Fidelity Special Values PLC announces that on 20 January 2004 the Company
allotted 22,162 ordinary 25p shares at a price of 342 pence per share (which
represents a premium in excess of 2% over the latest net asset value) in
respect of the Fidelity ISA. The new shares will rank pari passu with existing
ordinary 25p shares.

The total number of ordinary 25p shares now in issue is 61,657,388.



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