AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON JUNE 25, 2015

1933 Act No. 333-74295
1940 Act No. 811-09253

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 398 [X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 [X]
Pre-Effective Amendment No. [ ]
Post-Effective Amendment No. 399 [X]

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

525 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(800) 222-8222
(Registrant's Telephone Number)

C. David Messman
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, California 94105
(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With a copy to:

Marco E. Adelfio, Esq.
Goodwin Procter LLP
901 New York Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20001

It is propsed that this filing will become effective: (check appropriate box)

immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)

X

on July 1, 2015 pursuant to paragraph (b)

60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

on [ ] pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)

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Explanatory Note: This Post-Effective Amendment No. 398 to the Registration Statement of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the "Trust") is being filed primarily to add the audited financial statements and certain related financial information for the fiscal period ended February 28, 2015, for the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds, to add a new Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund series, and to make certain other non-material changes to the Registration Statement.


WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST
PART A
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE DOW JONES TARGET DATE FUNDS
PROSPECTUSES

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds

 | 

July 1, 2015

Dow Jones Target Date Funds

Prospectus

Classes A, B, C

Target Today Fund

Class A – STWRX, Class B – WFOKX, Class C – WFODX

Target 2010 Fund

Class A – STNRX, Class B – SPTBX, Class C – WFOCX

Target Date 2015 Fund

Class A - WFACX

Target 2020 Fund

Class A – STTRX, Class B – STPBX, Class C – WFLAX

Target 2025 Fund

Class A - WFAYX

Target 2030 Fund

Class A – STHRX, Class B SGPBX, Class C – WFDMX

Target 2035 Fund

Class A - WFQBX

Target 2040 Fund

Class A – STFRX, Class B – SLPBX, Class C – WFOFX

Target 2045 Fund

Class A - WFQVX

Target 2050 Fund

Class A - WFQAX, Class C - WFQCX

Target 2055 Fund

Class A - WFQZX

Target 2060 Fund

Class A - WFAFX, Class C - WFCFX


As with all mutual funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.

Fund shares are NOT deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., its affiliates or any other depository institution. Fund shares are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency and may lose value.

Table of Contents

Fund Summaries

Target Today Fund Summary

3

Target 2010 Fund Summary

8

Target 2015 Fund Summary

14

Target 2020 Fund Summary

20

Target 2025 Fund Summary

26

Target 2030 Fund Summary

32

Target 2035 Fund Summary

38

Target 2040 Fund Summary

44

Target 2045 Fund Summary

50

Target 2050 Fund Summary

56

Target 2055 Fund Summary

62

Target 2060 Fund Summary

68

The Funds

Key Fund Information

74

Target Date Funds

75

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes

80

Description of Principal Investment Risks

82

Portfolio Holdings Information

85

Management of the Funds

The Manager

86

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

88

Multi-Manager Arrangement

88

Your Account

A Choice of Share Classes

89

Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges

91

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents

94

Pricing Fund Shares

96

How to Open an Account

97

How to Buy Shares

98

How to Sell Shares

100

How to Exchange Shares

102

Account Policies

104

Other Information

Distributions

106

Taxes

106

Master/Gateway Structure

108

Additional Performance Information

110

Financial Highlights

113

Target Today Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class B

Class C

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

None

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

5.00%

1.00%

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Class A

Class B

Class C

Management Fees 2

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

0.75%

0.75%

Other Expenses

0.48%

0.48%

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.84%

1.59%

1.59%

Fee Waiver

0.08%

0.08%

0.08%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.76%

1.51%

1.51%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Assuming Redemption at End of Period

Assuming No Redemption

After:

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class B

Class C

1 Year

$648

$654

$254

$154

$154

3 Years

$820

$794

$494

$494

$494

5 Years

$1,007

$1,058

$858

$858

$858

10 Years

$1,546

$1,587

$1,882

$1,587

$1,882

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 42% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to maintain a relatively fixed level of potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund is the most conservative Fund within the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds series. Within the series, each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund's allocation of assets among equity, fixed income and money market instruments asset classes, and your decision to invest in this or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "Today" designation in the Fund's name corresponds to the naming convention of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , an index designed to represent the targeted level of relative market risk exposure 10 years past a dated Fund's targeted year. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 16%, 60% and 24%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009

+6.17%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-3.37%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.65%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class A (before taxes)

3/1/1994

-2.78%

2.72%

3.15%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

3/1/1994

-3.55%

1.93%

2.17%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

3/1/1994

-1.43%

1.85%

2.18%

Class B (before taxes)

8/1/1998

-2.60%

2.82%

3.23%

Class C (before taxes)

12/1/1998

1.39%

3.17%

2.99%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.73%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target Today Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.75%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A and Class C Regular Accounts: $1,000
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum
Class B shares are generally closed to new investment. Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2010 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class B

Class C

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

None

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

5.00%

1.00%

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Class A

Class B

Class C

Management Fees 2

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

0.75%

0.75%

Other Expenses

0.49%

0.49%

0.49%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.85%

1.60%

1.60%

Fee Waiver

0.07%

0.07%

0.07%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.78%

1.53%

1.53%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Assuming Redemption at End of Period

Assuming No Redemption

After:

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class B

Class C

1 Year

$650

$656

$256

$156

$156

3 Years

$824

$798

$498

$498

$498

5 Years

$1,013

$1,064

$864

$864

$864

10 Years

$1,558

$1,599

$1,894

$1,599

$1,894

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2010. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . As the Fund has now reached its target year, its risk exposure approaches 27% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 19%, 62% and 19%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+8.05%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-5.59%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.77%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class A (before taxes)

3/1/1994

-2.55%

3.33%

3.25%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

3/1/1994

-3.14%

2.56%

2.33%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

3/1/1994

-0.63%

2.44%

2.36%

Class B (before taxes)

3/1/1997

-2.28%

3.43%

3.33%

Class C (before taxes)

12/1/1998

1.68%

3.78%

3.10%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.86%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2010 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.91%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A and Class C Regular Accounts: $1,000
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum
Class B shares are generally closed to new investment. Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2015 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.49%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.85%

Fee Waiver

0.06%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.79%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$651

3 Years

$825

5 Years

$1,014

10 Years

$1,558

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2015. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2015, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 26%, 70% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year (Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+10.15%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-7.26%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.05%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class A (before taxes)

11/30/2012

-2.29%

4.26%

2.73%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

-3.17%

3.37%

1.70%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

-1.11%

3.08%

1.80%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.48%

6.36%

4.37%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2020 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class B

Class C

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

None

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

5.00%

1.00%

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Class A

Class B

Class C

Management Fees 2

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

0.75%

0.75%

Other Expenses

0.47%

0.47%

0.47%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.83%

1.58%

1.58%

Fee Waiver

0.02%

0.02%

0.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.81%

1.56%

1.56%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Assuming Redemption at End of Period

Assuming No Redemption

After:

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class B

Class C

1 Year

$653

$659

$259

$159

$159

3 Years

$823

$797

$497

$497

$497

5 Years

$1,007

$1,059

$859

$859

$859

10 Years

$1,540

$1,581

$1,877

$1,581

$1,877

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 36% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2020. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2020, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 36%, 60% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.41%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-10.77%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.33%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class A (before taxes)

3/1/1994

-2.01%

5.22%

3.94%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

3/1/1994

-2.53%

4.52%

3.12%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

3/1/1994

-0.45%

3.98%

2.99%

Class B (before taxes)

3/1/1997

-1.84%

5.33%

4.01%

Class C (before taxes)

12/1/1998

2.20%

5.67%

3.78%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2020 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.54%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A and Class C Regular Accounts: $1,000
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum
Class B shares are generally closed to new investment. Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2025 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.84%

Fee Waiver

0.03%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.81%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$653

3 Years

$825

5 Years

$1,011

10 Years

$1,550

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2025. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2025, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 49%, 47% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+15.04%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-14.32%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.78%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class A (before taxes)

11/30/2012

-1.69%

6.46%

2.90%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

-2.71%

5.36%

2.02%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

-0.65%

4.82%

2.05%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.14%

8.58%

4.47%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2030 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class B

Class C

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

None

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

5.00%

1.00%

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Class A

Class B

Class C

Management Fees 2

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

0.75%

0.75%

Other Expenses

0.47%

0.47%

0.47%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.83%

1.58%

1.58%

Fee Waiver

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.82%

1.57%

1.57%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Assuming Redemption at End of Period

Assuming No Redemption

After:

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class B

Class C

1 Year

$654

$660

$260

$160

$160

3 Years

$824

$798

$498

$498

$498

5 Years

$1,008

$1,059

$859

$859

$859

10 Years

$1,541

$1,582

$1,877

$1,582

$1,877

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2030. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2030, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 63%, 34% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+17.61%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-17.43%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.30%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class A (before taxes)

3/1/1994

-1.50%

7.34%

4.66%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

3/1/1994

-2.15%

6.58%

3.86%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

3/1/1994

-0.17%

5.68%

3.63%

Class B (before taxes)

3/1/1997

-1.28%

7.51%

4.73%

Class C (before taxes)

12/1/1998

2.74%

7.83%

4.49%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2030 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.31%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A and Class C Regular Accounts: $1,000
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum
Class B shares are generally closed to new investment. Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2035 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.84%

Fee Waiver

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.83%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$655

3 Years

$827

5 Years

$1,013

10 Years

$1,552

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2035. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2035, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 74%, 22% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+19.56%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-19.45%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.65%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class A (before taxes)

11/30/2012

-1.17%

8.29%

3.25%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

-2.26%

7.29%

2.51%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

-0.29%

6.34%

2.39%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.80%

10.47%

4.71%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2040 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class B

Class C

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

None

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

5.00%

1.00%

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Class A

Class B

Class C

Management Fees 2

0.20%

0.20%

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

0.75%

0.75%

Other Expenses

0.48%

0.48%

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.84%

1.59%

1.59%

Fee Waiver

0.01%

0.01%

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.83%

1.58%

1.58%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Assuming Redemption at End of Period

Assuming No Redemption

After:

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class B

Class C

1 Year

$655

$661

$261

$161

$161

3 Years

$827

$801

$501

$501

$501

5 Years

$1,013

$1,065

$865

$865

$865

10 Years

$1,552

$1,593

$1,888

$1,593

$1,888

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 18% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2040. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2040, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 83%, 13% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.62%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.87%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.02%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class A (before taxes)

3/1/1994

-1.06%

8.79%

5.29%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

3/1/1994

-1.84%

7.99%

4.49%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

3/1/1994

0.10%

6.87%

4.14%

Class B (before taxes)

3/1/1997

-0.83%

8.98%

5.35%

Class C (before taxes)

7/1/1998

3.21%

9.27%

5.13%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

7.32%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2040 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

6.85%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class B and Class C shares will vary.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A and Class C Regular Accounts: $1,000
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum
Class B shares are generally closed to new investment. Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2045 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.49%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.85%

Fee Waiver

0.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.83%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$655

3 Years

$829

5 Years

$1,017

10 Years

$1,562

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2045. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2045, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2014, the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 89%, 7% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.58%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.44%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.23%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class A (before taxes)

11/30/2012

-0.99%

9.19%

3.67%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

-2.10%

8.21%

2.96%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

-0.16%

7.05%

2.73%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.16%

11.39%

5.09%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2050 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class C

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

5.75%

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

1.00%

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Class A

Class C

Management Fees 2

0.20%

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

0.75%

Other Expenses

0.48%

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.84%

1.59%

Fee Waivers

0.01%

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.83%

1.58%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Assuming Redemption at End of Period

Assuming No Redemption

After:

Class A

Class C

Class C

1 Year

$655

$261

$161

3 Years

$827

$501

$501

5 Years

$1,013

$865

$865

10 Years

$1,552

$1,888

$1,888

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2050. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2050, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.86%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.66%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.29%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class A (before taxes)

11/30/2012

-0.99%

9.26%

3.67%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

-2.12%

8.04%

2.81%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

-0.17%

7.05%

2.69%

Class C (before taxes)

11/30/2012

3.36%

9.74%

3.71%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

11.43%

5.11%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts. After-tax returns are shown only for the Class A shares. After-tax returns for the Class C shares will vary.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A and Class C Regular Accounts: $1,000
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2055 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of
offering price)

5.75%

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.56%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.92%

Fee Waiver

0.09%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.83%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$655

3 Years

$843

5 Years

$1,047

10 Years

$1,633

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2055. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2055, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns for Class A as of 12/31 each year
(Returns do not reflect sales charges and would be lower if they did)

Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2012

+11.13%

Lowest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2012

-4.47%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.25%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014 (Returns reflect applicable sales charges)

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/30/2011

Class A (before taxes)

11/30/2012

-0.89%

N/A

7.22%

Class A (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

-1.64%

N/A

6.69%

Class A (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

-0.33%

N/A

5.48%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

N/A

3.70%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

N/A

15.61%

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

N/A

9.74%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2011
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2011
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2011

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class A
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1.800.222.8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2060 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in the aggregate in specified classes of certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®. More information about these and other discounts is available from your financial professional and in "A Choice of Share Classes" and "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" on pages 89 and 91 of the Prospectus and "Additional Purchase and Redemption Information" on page 58 of the Statement of Additional Information.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Class A

Class C

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

5.75%

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None 1

1.00%

1. Investments of $1 million or more are not subject to a front-end sales charge but generally will be subject to a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed within 18 months from the date of purchase.

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Class A

Class C

Management Fees

0.20%

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

0.75%

Other Expenses

0.59%

0.59%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.95%

1.70%

Fee Waivers

0.12%

0.12%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 1

0.83%

1.58%

1. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

Assuming Redemption at End of Period

Assuming No Redemption

After:

Class A

Class C

Class C

1 Year

$655

$261

$161

3 Years

$849

$524

$524

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, no history of the portfolio turnover rate is available.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2060. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2060, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

New Fund Risk. The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk. Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

Since the Fund does not have annual returns for at least one calendar year, no performance information is shown.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2015
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2015
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2015

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Buying Fund Shares

To Place Orders or Redeem Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $1,000
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $250
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement
Plans: No Minimum

Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA
Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement
Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222

Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Throughout this Prospectus, the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund SM is referred to as the Target Today Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2010 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2015 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2020 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2025 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2030 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2035 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2040 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2045 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2050 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2055 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2060 Fund; and collectively the Funds are referred to as the Target Date Funds.

Key Fund Information


This Prospectus contains information about one or more Funds within the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds ® family and is designed to provide you with important information to help you with your investment decisions. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.

In this Prospectus, "we" generally refers to Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), the relevant sub-adviser(s), if applicable, or the portfolio manager(s). "We" may also refer to a Fund's other service providers. "You" refers to the shareholder or potential investor.


Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each Fund in this Prospectus is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board of Trustees ("Board") alone. The objective and strategies description for each Fund tells you:

what the Fund is trying to achieve; 

how we intend to invest your money; and 

what makes the Fund different from the other Funds offered in this Prospectus.

This section also provides a summary of each Fund's principal investment and policies and practices. Unless otherwise indicated, these investment policies and practices apply on an ongoing basis.

Principal Investment Risks

This section lists the principal investment risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal investment risks for the master portfolios in which each Fund invests. A complete description of these and other risks is found in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section. It is possible to lose money by investing in a Fund.


Portfolio Asset Allocations

This section provides a percentage breakdown of a Fund's assets across different master portfolios.

Master/Gateway® Structure

The Funds are gateway funds in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios or other Funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , and may invest directly in securities, to achieve its investment objective. Multiple gateway funds investing in the same master portfolio or Fund can enhance their investment opportunities and reduce their expense ratios by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. References to the investment activities of a gateway fund are intended to refer to the investment activities of the master portfolio(s) in which it invests.

Target Date Funds

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Sub-Adviser

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Portfolio Managers

Rodney H. Alldredge
James P. Lauder
Paul T. Torregrosa

Target Today Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Class A - Ticker: STWRX; Fund Number: 701
Class B - Ticker: WFOKX; Fund Number: 171
Class C - Ticker: WFODX; Fund Number: 501

Target 2010 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Class A - Ticker: STNRX; Fund Number: 702
Class B - Ticker: SPTBX; Fund Number: 172
Class C - Ticker: WFOCX; Fund Number: 502

Target 2015 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Class A - Ticker:WFACX; Fund Number: 3359

Target 2020 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Class A - Ticker: STTRX; Fund Number: 703
Class B - Ticker: STPBX; Fund Number: 173
Class C - Ticker: WFLAX; Fund Number: 503

Target 2025 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Class A - Ticker:WFAYX; Fund Number: 3360

Target 2030 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Class A - Ticker: STHRX; Fund Number: 704
Class B - Ticker: SGPBX; Fund Number: 174
Class C - Ticker: WFDMX; Fund Number: 504

Target 2035 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Class A - Ticker:WFQBX; Fund Number: 3361

Target 2040 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Class A - Ticker: STFRX; Fund Number: 705
Class B - Ticker: SLPBX; Fund Number: 175
Class C - Ticker: WFOFX; Fund Number: 505

Target 2045 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Class A - Ticker:WFQVX; Fund Number: 3362

Target 2050 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Class A - Ticker:WFQAX; Fund Number: 3358
Class C - Ticker:WFQCX; Fund Number: 3355

Target 2055 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2011

Class A - Ticker:WFQZX; Fund Number: 3363

Target 2060 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2015

Class A - Ticker: WFAFX; Fund Number: 3380
Class C - Ticker: WFCFX; Fund Number: 3572

Investment Objective

Each Fund's objective is to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.  Specifically:

The Target Today Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Target 2010 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Target 2015 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Target 2020 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Target 2025 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Target 2030 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Target 2035 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Target 2040 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Target 2045 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Target 2050 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Target 2055 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Target 2060 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Each Fund's Board of Trustees can change these investment objectives without a shareholder vote.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of each Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.

Each Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of a Dow Jones Target Date Index that has the same target year as the Fund. Similar to the methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, each Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Funds' assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Funds with longer time horizons generally allocate more of their assets to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. Funds with shorter time horizons replace some of their equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility. Each Fund's allocation among the three major asset classes generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. Each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund. For instance, the Target 2060 Fund has the most aggressive asset allocation of the Funds and the Target Today Fund has the most conservative asset allocation of the Funds. If you have a low risk tolerance, you may not wish to invest in the Target 2060 Fund, even if you intend to begin withdrawing a portion or all of your investment in the Fund in the year 2060. Conversely, you may feel comfortable choosing a more aggressive Fund for a near-term investment goal if you have a higher risk tolerance.

The "target year" designated in a Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of its corresponding Dow Jones Target Date Index. The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year. The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in a Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Funds invest are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class, which securities may include, among others, debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, U.S. and foreign government obligations and derivatives. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, each of these master portfolios purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, each of these master portfolios attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of replicating index performance against the goal of managing transaction costs.

The Funds invest in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Short-Term Investment Portfolio invests in high-quality money market instruments, including U.S. Government obligations, obligations of foreign and domestic banks, short-term corporate debt securities and repurchase agreements. Unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, the Short-Term Investment Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Funds and the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.

Although they do not currently intend to do so, the Funds reserve the right to invest in more or fewer master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

Principal Investment Risks

The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed at any time, including in the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, each Fund is primarily subject to the risks mentioned below to the extent that each Fund is exposed to these risks depending on its asset allocation and target year:

 

Credit Risk

Derivatives Risk

Emerging Markets Risk

Foreign Investment Risk

Futures Contracts Risk

Index Tracking Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Investment Style Risk

Management Risk

Market Risk

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk

New Fund Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Regulatory Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Smaller Company Securities Risk

Target Date Fund Risk

U.S. Government Obligations Risk

These and other risks could cause you to lose money in your investment in the Fund and could adversely affect the Fund's net asset value, yield and total return. These risks are described in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section.

Risk Tolerance

Two general rules of investing have shaped the Funds' strategies:

(1) Higher investment returns usually go hand-in-hand with higher risk. Put another way, the greater an investment's potential return, the greater its potential for loss. Historically, for example, stocks have outperformed bonds, but the worst year for stocks on record was much worse than the worst year for bonds; and

(2) Generally, the longer an investor's time horizon, the greater the capacity or ability to withstand market volatility because there is more time to recoup any losses that might be incurred.

As illustrated by the line graph below, the Target Date Funds with longer time horizons are subject to more risk. This normally gives investors the potential for greater returns in the early years of a Fund than in the years immediately preceding or after the Fund's target date. As a Fund approaches its target year, and its investors have less time to recover from market declines, the Fund reduces its risk exposure. This reduction in risk exposure is intended to help secure the value of your investment as the time nears for you to begin withdrawing a portion or all of it. The graph below shows the relative amount of potential equity risk that each Fund is expected to assume given its time horizon. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. Information is presented as of February 28, 2015.

 

When and After a Fund Reaches its Target Year

As illustrated above, by the time a Fund reaches its target year, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. A Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. During the ten-year period after the Fund's target year, the Fund will increasingly resemble the Target Today Fund. At the end of the ten-year period, we will likely combine the Fund with the Target Today Fund.

Portfolio Asset Allocations

Each Fund's asset allocation is determined using the index methodology described in the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section, which results in a systematic reduction in potential market risk exposure over time as illustrated in the line graph above. This methodology provides you with higher exposure to market risk in the early years of investing and lower exposure to market risk in the years near the Fund's target year and 10 years thereafter. Each Fund reserves the right to adjust its market risk exposure upward or downward to meet its investment objective.

As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights shown in the table below. The weightings of the indexes in equity, fixed income and money market securities shown in the table below represent a percentage breakdown of each corresponding Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The percentage risk of the global equity market to which the Fund is exposed will not necessarily be the same as, and will typically be greater than, the Fund's percentage investment in the Diversified Stock Portfolio in order to account for the risks associated with investments in fixed income and money market securities. Each Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation in the Diversified Stock Portfolio, Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio and Short-Term Investment Portfolio as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Equity Securities

Fixed Income Securities

Money Market Securities

Dow Jones Target Today Index

16%

60%

24%

Dow Jones Target 2010 Index

19%

62%

19%

Dow Jones Target 2015 Index

26%

70%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2020 Index

36%

60%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2025 Index

49%

47%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2030 Index

63%

34%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2035 Index

74%

22%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2040 Index

83%

13%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2045 Index

89%

7%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2050 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2055 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2060 Index

90%

6%

4%

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes


Index Performance

While the objective of each Fund is to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of its target index, the performance shown for each target index is not the past performance of the corresponding Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund or any other investment. Index performance does not include any fees and expenses associated with investing, including management fees and brokerage costs, and would be lower if it did. Past index performance is no guarantee of future results, either for the index or for any mutual fund. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Index Methodology

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are a series of Indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. Each Index is a blend of sub-indexes representing three major asset classes: equity securities, fixed income securities and money market instruments. The allocation of each Index generally becomes more conservative as the Index's time horizon becomes shorter. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index is comprised of a set of equity, bond and cash sub-indexes. The equity component is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Style Indexes (sub-indexes numbers 1 through 6 in the table on the next page), Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index. The bond component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Government Bond, U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond, U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities and Global Treasury: Majors Ex U.S. Indexes. Finally, the cash component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index.

