yes
Subsidiaries
78. Does the Registrant have any wholly-owned investment company
subsidiaries whose operating and financial data are consolidated with
that of the Registrant in this Report? No
All Series ↑List of 2 Funds/Series Reported Here

Information Common to All Funds/Series
All: Investment Adviser
8.1 Name: Fidelity Management & Research Co. (FMR)
Role: Adviser
SEC File #: 801-07884
Location: Boston, MA
8.2 Name: Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc.
Role: Sub-Adviser
SEC File #: 801-34590
Location: Boston, MA
8.3 Name: FMR Investment Management (Uk) Ltd.
Role: Sub-Adviser
SEC File #: 801-28773
Location: Boston, MA
8.4 Name: Fidelity Management & Research (Japan) Ltd.
Role: Sub-Adviser
SEC File #: 801-69571
Location: Boston, MA
8.5 Name: Fidelity Management & Research (Hong Kong) Ltd
Role: Sub-Adviser
SEC File #: 801-69507
Location: Hong Kong
Hong Kong, Sar
All: Principal Underwriter
11.1 Name: Fidelity Distributors Corp.
SEC File #: 008-08775
Location: Smithfield, RI
All: Shareholder Servicing/Transfer Agent
12.1 Name: Fidelity Investments Instit. Operations Co.
SEC File #: 084-01839
Location: Boston, MA
All: Affiliated Broker/Dealer
14.1 Name: Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
SEC File #: 008-23292
14.2 Name: Fidelity Distributors Corp.
SEC File #: 008-08775
14.3 Name: National Financial Services LLC
SEC File #: 008-26740
14.4 Name: Fidelity Investments Canada Ltd.
14.5 Name: Fidelity Brokerage Services Japan LLC
14.6 Name: Luminex Trading & Analytics LLC
SEC File #: 008-69476
All: Custodian
18. Does the Registrant’s/Series’ Custodian(s) maintain some or all of the
Registrant’s/Series’ securities in a central depository or book-entry
system pursuant to Rule 17f-4? Yes
All: Brokerage Commissions Paid on Portfolio Transactions
20. The brokers who received the largest amount of gross brokerage
commissions during the period:
20.1 Broker: Morgan Stanley
IRS #: 13-2655998
Commissions paid ($000s): 5
21. Total brokerage commissions paid by the Registrant during the period:
Aggregate paid ($000s): 5
All: Portfolio Transactions with Entities Acting as Principals
22. The entities acting as principals with whom the Registrant did the
largest amount of portfolio transactions, based on total value of
principal, during the period:
22.1 Entity: Fidelity Cash Central Fund
IRS #: 04-3331103
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 648,449
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 694,092
22.2 Entity: Goldman Sachs & Co.
IRS #: 13-5108880
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 473,159
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 491,323
22.3 Entity: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
IRS #: 13-3224016
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 389,968
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 279,770
22.4 Entity: Credit Suisse Group
IRS #: 13-5659485
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 277,113
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 282,899
22.5 Entity: Morgan Stanley
IRS #: 13-2655998
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 223,537
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 177,789
22.6 Entity: Nomura Holdings, Inc.
IRS #: 13-2642206
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 174,192
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 205,923
22.7 Entity: Citigroup, Inc.
IRS #: 04-3531811
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 171,930
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 196,680
22.8 Entity: Barclays plc
IRS #: 13-4942190
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 191,864
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 156,317
22.9 Entity: Bank of America Corp.
IRS #: 04-3410012
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 145,690
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 136,839
22.10 Entity: Royal Bank of Canada
IRS #: 66-0178435
Registrant’s purchases ($000s): 95,853
Registrant’s sales ($000s): 88,984
23. Total purchase/sale transactions by the Registrant during the period:
Aggregate purchases ($000s): 3,026,317
Aggregate sales ($000s): 2,877,000
All: Considerations which Affected the Participation of Brokers or Dealers
26. Considerations which affected the participation of brokers or dealers or
other entities in commissions or other compensation paid on portfolio
transactions of the Registrant:

