SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (No. 002-52322)

 

UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

[X]

 

Pre-Effective Amendment No. ____

[ ]

 

Post-Effective Amendment No. 120

[X]

and

REGISTRATION STATEMENT (No. 811-02546)

 

UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940

[X]

 

Amendment No. 120

[X]

 

Fidelity Commonwealth Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

82 Devonshire St., Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(Address Of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

 

Registrant's Telephone Number: 617-563-7000

 

Scott C. Goebel, Secretary

82 Devonshire Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02109

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

 

It is proposed that this filing will become effective

 

(X)

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b).

 

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on ( ) pursuant to paragraph (b) at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

 

( )

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

 

( )

on ( ) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1) of Rule 485 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

 

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75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

 

( )

on ( ) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485 at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time.

 

If appropriate, check the following box:

 

( )

this post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

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EX-101.INS

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

EX-101.SCH

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

EX-101.CAL

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

EX-101.DEF

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document

EX-101.LAB

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

EX-101.PRE

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for the effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 120 to the Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Boston, and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 14th day of February 2013.

 

Fidelity Commonwealth Trust

 

By

/s/Kenneth B. Robins

 

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Kenneth B. Robins, President

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

(Signature)

 

(Title)

(Date)

 

 

 

 

/s/Kenneth B. Robins

 

President and Treasurer

February 14, 2013

Kenneth B. Robins

 

(Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Christine Reynolds

 

Chief Financial Officer

February 14, 2013

Christine Reynolds

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

/s/James C. Curvey

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

James C. Curvey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Dennis J. Dirks

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

Dennis J. Dirks

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Alan J. Lacy

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

Alan J. Lacy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Ned C. Lautenbach

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

Ned C. Lautenbach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Joseph Mauriello

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

Joseph Mauriello

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Ronald P. O'Hanley

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

Ronald P. O'Hanley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Robert W. Selander

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

Robert W. Selander

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Cornelia M. Small

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

Cornelia M. Small

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/William S. Stavropoulos

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

William S. Stavropoulos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/David M. Thomas

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

David M. Thomas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

/s/Michael E. Wiley

*

Trustee

February 14, 2013

Michael E. Wiley

 

 

 

*

By:

/s/Joseph R. Fleming

 

 

Joseph R. Fleming, pursuant to a power of attorney dated December 1, 2011 and filed herewith.

POWER OF ATTORNEY

We, the undersigned Directors or Trustees, as the case may be, of the following investment companies:

Fidelity Advisor Series I

Fidelity Advisor Series VII

Fidelity Advisor Series VIII

Fidelity Beacon Street Trust

Fidelity Capital Trust

Fidelity Central Investment Portfolios LLC

Fidelity Commonwealth Trust

Fidelity Concord Street Trust

Fidelity Congress Street Fund

Fidelity Contrafund

Fidelity Covington Trust

Fidelity Destiny Portfolios

Fidelity Devonshire Trust

Fidelity Exchange Fund

Fidelity Financial Trust

Fidelity Hanover Street Trust

Fidelity Hastings Street Trust

Fidelity Investment Trust

Fidelity Magellan Fund

Fidelity Mt. Vernon Street Trust

Fidelity Puritan Trust

Fidelity Securities Fund

Fidelity Select Portfolios

Fidelity Summer Street Trust

Fidelity Trend Fund

Variable Insurance Products Fund

Variable Insurance Products Fund II

Variable Insurance Products Fund III

Variable Insurance Products Fund IV

in addition to any other investment company for which Fidelity Management & Research Company ("FMR") or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and for which the undersigned individuals serve as Directors or Trustees (collectively, the "Funds"), hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney we have given to sign and otherwise act in our names and behalf in matters involving any investment company for which FMR or an affiliate acts as investment adviser and hereby constitute and appoint Thomas C. Bogle, Joseph R. Fleming, John V. O'Hanlon, Robert W. Helm and Anthony H. Zacharski, each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for us and in our names in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, or any successors thereto, any and all subsequent Amendments, Pre-Effective Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statements or any successors thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in our names and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, and all related requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This power of attorney is effective for all documents filed on or after December 1, 2011.

WITNESS our hands on this first day of December 1, 2011.

/s/James C. Curvey

/s/Robert W. Selander

James C. Curvey

 

 

Robert W. Selander

/s/Ronald P. O'Hanley

/s/Cornelia M. Small

Ronald P. O'Hanley

 

 

Cornelia M. Small

 

 

/s/Dennis J. Dirks

/s/William S. Stavropoulos

Dennis J. Dirks

 

 

William S. Stavropoulos

/s/Alan J. Lacy

/s/David M. Thomas

Alan J. Lacy

 

 

David M. Thomas

/s/Ned C. Lautenbach

/s/Michael E. Wiley

Ned C. Lautenbach

Michael E. Wiley

/s/Joseph Mauriello

 

Joseph Mauriello