The equity asset class is currently comprised of nine sub-asset classes; the fixed income asset class is currently comprised of four sub-asset classes; the money market asset class is currently comprised of one sub-asset class. Each sub-asset class is represented by an underlying index and is equally weighted with other sub-asset classes within its major asset class. The market risk of each Dow Jones Target Date Index will gradually decline over a period of years by changing its allocation among the three major asset classes and not by excluding any asset classes or sub-asset classes or by changing allocations among sub-asset classes.

The sub-asset classes that currently comprise each major asset class of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are detailed in the table below:

Major Asset Classes

Equity Component

Fixed Income Component

Money Market Component

Sub-Asset Classes 1

1. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index

1. Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

1. Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index

2. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index

2. Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index

3. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index

3. Barclays U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index

4. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index

4. Barclays Global Treasury: Majors Ex US Index

5. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index

6. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index

7. Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index

8. Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index

9. Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index

1. Additional information about the sub-indexes comprising the sub-asset classes is available in the Statement of Additional Information.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index will exhibit higher market risk in its early years and lower market risk in the years approaching its target year. At more than 35 years prior to the target year, the Index's targeted risk level is set at 90% of the risk of the global equity market. The global equity market is measured by the sub-indexes comprising the equity component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The major asset classes are rebalanced monthly within the Index to create an efficient asset allocation that maintains a targeted 90% risk level. At 35 years before the target year, each Index will begin to gradually reduce market risk. A new targeted risk level is calculated each month as a function of the current risk of the equity component and the number of months remaining to the Index's target year. The monthly risk reductions continue until the Index reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market, on December 1 of the year ten years after the Index's target year. Once an Index reaches that date, it always reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market.

Description of Principal Investment Risks


Understanding the risks involved in mutual fund investing will help you make an informed decision that takes into account your risk tolerance and preferences. The risks that are most likely to have a material effect on a particular Fund as a whole are called "principal risks." The principal risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal risk factors for the master portfolios in which the Fund invests, have been previously identified and are described below. Additional information about the principal risks is included in the Statement of Additional Information.

Credit Risk
The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due. In these instances, the value of an investment could decline and the Fund could lose money. Credit risk increases as an issuer's credit quality declines.

Derivatives Risk
The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, presents risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives. These risks are heightened when derivatives are used to enhance a Fund's return or as a substitute for a position or security, rather than solely to hedge (or mitigate) the risk of a position or security held by the Fund. The success of the a derivative strategy will be affected by the portfolio manager's ability to assess and predict market or economic developments and their impact on the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves. Certain derivative instruments may become illiquid and, as a result, may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so. Certain derivatives create leverage, which can magnify the impact of a decline in the value of their underlying assets, indexes or rates and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value. Certain derivatives (e.g., over-the-counter swaps) are also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, which may cause a Fund to lose money, suffer delays or incur costs arising from holding or selling an underlying asset. Changes in laws or regulations may make the use of derivatives more costly, may limit the availability of derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the use, value or performance of derivatives.

Emerging Markets Risk
Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. For example, emerging market countries are typically more dependent on exports and are therefore more vulnerable to recessions in other countries. Emerging markets tend to have less developed legal and financial systems and a smaller market capitalization than markets in developed countries. Some emerging markets are subject to greater political instability. Additionally, emerging markets may have more volatile currencies and be more sensitive than developed markets to a variety of economic factors, including inflation. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk
Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign companies may be subject to significantly higher levels of taxation than U.S. companies, including potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, thereby reducing the earnings potential of such foreign companies. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Such changes may reduce the U.S. dollar value of the investments. Foreign investments may be subject to additional risks such as potentially higher withholding and other taxes, and may also be subject to greater trade settlement, custodial, and other operational risks than domestic investments. Certain foreign markets may also be characterized by less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards.

Futures Contracts Risk
A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk
A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk
When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. The longer the terms of the debt securities held by a Fund, the more the Fund is subject to this risk. If interest rates decline, interest that the Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, which could cause the Fund to reduce the dividends it pays to shareholders, but the value of those securities may increase. Some debt securities give the issuers the option to call, redeem or prepay the securities before their maturity dates. If an issuer calls, redeems or prepays a debt security during a time of declining interest rates, the Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in a security offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value as a result of declining interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the debt securities market, reduced liquidity for certain Fund investments and an increase in Fund redemptions. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable.

Investment Style Risk
Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. As a result, a Fund's performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or in securities of a different investment style.

Management Risk
Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk
The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are subject to risk of default on the underlying mortgages or assets, particularly during periods of economic downturn. Defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets may cause such securities to decline in value and become less liquid. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, these securities may exhibit additional volatility. When interest rates decline or are low, borrowers may pay off their mortgage or other debts sooner than expected, which can reduce the returns of a Fund. Funds that may enter into mortgage dollar roll transactions are subject to the risk that the market value of the securities that are required to be repurchased in the future may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price. They also involve the risk that the party to whom the securities are sold may become insolvent, limiting the fund's ability to repurchase securities at the agreed upon price.

New Fund Risk
The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk
Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk
Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Smaller companies may have no or relatively short operating histories, limited financial resources or may be newly public companies. Some of these companies have aggressive capital structures, including high debt levels, or are involved in rapidly growing or changing industries and/or new technologies.

Target Date Fund Risk
A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. This risk is greater for an investor who begins to withdraw a portion or all of his or her investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk
U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. If a government-sponsored entity is unable to meet its obligations or its creditworthiness declines, the performance of a Fund that holds securities issued or guaranteed by the entity will be adversely impacted.

Portfolio Holdings Information


A description of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' portfolio holdings is available in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information. In addition, Funds Management will, from time to time, include portfolio holdings information in periodic commentaries for certain Funds. The substance of the information contained in such commentaries will also be posted to the Funds' Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Management of the Funds


The Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), headquartered at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, provides advisory and Fund-level administrative services to the Funds pursuant to an investment management agreement (the "Management Agreement"). Funds Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a publicly traded diversified financial services company that provides banking, insurance, investment, mortgage and consumer financial services. Funds Management is a registered investment adviser that provides investment management services for registered mutual funds, closed-end funds and other funds and accounts.

Funds Management is responsible for implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Funds. To assist Funds Management in performing these responsibilities, Funds Management has contracted with one or more sub-advisers to provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. Funds Management employs a team of investment professionals who identify and recommend the initial hiring of each Fund's sub-adviser(s) and supervise and monitor the activities of the sub-adviser(s) on an ongoing basis. Funds Management retains overall responsibility for the investment activities of the Funds.

Funds Management's investment professionals review and analyze each Fund's performance, including relative to peer funds, and monitor each Fund's compliance with its investment objective and strategies. Funds Management is responsible for reporting to the Board on investment performance and other matters affecting the Funds. When appropriate, Funds Management recommends to the Board enhancements to Fund features, including changes to Fund investment objectives, strategies and policies. Funds Management also communicates with shareholders and intermediaries about Fund performance and features.

Funds Management is also responsible for providing Fund-level administrative services, which include, among others, providing such services in connection with the Funds' operations; developing and implementing procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions; and providing any other Fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are provided by the Funds' transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant.

For providing these investment management services, Funds Management is entitled to receive the fees disclosed in the row captioned "Management Fees" in each Fund's table of Annual Fund Operating Expenses. Funds Management compensates each sub-adviser from the fees Funds Management receives for its services pursuant to the Management Agreement. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Management Agreement and sub-advisory agreements will be included in the Funds' semi-annual report for the six-month period ended August 31st.

Prior to July 1, 2015, Funds Management provided advisory services to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement ("Advisory Agreement"). The Management Agreement, which became effective July 1, 2015, combines the terms of the Advisory Agreement with the terms of the Funds' prior Amended and Restated Administration Agreement applicable to Fund-level administrative services. For a Fund's most recent fiscal year end, the advisory fee paid to Funds Management pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, net of any applicable waivers and reimbursements, was as follows:

Advisory Fees Paid

As a % of average daily net assets

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

0.04%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

0.06%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

0.07%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

0.10%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

0.03%

As compensation for its services under the Management Agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive a monthly fee at the annual rates indicated below based on the Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund's average daily net assets:

 

Management
Fee

First $5 billion

0.20%

Next $5 billion

0.19%

Over $10 billion

0.18%

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

The following sub-adviser and portfolio managers provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. These services include making purchases and sales of securities and other investment assets for the Funds, selecting broker-dealers, negotiating brokerage commission rates and maintaining portfolio transaction records. Each sub-adviser is compensated for its services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as investment manager to the Funds. The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers' ownership of securities in the Funds. For information regarding the sub-advisers that perform day-to-day portfolio management activities for the master portfolios in which the Funds invests, see "The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios" under the "Master/Gateway® Structure" section.

Global Index Advisors, Inc. ("GIA"), a registered investment adviser located at 29 North Park Square, Suite 201, Marietta, GA 30060, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. GIA, through its relationships with Dow Jones Indexes and State Street Global Advisors, offers a series of collective Dow Jones Portfolio Index Funds.

Rodney H. Alldredge

Mr. Alldredge co-founded GIA in 1994 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Portfolio Operations.

James P. Lauder

Mr. Lauder joined GIA in 2002 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Chief Executive Officer of GIA.

Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Mr.Torregrosa joined GIA in 2007 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Research.

Multi-Manager Arrangement

The Funds and Funds Management have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits Funds Management, subject to Board approval, to select certain sub-advisers and enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with them, without obtaining shareholder approval. The SEC order extends to sub-advisers that are not otherwise affiliated with Funds Management or the Funds, as well as sub-advisers that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Funds Management or of a company that wholly owns Funds Management ("Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers").

Pursuant to the order, Funds Management, with Board approval, may hire or replace Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers for each Fund that is eligible to rely on the order. Funds Management, subject to Board oversight, has the responsibility to oversee Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers and to recommend their hiring, termination and replacement. If a new sub-adviser is hired for a Fund pursuant to the order, the Fund is required to notify shareholders within 90 days. The Funds that are eligible to rely on the order are not required to disclose the individual fees that Funds Management pays to a Multi-Manager Sub-Adviser.

A Choice of Share Classes


After choosing a Fund, your next most important choice will be which share class to buy. The table below summarizes the features of the classes of shares available through this Prospectus. Specific Fund charges may vary, so you should review each Fund's fee table as well as the sales charge schedules that follow. Finally, you should review the "Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges" section of the Prospectus before making your decision as to which share class to buy.

Class A

Class B 1

Class C

Initial Sales Charge

5.75%

None. Your entire investment goes to work immediately.

None. Your entire investment goes to work immediately.

Contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC)

None (except that a charge of 1% applies to certain redemptions made within eighteen months, following purchases of $1 million or more without an initial sales charge).

5% and declines until it reaches 0% at the beginning of the 7th year.

1% if shares are sold within one year after purchase.

Ongoing distribution (12b-1) fees

None.

0.75%

0.75%

Purchase maximum

None. Volume reductions given upon providing adequate proof of eligibility.

$100,000

$1,000,000

Annual Expenses

Lower ongoing expenses than Classes B and C.

Higher ongoing expenses than Class A because of higher 12b-1 fees.

Higher ongoing expenses than Class A because of higher 12b-1 fees.

Conversion feature

Not applicable.

Yes. Converts to Class A shares after a certain number of years depending on the Fund, so annual expenses decrease.

No. Does not convert to Class A shares, so annual expenses do not decrease.

1. Class B shares are closed to new investors and additional investments from existing shareholders, except in connection with the reinvestment of any distributions and permitted exchanges and in connection with the closing of a reorganization. For Class B shares currently outstanding and Class B shares acquired upon reinvestment of dividends, all Class B share attributes, including associated CDSC schedules, conversion features, any applicable CDSC waivers, and distribution plan and shareholder services plan fees, will continue in effect.

Information regarding the Funds' sales charges, breakpoints, and waivers is available free of charge on our Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com. You may wish to discuss this choice with your financial consultant.

Class A Shares Sales Charge Schedule  

 

If you choose to buy Class A shares, you will pay the public offering price (POP) which is the net asset value (NAV) plus the applicable sales charge. Since sales charges are reduced for Class A share purchases above certain dollar amounts, known as "breakpoint levels," the POP is lower for these purchases. The dollar amount of the sales charge is the difference between the POP of the shares purchased (based on the applicable sales charge in the table below) and the NAV of those shares. Because of rounding in the calculation of the POP, the actual sales charge you pay may be more or less than that calculated using the percentages shown below.

 

Class A Shares Sales Charge Schedule

Amount of Purchase

Front-end Sales Charge As %
of Public Offering Price

Front-end Sales Charge As %
of Net Amount Invested

Dealer Reallowance As %
of Public Offering Price

Less than $50,000

5.75%

6.10%

5.00%

$50,000 - $99,999

4.75%

4.99%

4.00%

$100,000 - $249,999

3.75%

3.90%

3.00%

$250,000 - $499,999

2.75%

2.83%

2.25%

$500,000 - $999,999

2.00%

2.04%

1.75%

$1,000,000 and over 1

0.00%

0.00%

1.00%

1. We will assess a 1.00% CDSC on Class A share purchases of $1,000,000 or more if they are redeemed within eighteen months from the date of purchase. Certain exceptions apply (see "CDSC Waivers"). The CDSC percentage you pay is applied to the NAV of the shares on the date of original purchase.

Class B Shares Sales Charges

Class B shares are closed to new investors and additional investments from existing shareholders, except that existing shareholders of Class B shares may reinvest any distributions into Class B shares and exchange their Class B shares for Class B shares of other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds (as permitted by our exchange policy) and specified persons may acquire Class B shares of a Fund in connection with the closing of a reorganization. No new or subsequent investments, including through automatic investment plans, will be allowed in Class B shares of the Funds, except through a distribution reinvestment or permitted exchange or in connection with the closing of a reorganization. For Class B shares currently outstanding and Class B shares acquired upon reinvestment of dividends, all Class B shares attributes, including associated CDSC schedules, conversion features, any applicable CDSC waivers, and distribution plan and shareholder services plan fees, will continue in effect. You will not be assessed a CDSC on Fund shares you redeem that were purchased with reinvested distributions. Class B share exchanges will not trigger the CDSC and the new shares will continue to age according to their original schedule and will be charged the CDSC applicable to the original shares upon redemption.

If you exchange Class B shares received in a reorganization for Class B shares of another Fund, you will retain the CDSC schedules of your exchanged shares.

Class C Shares Sales Charges

If you choose Class C shares, you buy them at NAV and agree that if you redeem your shares within one year of the purchase date, you will pay a CDSC of 1.00%. At the time of purchase, the Fund's distributor pays sales commissions of up to 1.00% of the purchase price to selling agents and up to 1.00% annually thereafter. The CDSC percentage you pay is applied to the NAV of the shares on the date of original purchase. For Class C shares received in a reorganization, your date of purchase is the original purchase date of your predecessor Fund. To determine whether the CDSC applies to a redemption, the Fund will first redeem shares acquired by reinvestment of any distributions and then will redeem shares in the order in which they were purchased (such that shares held the longest are redeemed first). Class C shares do not convert to Class A shares, and therefore continue to pay higher ongoing expenses.

Reductions and Waivers of Sales Charges


Generally, we offer more sales charge reductions or waivers for Class A shares than for Class B and Class C shares, particularly if you intend to invest greater amounts. You should consider whether you are eligible for any of the potential reductions or waivers when you are deciding which share class to buy. Consult the Statement of Additional Information for further details regarding reductions and waivers of sales charges, which we may change from time to time.

Class A Shares Sales Charge Reductions and Waivers
You can pay a lower or no sales charge for the following types of purchases. If you believe you are eligible for any of the following reductions or waivers, it is up to you to ask the selling agent or shareholder servicing agent for the reduction or waiver and to provide appropriate proof of eligibility.

You pay no sales charges on Fund shares you buy with reinvested distributions.

You pay a lower sales charge if you are investing an amount over a breakpoint level. See "Class A Shares Sales Charge Schedule" above.

You pay no sales charges on Fund shares you purchase with the proceeds of a redemption of either Class A or Class B shares of the same Fund within 90 days of the date of redemption. Subject to the Fund's policy regarding frequent purchases and redemptions of Fund shares, you may not be able to exercise this provision for the first 30 days after your redemption. Systematic transactions through the automatic investment plan, the automatic exchange plan and the systematic withdrawal plan are excluded from this provision.

By signing a Letter of Intent (LOI) prior to purchase, you pay a lower sales charge now in exchange for promising to invest an amount over a specified breakpoint within the next 13 months. Purchases made prior to signing the LOI as well as reinvested dividends and capital gains do not count as purchases made during this period. We will hold in escrow shares equal to approximately 5% of the amount you say you intend to buy. If you do not invest the amount specified in the LOI before the expiration date, we will redeem enough escrowed shares to pay the difference between the reduced sales load you paid and the sales load you should have paid. Otherwise, we will release the escrowed shares when you have invested the agreed amount.

Rights of Accumulation (ROA) allow you to combine Class A, Class B, Class C and WealthBuilder Portfolio shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund already owned (excluding Wells Fargo Advantage money market fund shares, unless you notify us that you previously paid a sales load on these assets) in order to reach breakpoint levels and to qualify for sales load discounts on subsequent purchases of Class A or WealthBuilder Portfolio shares. The purchase amount used in determining the sales charge on your purchase will be calculated by multiplying the maximum public offering price by the number of Class A, Class B, Class C and WealthBuilder Portfolio shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund already owned and adding the dollar amount of your current purchase.

How a Letter of Intent Can Save You Money!
If you plan to invest, for example, $100,000 in a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund in installments over the next year, by signing a letter of intent you would pay only 3.75% sales load on the entire purchase. Otherwise, you would pay 5.75% on the first $49,999, then 4.75% on the next $50,000!

Accounts That Can Be Aggregated
You may aggregate the following types of accounts indicated below to qualify for a volume discount:

 

Can this type of account be aggregated?

Yes

No

Individual accounts

X

Joint accounts

X

UGMA/UTMA accounts

X

Trust accounts over which the shareholder has individual or shared authority

X

Solely owned business accounts

X

Retirement Plans

Traditional and Roth IRAs

X

SEP IRAs

X

SIMPLE IRAs that use the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds prototype agreement 1

X

SIMPLE IRAs that do not use the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds prototype agreement

X

Group Retirement Plans

X

Other Accounts

529 Plan accounts 1

X

Accounts held through other brokerage firms

X

1. These accounts may be aggregated at the plan level for purposes of establishing eligibility for volume discounts. When plan assets in Fund Class A, Class B, Class C and WealthBuilder Portfolio shares (excluding Wells Fargo Advantage money market fund shares) reach a breakpoint, all plan participants benefit from the reduced sales charge. Participant accounts will not be aggregated with personal accounts.

Based on the above chart, if you believe that you own shares in one or more accounts that can be combined with your current purchase to achieve a sales charge breakpoint, you must, at the time of your purchase specifically identify those shares to your selling agent or shareholder servicing agent. For an account to qualify for a volume discount, it must be registered in the name of, or held for, the shareholder, his or her spouse or domestic partner, as recognized by applicable state law, or his or her children under the age of 21. Class A shares purchased at NAV will not be aggregated with other shares for purposes of receiving a volume discount.

Class A Shares Sales Charge Waivers for Certain Parties
We reserve the right to enter into agreements that reduce or waive sales charges for groups or classes of shareholders. If you own Fund shares as part of another account or package such as an IRA or a sweep account, you should read the materials for that account. Those terms may supercede the terms and conditions discussed here. If you fall into any of the following categories, you can buy Class A shares at NAV:

Current and retired employees, directors/trustees and officers of:
1)  Wells Fargo Advantage Funds (including any predecessor funds);
2) Wells Fargo & Company and its affiliates; and
3) family members (spouse, domestic partner, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren and siblings (including step and in-law)) of any of the above.

Current employees of:
1) the Fund's transfer agent;
2) broker-dealers who act as selling agents;
3) family members (spouse, domestic partner, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren and siblings (including step and in-law)) of any of the above; and
4) each Fund's sub-adviser, but only for the Fund(s) for which such sub-adviser provides investment advisory services.

Qualified registered investment advisers who buy through a broker-dealer or service agent who has entered into an agreement with the Fund's distributor that allows for load-waived Class A purchases. 

Investment companies exchanging shares or selling assets pursuant to a reorganization, merger, acquisition, or exchange offer to which the Fund is a party.

Section 529 college savings plan accounts.

Insurance company separate accounts.

Fund of Funds, including those advised by Funds Management ( Wells Fargo Advantage WealthBuilder Portfolios SM ), subject to review and approval by Funds Management. 

Group employer-sponsored retirement and deferred compensation plans and group employer-sponsored employee benefit plans (including health savings accounts) and trusts used to fund those plans. Traditional IRAs, Roth IRAs, SEPs, SARSEPs, SIMPLE IRAs, Keogh plans, individual 401(k) plans, individual 403(b) plans as well as shares held in commission-based broker-dealer accounts do not qualify under this waiver.

Investors who purchase shares that are to be included in certain "wrap accounts," including such specified investors who trade through an omnibus account maintained with a Fund by a broker-dealer.

Effective upon the conversion of Investor Class shares to Class A shares, expected to occur on or about the close of business on October 23, 2015, former Investor Class shareholders of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund whose shares were converted to Class A shares, provided such shareholders held their shares directly with the Funds at the time of conversion or move their shares from an intermediary account to a direct-to-fund account within 90 days of the conversion.

Effective October 1, 2015, investors who purchase shares through a self-directed brokerage account program offered by a financial intermediary that has entered into an agreement with the Fund's distributor. Financial intermediaries offering such programs may or may not charge transaction fees.