Consideration?
Sales of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares ............................... No
Receipt of investment research and statistical info .................... No
Receipt of quotations for portfolio valuations ......................... No
Ability to execute portfolio transactions to obtain the best price
and execution ........................................................ Yes
Receipt of telephone line and wire services ............................ Yes
Broker or Dealer which is an affiliated person ......................... No
An arrangement to return or credit part or all of commissions or
profits thereon...
To an Investment Adviser or Principal Underwriter, or to an
affiliated person of either ...................................... No
To the Registrant .................................................. No
Other .................................................................. No
All: Advisory Fee
45. Did the Registrant/Series have an advisory contract during the period? Yes
46. Did the Registrant/Series pay more than one Investment Adviser directly
for investment advice during the period? No
47. Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee based solely on a percentage
of its assets? No
54. Indicated below are whether services were supplied or paid for wholly or
in substantial part by Investment Adviser(s) or Administrator(s) in
connection with the advisory or administrative contract(s) but for which
the Adviser(s) or Administrator(s) are not reimbursed by the Registrant:

Provided to the Registrant?
Occupancy and office rental ............................................ Yes
Clerical and bookkeeping services ...................................... Yes
Accounting services .................................................... No
Services of independent auditors ....................................... No
Services of outside counsel ............................................ No
Registration and filing fees ........................................... No
Stationery, supplies and printing ...................................... Yes
Salaries & compensation of Registrant’s interested Directors ........... Yes
Salaries & compensation of Registrant’s disinterested Directors ........ No
Salaries & compensation of Registrant’s Officers who aren’t Directors .. Yes
Reports to current shareholders ........................................ Yes
Determination of offering and redemption prices ........................ No
Trading department ..................................................... Yes
Prospectus preparation and printing for current shareholders ........... Yes
Other .................................................................. Yes
Series 8 ↑Information Common to All Funds/Series ↑List of 2 Funds/Series
7. Name: Fidelity Advisor Ltd. Term Bond Fund — S#5131 ⇒ FDIAX & 4 more

Is this the final Form N-SAR filed for this Fund/Series? No
S 8: Independent Public Accountant
13.1 Name: Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP
Location: Boston, MA
S 8: Custodian
15.1 Name: The Bank of New York Mellon
Role: Custodian
Location: New York, NY

Type of custody: Section 17(f)(1) — Bank
15.2 Name: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Role: Custodian
Location: New York, NY

Type of custody: Section 17(f)(1) — Bank
15.3 Name: The Bank of New York Mellon
Role: Sub-Custodian
Location: New York, NY

Type of custody: Section 17(f)(1) — Bank
S 8: Holdings of Securities Issued by Registrant’s/Series’ Brokers or Dealers
24. At period end, did the Registrant/Series hold any securities of the
Registrant’s/Series’ regular brokers or dealers, or of the parents of
such brokers or dealers, that derive more than 15% of gross revenue from
securities-related activities? Yes

25.
The brokers or dealers, or their parents (issuers):
25.1 Name: Bank of America Corp.
IRS #: 04-3410012
Type of security owned: Debt
Value of securities owned at period end ($000s): 56,178
25.2 Name: Barclays plc
IRS #: 13-4942190
Type of security owned: Debt
Value of securities owned at period end ($000s): 25,721
25.3 Name: Citigroup, Inc.
IRS #: 04-3531811
Type of security owned: Debt
Value of securities owned at period end ($000s): 47,918
25.4 Name: Credit Suisse Group
IRS #: 13-5659485
Type of security owned: Debt
Value of securities owned at period end ($000s): 28,220
25.5 Name: Deutsche Bank AG
IRS #: 36-6843535
Type of security owned: Debt
Value of securities owned at period end ($000s): 26,081
25.6 Name: Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
IRS #: 13-5108880
Type of security owned: Debt
Value of securities owned at period end ($000s): 44,987
25.7 Name: JPMorgan Chase & Co.
IRS #: 13-3224016
Type of security owned: Debt
Value of securities owned at period end ($000s): 32,304
25.8 Name: Morgan Stanley
IRS #: 13-2655998
Type of security owned: Debt
Value of securities owned at period end ($000s): 43,870
25.9 Name: (See a prior Form N-SAR for who was...) Deleted
S 8: Sales and Repurchases
28. Monthly total Net Asset Value (NAV) of sales and repurchases of the
Registrant’s/Series’ shares:
1st Month of period: ($000s)
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 81,253
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 3,488
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 76,255
2nd Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 94,010
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 3,737
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 75,935
3rd Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 76,949
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 3,716
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 82,394
4th Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 81,251
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 3,974
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 107,754
5th Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 101,121
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 4,013
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 170,938
6th Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 64,241
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 3,610
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 162,804

