Fidelity Special Values PLC announces that on 16 June 2003 the Company allotted
2,360 ordinary 25p shares at a price of 274 pence per share (which represents a
premium in excess of 2% over the latest net asset value) in respect of the
Fidelity Share Plan. The new shares will rank pari passu with existing ordinary
25p shares.

A total of 2,799,460 shares now remain available for issue under the existing
authority.

The total number of ordinary 25p shares now in issue is 44,897,651.



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