Effective October 1, 2015, investors opening IRA accounts with assets directly transferred from a qualified retirement plan using Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement Trust or another Wells Fargo affiliate for recordkeeping services. For such IRAs to qualify, a Wells Fargo-affiliated entity must hold the account directly on the books of the Fund's transfer agent, and the services of another financial intermediary may not be utilized with respect to the IRA.

CDSC Waivers

You will not be assessed a CDSC on Fund shares you redeem that were purchased with reinvested distributions.

We waive the CDSC for all redemptions made because of scheduled (Internal Revenue Code Section 72(t)(2) withdrawal schedule) or mandatory distributions (withdrawals generally made after age 70½ according to Internal Revenue Service guidelines) from traditional IRAs and certain other retirement plans. (See your retirement plan information for details.) 

We waive the CDSC for redemptions made in the event of the last surviving shareholder's death or for a disability suffered after purchasing shares. ("Disabled" is defined in Internal Revenue Code Section 72(m)(7).) 

We waive the CDSC for redemptions made at the direction of Funds Management in order to, for example, complete a merger or effect a Fund liquidation. 

We waive the Class C shares CDSC for redemptions by employer-sponsored retirement plans where the dealer of record waived its commission at the time of purchase.

We also reserve the right to enter into agreements that reduce or eliminate sales charges for groups or classes of shareholders, or for Fund shares included in other investment plans such as "wrap accounts." If you own Fund shares as part of another account or package, such as an IRA or a sweep account, you should read the terms and conditions that apply for that account. Those terms and conditions may supercede the terms and conditions discussed here. Contact your selling agent for further information.

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents


Distribution Plan
Each Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan (12b-1 Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940 Act"), for the Class B and Class C shares. The 12b-1 Plan authorizes the payment of all or part of the cost of preparing and distributing prospectuses and distribution-related services. The 12b-1 Plan also provides that, if and to the extent any shareholder servicing payments are recharacterized as payments for distribution-related services, they are approved and payable under the 12b-1 Plan. Fees paid under the 12b-1 Plan by Class B shares that are closed to new investors and additional investments (except in connection with reinvestment of any distributions and permitted exchanges) primarily cover past sales and distribution services, as well as ongoing services to shareholders. The fees paid under this 12b-1 Plan are as follows:

Fund

Class B

Class C

Target Today Fund

0.75%

0.75%

Target 2010 Fund

0.75%

0.75%

Target 2020 Fund

0.75%

0.75%

Target 2030 Fund

0.75%

0.75%

Target 2040 Fund

0.75%

0.75%

Target 2050 Fund

N/A

0.75%

Target 2060 Fund

N/A

0.75%

These fees are paid out of each Class's assets on an ongoing basis. Over time, these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than other types of sales charges.

Shareholder Servicing Plan
The Funds have a shareholder servicing plan. Under this plan, various shareholder servicing agents have been authorized to process purchase and redemption requests, to service shareholder accounts, and to provide other related services for each Class of the Fund. For these services, each Class pays an annual fee of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets.

Additional Payments to Dealers
In addition to dealer reallowances and payments made by each Fund for distribution and shareholder servicing, the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates make additional payments ("Additional Payments") to certain selling or shareholder servicing agents for the Fund, which include broker-dealers and 401(k) service providers and recordkeepers. These Additional Payments are made in connection with the sale and distribution of shares of the Fund or for services to the Fund and its shareholders. These Additional Payments, which may be significant, are paid by the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates, out of their revenues, which generally come directly or indirectly from fees paid by the entire Fund complex.

In return for these Additional Payments, each Fund's manager and distributor expect the Fund to receive certain marketing or servicing advantages that are not generally available to mutual funds that do not make such payments. Such advantages are expected to include, without limitation, placement of the Fund on a list of mutual funds offered as investment options to the selling agent's clients (sometimes referred to as "Shelf Space"); access to the selling agent's registered representatives; and/or ability to assist in training and educating the selling agent's registered representatives.

Certain selling or shareholder servicing agents receive these Additional Payments to supplement amounts payable by the Fund under the shareholder servicing plans. In exchange, these agents provide services including, but not limited to, establishing and maintaining accounts and records; answering inquiries regarding purchases, exchanges and redemptions; processing and verifying purchase, redemption and exchange transactions; furnishing account statements and confirmations of transactions; processing and mailing monthly statements, prospectuses, shareholder reports and other SEC-required communications; and providing the types of services that might typically be provided by each Fund's transfer agent (e.g., the maintenance of omnibus or omnibus-like accounts, the use of the National Securities Clearing Corporation for the transmission of transaction information and the transmission of shareholder mailings).

The Additional Payments may create potential conflicts of interest between an investor and a selling agent who is recommending a particular mutual fund over other mutual funds. Before investing, you should consult with your financial consultant and review carefully any disclosure by the selling agent as to what monies they receive from mutual fund advisers and distributors, as well as how your financial consultant is compensated.

The Additional Payments are typically paid in fixed dollar amounts, or based on the number of customer accounts maintained by the selling or shareholder servicing agent, or based on a percentage of sales and/or assets under management, or a combination of the above. The Additional Payments are either up-front or ongoing or both. The Additional Payments differ among selling and shareholder servicing agents. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on its customers' assets typically range between 0.05% and 0.30% in a given year of assets invested in a Fund by the selling agent's customers. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on a percentage of sales typically range between 0.10% and 0.15% of the gross sales of a Fund attributable to the selling agent. In addition, representatives of each Fund's distributor visit selling agents on a regular basis to educate their registered representatives and to encourage the sale of Fund shares. The costs associated with such visits may be paid for by the Fund's manager, distributor, or their affiliates, subject to applicable FINRA regulations.

More information on the FINRA member firms that have received the Additional Payments described in this section is available in the Statement of Additional Information, which is on file with the SEC and is also available on the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds website at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Pricing Fund Shares


A Fund's NAV is the value of a single share. The NAV is normally calculated as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open. To calculate the NAV of a Fund's shares, the Fund's assets are valued and totaled, liabilities are subtracted, and the balance, called net assets, is divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is calculated separately for each class of shares of a multiple-class Fund. The price at which a purchase or redemption request is processed is based on the next NAV calculated after the request is received in good order. NAV is not calculated, and purchase and redemption requests are not processed, on days that the NYSE is closed for trading. To the extent that a Fund's assets are traded in other markets on days when the NYSE is not open for regular trading, the value of the Fund's assets may be affected on days when you are unable to buy or sell Fund shares. Conversely, trading in some of a Fund's assets may not occur on days when the NYSE is open for regular trading.

With respect to any portion of a Fund's assets that may be invested in other mutual funds, the value of the Fund's shares is based on the NAV of the shares of the other mutual funds in which the Fund invests. The valuation methods used by mutual funds in pricing their shares, including the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing, are included in the prospectuses of such funds. To the extent a Fund invests a portion of its assets in non-registered investment vehicles, the Fund's interests in the non-registered vehicles are fair valued at NAV.

With respect to a Fund's assets invested directly in securities, the Fund's investments are generally valued at current market prices. Equity securities, options and futures are generally valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last reported sales price on the primary exchange or market on which they are listed (closing price). Equity securities that are not traded primarily on an exchange are generally valued at the quoted bid price obtained from a broker-dealer.

Debt securities acquired with maturities exceeding 60 days are generally valued at the evaluated bid price provided by a pricing service. Debt securities acquired with maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost.

We are required to depart from these general valuation methods and use fair value pricing methods to determine the values of certain investments if we believe that the closing price or the quoted bid price of a security, including a security that trades primarily on a foreign exchange, does not accurately reflect its current market value at the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV. The closing price or the quoted bid price of a security may not reflect its current market value if, among other things, a significant event occurs after the closing price or quoted bid price but before the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV that materially affects the value of the security. We use various criteria, including a systemic evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in deciding whether a foreign security's market price is still reliable and, if not, what fair market value to assign to the security. In addition, we use fair value pricing to determine the value of investments in securities and other assets, including illiquid securities, for which current market quotations or evaluated prices from a pricing service or broker-dealer are not readily available.

The fair value of a Fund's securities and other assets is determined in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Trustees. In light of the judgment involved in making fair value decisions, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security is accurate or that it reflects the price that the Fund could obtain for such security if it were to sell the security at the time as of which fair value pricing is determined. Such fair value pricing may result in NAVs that are higher or lower than NAVs based on the closing price or quoted bid price. See the Statement of Additional Information for additional details regarding the determination of NAVs.

How to Open an Account


You can open a Wells Fargo Advantage Funds account through any of the following means:

directly with the Fund. Complete a Wells Fargo Advantage Funds application, which you may obtain by visiting our Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com or by calling Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222. Be sure to indicate the Fund name and the share class into which you intend to invest when completing the application;

through a brokerage account with an approved selling agent; or

through certain retirement, benefit and pension plans or certain packaged investment products. (Please contact the providers of the plan or product for instructions.)

How to Buy Shares


This section explains how you can buy shares directly from Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . If you're opening a new account, an account application is available on-line at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com or by calling Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222. For Fund shares held through brokerage and other types of accounts, please consult your selling agent.

Minimum Investments

Initial Purchase

Subsequent Purchases

Regular accounts
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs
UGMA/UTMA accounts
Employer Sponsored
Retirement Plans

$1,000
$250
$50
No minimum

$100
$100
$50
No minimum

Buying Shares

Opening an Account

Adding to an Account

Online

A new account may not be opened online unless you have another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account with your bank information on file. If you do not currently have an account, refer to the section on buying shares by mail or wire.

To buy additional shares or buy shares of a new Fund, visit
wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Subsequent online purchases have a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $100,000. You may be eligible for an exception to this maximum. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

By Mail

Complete and sign your account application.

Mail the application with your check made payable to the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds to Investor Services at:

Regular Mail
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266

Overnight Only
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
c/o Boston Financial Data Services
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

Enclose a voided check (for checking accounts) or a deposit slip (savings accounts). Alternatively, include a note with your name, the Fund name, and your account number.

Mail the deposit slip or note with your check made payable to the Fund to the address on the left.

By Telephone

A new account may not be opened by telephone unless you have another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account with your bank information on file. If you do not currently have an account, refer to the section on buying shares by mail or wire.

To buy additional shares or to buy shares of a new Fund call:

Investor Services at
1-800-222-8222 or

1-800-368-7550 for the
automated phone system.

 

By Wire

Complete, sign and mail your account application (refer to the section on buying shares by mail)

Provide the following instructions to your financial institution:

Receiving bank : State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston, MA
Bank ABA/routing number : 011000028
Bank account number : 9905-437-1
For credit to : Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
For further credit to : [Your name (as registered on your fund account) and your fund and account number]

To buy additional shares, instruct your bank or financial institution to use the same wire instructions shown to the left.

Through Your Investment Representative

Contact your investment representative.

Contact your investment representative.

General Notes for Buying Shares

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your new account application or purchase request in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to process your transaction.

Earning Distributions. You are eligible to earn distributions beginning on the business day after the transfer agent receives your purchase in proper form.

U.S. Dollars Only. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars and all checks must be drawn on U.S. banks. 

Insufficient Funds. You will be charged a $25.00 fee for every check or Electronic Funds Transfer that is returned to us as unpaid. 

No Fund Named. When all or a portion of a payment is received for investment without a clear Fund designation, we may direct the undesignated portion or the entire amount, as applicable, into the Wells Fargo Advantage Money Market Fund. We will treat your inaction as approval of this purchase until you later direct us to sell or exchange these shares of the Money Market Fund, at the next NAV calculated after we receive your order in proper form. 

Right to Refuse an Order. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason, including if we believe that doing so would be in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders. 

Minimum Initial and Subsequent Investment Waivers. We allow a reduced minimum initial investment of $50 if you sign up for at least a $50 monthly automatic investment purchase plan. If you opened your account with the set minimum amount shown in the above chart, we allow reduced subsequent purchases for a minimum of $50 a month if you purchase through an automatic investment plan. We may also waive or reduce the minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts for purchases made through certain retirement, benefit and pension plans, certain packaged investment products, or for certain classes of shareholders as permitted by the SEC. Check specific disclosure statements and applications for the program through which you intend to invest.

Other Share Classes.  You may be eligible to invest in one or more classes of shares offered by a Fund. Each of the Fund's share classes bears varying expenses and may differ in other features. Consult your financial intermediary for more information regarding the Fund's available share classes.

Special Considerations When Investing Through Financial Intermediaries
If a financial intermediary purchases shares on your behalf, you should understand the following:

Minimum Investments and Other Terms of Your Account. Share purchases are made through a customer account at your financial intermediary following that firm's terms. Financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts. Please consult an account representative from your financial intermediary for specifics.

Records are Held in Financial Intermediary's Name. Financial intermediaries are usually the holders of record for shares held through their customer accounts. The financial intermediaries maintain records reflecting their customers' beneficial ownership of the shares.

Purchase/Redemption Orders. Financial intermediaries are responsible for transmitting their customers' purchase and redemption orders to a Fund and for delivering required payment on a timely basis.

Shareholder Communications. Financial intermediaries are responsible for delivering shareholder communications and voting information from a Fund, and for transmitting shareholder voting instructions to a Fund.

The information provided in this Prospectus is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or which would subject Fund shares to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.

The Funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, a member of FINRA/SIPC, and an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC") information and brochure are available at SIPC.org or by calling SIPC at (202) 371-8300.

How to Sell Shares


The following section explains how you can sell shares held directly through an account with Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . For Fund shares held through brokerage or other types of accounts, please consult your selling agent.

Selling Shares

To Sell Some or All of Your Shares

Online

Visit our Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com. Redemptions requested online are limited to a maximum of $100,000. You may be eligible for an exception to this maximum. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

By Mail

Send a Letter of Instruction providing your name, account number, the Fund from which you wish to redeem and the dollar amount you wish to receive (or write "Full Redemption" to redeem your remaining account balance) to the address below.

Make sure all account owners sign the request exactly as their names appear on the account application.

A Medallion guarantee may be required under certain circumstances (see "General Notes for Selling Shares").

Regular Mail
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Overnight Only
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
c/o Boston Financial Data Services
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Wire

To arrange for a Federal Funds wire, call 1-800-222-8222.

Be prepared to provide information on the commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve wire system.

Wire requests are sent to your bank account next business day if your request to redeem is received before the NYSE close.

By Telephone/
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

Call an Investor Services representative at 1-800-222-8222 or use the automated phone system 1-800-368-7550.

Telephone privileges are automatically made available to you unless you specifically decline them on your account application or subsequently in writing.

Redemption requests may not be made by phone if the address on your account was changed in the last 15 days. In this event, you must request your redemption by mail (refer to the section on selling shares by mail).

A check will be mailed to the address on record (if there have been no changes communicated to us within the last 15 days) or transferred to a linked bank account.

Transfers made to a Wells Fargo Bank account are made available sooner than transfers to an unaffiliated institution.

Redemptions processed by EFT to a linked Wells Fargo Bank account occur same day for Wells Fargo Advantage money market funds, and next day for all other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds.

Redemptions to any other linked bank account may post in two business days. Please check with your financial institution for timing of posting and availability of funds.

Note: Telephone transactions such as redemption requests made over the phone generally require only one of the account owners to call unless you have instructed us otherwise.

Through Your Investment Representative

Contact your investment representative.

General Notes For Selling Shares 

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your request to sell shares in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your request to sell shares is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, it will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to sell your shares.

CDSC Fees. Your redemption proceeds are net of any applicable CDSC fees. 

Form of Redemption Proceeds. You may request that your redemption proceeds be sent to you by check, by EFT into a bank account, or by wire. Please call Investor Services regarding requirements for linking bank accounts or for wiring funds. Although generally we pay redemption requests in cash, we reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by making payment in securities (known as a redemption in kind). In such case, we may pay all or part of the redemption in securities of equal value as permitted under the 1940 Act, and the rules thereunder. The redeeming shareholder should expect to incur transaction costs upon the disposition of the securities received. 

Earning Distributions. Your shares are eligible to earn distributions through the date of redemption.  If you redeem shares on a Friday or prior to a holiday, your shares will continue to be eligible to earn distributions until the next business day.

Telephone/Online Redemptions. We will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone and online instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification, such as a Taxpayer Identification Number or username and password, before we will act on instructions received by telephone or online. We will not be liable for any losses incurred if we follow telephone or online instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine. Your call may be recorded.

Right to Delay Payment. We normally will send out checks within one business day, and in any event no more than seven days, after we accept your request to redeem. If you wish to redeem shares purchased by check or Electronic Funds Transfer within seven days of purchase, you may need to resubmit your redemption request if your payment has not yet cleared. Our ability to determine with reasonable certainty that investments have been finally collected is greater for investments coming from accounts with banks affiliated with Funds Management than it is for investments coming from accounts with unaffiliated banks. Redemption payments also may be delayed under extraordinary circumstances or as permitted by the SEC in order to protect remaining shareholders. Such extraordinary circumstances are discussed further in the Statement of Additional Information.

Retirement Plans and Other Products. If you purchased shares through a packaged investment product or retirement plan, read the directions for selling shares provided by the product or plan. There may be special requirements that supercede the directions in this Prospectus. 

Medallion Guarantees. Medallion guarantees are only required for mailed redemption requests under the following circumstances: (1) if the address on your account was changed within the last 15 days; (2) if the amount of the redemption exceeds $100,000 and includes bank account information that is not currently on file with Wells Fargo Advantage Funds or if all of the owners of your Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account are not included in the registration of the bank account provided; or (3) if the redemption is made payable to a third party. You can get a Medallion guarantee at a financial institution such as a bank or brokerage house. We do not accept notarized signatures.

How to Exchange Shares


Exchanges between Wells Fargo Advantage Funds involve two transactions: (1) a sale of shares of one Fund; and (2) the purchase of shares of another. In general, the same rules and procedures that apply to sales and purchases apply to exchanges. There are, however, additional factors you should keep in mind while making or considering an exchange: 

In general, exchanges may be made between like share classes of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund offered to the general public for investment (i.e., a Fund not closed to new accounts), with the following exception: Class A shares of non-money market funds may also be exchanged for Service Class shares of any money market fund.

Same-fund exchanges between share classes are permitted subject to the following conditions: (1) exchanges out of Class A and Class C shares would not be allowed if shares are subject to a CDSC; (2) for exchanges into Class A shares, the shareholder must meet all qualifications to purchase Class A shares at net asset value based on current prospectus guidelines; and (3) the shareholder must meet the eligibility guidelines of the class being purchased in the exchange.

An exchange request will be processed on the same business day, provided that both Funds are open at the time the request is received. If one or both Funds are closed, the exchange will be processed on the following business day.

You should carefully read the prospectus for the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund into which you wish to exchange. 

Every exchange involves selling Fund shares, which may produce a capital gain or loss for tax purposes. 

If you are making an initial investment into a Fund through an exchange, you must exchange at least the minimum initial purchase amount for the new Fund, unless your balance has fallen below that amount due to investment performance. 

Any exchange between two Wells Fargo Advantage Funds must meet the minimum subsequent purchase amounts.

Class B and Class C share exchanges will not trigger the CDSC. The new shares will continue to age according to their original schedule and will be charged the CDSC applicable to the original shares upon redemption.

Generally, we will notify you at least 60 days in advance of any changes in our exchange policy.

Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds  reserves the right to reject any purchase or exchange order for any reason. Purchases or exchanges that a Fund determines could harm the Fund may be rejected.

Excessive trading by Fund shareholders can negatively impact a Fund and its long-term shareholders in several ways, including disrupting Fund investment strategies, increasing transaction costs, decreasing tax efficiency, and diluting the value of shares held by long-term shareholders. Excessive trading in Fund shares can negatively impact a Fund's long-term performance by requiring it to maintain more assets in cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time. Certain Funds may be more susceptible than others to these negative effects. For example, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in non-U.S. securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities resulting from pricing variations due to time zone differences across international financial markets. Similarly, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in small company securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities due to the less liquid nature of small company securities. Both types of Funds also may incur higher transaction costs in liquidating portfolio holdings to meet excessive redemption levels. Fair value pricing may reduce these arbitrage opportunities, thereby reducing some of the negative effects of excessive trading.

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , other than the Adjustable Rate Government Fund, Conservative Income Fund, Ultra Short-Term Income Fund and Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund ("Ultra-Short Funds") and the money market funds, (the "Covered Funds"). The Covered Funds are not designed to serve as vehicles for frequent trading. The Covered Funds actively discourage and take steps to prevent the portfolio disruption and negative effects on long-term shareholders that can result from excessive trading activity by Covered Fund shareholders. The Board has approved the Covered Funds' policies and procedures, which provide, among other things, that Funds Management may deem trading activity to be excessive if it determines that such trading activity would likely be disruptive to a Covered Fund by increasing expenses or lowering returns. In this regard, the Covered Funds take steps to avoid accommodating frequent purchases and redemptions of shares by Covered Fund shareholders. Funds Management monitors available shareholder trading information across all Covered Funds on a daily basis. If a shareholder redeems $5,000 or more (including redemptions that are part of an exchange transaction) from a Covered Fund, that shareholder is "blocked" from purchasing shares of that Covered Fund (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction) for 30 calendar days after the redemption. This policy does not apply to:

Money market funds;

Ultra-Short Funds;

Dividend reinvestments;

Systematic investments or exchanges where the financial intermediary maintaining the shareholder account identifies the transaction as a systematic redemption or purchase at the time of the transaction;

Rebalancing transactions within certain asset allocation or "wrap" programs where the financial intermediary maintaining a shareholder account is able to identify the transaction as part of an asset allocation program approved by Funds Management;

Transactions initiated by a "fund of funds" or Section 529 Plan into an underlying fund investment;

Permitted exchanges between share classes of the same Fund;

Certain transactions involving participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans, including: participant withdrawals due to mandatory distributions, rollovers and hardships, withdrawals of shares acquired by participants through payroll deductions, and shares acquired or sold by a participant in connection with plan loans; and

Purchases below $5,000 (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction).

The money market funds and the Ultra-Short Funds. Because the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds are often used for short-term investments, they are designed to accommodate more frequent purchases and redemptions than the Covered Funds. As a result, the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not anticipate that frequent purchases and redemptions, under normal circumstances, will have significant adverse consequences to the money market funds or Ultra-Short Funds or their shareholders. Although the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not prohibit frequent trading, Funds Management will seek to prevent an investor from utilizing the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds to facilitate frequent purchases and redemptions of shares in the Covered Funds in contravention of the policies and procedures adopted by the Covered Funds.

All Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . In addition, Funds Management reserves the right to accept purchases, redemptions and exchanges made in excess of applicable trading restrictions in designated accounts held by Funds Management or its affiliate that are used at all times exclusively for addressing operational matters related to shareholder accounts, such as testing of account functions, and are maintained at low balances that do not exceed specified dollar amount limitations.

In the event that an asset allocation or "wrap" program is unable to implement the policy outlined above, Funds Management may grant a program-level exception to this policy. A financial intermediary relying on the exception is required to provide Funds Management with specific information regarding its program and ongoing information about its program upon request.

A financial intermediary through whom you may purchase shares of the Fund may independently attempt to identify excessive trading and take steps to deter such activity. As a result, a financial intermediary may on its own limit or permit trading activity of its customers who invest in Fund shares using standards different from the standards used by Funds Management and discussed in this Prospectus. Funds Management may permit a financial intermediary to enforce its own internal policies and procedures concerning frequent trading rather than the policies set forth above in instances where Funds Management reasonably believes that the intermediary's policies and procedures effectively discourage disruptive trading activity. If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact the intermediary for more information about whether and how restrictions or limitations on trading activity will be applied to your account.

Account Policies


Automatic Plans
These plans help you conveniently purchase and/or redeem shares each month. Once you select a plan, tell us the day of the month you would like the transaction to occur. If you do not specify a date, we will process the transaction on or about the 25th day of the month. Call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information. 

Automatic Investment Plan —With this plan, you can regularly purchase shares of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund with money automatically transferred from a linked bank account. 

Automatic Exchange Plan —With this plan, you can regularly exchange shares of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund you own for shares of another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund. See the "How to Exchange Shares" section of this Prospectus for the conditions that apply to your shares. In addition, each transaction in an Automatic Exchange Plan must be for a minimum of $100. This feature may not be available for certain types of accounts. 

Systematic Withdrawal Plan —With this plan, you can regularly redeem shares and receive the proceeds by check or by transfer to a linked bank account. To participate in this plan, you: 

must have a Fund account valued at $10,000 or more; 

must request a minimum redemption of $100; 

must have your distributions reinvested; and 

may not simultaneously participate in the Automatic Investment Plan, unless your account is a Money Market Fund or an Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund (Ultra Short-Term Income Fund or Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund). 

Payroll Direct Deposit —With this plan, you may transfer all or a portion of your paycheck, social security check, military allotment, or annuity payment for investment into the Fund of your choice.

It generally takes about ten business days to establish a plan once we have received your instructions. It generally takes about five business days to change or cancel participation in a plan. We may automatically cancel your plan if the linked bank account you specified is closed, or for other reasons.

Householding
To help keep Fund expenses low, a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report may be sent to shareholders of the same household. If your household currently receives a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report and you would prefer to receive multiple copies, please contact your financial intermediary.

Retirement Accounts
We offer a variety of retirement accounts for individuals and small businesses. Please call 1-800-222-8222 for information on: 

Individual Retirement Plans, including Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. 

Qualified Retirement Plans, including Simple IRAs and SEP IRAs.

There may be special distribution requirements for a retirement account, such as required distributions or mandatory Federal income tax withholdings. For more information, call the number listed above. For retirement accounts held directly with the Fund, certain fees may apply, including an annual account maintenance fee.

Small Account Redemptions
We reserve the right to redeem certain accounts that fall below the minimum initial investment amount as the result of shareholder redemptions (as opposed to market movement). Before doing so, we will give you approximately 60 days to bring your account above the minimum investment amount. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or contact your selling agent for further details.

Statements and Confirmations
Statements summarizing activity in your account are mailed quarterly. Confirmations are mailed following each purchase, sale, exchange, or transfer of Fund shares, except generally for Automatic Investment Plan transactions, Systematic Withdrawal Plan transactions using Electronic Funds Transfer, and purchases of new shares through the automatic reinvestment of distributions. Upon your request and for the applicable fee, you may obtain a reprint of an account statement. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

Electronic Delivery of Fund Documents
You may elect to receive your Fund prospectuses, shareholder reports and other Fund documents electronically in lieu of paper form by enrolling on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery. If you make this election, you will be notified by e-mail when the most recent Fund documents are available for electronic viewing and downloading.

To receive Fund documents electronically, you must have an e-mail account and an internet browser that meets the requirements described in the Privacy & Security section of the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com. You may change your electronic delivery preferences or revoke your election to receive Fund documents electronically at any time by visiting wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

Statement Inquiries
Contact us in writing regarding any errors or discrepancies noted on your account statement within 60 days after the date of the statement confirming a transaction. We may deny your ability to refute a transaction if we do not hear from you within those 60 days.

Transaction Authorizations
Telephone, electronic, and clearing agency privileges allow us to accept transaction instructions by anyone representing themselves as the shareholder and who provides reasonable confirmation of their identity. Neither we nor Wells Fargo Advantage Funds will be liable for any losses incurred if we follow such instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine. For transactions through the automated phone system and our Web site, we will assign personal identification numbers (PINs) and/or passwords to help protect your account information. To safeguard your account, please keep your PINs and passwords confidential. Contact us immediately if you believe there is a discrepancy on your confirmation statement or if you believe someone has obtained unauthorized access to your account, PIN or password.

USA PATRIOT Act
In compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, all financial institutions (including mutual funds) at the time an account is opened, are required to obtain, verify and record the following information for all registered owners or others who may be authorized to act on the account: full name, date of birth, taxpayer identification number (usually your Social Security Number), and permanent street address. Corporate, trust and other entity accounts require additional documentation. This information will be used to verify your identity. We will return your application if any of this information is missing, and we may request additional information from you for verification purposes. In the rare event that we are unable to verify your identity, we reserve the right to redeem your account at the current day's NAV. You will be responsible for any losses, taxes, expenses, fees, or other results of such a redemption.

Distributions


The Funds generally make distributions of investment income, if any, quarterly and any realized net capital gains at least annually. Please contact your institution for distribution options. Remember, distributions have the effect of reducing the NAV per share by the amount distributed.

We offer the following distribution options. To change your current option for payment of distributions, please call 1-800-222-8222.

Automatic Reinvestment Option —Allows you to buy new shares of the same class of the Fund that generated the distributions. The new shares are purchased at NAV generally on the day the distribution is paid. This option is automatically assigned to your account unless you specify another option.

Check Payment Option —Allows you to have checks for distributions mailed to your address of record or to another name and address which you have specified in written instructions. A medallion guarantee may also be required. If checks remain uncashed for six months or are undeliverable by the Post Office, we will reinvest the distributions at the earliest date possible, and future distributions will be automatically reinvested.

Bank Account Payment Option —Allows you to receive distributions directly in a checking or savings account through Electronic Funds Transfer. The bank account must be linked to your Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account. Any distribution returned to us due to an invalid banking instruction will be sent to your address of record by check at the earliest date possible, and future distributions will be automatically reinvested.

Directed Distribution Purchase Option —Allows you to buy shares of a different Wells Fargo Advantage Fund of the same share class. The new shares are purchased at NAV generally on the day the distribution is paid. In order to establish this option, you need to identify the Fund and account the distributions are coming from, and the Fund and account to which the distributions are being directed. You must meet any required minimum purchases in both Funds prior to establishing this option.

Taxes


The following discussion regarding federal income taxes is based on laws that were in effect as of the date of this Prospectus and summarizes only some of the important federal income tax considerations affecting a Fund and you as a shareholder. It does not apply to foreign or tax-exempt shareholders or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) Plan or IRA. This discussion is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation. Please see the Statement of Additional Information for additional federal income tax information.

We will pass on to a Fund's shareholders substantially all of the Fund's net investment income and realized net capital gains, if any. Distributions from a Fund's ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions from a Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gain.

Corporate shareholders may be able to deduct a portion of their distributions when determining their taxable income.

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended certain tax rates except those that applied to individual taxpayers with taxable incomes above $400,000 ($450,000 for married taxpayers, $425,000 for heads of households). Taxpayers that are not in the new highest tax bracket continue to be subject to a maximum 15% rate of tax on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends. For taxpayers in the new highest tax bracket, the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends will be 20%. Beginning in 2013, U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly), a new 3.8% Medicare contribution tax will apply on "net investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains.

Distributions from a Fund normally will be taxable to you when paid, whether you take distributions in cash or automatically reinvest them in additional Fund shares. Following the end of each year, we will notify you of the federal income tax status of your distributions for the year.

If you buy shares of a Fund shortly before it makes a taxable distribution, your distribution will, in effect, be a taxable return of part of your investment. Similarly, if you buy shares of a Fund when it holds appreciated securities, you will receive a taxable return of part of your investment if and when the Fund sells the appreciated securities and distributes the gain. The Fund has built up, or has the potential to build up, high levels of unrealized appreciation.

Your redemptions (including redemptions in-kind) and exchanges of Fund shares ordinarily will result in a taxable capital gain or loss, depending on the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to receive in the case of exchanges) and the amount you paid (or are deemed to have paid) for them. Such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your redeemed or exchanged Fund shares for more than one year at the time of redemption or exchange. In certain circumstances, losses realized on the redemption or exchange of Fund shares may be disallowed.

In certain circumstances, Fund shareholders may be subject to backup withholding taxes.

Master/Gateway® Structure


Each Fund is a gateway fund in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios of Wells Fargo Master Trust or other stand-alone funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds whose objectives and investment strategies are consistent with the gateway fund's investment objective and strategies. Through this structure, a gateway fund can enhance its investment opportunities and reduce its expenses by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. Master portfolios offer their shares to multiple gateway funds and other master portfolios rather than directly to the public. Certain administrative and other fees and expenses are charged to both the gateway fund and the master portfolio(s). The services provided and fees charged to a gateway fund are in addition to and not duplicative of the services provided and fees charged to the master portfolios. Fees relating to investments in other stand-alone funds are waived to the extent that they are duplicative, or would exceed certain defined limits.

Description of Master Portfolios
The following table lists the master portfolio(s) in which the Funds invest. Each Portfolio's investment objective is provided followed by a description of the Portfolio's investment strategies.

Master Portfolio

Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in fixed income securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The fixed income portion is represented by the Barclays Government Bond Index, Barclays Corporate Bond Index, Barclays Mortgage Bond Index, and Barclays Majors (ex U.S.) Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class. These fixed income sub-indexes include exposure to non-U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Agency debt, U.S.-dollar denominated corporate debt, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities with a weighted average maturity of at least one year. The Portfolio uses an optimization process which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Diversified Stock Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return (consisting of income and capital appreciation) of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in equity securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The equity portion is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Markets Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Markets Index, and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap TSM Specialty Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class. The sub-indexes include exposure to large, mid and small cap U.S. securities as well as securities in international developed and emerging markets. The Portfolio uses an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. Furthermore, the Adviser may use derivatives, such as stock index futures, in order to manage movements of the Portfolio against certain indexes. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Short-Term Investment Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks current income while preserving capital and liquidity.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

exclusively in high-quality, short-term U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments of domestic and foreign issuers.

The Adviser actively manages a portfolio of high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments. The Adviser will only purchase First Tier securities. These include, but are not limited to, bank obligations such as time deposits and certificates of deposit, government securities, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, corporate bonds, municipal securities and repurchase agreements. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest and may be obligations of U.S. or foreign issuers. The Adviser may invest more than 25% of the Portfolio's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of U.S. banks.

The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios
The sub-advisers for the master portfolios are compensated for their services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as adviser to the master portfolios.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. ("SSGA FM"), a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company is located at State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 and serves as the sub-adviser to one or more Funds. Accordingly, SSGA FM provides portfolio management services to the Funds. State Street Global Advisors, consisting of SSGA FM and other advisory affiliates of State Street Corporation, is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation.

Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management"), a registered investment adviser located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. Wells Capital Management, an affiliate of Funds Management and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, is a multi-boutique asset management firm committed to delivering superior investment services to institutional clients.

Additional Performance Information


This section contains additional information regarding the performance of the Funds. The sub-section below titled "Index Descriptions" defines the market indices that are referenced in the Fund Summaries. The sub-section below titled "Share Class Performance" provides additional information about share class performance.

Index Descriptions
The "Average Annual Total Returns" table in each Fund's Fund Summary compares the Fund's returns with those of at least one broad-based market index. Below are descriptions of each such index. You cannot invest directly in an index. The performance history shown for an index may be shorter than that of certain funds.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is composed of the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index, and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage-backed securities.

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules.The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2060 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Russell 3000® Index

The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

Share Class Performance
The following provides additional information about the performance history of the Funds contained in this prospectus, including information regarding predecessor funds, if any, and whether performance information presented is based on the history of an older share class.

Target 2015 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class A shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class A shares.

Target 2025 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class A shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class A shares.

Target 2035 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class A shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class A shares.

Target 2045 Fund  - Historical performance shown for Class A shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class A shares.

Target 2050 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class A and Class C shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class A and Class C shares.

Target 2055 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class A shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class A shares.

A Fund's past performance is no guarantee of future results. A Fund's investment results will fluctuate over time, and any representation of the Fund's returns for any past period should not be considered as a representation of what the Fund's returns may be in any future period. The Fund's annual and semi-annual reports contain additional performance information and are available upon request, without charge, by calling the telephone number listed on the back cover page of this Prospectus.

Financial Highlights


The following tables are intended to help you understand a Fund's financial performance for the past five years (or since inception, if shorter). Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Total returns represent the rate you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in each Fund (assuming reinvestment of all distributions). The information in the following tables has been derived from the Funds' financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with each Fund's financial statements, is also included in each Fund's annual report, a copy of which is available upon request. 

Target Today Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.85

$

10.84

$

10.86

$

10.56

$

10.04

Net investment income 3

0.15

0.15

0.15 2

0.18 2

0.18 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.05

0.13

0.08

0.39

0.57

Total from investment operations

0.20

0.28

0.23

0.57

0.75

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.13

-0.13

-0.17

-0.22

-0.23

Net realized gains

-0.11

-0.14

-0.08

-0.05

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.24

-0.27

-0.25

-0.27

-0.23

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.81

$

10.85

$

10.84

$

10.86

$

10.56

Total return 4

1.83%

2.67%

2.15%

5.47%

7.56%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.26%

1.29%

1.39%

1.69%

1.82%

Gross expenses 3

0.98%

1.01%

1.08%

1.08%

1.10%

Net expenses 3

0.81%

0.85%

0.96%

0.96%

0.97%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

42%

40%

39%

46%

51%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

15,537

$

17,467

$

19,815

$

21,822

$

22,862

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target Today Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class B

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.30

$

11.26

$

11.22

$

10.87

$

10.31

Net investment income 3

0.06 2

0.07 2

0.07 2

0.10 2

0.11 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.06

0.14

0.08

0.41

0.58

Total from investment operations

0.12

0.21

0.15

0.51

0.69

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.02

-0.03

-0.03

-0.11

-0.13

Net realized gains

-0.11

-0.14

-0.08

-0.05

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.13

-0.17

-0.11

-0.16

-0.13

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.29

$

11.30

$

11.26

$

11.22

$

10.87

Total return 4

1.03%

1.90%

1.39%

4.73%

6.78%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.54%

0.62%

0.66%

0.97%

1.08%

Gross expenses 3

1.71%

1.76%

1.82%

1.82%

1.85%

Net expenses 3

1.56%

1.61%

1.71%

1.70%

1.72%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

42%

40%

39%

46%

51%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

11

$

51

$

108

$

242

$

865

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target Today Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class C

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.11

$

11.09

$

11.11

$

10.78

$

10.25

Net investment income 3

0.06 2

0.06 2

0.07

0.10 2

0.11 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.06

0.14

0.08

0.41

0.57

Total from investment operations

0.12

0.20

0.15

0.51

0.68

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.04

-0.04

-0.09

-0.13

-0.15

Net realized gains

-0.11

-0.14

-0.08

-0.05

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.15

-0.18

-0.17

-0.18

-0.15

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.08

$

11.11

$

11.09

$

11.11

$

10.78

Total return 4

1.09%

1.89%

1.36%

4.81%

6.69%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.51%

0.54%

0.64%

0.94%

1.07%

Gross expenses 3

1.73%

1.76%

1.83%

1.83%

1.85%

Net expenses 3

1.56%

1.60%

1.71%

1.71%

1.72%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

42%

40%

39%

46%

51%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

3,471

$

4,287

$

4,945

$

5,100

$

5,605

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2010 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

13.33

$

13.30

$

13.26

$

12.86

$

12.04

Net investment income 3

0.18 2

0.19 2

0.19 2

0.21 2

0.22 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.09

0.31

0.19

0.43

0.88

Total from investment operations

0.27

0.50

0.38

0.64

1.10

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.17

-0.17

-0.21

-0.24

-0.28

Net realized gains

-0.27

-0.30

-0.13

0.00

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.44

-0.47

-0.34

-0.24

-0.28

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.16

$

13.33

$

13.30

$

13.26

$

12.86

Total return 4

2.11%

3.87%

2.92%

5.05%

9.24%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.36%

1.39%

1.39%

1.63%

1.72%

Gross expenses 3

0.99%

1.02%

1.08%

1.08%

1.10%

Net expenses 3

0.83%

0.87%

0.99%

0.99%

1.00%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

41%

40%

37%

43%

47%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

26,753

$

32,012

$

36,462

$

39,691

$

42,615

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2010 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class B

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

13.49

$

13.43

$

13.37

$

12.93

$

12.10

Net investment income 3

0.09 2

0.08 2

0.09 2

0.12 2

0.12 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.10

0.32

0.19

0.44

0.88

Total from investment operations

0.19

0.40

0.28

0.56

1.00

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.03

-0.04

-0.09

-0.12

-0.17

Net realized gains

-0.27

-0.30

-0.13

0.00

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.30

-0.34

-0.22

-0.12

-0.17

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.38

$

13.49

$

13.43

$

13.37

$

12.93

Total return 4

1.42%

3.05%

2.12%

4.35%

8.45%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.69%

0.62%

0.67%

0.90%

0.98%

Gross expenses 3

1.74%

1.77%

1.83%

1.83%

1.85%

Net expenses 3

1.58%

1.63%

1.74%

1.74%

1.75%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

41%

40%

37%

43%

47%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

11

$

118

$

341

$

748

$

1,542

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2010 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class C

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

13.52

$

13.48

$

13.44

$

13.03

$

12.19

Net investment income 3

0.09

0.09 2

0.09

0.12 2

0.12 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.09

0.31

0.19

0.43

0.91

Total from investment operations

0.18

0.40

0.28

0.55

1.03

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.07

-0.06

-0.11

-0.14

-0.19

Net realized gains

-0.27

-0.30

-0.13

0.00

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.34

-0.36

-0.24

-0.14

-0.19

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.36

$

13.52

$

13.48

$

13.44

$

13.03

Total return 4

1.39%

3.07%

2.10%

4.28%

8.48%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.61%

0.64%

0.64%

0.88%

0.96%

Gross expenses 3

1.75%

1.77%

1.83%

1.83%

1.85%

Net expenses 3

1.58%

1.62%

1.74%

1.74%

1.75%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

41%

40%

37%

43%

47%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

2,781

$

2,952

$

3,269

$

3,323

$

3,114

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2015 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.38

$

10.13

$

10.11

Net investment income 3

0.15

0.15 2

0.03 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.13

0.40

0.13

Total from investment operations

0.28

0.55

0.16

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.14

-0.14

-0.04

Net realized gain

-0.12

-0.16

-0.10

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.26

-0.30

-0.14

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.40

$

10.38

$

10.13

Total return 4

2.75%

5.56%

1.60%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.39%

1.45%

1.28%

Gross expenses 3

0.99%

0.99%

1.05%

Net expenses 3

0.84%

0.84%

0.84%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

39%

38%

35%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

1,947

$

332

$

10

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2020 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

15.14

$

14.53

$

14.25

$

13.97

$

12.54

Net investment income 3

0.20 2

0.20

0.20

0.21

0.20

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

0.97

0.50

0.33

1.46

Total from investment operations

0.53

1.17

0.70

0.54

1.66

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.18

-0.17

-0.21

-0.22

-0.23

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.21

-0.04

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.43

-0.56

-0.42

-0.26

-0.23

Net asset value, end of period

$

15.24

$

15.14

$

14.53

$

14.25

$

13.97

Total return 4

3.57%

8.16%

5.00%

3.97%

13.41%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.34%

1.32%

1.36%

1.45%

1.46%

Gross expenses 3

0.95%

0.98%

1.06%

1.05%

1.08%

Net expenses 3

0.86%

0.90%

1.01%

1.01%

1.02%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

36%

35%

32%

35%

39%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

64,808

$

75,871

$

74,720

$

74,955

$

77,784

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2020 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class B

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

15.13

$

14.47

$

14.16

$

13.85

$

12.41

Net investment income 3

0.09 2

0.08 2

0.09 2

0.10 2

0.09 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.32

0.97

0.51

0.33

1.46

Total from investment operations

0.41

1.05

0.60

0.43

1.55

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.04

0.00

-0.08

-0.08

-0.11

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.21

-0.04

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.29

-0.39

-0.29

-0.12

-0.11

Net asset value, end of period

$

15.25

$

15.13

$

14.47

$

14.16

$

13.85

Total return 4

2.74%

7.34%

4.27%

3.11%

12.57%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.61%

0.58%

0.63%

0.78%

0.73%

Gross expenses 3

1.70%

1.74%

1.81%

1.80%

1.83%

Net expenses 3

1.61%

1.66%

1.76%

1.76%

1.77%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

36%

35%

32%

35%

39%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

108

$

238

$

599

$

1,048

$

2,428

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2020 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class C

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

15.08

$

14.49

$

14.20

$

13.93

$

12.51

Net investment income 2

0.09

0.08

0.09

0.08

0.08

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.32

0.97

0.51

0.35

1.48

Total from investment operations

0.41

1.05

0.60

0.43

1.56

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.08

-0.07

-0.10

-0.12

-0.14

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.21

-0.04

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.33

-0.46

-0.31

-0.16

-0.14

Net asset value, end of period

$

15.16

$

15.08

$

14.49

$

14.20

$

13.93

Total return 3

2.71%

7.36%

4.28%

3.14%

12.65%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.59%

0.57%

0.61%

0.68%

0.70%

Gross expenses 2

1.70%

1.73%

1.81%

1.81%

1.83%

Net expenses 2

1.61%

1.65%

1.76%

1.76%

1.77%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

36%

35%

32%

35%

39%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

5,509

$

5,208

$

4,514

$

4,600

$

3,922

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2025 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.56