Total of all months: ($000s)
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 498,825
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 22,538
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 676,080

Total NAV of the Registrant’s/Series’ share sales during the period
subject to a sales load ($000s): 1,349
S 8: Sales Load (Front-End or Deferred) and Fees (Redemption or Maintenance)
29. Was a front-end sales load deducted from any share sales during the
period? Yes
30. Total front-end sales loads collected from sales (including exchanges)
by Principal Underwriter or by any underwriter which is an affiliated
person of the Principal Underwriter, of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares
during the period ($000s): 38

The maximum sales load rate in effect at period end as a percentage of
the offering price: 2.75%
The minimum sales load rate in effect at period end as a percentage of
the offering price: 0.0%
31. Net amount retained by the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter or
by any underwriter or dealer which is an affiliated person of the
Principal Underwriter thereof from front-end sales loads collected from
sales of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares during the period ($000s): 10

Amount by which payout by the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter
or by any underwriter which is an affiliated person of the Principal
Underwriter thereof to persons or entities selling the
Registrant’s/Series’ shares exceeded that reported in Item 30 ($000s): 0
32. Amount the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter and any
underwriters or dealers which are affiliated persons of the Principal
Underwriter paid to dealers which are not affiliated persons of the
Principal Underwriter for selling the Registrant’s/Series’ shares that
were sold with a front-end sales load during the period ($000s): 28
33. Amount paid to a captive retail sales force of the Registrant’s/Series’
Principal Underwriter or of any underwriter or dealer which is an
affiliated person of the Principal Underwriter for selling the
Registrant’s shares that were sold with a front-end sales load during
the period ($000s): 0
34. Did the Registrant/Series impose a deferred or contingent deferred sales
load during the period? Yes
35. Total deferred or contingent deferred sales loads collected during the
period from redemptions and repurchases of the Registrant’s/Series’
shares ($000s): 4
36. Did the Registrant/Series retain all monies collected from the deferred
or contingent deferred sales loads during the period? No

The net amount the Registrant/Series retained from deferred or
contingent deferred sales loads ($000s): 0
37. Did the Registrant/Series impose a redemption fee other than a deferred
or contingent sales load during the period? No
39. Were any account maintenance fees or other administrative fees imposed
directly on shareholders during the period? No
S 8: Payment Plan for the Distribution of Fund Shares
40. During the period, did the Registrant/Series have a plan of distribution
adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1? Yes
41. During the period, did the Registrant/Series use its assets directly to
make payments under the 12b-1 plan? Yes
42. For the period, the percentage of total dollars paid directly by the
Registrant/Series under the 12b-1 plan for each of the following:

Percentage of Total Amount Paid (%)
Advertising ............................................................ –
Printing & mailing of prospectuses to other than current shareholders .. –
Payments to underwriters ............................................... 100
Payments to brokers or dealers ......................................... –
Direct payments to sales personnel ..................................... –
Payments to banks and savings & loans .................................. –
Other uses, including payments to its Investment Adviser separate
from the advisory fee ................................................ –
Unallocated payments made for a combination of such services ........... –
43. Total amount paid directly by the Registrant/Series pursuant to its
12b-1 plan ($000s): 942
44. If an Investment Adviser or other affiliated person of the
Registrant/Series made unreimbursed payments pursuant to the 12b-1 plan,
the total amount of such payments ($000s): 257
S 8: Advisory Fee
49. Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based solely
on a percentage of its income? No
50. Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based on
some combined percentage of its income and assets? No
51. Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based in
whole or in part on its investment performance? No
52. Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based in
whole or in part on the assets, income or performance of other
Registrants? Yes
53. Were the expenses of the Registrant/Series limited or reduced at any
time during the period by some agreement or understanding other than by
Blue Sky Laws? Yes

Was the limitation that applied during the period based on...
Assets? Yes
Income? No
S 8: Miscellaneous Info
55. Did the Registrant/Series have any of the following outstanding at any
time during the period which exceeded 1% of aggregate net assets:
Overdrafts? No
Bank loans? No
56. During the period, did the Registrant’s/Series’ Investment Adviser(s)
have advisory clients other than investment companies? Yes
57. Did the Registrant/Series adjust the number of its shares outstanding by
means of a stock split or stock dividend? No
S 8: Classification and Asset Allocation
58. Is the Registrant/Series a Separate Account of an insurance company? No
59. Is the Registrant/Series a management investment company? Yes
60. Was the Registrant/Series a diversified investment company at any time
during the period? Yes

Was the Registrant/Series a diversified investment company at the end of
the period? Yes
61. The lowest minimum initial investment required by the Registrant/Series
from an investor that is not an employee or otherwise affiliated with
the Registrant/Series, its Investment Adviser, Principal Underwriter or
other affiliated entity: $2,500
62. Does the Registrant/Series invest primarily in debt securities,
including convertible debt securities, options & futures on debt
securities or indices of debt securities? Yes

The percentage of net assets in each type at period end:

Debt — Short-Term Maturities
U.S. Treasury ............................... 0.0%
U.S. Government Agency ...................... 0.0
Repurchase agreements ....................... 0.0
State and Municipal – tax-free .............. 0.0
Bank certificates of deposit – domestic ..... 0.0
Bank certificates of deposit – foreign ...... 0.0
Bankers acceptances ......................... 0.0
Commercial paper – taxable .................. 0.0
Time deposits ............................... 0.0
Options ..................................... 0.0
All other ................................... 0.2

Debt — Intermediate & Long-Term Maturities
U.S. Treasury ............................... 6.6%
U.S. Government Agency ...................... 0.2
State and Municipal – tax-free .............. 0.6
Corporate ................................... 73.8
All other ................................... 18.0

Non-Debt
Investments other than debt securities ...... 0.0%
63. The dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity at period end in days or,
if longer than one year, in years (to one decimal place):
Days: 0
Years: 2.9
64. Is the timely payment of principal and interest on any of the
instruments listed in Item 62 insured or guaranteed by an entity other
than the issuer? Yes

Is the issuer of any instrument covered in Item 62 delinquent or in
default as to payment of principal or interest at period end? No
66. Is the Registrant/Series a Fund that usually invests in equity
securities, options & futures on equity securities, indices of equity
securities or securities convertible into equity securities? No
67. Is the Registrant/Series a “balanced” Fund? No
68. Does the Registrant/Series have more than 50% of its net assets at
period end invested in the securities of issuers...
Engaged primarily in production or distribution of precious metals? No
Located primarily in countries other than the United States? No
69. Is the Registrant/Series an index Fund? No
S 8: Investment Practices
70. Activities that are permitted by the Registrant’s/Series’ investment
policies, and which were engaged in during the period:

Activity Permitted Engaged In
Writing or investing in repurchase agreements? Yes No
Writing or investing in options on equities? No –
Writing or investing in options on debt securities? Yes No
Writing or investing in options on stock indices? No –
Writing or investing in interest rate futures? Yes No
Writing or investing in stock index futures? No –
Writing or investing in options on futures? Yes No
Writing or investing in options on stock index futures? No –
Writing or investing in other commodity futures? Yes No
Investments in restricted securities? Yes No
Investments in shares of other investment companies? Yes to both
Investments in securities of foreign issuers? Yes to both
Currency exchange transactions? Yes No
Loaning portfolio securities? Yes No
Borrowing of money? Yes No
Purchases/sales by certain exempted affiliated persons? Yes No
Margin purchases? No –
Short selling? Yes No
S 8: Portfolio Turnover
71. Portfolio turnover rate for the period:
Purchases ($000s): 574,270
Sales ($000s): 698,251

Monthly average Value of portfolio ($000s): 2,716,354

Percent turnover (lesser of Purchases or Sales, divided by Value): 21%
S 8: Financial Info — Income and Expenses
72. The number of months covered by the values in Items 72 and 73: 6

Income ($000s)
Net interest income .............................................. 32,483
Net dividend income .............................................. –
Account maintenance fees ......................................... –
Net other income ................................................. 610

Expenses ($000s)
Advisory fees .................................................... 4,227
Administrator fees ............................................... –
Salaries and other compensation .................................. –
Shareholder Servicing Agent fees ................................. 1,678
Custodian fees ................................................... –
Postage .......................................................... –
Printing expenses ................................................ –
Directors’ fees .................................................. 5
Registration fees ................................................ –
Taxes ............................................................ –
Interest ......................................................... –
Bookkeeping fees paid to anyone performing this service .......... –
Auditing fees .................................................... –
Legal fees ....................................................... –
Marketing/distribution payments, incl. Rule 12b-1 plan payments .. 942
Amortization of organization expenses ............................ –
Shareholder meeting expenses ..................................... –
Other expenses ................................................... 601
Total expenses ................................................... 7,453

Expense reimbursements ($000s): 1

Net investment income ($000s): 25,640

Realized capital gains ($000s): 0
Realized capital losses ($000s): 4,323

Net unrealized appreciation during the period ($000s): 0
Net unrealized depreciation during the period ($000s): 53,515

Total income dividends for which the record date passed during the
period ($000s): 19,538
Dividends for a second class of shares ($000s): 5,497

Total capital gains distributions for which the record date passed
during the period ($000s): 0
73. Distributions per share for which the record date passed during the
period, shown in fractions of a cent, if so declared:

Dividends from net investment income: $0.0000

Distribution of capital gains: $0.0000
Other distributions: $0.0000
S 8: Financial Info — Condensed Balance Sheet Data
74. Assets ($000s)
Cash ............................................................. –
Repurchase agreements ............................................ –
Short-term debt securities, other than repurchase agreements ..... 5,378
Long-term debt securities, including convertible debt ............ 2,534,218
Preferred, conv. preferred and adjustable-rate preferred stock ... –
Common stock ..................................................... –
Options on equities .............................................. –
Options on all futures ........................................... –
Other investments ................................................ 24,185
Receivables from portfolio instruments sold ...................... 23,726
Receivables from affiliated persons .............................. 7
Other receivables ................................................ 17,921
All other assets ................................................. –
Total assets ..................................................... 2,605,435

Liabilities ($000s)
Payables for portfolio instruments purchased ..................... 9,561
Amounts owed to affiliated persons ............................... 1,196
Senior long-term debt ............................................ –
Other liabilities:
Reverse repurchase agreements .................................. –
Short sales .................................................... –
Written options ................................................ –
All other liabilities .......................................... 14,536

Equity ($000s)
Senior equity .................................................... –
Net assets of common shareholders ................................ 2,580,142

Number of shares outstanding (000s): 176,050
Number of shares outstanding of a second class of shares (000s): 51,870

Net Asset Value (NAV) per share (to nearest cent): $0.00

Total number of shareholder accounts: 56,584

Total value of assets in segregated accounts ($000s): 0
75. Monthly average net assets during the period ($000s): 2,761,122
Series 9 ↑Information Common to All Funds/Series ↑List of 2 Funds/Series
7. Name: Fidelity Advisor Mortgage Securities Fund — S#5133 ⇒ FMGAX & 4 more

Is this the final Form N-SAR filed for this Fund/Series? No
S 9: Independent Public Accountant
13.1 Name: Pricewaterhousecoopers LLP
Location: Boston, MA
S 9: Custodian
15.1 Name: The Bank of New York Mellon
Role: Custodian
Location: New York, NY

Type of custody: Section 17(f)(1) — Bank
15.2 Name: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
Role: Custodian
Location: New York, NY

Type of custody: Section 17(f)(1) — Bank
15.3 Name: The Bank of New York Mellon
Role: Sub-Custodian
Location: New York, NY

Type of custody: Section 17(f)(1) — Bank
S 9: Holdings of Securities Issued by Registrant’s/Series’ Brokers or Dealers
24. At period end, did the Registrant/Series hold any securities of the
Registrant’s/Series’ regular brokers or dealers, or of the parents of
such brokers or dealers, that derive more than 15% of gross revenue from
securities-related activities? No
S 9: Sales and Repurchases
28. Monthly total Net Asset Value (NAV) of sales and repurchases of the
Registrant’s/Series’ shares:
1st Month of period: ($000s)
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 21,884
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 1,700
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 15,313
2nd Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 23,000
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 1,588
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 17,225
3rd Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 20,961
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 1,600
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 56,026
4th Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 32,728
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 5,781
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 48,464
5th Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 25,339
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 1,957
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 30,962
6th Month:
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 20,194
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 1,533
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 25,278

Total of all months: ($000s)
Total NAV of shares sold:
New sales (including exchanges) ............................ 144,106
Reinvestment of dividends and distributions ................ 14,159
Other ...................................................... –
Total NAV of shares redeemed & repurchased (inc. exchanges) .. 193,268

Total NAV of the Registrant’s/Series’ share sales during the period
subject to a sales load ($000s): 242
S 9: Sales Load (Front-End or Deferred) and Fees (Redemption or Maintenance)
29. Was a front-end sales load deducted from any share sales during the
period? Yes
30. Total front-end sales loads collected from sales (including exchanges)
by Principal Underwriter or by any underwriter which is an affiliated
person of the Principal Underwriter, of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares
during the period ($000s): 10

The maximum sales load rate in effect at period end as a percentage of
the offering price: 4.0%
The minimum sales load rate in effect at period end as a percentage of
the offering price: 0.0%
31. Net amount retained by the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter or
by any underwriter or dealer which is an affiliated person of the
Principal Underwriter thereof from front-end sales loads collected from
sales of the Registrant’s/Series’ shares during the period ($000s): 2

Amount by which payout by the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter
or by any underwriter which is an affiliated person of the Principal
Underwriter thereof to persons or entities selling the
Registrant’s/Series’ shares exceeded that reported in Item 30 ($000s): 0
32. Amount the Registrant’s/Series’ Principal Underwriter and any
underwriters or dealers which are affiliated persons of the Principal
Underwriter paid to dealers which are not affiliated persons of the
Principal Underwriter for selling the Registrant’s/Series’ shares that
were sold with a front-end sales load during the period ($000s): 9
33. Amount paid to a captive retail sales force of the Registrant’s/Series’
Principal Underwriter or of any underwriter or dealer which is an
affiliated person of the Principal Underwriter for selling the
Registrant’s shares that were sold with a front-end sales load during
the period ($000s): 0
34. Did the Registrant/Series impose a deferred or contingent deferred sales
load during the period? Yes
35. Total deferred or contingent deferred sales loads collected during the
period from redemptions and repurchases of the Registrant’s/Series’
shares ($000s): 0
36. Did the Registrant/Series retain all monies collected from the deferred
or contingent deferred sales loads during the period? No