$

9.95

$

9.83

Net investment income 2

0.13

0.15

0.04

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

0.92

0.33

Total from investment operations

0.46

1.07

0.37

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.13

-0.13

-0.05

Net realized gain

-0.20

-0.33

-0.20

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.33

-0.46

-0.25

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.69

$

10.56

$

9.95

Total return 3

4.46%

10.99%

3.92%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.25%

1.28%

1.01%

Gross expenses 2

0.96%

0.97%

1.06%

Net expenses 2

0.86%

0.86%

0.86%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

31%

32%

28%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

3,193

$

1,379

$

159

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2030 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

16.61

$

15.31

$

14.74

$

14.81

$

12.65

Net investment income 3

0.22

0.20

0.20

0.17 2

0.15 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.67

1.83

0.85

0.13

2.19

Total from investment operations

0.89

2.03

1.05

0.30

2.34

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.19

-0.19

-0.20

-0.18

-0.18

Net realized gains

-0.34

-0.54

-0.28

-0.19

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.53

-0.73

-0.48

-0.37

-0.18

Net asset value, end of period

$

16.97

$

16.61

$

15.31

$

14.74

$

14.81

Total return 4

5.44%

13.52%

7.28%

2.27%

18.71%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.22%

1.22%

1.29%

1.21%

1.15%

Gross expenses 3

0.95%

0.98%

1.06%

1.06%

1.09%

Net expenses 3

0.87%

0.91%

1.02%

1.02%

1.03%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

26%

29%

25%

26%

28%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

60,747

$

65,634

$

60,857

$

60,087

$

62,209

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2030 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class B

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

16.36

$

15.08

$

14.49

$

14.53

$

12.41

Net investment income 3

0.09 2

0.08 2

0.08 2

0.07 2

0.06 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.66

1.80

0.86

0.12

2.14

Total from investment operations

0.75

1.88

0.94

0.19

2.20

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.02

-0.06

-0.07

-0.04

-0.08

Net realized gains

-0.34

-0.54

-0.28

-0.19

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.36

-0.60

-0.35

-0.23

-0.08

Net asset value, end of period

$

16.75

$

16.36

$

15.08

$

14.49

$

14.53

Total return 4

4.64%

12.65%

6.54%

1.43%

17.88%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.53%

0.50%

0.57%

0.50%

0.42%

Gross expenses 3

1.70%

1.74%

1.81%

1.81%

1.84%

Net expenses 3

1.62%

1.67%

1.77%

1.77%

1.78%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

26%

29%

25%

26%

28%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

117

$

290

$

463

$

872

$

1,962

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2030 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class C

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

16.25

$

15.00

$

14.45

$

14.53

$

12.43

Net investment income 3

0.08

0.08

0.08

0.06 2

0.05 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.67

1.79

0.85

0.14

2.14

Total from investment operations

0.75

1.87

0.93

0.20

2.19

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.08

-0.08

-0.10

-0.09

-0.09

Net realized gains

-0.34

-0.54

-0.28

-0.19

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.42

-0.62

-0.38

-0.28

-0.09

Net asset value, end of period

$

16.58

$

16.25

$

15.00

$

14.45

$

14.53

Total return 4

4.67%

12.64%

6.52%

1.47%

17.80%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.45%

0.47%

0.53%

0.45%

0.38%

Gross expenses 3

1.70%

1.73%

1.82%

1.82%

1.84%

Net expenses 3

1.62%

1.66%

1.77%

1.77%

1.78%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

26%

29%

25%

26%

28%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

5,020

$

4,097

$

3,465

$

3,120

$

2,456

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2035 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.02

$

9.99

$

9.60

Net investment income 3

0.12

0.14

0.02 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.56

1.41

0.58

Total from investment operations

0.68

1.55

0.60

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.13

-0.13

-0.05

Net realized gain

-0.25

-0.39

-0.16

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.38

-0.52

-0.21

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.32

$

11.02

$

9.99

Total return 4

6.33%

15.82%

6.36%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.05%

1.11%

1.04%

Gross expenses 3

0.97%

0.98%

1.07%

Net expenses 3

0.88%

0.88%

0.88%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

22%

26%

22%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

1,677

$

532

$

41

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2040 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

18.90

$

16.92

$

16.07

$

16.40

$

13.60

Net investment income 2

0.22

0.21

0.21

0.17

0.15

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

1.08

2.71

1.19

-0.07

2.81

Total from investment operations

1.30

2.92

1.40

0.10

2.96

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.21

-0.21

-0.21

-0.16

-0.16

Net realized gains

-0.46

-0.73

-0.34

-0.27

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.67

-0.94

-0.55

-0.43

-0.16

Net asset value, end of period

$

19.53

$

18.90

$

16.92

$

16.07

$

16.40

Total return 3

7.01%

17.54%

8.99%

0.85%

21.98%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.11%

1.15%

1.25%

1.06%

0.95%

Gross expenses 2

0.96%

0.99%

1.08%

1.08%

1.10%

Net expenses 2

0.88%

0.92%

1.03%

1.03%

1.04%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

18%

25%

20%

20%

21%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

111,874

$

114,233

$

104,836

$

103,841

$

113,494

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2040 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class B

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

18.06

$

16.18

$

15.36

$

15.67

$

12.99

Net investment income 3

0.09 2

0.07 2

0.09 2

0.05 2

0.03 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

1.01

2.59

1.13

-0.06

2.70

Total from investment operations

1.10

2.66

1.22

-0.01

2.73

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.02

-0.05

-0.06

-0.03

-0.05

Net realized gains

-0.46

-0.73

-0.34

-0.27

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.48

-0.78

-0.40

-0.30

-0.05

Net asset value, end of period

$

18.68

$

18.06

$

16.18

$

15.36

$

15.67

Total return 4

6.20%

16.63%

8.15%

0.12%

21.08%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.49%

0.42%

0.54%

0.34%

0.23%

Gross expenses 3

1.70%

1.75%

1.83%

1.83%

1.86%

Net expenses 3

1.63%

1.68%

1.78%

1.78%

1.79%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

18%

25%

20%

20%

21%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

87

$

344

$

747

$

1,564

$

2,863

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2040 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class C

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

17.85

$

16.03

$

15.26

$

15.60

$

12.95

Net investment income 3

0.06 2

0.07 2

0.09 2

0.04 2

0.03 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

1.02

2.57

1.12

-0.05

2.69

Total from investment operations

1.08

2.64

1.21

-0.01

2.72

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.09

-0.09

-0.10

-0.06

-0.07

Net realized gains

-0.46

-0.73

-0.34

-0.27

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.55

-0.82

-0.44

-0.33

-0.07

Net asset value, end of period

$

18.38

$

17.85

$

16.03

$

15.26

$

15.60

Total return 4

6.15%

16.68%

8.18%

0.14%

21.08%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.35%

0.40%

0.50%

0.30%

0.19%

Gross expenses 3

1.71%

1.74%

1.83%

1.83%

1.85%

Net expenses 3

1.63%

1.67%

1.78%

1.78%

1.79%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

18%

25%

20%

20%

21%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

5,747

$

4,813

$

4,040

$

3,623

$

3,038

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2045 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.43

$

10.17

$

9.64

Net investment income 3

0.11 2

0.12 2

0.03

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.72

1.73

0.68

Total from investment operations

0.83

1.85

0.71

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.13

-0.14

-0.05

Net realized gain

-0.28

-0.45

-0.13

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.43

-0.59

-0.18

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.85

$

11.43

$

10.17

Total return 4

7.41%

18.54%

7.41%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.96%

1.09%

1.08%

Gross expenses 3

0.99%

1.01%

1.10%

Net expenses 3

0.88%

0.88%

0.88%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

16%

24%

19%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

793

$

167

$

13

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2050 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.93

$

9.72

$

9.29

Net investment income 2

0.11

0.15

0.03

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.69

1.62

0.65

Total from investment operations

0.80

1.77

0.68

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.13

-0.13

-0.05

Net realized gain

-0.26

-0.43

-0.20

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.39

-0.56

-0.25

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.34

$

10.93

$

9.72

Total return 3

7.52%

18.62%

7.49%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.94%

1.00%

1.07%

Gross expenses 2

0.97%

0.98%

1.05%

Net expenses 2

0.88%

0.88%

0.88%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

16%

23%

19%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

1,629

$

210

$

11

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2050 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class C

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.91

$

9.71

$

9.29

Net investment income 2

0.04

0.08

0.02

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.68

1.61

0.64

Total from investment operations

0.72

1.69

0.66

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.07

-0.06

-0.04

Net realized gain

-0.26

-0.43

-0.20

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.33

-0.49

-0.24

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.30

$

10.91

$

9.71

Total return 3

6.70%

17.68%

7.31%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.20%

0.39%

0.16%

Gross expenses 2

1.72%

1.73%

1.81%

Net expenses 2

1.63%

1.63%

1.63%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

16%

23%

19%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

737

$

163

$

17

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2055 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class A

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

12.63

$

10.90

$

10.19

Net investment income 3

0.13

0.14

0.03 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.80

1.87

0.72

Total from investment operations

0.93

2.01

0.75

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.14

-0.13

-0.04

Net realized gains

-0.14

-0.15

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.28

-0.28

-0.04

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.28

$

12.63

$

10.90

Total return 4

7.46%

18.69%

7.39%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

0.97%

1.10%

1.05%

Gross expenses 3

1.07%

1.19%

1.44%

Net expenses 3

0.88%

0.88%

0.88%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

16%

23%

19%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

565

$

66

$

14

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2060 Fund

Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, financial highlights are not available for the Fund.

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Wells Fargo Advantage Funds

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July 1, 2015

Dow Jones Target Date Funds

Prospectus

Administrator Class

Target Today Fund

WFLOX

Target 2010 Fund

WFLGX

Target 2015 Fund

WFFFX

Target 2020 Fund

WFLPX

Target 2025 Fund

WFTRX

Target 2030 Fund

WFLIX

Target 2035 Fund

WFQWX

Target 2040 Fund

WFLWX

Target 2045 Fund

WFQYX

Target 2050 Fund

WFQDX

Target 2055 Fund

WFLHX

Target 2060 Fund

WFDFX


As with all mutual funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.

Fund shares are NOT deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., its affiliates or any other depository institution. Fund shares are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency and may lose value.

Table of Contents

Fund Summaries

Target Today Fund Summary

2

Target 2010 Fund Summary

7

Target 2015 Fund Summary

13

Target 2020 Fund Summary

19

Target 2025 Fund Summary

25

Target 2030 Fund Summary

31

Target 2035 Fund Summary

37

Target 2040 Fund Summary

43

Target 2045 Fund Summary

49

Target 2050 Fund Summary

55

Target 2055 Fund Summary

61

Target 2060 Fund Summary

67

The Funds

Key Fund Information

73

Target Date Funds

74

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes

79

Description of Principal Investment Risks

81

Portfolio Holdings Information

84

Management of the Funds

The Manager

85

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

87

Multi-Manager Arrangement

87

Your Account

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents

88

Pricing Fund Shares

89

How to Buy Shares

90

How to Sell Shares

92

How to Exchange Shares

93

Account Policies

95

Other Information

Distributions

97

Taxes

97

Master/Gateway Structure

98

Additional Performance Information

100

Financial Highlights

102

Target Today Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.40%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.76%

Fee Waiver

0.11%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.65%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$66

3 Years

$232

5 Years

$412

10 Years

$932

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 42% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to maintain a relatively fixed level of potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund is the most conservative Fund within the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds series. Within the series, each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund's allocation of assets among equity, fixed income and money market instruments asset classes, and your decision to invest in this or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "Today" designation in the Fund's name corresponds to the naming convention of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , an index designed to represent the targeted level of relative market risk exposure 10 years past a dated Fund's targeted year. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 16%, 60% and 24%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009

+6.24%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-3.32%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.73%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Administrator Class (before taxes)

11/8/1999

3.27%

4.10%

3.99%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

11/8/1999

2.40%

3.27%

2.94%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/8/1999

2.00%

2.92%

2.83%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.73%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target Today Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.75%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2010 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.41%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.77%

Fee Waiver

0.10%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.67%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$68

3 Years

$236

5 Years

$418

10 Years

$945

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2010. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . As the Fund has now reached its target year, its risk exposure approaches 27% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 19%, 62% and 19%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+8.03%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-5.46%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.76%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Administrator Class (before taxes)

11/8/1999

3.64%

4.74%

4.11%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

11/8/1999

3.01%

3.92%

3.12%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/8/1999

2.99%

3.54%

3.02%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.86%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2010 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.91%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2015 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.41%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.77%

Fee Waiver

0.09%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.68%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$69

3 Years

$237

5 Years

$419

10 Years

$946

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2015. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2015, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 26%, 70% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+9.98%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-7.19%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.04%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Administrator Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

3.81%

5.55%

3.58%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

2.85%

4.71%

2.65%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

2.35%

4.12%

2.50%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.48%

6.36%

4.37%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2020 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.39%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.75%

Fee Waiver

0.05%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.70%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$72

3 Years

$235

5 Years

$412

10 Years

$926

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 36% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2020. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2020, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 36%, 60% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.39%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-10.71%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.41%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Administrator Class (before taxes)

11/8/1999

4.12%

6.64%

4.79%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

11/8/1999

3.57%

5.89%

3.91%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/8/1999

3.12%

5.10%

3.67%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2020 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.54%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2025 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.40%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.76%

Fee Waiver

0.06%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.70%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$72

3 Years

$237

5 Years

$416

10 Years

$937

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2025. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2025, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 49%, 47% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+15.09%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-14.28%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.87%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Administrator Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

4.38%

7.77%

3.77%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

3.26%

6.71%

2.94%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

2.80%

5.89%

2.75%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.14%

8.58%

4.47%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2030 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.39%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.75%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.71%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$73

3 Years

$236

5 Years

$413

10 Years

$927

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2030. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2030, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 63%, 34% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+17.79%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-17.35%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.30%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Administrator Class (before taxes)

11/8/1999

4.71%

8.81%

5.52%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

11/8/1999

4.01%

8.00%

4.67%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/8/1999

3.44%

6.87%

4.33%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2030 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.31%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2035 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.40%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.76%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.72%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$74

3 Years

$239

5 Years

$418

10 Years

$938

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2035. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2035, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 74%, 22% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+19.51%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-19.31%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.81%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Administrator Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

4.93%

9.64%

4.06%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

3.73%

8.66%

3.37%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.18%

7.43%

3.05%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.80%

10.47%

4.71%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2040 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.40%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.76%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.72%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$74

3 Years

$239

5 Years

$418

10 Years

$938

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 18% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2040. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2040, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 83%, 13% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.64%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.91%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.07%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Administrator Class (before taxes)

11/8/1999

5.13%

10.28%

6.16%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

11/8/1999

4.28%

9.45%

5.32%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/8/1999

3.68%

8.09%

4.86%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

7.32%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2040 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

6.85%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2045 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.41%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.77%

Fee Waiver

0.05%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.72%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$74

3 Years

$241

5 Years

$423

10 Years

$949

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2045. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2045, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2014, the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 89%, 7% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.59%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.25%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.26%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Administrator Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

5.32%

10.56%

4.54%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

4.10%

9.62%

3.88%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.42%

8.18%

3.43%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.16%

11.39%

5.09%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2050 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.40%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.76%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.72%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$74

3 Years

$239

5 Years

$418

10 Years

$938

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2050. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2050, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.82%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.64%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.29%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Administrator Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

5.29%

10.64%

4.52%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

4.08%

9.45%

3.70%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.41%

8.20%

3.38%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

11.43%

5.11%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2055 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.84%

Fee Waiver

0.12%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.72%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$74

3 Years

$256

5 Years

$454

10 Years

$1,026

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2055. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2055, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Administrator Class

Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2012

+11.15%

Lowest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2012

-4.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.26%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/30/2011

Administrator Class (before taxes)

6/30/2011

5.35%

N/A

9.13%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/30/2011

4.51%

N/A

8.60%

Administrator Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/30/2011

3.22%

N/A

6.99%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

N/A

3.70%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

N/A

15.61%

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

N/A

9.74%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2011
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2011
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2011

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2060 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.51%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.87%

Fee Waiver

0.15%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 1

0.72%

1. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$74

3 Years

$263

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, no history of the portfolio turnover rate is available.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2060. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2060, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

New Fund Risk. The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk. Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

Since the Fund does not have annual returns for at least one calendar year, no performance information is shown.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2015
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2015
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2015

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks and trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Administrator Class: $1 million (this amount may be reduced or eliminated for certain eligible investors)

Minimum Additional Investment
Administrator Class: None

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online : wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Throughout this Prospectus, the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund SM is referred to as the Target Today Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2010 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2015 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2020 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2025 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2030 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2035 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2040 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2045 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2050 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2055 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2060 Fund; and collectively the Funds are referred to as the Target Date Funds.

Key Fund Information


This Prospectus contains information about one or more Funds within the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds ® family and is designed to provide you with important information to help you with your investment decisions. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.

In this Prospectus, "we" generally refers to Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), the relevant sub-adviser(s), if applicable, or the portfolio manager(s). "We" may also refer to a Fund's other service providers. "You" refers to the shareholder or potential investor.


Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each Fund in this Prospectus is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board of Trustees ("Board") alone. The objective and strategies description for each Fund tells you:

what the Fund is trying to achieve; 

how we intend to invest your money; and 

what makes the Fund different from the other Funds offered in this Prospectus.

This section also provides a summary of each Fund's principal investment and policies and practices. Unless otherwise indicated, these investment policies and practices apply on an ongoing basis.

Principal Investment Risks

This section lists the principal investment risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal investment risks for the master portfolios in which each Fund invests. A complete description of these and other risks is found in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section. It is possible to lose money by investing in a Fund.


Portfolio Asset Allocations

This section provides a percentage breakdown of a Fund's assets across different master portfolios.

Master/Gateway® Structure

The Funds are gateway funds in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios or other Funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , and may invest directly in securities, to achieve its investment objective. Multiple gateway funds investing in the same master portfolio or Fund can enhance their investment opportunities and reduce their expense ratios by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. References to the investment activities of a gateway fund are intended to refer to the investment activities of the master portfolio(s) in which it invests.

Target Date Funds

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Sub-Adviser

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Portfolio Managers

Rodney H. Alldredge
James P. Lauder
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Target Today Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFLOX
Fund Number: 258

Target 2010 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFLGX
Fund Number: 259

Target 2015 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFFFX
Fund Number: 3713

Target 2020 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFLPX
Fund Number: 260

Target 2025 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFTRX
Fund Number: 3714

Target 2030 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFLIX
Fund Number: 261

Target 2035 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQWX
Fund Number: 3715

Target 2040 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFLWX
Fund Number: 262

Target 2045 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQYX
Fund Number: 3716

Target 2050 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQDX
Fund Number: 3717

Target 2055 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2011

Ticker: WFLHX
Fund Number: 3726

Target 2060 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2015

Ticker: WFDFX
Fund Number: 3777

Investment Objective

Each Fund's objective is to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.  Specifically:

The Target Today Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Target 2010 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Target 2015 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Target 2020 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Target 2025 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Target 2030 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Target 2035 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Target 2040 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Target 2045 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Target 2050 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Target 2055 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Target 2060 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Each Fund's Board of Trustees can change these investment objectives without a shareholder vote.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of each Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.

Each Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of a Dow Jones Target Date Index that has the same target year as the Fund. Similar to the methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, each Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Funds' assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Funds with longer time horizons generally allocate more of their assets to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. Funds with shorter time horizons replace some of their equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility. Each Fund's allocation among the three major asset classes generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. Each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund. For instance, the Target 2060 Fund has the most aggressive asset allocation of the Funds and the Target Today Fund has the most conservative asset allocation of the Funds. If you have a low risk tolerance, you may not wish to invest in the Target 2060 Fund, even if you intend to begin withdrawing a portion or all of your investment in the Fund in the year 2060. Conversely, you may feel comfortable choosing a more aggressive Fund for a near-term investment goal if you have a higher risk tolerance.

The "target year" designated in a Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of its corresponding Dow Jones Target Date Index. The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year. The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in a Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Funds invest are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class, which securities may include, among others, debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, U.S. and foreign government obligations and derivatives. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, each of these master portfolios purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, each of these master portfolios attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of replicating index performance against the goal of managing transaction costs.

The Funds invest in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Short-Term Investment Portfolio invests in high-quality money market instruments, including U.S. Government obligations, obligations of foreign and domestic banks, short-term corporate debt securities and repurchase agreements. Unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, the Short-Term Investment Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Funds and the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.

Although they do not currently intend to do so, the Funds reserve the right to invest in more or fewer master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

Principal Investment Risks

The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed at any time, including in the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, each Fund is primarily subject to the risks mentioned below to the extent that each Fund is exposed to these risks depending on its asset allocation and target year:

 

Credit Risk

Derivatives Risk

Emerging Markets Risk

Foreign Investment Risk

Futures Contracts Risk

Index Tracking Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Investment Style Risk

Management Risk

Market Risk

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk

New Fund Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Regulatory Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Smaller Company Securities Risk

Target Date Fund Risk

U.S. Government Obligations Risk

These and other risks could cause you to lose money in your investment in the Fund and could adversely affect the Fund's net asset value, yield and total return. These risks are described in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section.

Risk Tolerance

Two general rules of investing have shaped the Funds' strategies:

(1) Higher investment returns usually go hand-in-hand with higher risk. Put another way, the greater an investment's potential return, the greater its potential for loss. Historically, for example, stocks have outperformed bonds, but the worst year for stocks on record was much worse than the worst year for bonds; and

(2) Generally, the longer an investor's time horizon, the greater the capacity or ability to withstand market volatility because there is more time to recoup any losses that might be incurred.

As illustrated by the line graph below, the Target Date Funds with longer time horizons are subject to more risk. This normally gives investors the potential for greater returns in the early years of a Fund than in the years immediately preceding or after the Fund's target date. As a Fund approaches its target year, and its investors have less time to recover from market declines, the Fund reduces its risk exposure. This reduction in risk exposure is intended to help secure the value of your investment as the time nears for you to begin withdrawing a portion or all of it. The graph below shows the relative amount of potential equity risk that each Fund is expected to assume given its time horizon. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. Information is presented as of February 28, 2015.

 

When and After a Fund Reaches its Target Year

As illustrated above, by the time a Fund reaches its target year, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. A Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. During the ten-year period after the Fund's target year, the Fund will increasingly resemble the Target Today Fund. At the end of the ten-year period, we will likely combine the Fund with the Target Today Fund.

Portfolio Asset Allocations

Each Fund's asset allocation is determined using the index methodology described in the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section, which results in a systematic reduction in potential market risk exposure over time as illustrated in the line graph above. This methodology provides you with higher exposure to market risk in the early years of investing and lower exposure to market risk in the years near the Fund's target year and 10 years thereafter. Each Fund reserves the right to adjust its market risk exposure upward or downward to meet its investment objective.

As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights shown in the table below. The weightings of the indexes in equity, fixed income and money market securities shown in the table below represent a percentage breakdown of each corresponding Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The percentage risk of the global equity market to which the Fund is exposed will not necessarily be the same as, and will typically be greater than, the Fund's percentage investment in the Diversified Stock Portfolio in order to account for the risks associated with investments in fixed income and money market securities. Each Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation in the Diversified Stock Portfolio, Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio and Short-Term Investment Portfolio as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Equity Securities

Fixed Income Securities

Money Market Securities

Dow Jones Target Today Index

16%

60%

24%

Dow Jones Target 2010 Index

19%

62%

19%

Dow Jones Target 2015 Index

26%

70%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2020 Index

36%

60%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2025 Index

49%

47%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2030 Index

63%

34%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2035 Index

74%

22%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2040 Index

83%

13%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2045 Index

89%

7%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2050 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2055 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2060 Index

90%

6%

4%

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes


Index Performance

While the objective of each Fund is to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of its target index, the performance shown for each target index is not the past performance of the corresponding Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund or any other investment. Index performance does not include any fees and expenses associated with investing, including management fees and brokerage costs, and would be lower if it did. Past index performance is no guarantee of future results, either for the index or for any mutual fund. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Index Methodology

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are a series of Indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. Each Index is a blend of sub-indexes representing three major asset classes: equity securities, fixed income securities and money market instruments. The allocation of each Index generally becomes more conservative as the Index's time horizon becomes shorter. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index is comprised of a set of equity, bond and cash sub-indexes. The equity component is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Style Indexes (sub-indexes numbers 1 through 6 in the table on the next page), Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index. The bond component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Government Bond, U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond, U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities and Global Treasury: Majors Ex U.S. Indexes. Finally, the cash component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index.

The equity asset class is currently comprised of nine sub-asset classes; the fixed income asset class is currently comprised of four sub-asset classes; the money market asset class is currently comprised of one sub-asset class. Each sub-asset class is represented by an underlying index and is equally weighted with other sub-asset classes within its major asset class. The market risk of each Dow Jones Target Date Index will gradually decline over a period of years by changing its allocation among the three major asset classes and not by excluding any asset classes or sub-asset classes or by changing allocations among sub-asset classes.

The sub-asset classes that currently comprise each major asset class of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are detailed in the table below:

Major Asset Classes

Equity Component

Fixed Income Component

Money Market Component

Sub-Asset Classes 1

1. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index

1. Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

1. Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index

2. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index

2. Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index

3. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index

3. Barclays U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index

4. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index

4. Barclays Global Treasury: Majors Ex US Index

5. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index

6. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index

7. Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index

8. Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index

9. Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index

1. Additional information about the sub-indexes comprising the sub-asset classes is available in the Statement of Additional Information.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index will exhibit higher market risk in its early years and lower market risk in the years approaching its target year. At more than 35 years prior to the target year, the Index's targeted risk level is set at 90% of the risk of the global equity market. The global equity market is measured by the sub-indexes comprising the equity component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The major asset classes are rebalanced monthly within the Index to create an efficient asset allocation that maintains a targeted 90% risk level. At 35 years before the target year, each Index will begin to gradually reduce market risk. A new targeted risk level is calculated each month as a function of the current risk of the equity component and the number of months remaining to the Index's target year. The monthly risk reductions continue until the Index reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market, on December 1 of the year ten years after the Index's target year. Once an Index reaches that date, it always reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market.

Description of Principal Investment Risks


Understanding the risks involved in mutual fund investing will help you make an informed decision that takes into account your risk tolerance and preferences. The risks that are most likely to have a material effect on a particular Fund as a whole are called "principal risks." The principal risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal risk factors for the master portfolios in which the Fund invests, have been previously identified and are described below. Additional information about the principal risks is included in the Statement of Additional Information.

Credit Risk
The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due. In these instances, the value of an investment could decline and the Fund could lose money. Credit risk increases as an issuer's credit quality declines.

Derivatives Risk
The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, presents risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives. These risks are heightened when derivatives are used to enhance a Fund's return or as a substitute for a position or security, rather than solely to hedge (or mitigate) the risk of a position or security held by the Fund. The success of the a derivative strategy will be affected by the portfolio manager's ability to assess and predict market or economic developments and their impact on the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves. Certain derivative instruments may become illiquid and, as a result, may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so. Certain derivatives create leverage, which can magnify the impact of a decline in the value of their underlying assets, indexes or rates and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value. Certain derivatives (e.g., over-the-counter swaps) are also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, which may cause a Fund to lose money, suffer delays or incur costs arising from holding or selling an underlying asset. Changes in laws or regulations may make the use of derivatives more costly, may limit the availability of derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the use, value or performance of derivatives.

Emerging Markets Risk
Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. For example, emerging market countries are typically more dependent on exports and are therefore more vulnerable to recessions in other countries. Emerging markets tend to have less developed legal and financial systems and a smaller market capitalization than markets in developed countries. Some emerging markets are subject to greater political instability. Additionally, emerging markets may have more volatile currencies and be more sensitive than developed markets to a variety of economic factors, including inflation. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk
Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign companies may be subject to significantly higher levels of taxation than U.S. companies, including potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, thereby reducing the earnings potential of such foreign companies. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Such changes may reduce the U.S. dollar value of the investments. Foreign investments may be subject to additional risks such as potentially higher withholding and other taxes, and may also be subject to greater trade settlement, custodial, and other operational risks than domestic investments. Certain foreign markets may also be characterized by less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards.

Futures Contracts Risk
A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk
A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk
When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. The longer the terms of the debt securities held by a Fund, the more the Fund is subject to this risk. If interest rates decline, interest that the Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, which could cause the Fund to reduce the dividends it pays to shareholders, but the value of those securities may increase. Some debt securities give the issuers the option to call, redeem or prepay the securities before their maturity dates. If an issuer calls, redeems or prepays a debt security during a time of declining interest rates, the Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in a security offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value as a result of declining interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the debt securities market, reduced liquidity for certain Fund investments and an increase in Fund redemptions. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable.

Investment Style Risk
Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. As a result, a Fund's performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or in securities of a different investment style.

Management Risk
Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk
The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are subject to risk of default on the underlying mortgages or assets, particularly during periods of economic downturn. Defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets may cause such securities to decline in value and become less liquid. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, these securities may exhibit additional volatility. When interest rates decline or are low, borrowers may pay off their mortgage or other debts sooner than expected, which can reduce the returns of a Fund. Funds that may enter into mortgage dollar roll transactions are subject to the risk that the market value of the securities that are required to be repurchased in the future may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price. They also involve the risk that the party to whom the securities are sold may become insolvent, limiting the fund's ability to repurchase securities at the agreed upon price.

New Fund Risk
The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk
Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk
Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Smaller companies may have no or relatively short operating histories, limited financial resources or may be newly public companies. Some of these companies have aggressive capital structures, including high debt levels, or are involved in rapidly growing or changing industries and/or new technologies.

Target Date Fund Risk
A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. This risk is greater for an investor who begins to withdraw a portion or all of his or her investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk
U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. If a government-sponsored entity is unable to meet its obligations or its creditworthiness declines, the performance of a Fund that holds securities issued or guaranteed by the entity will be adversely impacted.

Portfolio Holdings Information


A description of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' portfolio holdings is available in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information. In addition, Funds Management will, from time to time, include portfolio holdings information in periodic commentaries for certain Funds. The substance of the information contained in such commentaries will also be posted to the Funds' Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Management of the Funds


The Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), headquartered at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, provides advisory and Fund-level administrative services to the Funds pursuant to an investment management agreement (the "Management Agreement"). Funds Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a publicly traded diversified financial services company that provides banking, insurance, investment, mortgage and consumer financial services. Funds Management is a registered investment adviser that provides investment management services for registered mutual funds, closed-end funds and other funds and accounts.

Funds Management is responsible for implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Funds. To assist Funds Management in performing these responsibilities, Funds Management has contracted with one or more sub-advisers to provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. Funds Management employs a team of investment professionals who identify and recommend the initial hiring of each Fund's sub-adviser(s) and supervise and monitor the activities of the sub-adviser(s) on an ongoing basis. Funds Management retains overall responsibility for the investment activities of the Funds.

Funds Management's investment professionals review and analyze each Fund's performance, including relative to peer funds, and monitor each Fund's compliance with its investment objective and strategies. Funds Management is responsible for reporting to the Board on investment performance and other matters affecting the Funds. When appropriate, Funds Management recommends to the Board enhancements to Fund features, including changes to Fund investment objectives, strategies and policies. Funds Management also communicates with shareholders and intermediaries about Fund performance and features.

Funds Management is also responsible for providing Fund-level administrative services, which include, among others, providing such services in connection with the Funds' operations; developing and implementing procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions; and providing any other Fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are provided by the Funds' transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant.

For providing these investment management services, Funds Management is entitled to receive the fees disclosed in the row captioned "Management Fees" in each Fund's table of Annual Fund Operating Expenses. Funds Management compensates each sub-adviser from the fees Funds Management receives for its services pursuant to the Management Agreement. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Management Agreement and sub-advisory agreements will be included in the Funds' semi-annual report for the six-month period ended August 31st.

Prior to July 1, 2015, Funds Management provided advisory services to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement ("Advisory Agreement"). The Management Agreement, which became effective July 1, 2015, combines the terms of the Advisory Agreement with the terms of the Funds' prior Amended and Restated Administration Agreement applicable to Fund-level administrative services. For a Fund's most recent fiscal year end, the advisory fee paid to Funds Management pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, net of any applicable waivers and reimbursements, was as follows:

Advisory Fees Paid

As a % of average daily net assets

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

0.04%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

0.06%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

0.07%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

0.10%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

0.03%

As compensation for its services under the Management Agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive a monthly fee at the annual rates indicated below based on the Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund's average daily net assets:

 

Management
Fee

First $5 billion

0.20%

Next $5 billion

0.19%

Over $10 billion

0.18%

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

The following sub-adviser and portfolio managers provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. These services include making purchases and sales of securities and other investment assets for the Funds, selecting broker-dealers, negotiating brokerage commission rates and maintaining portfolio transaction records. Each sub-adviser is compensated for its services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as investment manager to the Funds. The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers' ownership of securities in the Funds. For information regarding the sub-advisers that perform day-to-day portfolio management activities for the master portfolios in which the Funds invests, see "The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios" under the "Master/Gateway® Structure" section.

Global Index Advisors, Inc. ("GIA"), a registered investment adviser located at 29 North Park Square, Suite 201, Marietta, GA 30060, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. GIA, through its relationships with Dow Jones Indexes and State Street Global Advisors, offers a series of collective Dow Jones Portfolio Index Funds.

Rodney H. Alldredge

Mr. Alldredge co-founded GIA in 1994 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Portfolio Operations.

James P. Lauder

Mr. Lauder joined GIA in 2002 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Chief Executive Officer of GIA.

Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Mr.Torregrosa joined GIA in 2007 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Research.

Multi-Manager Arrangement

The Funds and Funds Management have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits Funds Management, subject to Board approval, to select certain sub-advisers and enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with them, without obtaining shareholder approval. The SEC order extends to sub-advisers that are not otherwise affiliated with Funds Management or the Funds, as well as sub-advisers that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Funds Management or of a company that wholly owns Funds Management ("Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers").

Pursuant to the order, Funds Management, with Board approval, may hire or replace Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers for each Fund that is eligible to rely on the order. Funds Management, subject to Board oversight, has the responsibility to oversee Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers and to recommend their hiring, termination and replacement. If a new sub-adviser is hired for a Fund pursuant to the order, the Fund is required to notify shareholders within 90 days. The Funds that are eligible to rely on the order are not required to disclose the individual fees that Funds Management pays to a Multi-Manager Sub-Adviser.

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents


Shareholder Servicing Plan
The Funds have a shareholder servicing plan. Under this plan, various shareholder servicing agents have been authorized to process purchase and redemption requests, to service shareholder accounts, and to provide other related services for the Funds' Administrator Class. For these services, the Funds' Administrator Class pays an annual fee of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets.

Additional Payments to Dealers
In addition to dealer reallowances and payments made by each Fund for distribution and shareholder servicing, the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates make additional payments ("Additional Payments") to certain selling or shareholder servicing agents for the Fund, which include broker-dealers and 401(k) service providers and recordkeepers. These Additional Payments are made in connection with the sale and distribution of shares of the Fund or for services to the Fund and its shareholders. These Additional Payments, which may be significant, are paid by the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates, out of their revenues, which generally come directly or indirectly from fees paid by the entire Fund complex.

In return for these Additional Payments, each Fund's manager and distributor expect the Fund to receive certain marketing or servicing advantages that are not generally available to mutual funds that do not make such payments. Such advantages are expected to include, without limitation, placement of the Fund on a list of mutual funds offered as investment options to the selling agent's clients (sometimes referred to as "Shelf Space"); access to the selling agent's registered representatives; and/or ability to assist in training and educating the selling agent's registered representatives.

Certain selling or shareholder servicing agents receive these Additional Payments to supplement amounts payable by the Fund under the shareholder servicing plans. In exchange, these agents provide services including, but not limited to, establishing and maintaining accounts and records; answering inquiries regarding purchases, exchanges and redemptions; processing and verifying purchase, redemption and exchange transactions; furnishing account statements and confirmations of transactions; processing and mailing monthly statements, prospectuses, shareholder reports and other SEC-required communications; and providing the types of services that might typically be provided by each Fund's transfer agent (e.g., the maintenance of omnibus or omnibus-like accounts, the use of the National Securities Clearing Corporation for the transmission of transaction information and the transmission of shareholder mailings).

The Additional Payments may create potential conflicts of interest between an investor and a selling agent who is recommending a particular mutual fund over other mutual funds. Before investing, you should consult with your financial consultant and review carefully any disclosure by the selling agent as to what monies they receive from mutual fund advisers and distributors, as well as how your financial consultant is compensated.

The Additional Payments are typically paid in fixed dollar amounts, or based on the number of customer accounts maintained by the selling or shareholder servicing agent, or based on a percentage of sales and/or assets under management, or a combination of the above. The Additional Payments are either up-front or ongoing or both. The Additional Payments differ among selling and shareholder servicing agents. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on its customers' assets typically range between 0.05% and 0.30% in a given year of assets invested in a Fund by the selling agent's customers. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on a percentage of sales typically range between 0.10% and 0.15% of the gross sales of a Fund attributable to the selling agent. In addition, representatives of each Fund's distributor visit selling agents on a regular basis to educate their registered representatives and to encourage the sale of Fund shares. The costs associated with such visits may be paid for by the Fund's manager, distributor, or their affiliates, subject to applicable FINRA regulations.

More information on the FINRA member firms that have received the Additional Payments described in this section is available in the Statement of Additional Information, which is on file with the SEC and is also available on the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds website at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Pricing Fund Shares


A Fund's NAV is the value of a single share. The NAV is normally calculated as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open. To calculate the NAV of a Fund's shares, the Fund's assets are valued and totaled, liabilities are subtracted, and the balance, called net assets, is divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is calculated separately for each class of shares of a multiple-class Fund. The price at which a purchase or redemption request is processed is based on the next NAV calculated after the request is received in good order. NAV is not calculated, and purchase and redemption requests are not processed, on days that the NYSE is closed for trading. To the extent that a Fund's assets are traded in other markets on days when the NYSE is not open for regular trading, the value of the Fund's assets may be affected on days when you are unable to buy or sell Fund shares. Conversely, trading in some of a Fund's assets may not occur on days when the NYSE is open for regular trading.

With respect to any portion of a Fund's assets that may be invested in other mutual funds, the value of the Fund's shares is based on the NAV of the shares of the other mutual funds in which the Fund invests. The valuation methods used by mutual funds in pricing their shares, including the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing, are included in the prospectuses of such funds. To the extent a Fund invests a portion of its assets in non-registered investment vehicles, the Fund's interests in the non-registered vehicles are fair valued at NAV.

With respect to a Fund's assets invested directly in securities, the Fund's investments are generally valued at current market prices. Equity securities, options and futures are generally valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last reported sales price on the primary exchange or market on which they are listed (closing price). Equity securities that are not traded primarily on an exchange are generally valued at the quoted bid price obtained from a broker-dealer.

Debt securities acquired with maturities exceeding 60 days are generally valued at the evaluated bid price provided by a pricing service. Debt securities acquired with maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost.

We are required to depart from these general valuation methods and use fair value pricing methods to determine the values of certain investments if we believe that the closing price or the quoted bid price of a security, including a security that trades primarily on a foreign exchange, does not accurately reflect its current market value at the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV. The closing price or the quoted bid price of a security may not reflect its current market value if, among other things, a significant event occurs after the closing price or quoted bid price but before the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV that materially affects the value of the security. We use various criteria, including a systemic evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in deciding whether a foreign security's market price is still reliable and, if not, what fair market value to assign to the security. In addition, we use fair value pricing to determine the value of investments in securities and other assets, including illiquid securities, for which current market quotations or evaluated prices from a pricing service or broker-dealer are not readily available.

The fair value of a Fund's securities and other assets is determined in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Trustees. In light of the judgment involved in making fair value decisions, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security is accurate or that it reflects the price that the Fund could obtain for such security if it were to sell the security at the time as of which fair value pricing is determined. Such fair value pricing may result in NAVs that are higher or lower than NAVs based on the closing price or quoted bid price. See the Statement of Additional Information for additional details regarding the determination of NAVs.

How to Buy Shares


Administrator Class shares are generally available through financial intermediaries for the accounts of their customers and directly to institutional investors and individuals. Institutional investors may include corporations; private banks; trust companies; endowments and foundations; defined contribution, defined benefit and other employer sponsored retirement plans; institutional retirement plan platforms; insurance companies; registered investment advisor firms; bank trusts; 529 college savings plans; family offices; and fund of funds including those managed by Funds Management. Specific eligibility requirements that apply to these entities include:

Employee benefit plan programs;

Broker-dealer managed account or wrap programs that charge an asset-based fee;

Registered investment adviser mutual fund wrap programs or other accounts that are charged a fee for advisory, investment, consulting or similar services;

Private bank and trust company managed accounts or wrap programs that charge an asset-based fee;

Internal Revenue Code Section 529 college savings plan accounts;

Fund of Funds including those advised by Funds Management;

Investment Management and Trust Departments of Wells Fargo purchasing shares on behalf of their clients;

Endowments, non-profits, and charitable organizations who invest a minimum initial amount of $500,000 in a Fund;

Any other institutions or customers of financial intermediaries who invest a minimum initial investment amount of $1 million in a Fund;

Individual investors who invest a minimum initial investment amount of $1 million directly with a Fund; and

Certain investors and related accounts as detailed in the Fund's Statement of Additional Information.

Any of the minimum initial investment amount waivers listed above may be modified or discontinued at any time.

Institutions Purchasing
Shares Directly

Opening an Account

Adding to an Account

By Telephone or Online

A new account may not be opened by telephone or online unless the institution has another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account. If the institution does not currently have an account, contact your investment representative.

To buy additional shares or to buy
shares in a new Fund:

Call Investor Services at
1-800-222-8222 or

Call 1-800-368-7550 for the
automated phone system or

Visit our Web site at
wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com

By Wire

Complete and sign the Administrator Class account application

Call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for faxing instructions

Use the following wiring instructions:

Receiving bank: State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston, MA
Bank ABA/routing number: 011000028
Bank account number: 9905-437-1
For credit to: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
For further credit to: [Your name (as registered on your fund account) and your fund and account number]

To buy additional shares, instruct
your bank or financial institution to
use the same wire instructions
shown to the left.

Through Your Investment Representative

Contact your investment representative.

Contact your investment representative.

General Notes For Buying Shares

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your new account application or purchase request in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to process your transaction.

Earning Distributions. You are eligible to earn distributions beginning on the business day after the transfer agent receives your purchase in proper form.

U.S. Dollars Only. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars and all checks must be drawn on U.S. banks.

Right to Refuse an Order. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason, including if we believe that doing so would be in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders.

Other Share Classes. You may be eligible to invest in one or more classes of shares offered by a Fund. Each of the Fund's share classes bears varying expenses and may differ in other features. Consult your financial intermediary for more information regarding the Fund's available share classes.

Special Considerations When Investing Through Financial Intermediaries:
If a financial intermediary purchases Administrator Class shares on your behalf, you should understand the following:

Minimum Investments and Other Terms of Your Account . Share purchases are made through a customer account at your financial intermediary following that firm's terms. Financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts. Please consult an account representative from your financial intermediary for specifics.

Records are Held in Financial Intermediary's Name . Financial intermediaries are usually the holders of record for Administrator Class shares held through their customer accounts. The financial intermediaries maintain records reflecting their customers' beneficial ownership of the shares.

Purchase/Redemption Orders . Financial intermediaries are responsible for transmitting their customers' purchase and redemption orders to a Fund and for delivering required payment on a timely basis.

Shareholder Communications . Financial intermediaries are responsible for delivering shareholder communications and voting information from a Fund, and for transmitting shareholder voting instructions to a Fund.

The information provided in this Prospectus is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or which would subject Fund shares to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.

The Funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, a member of FINRA/SIPC, and an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC") information and brochure are available at SIPC.org or by calling SIPC at (202) 371-8300.

How to Sell Shares


Administrator Class shares must be redeemed according to the terms of your customer account with your financial intermediary. You should contact your investment representative when you wish to sell Fund shares.

Institutions Selling Shares Directly

To Sell Some or All of Your Shares

By Telephone / Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

To speak with an investor services representative call 1-800-222-8222 or use the automated phone system at 1-800-368-7550.

Redemptions processed by EFT to a linked Wells Fargo Bank account occur same day for Wells Fargo Advantage money market funds, and next day for all other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds .

Transfers made to a Wells Fargo Bank account are made available sooner than transfers to an unaffiliated institution.