The net amount the Registrant/Series retained from deferred or
contingent deferred sales loads ($000s): 0
37. Did the Registrant/Series impose a redemption fee other than a deferred
or contingent sales load during the period? No
39. Were any account maintenance fees or other administrative fees imposed
directly on shareholders during the period? No
S 9: Payment Plan for the Distribution of Fund Shares
40. During the period, did the Registrant/Series have a plan of distribution
adopted pursuant to Rule 12b-1? Yes
41. During the period, did the Registrant/Series use its assets directly to
make payments under the 12b-1 plan? Yes
42. For the period, the percentage of total dollars paid directly by the
Registrant/Series under the 12b-1 plan for each of the following:

Percentage of Total Amount Paid (%)
Advertising ............................................................ –
Printing & mailing of prospectuses to other than current shareholders .. –
Payments to underwriters ............................................... 100
Payments to brokers or dealers ......................................... –
Direct payments to sales personnel ..................................... –
Payments to banks and savings & loans .................................. –
Other uses, including payments to its Investment Adviser separate
from the advisory fee ................................................ –
Unallocated payments made for a combination of such services ........... –
43. Total amount paid directly by the Registrant/Series pursuant to its
12b-1 plan ($000s): 127
44. If an Investment Adviser or other affiliated person of the
Registrant/Series made unreimbursed payments pursuant to the 12b-1 plan,
the total amount of such payments ($000s): 16
S 9: Advisory Fee
49. Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based solely
on a percentage of its income? No
50. Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based on
some combined percentage of its income and assets? No
51. Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based in
whole or in part on its investment performance? No
52. Was the Registrant’s/Series’ advisory fee during the period based in
whole or in part on the assets, income or performance of other
Registrants? Yes
53. Were the expenses of the Registrant/Series limited or reduced at any
time during the period by some agreement or understanding other than by
Blue Sky Laws? Yes

Was the limitation that applied during the period based on...
Assets? Yes
Income? No
S 9: Miscellaneous Info
55. Did the Registrant/Series have any of the following outstanding at any
time during the period which exceeded 1% of aggregate net assets:
Overdrafts? No
Bank loans? No
56. During the period, did the Registrant’s/Series’ Investment Adviser(s)
have advisory clients other than investment companies? Yes
57. Did the Registrant/Series adjust the number of its shares outstanding by
means of a stock split or stock dividend? No
S 9: Classification and Asset Allocation
58. Is the Registrant/Series a Separate Account of an insurance company? No
59. Is the Registrant/Series a management investment company? Yes
60. Was the Registrant/Series a diversified investment company at any time
during the period? Yes

The percentage of net assets in each type at period end:

Debt — Intermediate & Long-Term Maturities
U.S. Treasury ............................... 0.0%
U.S. Government Agency ...................... 102.4
State and Municipal – tax-free .............. 0.0
Corporate ................................... 0.0
All other ................................... 17.7

Non-Debt
Investments other than debt securities ...... 0.0%
63. The dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity at period end in days or,
if longer than one year, in years (to one decimal place):
Days: 0
Years: 6.7
64. Is the timely payment of principal and interest on any of the
instruments listed in Item 62 insured or guaranteed by an entity other
than the issuer? Yes

Is the issuer of any instrument covered in Item 62 delinquent or in
default as to payment of principal or interest at period end? No
66. Is the Registrant/Series a Fund that usually invests in equity
securities, options & futures on equity securities, indices of equity
securities or securities convertible into equity securities? No
67. Is the Registrant/Series a “balanced” Fund? No
68. Does the Registrant/Series have more than 50% of its net assets at
period end invested in the securities of issuers...
Engaged primarily in production or distribution of precious metals? No
Located primarily in countries other than the United States? No
69. Is the Registrant/Series an index Fund? No
S 9: Investment Practices
70. Activities that are permitted by the Registrant’s/Series’ investment
policies, and which were engaged in during the period:

Activity Permitted Engaged In
Writing or investing in repurchase agreements? Yes No
Writing or investing in options on equities? No –
Writing or investing in options on debt securities? Yes No
Writing or investing in options on stock indices? No –
Writing or investing in interest rate futures? Yes to both
Writing or investing in stock index futures? No –
Writing or investing in options on futures? Yes No
Writing or investing in options on stock index futures? No –
Writing or investing in other commodity futures? Yes No
Investments in restricted securities? Yes No
Investments in shares of other investment companies? Yes to both
Investments in securities of foreign issuers? Yes to both
Currency exchange transactions? Yes No
Loaning portfolio securities? Yes No
Borrowing of money? Yes No
Purchases/sales by certain exempted affiliated persons? Yes No
Margin purchases? No –
Short selling? Yes No
S 9: Portfolio Turnover
71. Portfolio turnover rate for the period:
Purchases ($000s): 1,804,945
Sales ($000s): 1,820,549

Monthly average Value of portfolio ($000s): 1,123,581

Percent turnover (lesser of Purchases or Sales, divided by Value): 161%
S 9: Financial Info — Income and Expenses
72. The number of months covered by the values in Items 72 and 73: 6

Income ($000s)
Net interest income .............................................. 13,910
Net dividend income .............................................. –
Account maintenance fees ......................................... –
Net other income ................................................. 135

Expenses ($000s)
Advisory fees .................................................... 1,594
Administrator fees ............................................... –
Salaries and other compensation .................................. –
Shareholder Servicing Agent fees ................................. 564
Custodian fees ................................................... –
Postage .......................................................... –
Printing expenses ................................................ –
Directors’ fees .................................................. 2
Registration fees ................................................ –
Taxes ............................................................ –
Interest ......................................................... –
Bookkeeping fees paid to anyone performing this service .......... –
Auditing fees .................................................... –
Legal fees ....................................................... –
Marketing/distribution payments, incl. Rule 12b-1 plan payments .. 127
Amortization of organization expenses ............................ –
Shareholder meeting expenses ..................................... –
Other expenses ................................................... 228
Total expenses ................................................... 2,515

Expense reimbursements ($000s): 1

Net investment income ($000s): 11,531

Realized capital gains ($000s): 0
Realized capital losses ($000s): 3,478

Net unrealized appreciation during the period ($000s): 0
Net unrealized depreciation during the period ($000s): 27,206

Total income dividends for which the record date passed during the
period ($000s): 15,751
Dividends for a second class of shares ($000s): 1,112

Dividends from net investment income: $0.0000

Distribution of capital gains: $0.0000
Other distributions: $0.0000
S 9: Financial Info — Condensed Balance Sheet Data
74. Assets ($000s)
Cash ............................................................. 61
Repurchase agreements ............................................ –
Short-term debt securities, other than repurchase agreements ..... –
Long-term debt securities, including convertible debt ............ 1,197,143
Preferred, conv. preferred and adjustable-rate preferred stock ... –
Common stock ..................................................... –
Options on equities .............................................. –
Options on all futures ........................................... –
Other investments ................................................ 21,457
Receivables from portfolio instruments sold ...................... 132,571
Receivables from affiliated persons .............................. 33
Other receivables ................................................ 4,555
All other assets ................................................. –
Total assets ..................................................... 1,355,820

Liabilities ($000s)
Payables for portfolio instruments purchased ..................... 255,753
Amounts owed to affiliated persons ............................... 401
Senior long-term debt ............................................ –
Other liabilities:
Reverse repurchase agreements .................................. –
Short sales .................................................... –
Written options ................................................ 1,219
All other liabilities .......................................... 101,994

Equity ($000s)
Senior equity .................................................... –
Net assets of common shareholders ................................ 996,453

Number of shares outstanding (000s): 85,526
Number of shares outstanding of a second class of shares (000s): 5,635

Net Asset Value (NAV) per share (to nearest cent): $0.00

Total number of shareholder accounts: 97,858

Total value of assets in segregated accounts ($000s): 972
75. Monthly average net assets during the period ($000s): 1,041,159
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/s/ Stephanie J. Dorsey
Name: Stephanie J. Dorsey
Title: President & Treasurer

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