Redemptions to any other linked bank account may post in two business days, please check with your financial institution for funds posting and availability.

Note: Telephone transactions such as redemption requests made over the phone generally require only one of the account owners to call unless you have instructed us otherwise.

By Wire

To arrange for a Federal Funds wire, call 1-800-222-8222.

Be prepared to provide information on the commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve wire system.

Redemption proceeds are usually wired to the financial intermediary the following business day.

Online

Visit our Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Through Your Investment Representative

Contact your investment representative.

General Notes for Selling Shares 

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your request to sell shares in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your request to sell shares is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, it will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to sell your shares.

Earning Distributions. Your shares are eligible to earn distributions through the date of redemption. If you redeem shares on a Friday or prior to a holiday, your shares will continue to be eligible to earn distributions until the next business day.

Right to Delay Payment. We normally will send out checks within one business day, and in any event no more than seven days, after we accept your request to redeem. If you wish to redeem shares purchased by check or Electronic Funds Transfer within seven days of purchase, you may need to resubmit your redemption request if your payment has not yet cleared. Our ability to determine with reasonable certainty that investments have been finally collected is greater for investments coming from accounts with banks affiliated with Funds Management than it is for investments coming from accounts with unaffiliated banks. Redemption payments also may be delayed under extraordinary circumstances or as permitted by the SEC in order to protect remaining shareholders. Such extraordinary circumstances are discussed further in the Statement of Additional Information.

Redemption in Kind. Although generally we pay redemption requests in cash, we reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by making payment in securities (known as a redemption in kind). In such case, we may pay all or part of the redemption in securities of equal value as permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules thereunder. The redeeming shareholders should expect to incur transaction costs upon the disposition of the securities received.

Retirement Plans and Other Products. If you purchased shares through a packaged investment product or retirement plan, read the directions for selling shares provided by the product or plan. There may be special requirements that supersede the directions in this Prospectus.

How to Exchange Shares


Exchanges between Wells Fargo Advantage Funds involve two transactions: (1) a sale of shares of one Fund; and (2) the purchase of shares of another. In general, the same rules and procedures that apply to sales and purchases apply to exchanges. There are, however, additional factors you should keep in mind while making or considering an exchange: 

In general, exchanges may be made between like share classes of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund offered to the general public for investment (i.e., a Fund not closed to new accounts), with the following exception: Class A shares of non-money market funds may also be exchanged for Service Class shares of any money market fund.

Same-fund exchanges between share classes are permitted subject to the following conditions: (1) exchanges out of Class A and Class C shares would not be allowed if shares are subject to a CDSC; (2) for exchanges into Class A shares, the shareholder must meet all qualifications to purchase Class A shares at net asset value based on current prospectus guidelines; and (3) the shareholder must meet the eligibility guidelines of the class being purchased in the exchange.

An exchange request will be processed on the same business day, provided that both Funds are open at the time the request is received. If one or both Funds are closed, the exchange will be processed on the following business day.

You should carefully read the prospectus for the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund into which you wish to exchange. 

Every exchange involves selling Fund shares, which may produce a capital gain or loss for tax purposes. 

If you are making an initial investment into a Fund through an exchange, you must exchange at least the minimum initial purchase amount for the new Fund, unless your balance has fallen below that amount due to investment performance. 

Any exchange between two Wells Fargo Advantage Funds must meet the minimum subsequent purchase amounts.

Class B and Class C share exchanges will not trigger the CDSC. The new shares will continue to age according to their original schedule and will be charged the CDSC applicable to the original shares upon redemption.

Generally, we will notify you at least 60 days in advance of any changes in our exchange policy.

Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds  reserves the right to reject any purchase or exchange order for any reason. Purchases or exchanges that a Fund determines could harm the Fund may be rejected.

Excessive trading by Fund shareholders can negatively impact a Fund and its long-term shareholders in several ways, including disrupting Fund investment strategies, increasing transaction costs, decreasing tax efficiency, and diluting the value of shares held by long-term shareholders. Excessive trading in Fund shares can negatively impact a Fund's long-term performance by requiring it to maintain more assets in cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time. Certain Funds may be more susceptible than others to these negative effects. For example, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in non-U.S. securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities resulting from pricing variations due to time zone differences across international financial markets. Similarly, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in small company securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities due to the less liquid nature of small company securities. Both types of Funds also may incur higher transaction costs in liquidating portfolio holdings to meet excessive redemption levels. Fair value pricing may reduce these arbitrage opportunities, thereby reducing some of the negative effects of excessive trading.

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , other than the Adjustable Rate Government Fund, Conservative Income Fund, Ultra Short-Term Income Fund and Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund ("Ultra-Short Funds") and the money market funds, (the "Covered Funds"). The Covered Funds are not designed to serve as vehicles for frequent trading. The Covered Funds actively discourage and take steps to prevent the portfolio disruption and negative effects on long-term shareholders that can result from excessive trading activity by Covered Fund shareholders. The Board has approved the Covered Funds' policies and procedures, which provide, among other things, that Funds Management may deem trading activity to be excessive if it determines that such trading activity would likely be disruptive to a Covered Fund by increasing expenses or lowering returns. In this regard, the Covered Funds take steps to avoid accommodating frequent purchases and redemptions of shares by Covered Fund shareholders. Funds Management monitors available shareholder trading information across all Covered Funds on a daily basis. If a shareholder redeems $5,000 or more (including redemptions that are part of an exchange transaction) from a Covered Fund, that shareholder is "blocked" from purchasing shares of that Covered Fund (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction) for 30 calendar days after the redemption. This policy does not apply to:

Money market funds;

Ultra-Short Funds;

Dividend reinvestments;

Systematic investments or exchanges where the financial intermediary maintaining the shareholder account identifies the transaction as a systematic redemption or purchase at the time of the transaction;

Rebalancing transactions within certain asset allocation or "wrap" programs where the financial intermediary maintaining a shareholder account is able to identify the transaction as part of an asset allocation program approved by Funds Management;

Transactions initiated by a "fund of funds" or Section 529 Plan into an underlying fund investment;

Permitted exchanges between share classes of the same Fund;

Certain transactions involving participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans, including: participant withdrawals due to mandatory distributions, rollovers and hardships, withdrawals of shares acquired by participants through payroll deductions, and shares acquired or sold by a participant in connection with plan loans; and

Purchases below $5,000 (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction).

The money market funds and the Ultra-Short Funds. Because the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds are often used for short-term investments, they are designed to accommodate more frequent purchases and redemptions than the Covered Funds. As a result, the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not anticipate that frequent purchases and redemptions, under normal circumstances, will have significant adverse consequences to the money market funds or Ultra-Short Funds or their shareholders. Although the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not prohibit frequent trading, Funds Management will seek to prevent an investor from utilizing the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds to facilitate frequent purchases and redemptions of shares in the Covered Funds in contravention of the policies and procedures adopted by the Covered Funds.

All Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . In addition, Funds Management reserves the right to accept purchases, redemptions and exchanges made in excess of applicable trading restrictions in designated accounts held by Funds Management or its affiliate that are used at all times exclusively for addressing operational matters related to shareholder accounts, such as testing of account functions, and are maintained at low balances that do not exceed specified dollar amount limitations.

In the event that an asset allocation or "wrap" program is unable to implement the policy outlined above, Funds Management may grant a program-level exception to this policy. A financial intermediary relying on the exception is required to provide Funds Management with specific information regarding its program and ongoing information about its program upon request.

A financial intermediary through whom you may purchase shares of the Fund may independently attempt to identify excessive trading and take steps to deter such activity. As a result, a financial intermediary may on its own limit or permit trading activity of its customers who invest in Fund shares using standards different from the standards used by Funds Management and discussed in this Prospectus. Funds Management may permit a financial intermediary to enforce its own internal policies and procedures concerning frequent trading rather than the policies set forth above in instances where Funds Management reasonably believes that the intermediary's policies and procedures effectively discourage disruptive trading activity. If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact the intermediary for more information about whether and how restrictions or limitations on trading activity will be applied to your account.

Account Policies


Advance Notice of Large Transactions
We strongly urge you to begin all purchases and redemptions as early in the day as possible and to notify us at least one day in advance of transactions in excess of $5,000,000. This will allow us to manage your Fund most effectively. When you give us this advance notice, you must provide us with your name and account number.

Householding
To help keep Fund expenses low, a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report may be sent to shareholders of the same household. If your household currently receives a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report and you would prefer to receive multiple copies, please contact your financial intermediary.

Retirement Accounts
We offer a variety of retirement accounts for individuals and small businesses. Please call 1-800-222-8222 for information on:

Individual Retirement Plans, including Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs.

Qualified Retirement Plans, including Simple IRAs and SEP IRAs.

There may be special distribution requirements for a retirement account, such as required distributions or mandatory Federal income tax withholdings. For more information, call the number listed above.  For retirement accounts held directly with the Fund, certain fees may apply, including an annual account maintenance fee.

Small Account Redemptions
We reserve the right to redeem certain accounts that fall below the minimum initial investment amount as the result of shareholder redemptions (as opposed to market movement). Before doing so, we will give you approximately 60 days to bring your account above the minimum investment amount. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or contact your selling agent for further details.

Statements and Confirmations
Statements summarizing activity in your account are mailed quarterly. Confirmations are mailed following each purchase, sale, exchange, or transfer of Fund shares, except generally for Automatic Investment Plan transactions, Systematic Withdrawal Plan transactions using Electronic Funds Transfer, and purchases of new shares through the automatic reinvestment of distributions. Upon your request and for the applicable fee, you may obtain a reprint of an account statement. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

Electronic Delivery of Fund Documents
You may elect to receive your Fund's prospectuses, shareholder reports and other Fund documents electronically in lieu of paper form by enrolling on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery. If you make this election, you will be notified by e-mail when the most recent Fund documents are available for electronic viewing and downloading.

To receive Fund documents electronically, you must have an e-mail account and an internet browser that meets the requirements described in the Privacy & Security section of the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com. You may change your electronic delivery preferences or revoke your election to receive Fund documents electronically at any time by visiting wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

Statement Inquiries
Contact us in writing regarding any errors or discrepancies noted on your account statement within 60 days after the date of the statement confirming a transaction. We may deny your ability to refute a transaction if we do not hear from you within those 60 days.

Transaction Authorizations
Telephone, electronic, and clearing agency privileges allow us to accept transaction instructions by anyone representing themselves as the shareholder and who provides reasonable confirmation of their identity. Neither we nor Wells Fargo Advantage Funds will be liable for any losses incurred if we follow such instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine. For transactions through the automated phone system and our Web site, we will assign personal identification numbers (PINs) and/or passwords to help protect your account information. To safeguard your account, please keep your PINs and passwords confidential. Contact us immediately if you believe there is a discrepancy on your confirmation statement or if you believe someone has obtained unauthorized access to your account, PIN or password.

USA PATRIOT Act
In compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, all financial institutions (including mutual funds) at the time an account is opened, are required to obtain, verify and record the following information for all registered owners or others who may be authorized to act on the account: full name, date of birth, taxpayer identification number (usually your Social Security Number), and permanent street address. Corporate, trust and other entity accounts require additional documentation. This information will be used to verify your identity. We will return your application if any of this information is missing, and we may request additional information from you for verification purposes. In the rare event that we are unable to verify your identity, we reserve the right to redeem your account at the current day's NAV. You will be responsible for any losses, taxes, expenses, fees, or other results of such a redemption.

Distributions


The Funds generally make distributions of investment income, if any, quarterly and any realized net capital gains at least annually. Please contact your institution for distribution options. Remember, distributions have the effect of reducing the NAV per share by the amount distributed.

Taxes


The following discussion regarding federal income taxes is based on laws that were in effect as of the date of this Prospectus and summarizes only some of the important federal income tax considerations affecting a Fund and you as a shareholder. It does not apply to foreign or tax-exempt shareholders or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) Plan or IRA. This discussion is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation. Please see the Statement of Additional Information for additional federal income tax information.

We will pass on to a Fund's shareholders substantially all of the Fund's net investment income and realized net capital gains, if any. Distributions from a Fund's ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions from a Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gain.

Corporate shareholders may be able to deduct a portion of their distributions when determining their taxable income.

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended certain tax rates except those that applied to individual taxpayers with taxable incomes above $400,000 ($450,000 for married taxpayers, $425,000 for heads of households). Taxpayers that are not in the new highest tax bracket continue to be subject to a maximum 15% rate of tax on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends. For taxpayers in the new highest tax bracket, the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends will be 20%. Beginning in 2013, U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly), a new 3.8% Medicare contribution tax will apply on "net investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains.

Distributions from a Fund normally will be taxable to you when paid, whether you take distributions in cash or automatically reinvest them in additional Fund shares. Following the end of each year, we will notify you of the federal income tax status of your distributions for the year.

If you buy shares of a Fund shortly before it makes a taxable distribution, your distribution will, in effect, be a taxable return of part of your investment. Similarly, if you buy shares of a Fund when it holds appreciated securities, you will receive a taxable return of part of your investment if and when the Fund sells the appreciated securities and distributes the gain. The Fund has built up, or has the potential to build up, high levels of unrealized appreciation.

Your redemptions (including redemptions in-kind) and exchanges of Fund shares ordinarily will result in a taxable capital gain or loss, depending on the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to receive in the case of exchanges) and the amount you paid (or are deemed to have paid) for them. Such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your redeemed or exchanged Fund shares for more than one year at the time of redemption or exchange. In certain circumstances, losses realized on the redemption or exchange of Fund shares may be disallowed.

In certain circumstances, Fund shareholders may be subject to backup withholding taxes.

Master/Gateway® Structure


Each Fund is a gateway fund in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios of Wells Fargo Master Trust or other stand-alone funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds whose objectives and investment strategies are consistent with the gateway fund's investment objective and strategies. Through this structure, a gateway fund can enhance its investment opportunities and reduce its expenses by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. Master portfolios offer their shares to multiple gateway funds and other master portfolios rather than directly to the public. Certain administrative and other fees and expenses are charged to both the gateway fund and the master portfolio(s). The services provided and fees charged to a gateway fund are in addition to and not duplicative of the services provided and fees charged to the master portfolios. Fees relating to investments in other stand-alone funds are waived to the extent that they are duplicative, or would exceed certain defined limits.

Description of Master Portfolios
The following table lists the master portfolio(s) in which the Funds invest. Each Portfolio's investment objective is provided followed by a description of the Portfolio's investment strategies.

Master Portfolio

Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in fixed income securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The fixed income portion is represented by the Barclays Government Bond Index, Barclays Corporate Bond Index, Barclays Mortgage Bond Index, and Barclays Majors (ex U.S.) Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class. These fixed income sub-indexes include exposure to non-U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Agency debt, U.S.-dollar denominated corporate debt, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities with a weighted average maturity of at least one year. The Portfolio uses an optimization process which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Diversified Stock Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return (consisting of income and capital appreciation) of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in equity securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The equity portion is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Markets Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Markets Index, and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap TSM Specialty Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class. The sub-indexes include exposure to large, mid and small cap U.S. securities as well as securities in international developed and emerging markets. The Portfolio uses an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. Furthermore, the Adviser may use derivatives, such as stock index futures, in order to manage movements of the Portfolio against certain indexes. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Short-Term Investment Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks current income while preserving capital and liquidity.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

exclusively in high-quality, short-term U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments of domestic and foreign issuers.

The Adviser actively manages a portfolio of high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments. The Adviser will only purchase First Tier securities. These include, but are not limited to, bank obligations such as time deposits and certificates of deposit, government securities, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, corporate bonds, municipal securities and repurchase agreements. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest and may be obligations of U.S. or foreign issuers. The Adviser may invest more than 25% of the Portfolio's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of U.S. banks.

The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios
The sub-advisers for the master portfolios are compensated for their services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as adviser to the master portfolios.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. ("SSGA FM"), a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company is located at State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 and serves as the sub-adviser to one or more Funds. Accordingly, SSGA FM provides portfolio management services to the Funds. State Street Global Advisors, consisting of SSGA FM and other advisory affiliates of State Street Corporation, is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation.

Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management"), a registered investment adviser located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. Wells Capital Management, an affiliate of Funds Management and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, is a multi-boutique asset management firm committed to delivering superior investment services to institutional clients.

Additional Performance Information


Additional Performance Information - Index Descriptions
The "Average Annual Total Returns" table in each Fund's Fund Summary compares the Fund's returns with those of one or more indices. Below are descriptions of each such index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is composed of the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index, and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage-backed securities.

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules.The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2060 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Russell 3000® Index

The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

A Fund's past performance is no guarantee of future results. A Fund's investment results will fluctuate over time, and any representation of the Fund's returns for any past period should not be considered as a representation of what a Fund's returns may be in any future period. Each Fund's annual and semi-annual reports contain additional performance information and are available upon request, without charge, by calling the telephone number listed on the back cover page of this Prospectus.

Financial Highlights


The following tables are intended to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the past five years (or since inception, if shorter). Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Total returns represent the rate you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all distributions). The information in the following tables has been derived from the Fund's financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund's financial statements, is also included in the Fund's annual report, a copy of which is available upon request.

Target Today Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.07

$

11.05

$

11.07

$

10.75

$

10.19

Net investment income 2

0.16

0.16

0.17

0.20

0.20 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.06

0.14

0.08

0.40

0.58

Total from investment operations

0.22

0.30

0.25

0.60

0.78

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.15

-0.14

-0.19

-0.23

-0.22

Net realized gains

-0.11

-0.14

-0.08

-0.05

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.26

-0.28

-0.27

-0.28

-0.22

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.03

$

11.07

$

11.05

$

11.07

$

10.75

Total return 4

1.95%

2.87%

2.29%

5.74%

7.70%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.42%

1.45%

1.54%

1.84%

1.99%

Gross expenses 2

0.82%

0.85%

0.92%

0.92%

0.93%

Net expenses 2

0.65%

0.69%

0.80%

0.80%

0.80%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

42%

40%

39%

46%

51%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

99,638

$

116,854

$

139,771

$

121,886

$

77,216

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2010 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

13.46

$

13.42

$

13.38

$

12.97

$

12.14

Net investment income 2

0.21

0.21 3

0.21 3

0.24

0.24

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.08

0.32

0.19

0.43

0.89

Total from investment operations

0.29

0.53

0.40

0.67

1.13

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.19

-0.19

-0.23

-0.26

-0.30

Net realized gains

-0.27

-0.30

-0.13

0.00

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.46

-0.49

-0.36

-0.26

-0.30

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.29

$

13.46

$

13.42

$

13.38

$

12.97

Total return 4

2.26%

4.08%

3.08%

5.25%

9.44%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.53%

1.55%

1.54%

1.79%

1.88%

Gross expenses 2

0.83%

0.86%

0.92%

0.92%

0.93%

Net expenses 2

0.67%

0.71%

0.83%

0.83%

0.83%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

41%

40%

37%

43%

47%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

168,185

$

201,159

$

241,045

$

190,863

$

191,943

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2015 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.52

$

10.24

$

10.10

$

9.92

$

9.15

Net investment income 2

0.17

0.16

0.15 3

0.17

0.17

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.13

0.42

0.26

0.29

0.85

Total from investment operations

0.30

0.58

0.41

0.46

1.02

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.15

-0.14

-0.17

-0.17

-0.20

Net realized gains

-0.12

-0.16

-0.10

-0.11

-0.05

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.27

-0.30

-0.27

-0.28

-0.25

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.55

$

10.52

$

10.24

$

10.10

$

9.92

Total return 4

2.91%

5.79%

4.06%

4.74%

11.28%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.57%

1.54%

1.47%

1.70%

1.76%

Gross expenses 2

0.83%

0.85%

0.92%

0.92%

0.93%

Net expenses 2

0.68%

0.72%

0.84%

0.84%

0.84%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

39%

38%

35%

40%

44%

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

$

188,412

$

211,930

$

194,125

$

84,759

$

61,227

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2020 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

15.36

$

14.73

$

14.44

$

14.15

$

12.70

Net investment income 2

0.23

0.22

0.21

0.23

0.21

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

0.99

0.52

0.35

1.50

Total from investment operations

0.56

1.21

0.73

0.58

1.71

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.21

-0.19

-0.23

-0.25

-0.26

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.21

-0.04

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.46

-0.58

-0.44

-0.29

-0.26

Net asset value, end of period

$

15.46

$

15.36

$

14.73

$

14.44

$

14.15

Total return 3

3.69%

8.35%

5.19%

4.17%

13.60%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.50%

1.52%

1.47%

1.63%

1.62%

Gross expenses 2

0.79%

0.82%

0.90%

0.90%

0.91%

Net expenses 2

0.70%

0.74%

0.85%

0.85%

0.85%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

36%

35%

32%

35%

39%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

670,893

$

746,910

$

688,261

$

468,494

$

439,314

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2025 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.60

$

9.98

$

9.74

$

9.81

$

8.69

Net investment income 2

0.15

0.15

0.14 3

0.14 3

0.13 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

0.94

0.45

0.17

1.26

Total from investment operations

0.48

1.09

0.59

0.31

1.39

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.14

-0.14

-0.15

-0.15

-0.15

Net realized gains

-0.20

-0.33

-0.20

-0.23

-0.12

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.34

-0.47

-0.35

-0.38

-0.27

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.74

$

10.60

$

9.98

$

9.74

$

9.81

Total return 4

4.65%

11.11%

6.27%

3.49%

16.32%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.45%

1.43%

1.42%

1.47%

1.46%

Gross expenses 2

0.80%

0.82%

0.90%

0.91%

0.91%

Net expenses 2

0.70%

0.74%

0.85%

0.85%

0.85%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

31%

32%

28%

31%

33%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

350,823

$

354,050

$

271,593

$

111,673

$

69,590

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2030 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

16.82

$

15.49

$

14.91

$

14.98

$

12.79

Net investment income 2

0.23

0.23

0.21

0.20 3

0.18 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.70

1.86

0.88

0.13

2.21

Total from investment operations

0.93

2.09

1.09

0.33

2.39

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.22

-0.22

-0.23

-0.21

-0.20

Net realized gains

-0.34

-0.54

-0.28

-0.19

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.56

-0.76

-0.51

-0.40

-0.20

Net asset value, end of period

$

17.19

$

16.82

$

15.49

$

14.91

$

14.98

Total return 4

5.61%

13.74%

7.46%

2.41%

18.85%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.38%

1.38%

1.43%

1.37%

1.30%

Gross expenses 2

0.79%

0.82%

0.91%

0.91%

0.92%

Net expenses 2

0.71%

0.75%

0.86%

0.86%

0.86%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

26%

29%

25%

26%

28%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

643,336

$

685,421

$

572,735

$

395,067

$

373,853

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2035 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.06

$

10.02

$

9.53

$

9.65

$

8.22

Net investment income 2

0.15

0.14

0.13

0.12 3

0.10

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.55

1.43

0.66

0.01

1.59

Total from investment operations

0.70

1.57

0.79

0.13

1.69

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.14

-0.14

-0.14

-0.11

-0.13

Net realized gain

-0.25

-0.39

-0.16

-0.14

-0.13

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.39

-0.53

-0.30

-0.25

-0.26

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.37

$

11.06

$

10.02

$

9.53

$

9.65

Total return 4

6.50%

15.96

8.48%

1.55%

20.87%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.31%

1.33%

1.36%

1.26%

1.17%

Gross expenses 2

0.81%

0.85%

0.93%

0.93%

0.94%

Net expenses 2

0.72%

0.75%

0.87%

0.87%

0.87%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

22%

26%

22%

22%

24%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

227,265

$

236,217

$

172,860

$

77,039

$

50,226

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2040 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

19.25

$

17.21

$

16.34

$

16.67

$

13.82

Net investment income 2

0.25

0.24

0.22

0.19

0.16

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

1.09

2.77

1.22

-0.06

2.88

Total from investment operations

1.34

3.01

1.44

0.13

3.04

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.24

-0.24

-0.23

-0.19

-0.19

Net realized gains

-0.46

-0.73

-0.34

-0.27

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.70

-0.97

-0.57

-0.46

-0.19

Net asset value, end of period

$

19.89

$

19.25

$

17.21

$

16.34

$

16.67

Total return 3

7.10%

17.79%

9.14%

1.00%

22.21%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.27%

1.30%

1.39%

1.22%

1.11%

Gross expenses 2

0.80%

0.83%

0.92%

0.92%

0.94%

Net expenses 2

0.72%

0.76%

0.87%

0.87%

0.87%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

18%

25%

20%

20%

21%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

427,789

$

452,487

$

360,567

$

256,378

$

260,524

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2045 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.51

$

10.23

$

9.59

$

9.66

$

8.12

Net investment income 2

0.14

0.14

0.12

0.11

0.09

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.71

1.73

0.77

-0.05

1.72

Total from investment operations

0.85

1.87

0.89

0.06

1.81

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.14

-0.14

-0.12

-0.09

-0.16

Net realized gains

-0.28

-0.45

-0.13

-0.04

-0.11

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.42

-0.59

-0.25

-0.13

-0.27

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.94

$

11.51

$

10.23

$

9.59

$

9.66

Total return 3

7.54%

18.65%

9.49%

0.85%

22.56%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.24%

1.28%

1.35%

1.18%

1.02%

Gross expenses 2

0.83%

0.87%

0.96%

0.94%

0.97%

Net expenses 2

0.72%

0.75%

0.87%

0.87%

0.87%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

16%

24%

19%

19%

20%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

130,175

$

126,533

$

85,590

$

39,964

$

27,698

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2050 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.92

$

9.70

$

9.18

$

9.48

$

8.10

Net investment income 2

0.13

0.13 3

0.12 3

0.11

0.09 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.69

1.65

0.73

-0.07

1.71

Total from investment operations

0.82

1.78

0.85

0.04

1.80

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.14

-0.13

-0.13

-0.09

-0.15

Net realized gains

-0.26

-0.43

-0.20

-0.25

-0.27

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.40

-0.56

-0.33

-0.34

-0.42

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.34

$

10.92

$

9.70

$

9.18

$

9.48

Total return 4

7.64%

18.79%

9.59%

0.81%

22.58%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.23%

1.28%

1.38%

1.18%

1.07%

Gross expenses 2

0.81%

0.85%

0.94%

0.93%

0.94%

Net expenses 2

0.72%

0.75%

0.87%

0.87%

0.87%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

16%

23%

19%

19%

20%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

226,405

$

202,276

$

141,212

$

89,984

$

69,492

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2055 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Administrator Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

12.62

$

10.90

10.06

$

10.00

Net investment income 2

0.14

0.14

0.14 3

0.06 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.81

1.87

0.81

0.00 4

Total from investment operations

0.95

2.01

0.95

0.06

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.15

-0.14

-0.11

0.00

Net realized gains

-0.14

-0.15

0.00

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.29

-0.29

-0.11

0.00

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.28

$

12.62

$

10.90

$

10.06

Total return 5

7.66%

18.70%

9.52%

0.60%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.16%

1.28%

1.36%

0.87%

Gross expenses 2

0.91%

1.05%

1.45%

2.14%

Net expenses 2

0.72%

0.75%

0.87%

0.87%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

16%

23%

19%

19%

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

$

12,493

$

8,462

$

4,739

$

1,794

1

For the period from June 30, 2011 (commencement of class operations) to February 29, 2012

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Amount is less than $0.005.

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2060 Fund

Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, financial highlights are not available for the Fund.

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Wells Fargo Advantage Funds

 | 

July 1, 2015

Dow Jones Target Date Funds

Prospectus

Investor Class

Target Today Fund

WFBTX

Target 2010 Fund

WFCTX

Target 2015 Fund

WFQEX

Target 2020 Fund

WFDTX

Target 2025 Fund

WFGYX

Target 2030 Fund

WFETX

Target 2035 Fund

WFQTX

Target 2040 Fund

WFFTX

Target 2045 Fund

WFQSX

Target 2050 Fund

WFQGX

Target 2055 Fund

WFQHX


As with all mutual funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.

Fund shares are NOT deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., its affiliates or any other depository institution. Fund shares are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency and may lose value.

 

SUPPLEMENT TO THE INVESTOR CLASS SUMMARY PROSPECTUSES, PROSPECTUSES AND STATEMENTS OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
OF
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE DOW JONES TARGET DATE FUNDS
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE EQUITY GATEWAY FUNDS
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE INCOME FUNDS
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUNDS
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE LARGE CAP STOCK FUNDS
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE MONEY MARKET FUNDS
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE MUNICIPAL INCOME FUNDS
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE SMALL TO MID CAP STOCK FUNDS
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE SPECIALTY FUNDS
(Each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”)

At a meeting held on May 19-20, 2015, the Board of Trustees of the Funds approved the conversion of each Fund’s Investor Class shares into Class A shares.  Accordingly, effective on or about the close of business on October 23, 2015 (the “Conversion Date”), all Investor Class shares of each Fund will automatically convert to Class A shares of the same Fund. The automatic conversion of each Fund’s Investor Class shares into Class A shares on the Conversion Date is not expected to be a taxable event for federal income tax purposes, and should not result in the recognition of gain or loss by such converting shareholders.

Investor Class shareholders whose shares are converted to Class A shares will be able to buy Class A shares at NAV, provided such shareholders hold their shares directly with the Funds at the time of conversion, or hold their shares in a qualifying self-directed brokerage account program, or move their shares from an intermediary account to either a direct-to-fund account within 90 days of the Conversion Date or a qualifying self-directed brokerage account program.

 

Table of Contents

Fund Summaries

Target Today Fund Summary

2

Target 2010 Fund Summary

7

Target 2015 Fund Summary

13

Target 2020 Fund Summary

19

Target 2025 Fund Summary

25

Target 2030 Fund Summary

31

Target 2035 Fund Summary

37

Target 2040 Fund Summary

43

Target 2045 Fund Summary

49

Target 2050 Fund Summary

55

Target 2055 Fund Summary

61

The Funds

Key Fund Information

68

Target Date Funds

69

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes

74

Description of Principal Investment Risks

76

Portfolio Holdings Information

79

Management of the Funds

The Manager

80

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

82

Multi-Manager Arrangement

82

Your Account

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents

83

Pricing Fund Shares

84

How to Open an Account

85

How to Buy Shares

86

How to Sell Shares

88

How to Exchange Shares

90

Account Policies

92

Other Information

Distributions

94

Taxes

94

Master/Gateway Structure

96

Additional Performance Information

98

Financial Highlights

101

Target Today Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.59%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.95%

Fee Waiver

0.09%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.86%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$88

3 Years

$294

5 Years

$517

10 Years

$1,158

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 42% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to maintain a relatively fixed level of potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund is the most conservative Fund within the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds series. Within the series, each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund's allocation of assets among equity, fixed income and money market instruments asset classes, and your decision to invest in this or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "Today" designation in the Fund's name corresponds to the naming convention of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , an index designed to represent the targeted level of relative market risk exposure 10 years past a dated Fund's targeted year. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 16%, 60% and 24%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009

+6.35%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-3.23%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.64%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Investor Class (before taxes)

1/31/2007

3.06%

4.00%

3.92%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

1/31/2007

2.28%

3.20%

2.89%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

1/31/2007

1.88%

2.86%

2.78%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.73%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target Today Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.75%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2010 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.60%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.96%

Fee Waiver

0.08%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.88%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$90

3 Years

$298

5 Years

$523

10 Years

$1,171

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2010. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . As the Fund has now reached its target year, its risk exposure approaches 27% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 19%, 62% and 19%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+8.04%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-5.48%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.76%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Investor Class (before taxes)

1/31/2007

3.46%

4.63%

4.03%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

1/31/2007

2.83%

3.83%

3.05%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

1/31/2007

2.80%

3.45%

2.96%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.86%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2010 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.91%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2015 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.60%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.96%

Fee Waiver

0.07%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.89%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$91

3 Years

$299

5 Years

$524

10 Years

$1,172

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2015. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2015, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 26%, 70% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+10.10%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-7.20%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.90%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Investor Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

3.68%

5.44%

3.51%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

2.83%

4.65%

2.62%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

2.28%

4.05%

2.46%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.48%

6.36%

4.37%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2020 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.58%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.94%

Fee Waiver

0.03%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.91%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$93

3 Years

$297

5 Years

$517

10 Years

$1,152

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 36% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2020. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2020, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 36%, 60% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.39%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-10.73%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.30%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Investor Class (before taxes)

1/31/2007

3.92%

6.52%

4.73%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

1/31/2007

2.94%

5.71%

3.82%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

1/31/2007

2.49%

4.91%

3.57%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2020 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.54%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2025 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.59%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.95%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.91%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$93

3 Years

$299

5 Years

$522

10 Years

$1,163

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2025. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2025, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 49%, 47% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+15.11%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-14.31%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.74%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Investor Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

4.27%

7.67%

3.70%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

3.24%

6.65%

2.89%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

2.74%

5.82%

2.71%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.14%

8.58%

4.47%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2030 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.58%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.94%

Fee Waiver

0.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.92%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$94

3 Years

$298

5 Years

$518

10 Years

$1,153

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2030. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2030, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 63%, 34% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+17.68%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-17.36%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.32%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Investor Class (before taxes)

1/31/2007

4.46%

8.69%

5.44%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

1/31/2007

3.41%

7.83%

4.56%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

1/31/2007

2.87%

6.69%

4.22%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2030 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.31%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2035 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.59%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.95%

Fee Waiver

0.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.93%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$95

3 Years

$301

5 Years

$524

10 Years

$1,165

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2035. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2035, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 74%, 22% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+19.42%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-19.38%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.66%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Investor Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

4.78%

9.51%

3.99%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

3.69%

8.58%

3.33%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.10%

7.35%

3.00%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.80%

10.47%

4.71%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2040 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.59%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.95%

Fee Waiver

0.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.93%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$95

3 Years

$301

5 Years

$524

10 Years

$1,165

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 18% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2040. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2040, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 83%, 13% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.65%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.86%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.97%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Investor Class (before taxes)

1/31/2007

4.94%

10.17%

6.08%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

1/31/2007

3.82%

9.29%

5.23%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

1/31/2007

3.21%

7.92%

4.76%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

7.32%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2040 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

6.85%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2045 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.60%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.96%

Fee Waiver

0.03%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.93%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$95

3 Years

$303

5 Years

$528

10 Years

$1,175

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2045. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2045, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2014, the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 89%, 7% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.43%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.31%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.20%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Investor Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

5.08%

10.42%

4.42%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

3.97%

9.52%

3.80%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.29%

8.08%

3.35%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.16%

11.39%

5.09%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2050 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.59%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.95%

Fee Waiver

0.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.93%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$95

3 Years

$301

5 Years

$524

10 Years

$1,165

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2050. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2050, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.95%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.72%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.28%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Investor Class (before taxes)

6/29/2007

5.06%

10.52%

4.42%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

3.95%

9.38%

3.64%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.28%

8.11%

3.32%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

11.43%

5.11%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2055 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.67%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.03%

Fee Waiver

0.10%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.93%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$95

3 Years

$318

5 Years

$559

10 Years

$1,250

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2055. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2055, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance before and after taxes is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Investor Class

Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2012

+11.15%

Lowest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2012

-4.43%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.25%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/30/2011

Investor Class (before taxes)

6/30/2011

5.12%

N/A

9.00%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions)

6/30/2011

4.35%

N/A

8.46%

Investor Class (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/30/2011

3.09%

N/A

6.90%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

N/A

3.70%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

N/A

15.61%

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

N/A

9.74%

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state, local or foreign taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor's tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to tax-exempt investors or investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) Plans or Individual Retirement Accounts.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2011
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2011
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2011

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

In general, you can buy or sell shares of the Fund online or by mail, phone or wire on any day the New York Stock Exchange is open for regular trading. You also may buy and sell shares through a financial professional.

 

Minimum Investments

To Buy or Sell Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Regular Accounts: $2,500
IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $1,000
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $1,000
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum   Minimum Additional Investment
Regular Accounts, IRAs, IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs: $100
UGMA/UTMA Accounts: $50
Employer Sponsored Retirement Plans: No Minimum

Mail: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266
Online: wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com
Phone or Wire: 1-800-222-8222 Contact your financial professional.

Tax Information

Any distributions you receive from the Fund may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax advantaged investment plan. However, subsequent withdrawals from such a tax advantaged investment plan may be subject to federal income tax. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Throughout this Prospectus, the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund SM is referred to as the Target Today Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2010 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2015 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2020 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2025 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2030 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2035 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2040 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2045 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2050 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2055 Fund; and collectively the Funds are referred to as the Target Date Funds.

Key Fund Information


This Prospectus contains information about one or more Funds within the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds ® family and is designed to provide you with important information to help you with your investment decisions. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.

In this Prospectus, "we" generally refers to Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), the relevant sub-adviser(s), if applicable, or the portfolio manager(s). "We" may also refer to a Fund's other service providers. "You" refers to the shareholder or potential investor.


Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each Fund in this Prospectus is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board of Trustees ("Board") alone. The objective and strategies description for each Fund tells you:

what the Fund is trying to achieve; 

how we intend to invest your money; and 

what makes the Fund different from the other Funds offered in this Prospectus.

This section also provides a summary of each Fund's principal investment and policies and practices. Unless otherwise indicated, these investment policies and practices apply on an ongoing basis.

Principal Investment Risks

This section lists the principal investment risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal investment risks for the master portfolios in which each Fund invests. A complete description of these and other risks is found in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section. It is possible to lose money by investing in a Fund.


Portfolio Asset Allocations

This section provides a percentage breakdown of a Fund's assets across different master portfolios.

Master/Gateway® Structure

The Funds are gateway funds in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios or other Funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , and may invest directly in securities, to achieve its investment objective. Multiple gateway funds investing in the same master portfolio or Fund can enhance their investment opportunities and reduce their expense ratios by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. References to the investment activities of a gateway fund are intended to refer to the investment activities of the master portfolio(s) in which it invests.

Target Date Funds

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Sub-Adviser

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Portfolio Managers

Rodney H. Alldredge
James P. Lauder
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Target Today Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFBTX
Fund Number: 3270

Target 2010 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFCTX
Fund Number: 3287

Target 2015 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQEX
Fund Number: 3291

Target 2020 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFDTX
Fund Number: 3288

Target 2025 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFGYX
Fund Number: 3292

Target 2030 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFETX
Fund Number: 3289

Target 2035 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQTX
Fund Number: 3293

Target 2040 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFFTX
Fund Number: 3290

Target 2045 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQSX
Fund Number: 3294

Target 2050 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQGX
Fund Number: 3295

Target 2055 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2011

Ticker: WFQHX
Fund Number: 3261

Investment Objective

Each Fund's objective is to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.  Specifically:

The Target Today Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Target 2010 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Target 2015 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Target 2020 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Target 2025 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Target 2030 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Target 2035 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Target 2040 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Target 2045 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Target 2050 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Target 2055 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Fund's Board of Trustees can change these investment objectives without a shareholder vote.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of each Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.

Each Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of a Dow Jones Target Date Index that has the same target year as the Fund. Similar to the methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, each Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Funds' assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Funds with longer time horizons generally allocate more of their assets to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. Funds with shorter time horizons replace some of their equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility. Each Fund's allocation among the three major asset classes generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. Each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund. For instance, the Target 2060 Fund has the most aggressive asset allocation of the Funds and the Target Today Fund has the most conservative asset allocation of the Funds. If you have a low risk tolerance, you may not wish to invest in the Target 2060 Fund, even if you intend to begin withdrawing a portion or all of your investment in the Fund in the year 2060. Conversely, you may feel comfortable choosing a more aggressive Fund for a near-term investment goal if you have a higher risk tolerance.

The "target year" designated in a Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of its corresponding Dow Jones Target Date Index. The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year. The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in a Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Funds invest are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class, which securities may include, among others, debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, U.S. and foreign government obligations and derivatives. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, each of these master portfolios purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, each of these master portfolios attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of replicating index performance against the goal of managing transaction costs.

The Funds invest in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Short-Term Investment Portfolio invests in high-quality money market instruments, including U.S. Government obligations, obligations of foreign and domestic banks, short-term corporate debt securities and repurchase agreements. Unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, the Short-Term Investment Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Funds and the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.

Although they do not currently intend to do so, the Funds reserve the right to invest in more or fewer master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

Principal Investment Risks

The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed at any time, including in the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, each Fund is primarily subject to the risks mentioned below to the extent that each Fund is exposed to these risks depending on its asset allocation and target year:

 

Credit Risk

Derivatives Risk

Emerging Markets Risk

Foreign Investment Risk

Futures Contracts Risk

Index Tracking Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Investment Style Risk

Management Risk

Market Risk

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk

Smaller Company Securities Risk

Target Date Fund Risk

U.S. Government Obligations Risk

These and other risks could cause you to lose money in your investment in the Fund and could adversely affect the Fund's net asset value, yield and total return. These risks are described in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section.

Risk Tolerance

Two general rules of investing have shaped the Funds' strategies:

(1) Higher investment returns usually go hand-in-hand with higher risk. Put another way, the greater an investment's potential return, the greater its potential for loss. Historically, for example, stocks have outperformed bonds, but the worst year for stocks on record was much worse than the worst year for bonds; and

(2) Generally, the longer an investor's time horizon, the greater the capacity or ability to withstand market volatility because there is more time to recoup any losses that might be incurred.

As illustrated by the line graph below, the Target Date Funds with longer time horizons are subject to more risk. This normally gives investors the potential for greater returns in the early years of a Fund than in the years immediately preceding or after the Fund's target date. As a Fund approaches its target year, and its investors have less time to recover from market declines, the Fund reduces its risk exposure. This reduction in risk exposure is intended to help secure the value of your investment as the time nears for you to begin withdrawing a portion or all of it. The graph below shows the relative amount of potential equity risk that each Fund is expected to assume given its time horizon. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. Information is presented as of February 28, 2015.

 

When and After a Fund Reaches its Target Year

As illustrated above, by the time a Fund reaches its target year, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. A Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. During the ten-year period after the Fund's target year, the Fund will increasingly resemble the Target Today Fund. At the end of the ten-year period, we will likely combine the Fund with the Target Today Fund.

Portfolio Asset Allocations

Each Fund's asset allocation is determined using the index methodology described in the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section, which results in a systematic reduction in potential market risk exposure over time as illustrated in the line graph above. This methodology provides you with higher exposure to market risk in the early years of investing and lower exposure to market risk in the years near the Fund's target year and 10 years thereafter. Each Fund reserves the right to adjust its market risk exposure upward or downward to meet its investment objective.

As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights shown in the table below. The weightings of the indexes in equity, fixed income and money market securities shown in the table below represent a percentage breakdown of each corresponding Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The percentage risk of the global equity market to which the Fund is exposed will not necessarily be the same as, and will typically be greater than, the Fund's percentage investment in the Diversified Stock Portfolio in order to account for the risks associated with investments in fixed income and money market securities. Each Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation in the Diversified Stock Portfolio, Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio and Short-Term Investment Portfolio as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Equity Securities

Fixed Income Securities

Money Market Securities

Dow Jones Target Today Index

16%

60%

24%

Dow Jones Target 2010 Index

19%

62%

19%

Dow Jones Target 2015 Index

26%

70%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2020 Index

36%

60%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2025 Index

49%

47%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2030 Index

63%

34%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2035 Index

74%

22%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2040 Index

83%

13%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2045 Index

89%

7%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2050 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2055 Index

90%

6%

4%

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes


Index Performance

While the objective of each Fund is to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of its target index, the performance shown for each target index is not the past performance of the corresponding Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund or any other investment. Index performance does not include any fees and expenses associated with investing, including management fees and brokerage costs, and would be lower if it did. Past index performance is no guarantee of future results, either for the index or for any mutual fund. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Index Methodology

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are a series of Indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. Each Index is a blend of sub-indexes representing three major asset classes: equity securities, fixed income securities and money market instruments. The allocation of each Index generally becomes more conservative as the Index's time horizon becomes shorter. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index is comprised of a set of equity, bond and cash sub-indexes. The equity component is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Style Indexes (sub-indexes numbers 1 through 6 in the table on the next page), Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index. The bond component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Government Bond, U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond, U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities and Global Treasury: Majors Ex U.S. Indexes. Finally, the cash component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index.

The equity asset class is currently comprised of nine sub-asset classes; the fixed income asset class is currently comprised of four sub-asset classes; the money market asset class is currently comprised of one sub-asset class. Each sub-asset class is represented by an underlying index and is equally weighted with other sub-asset classes within its major asset class. The market risk of each Dow Jones Target Date Index will gradually decline over a period of years by changing its allocation among the three major asset classes and not by excluding any asset classes or sub-asset classes or by changing allocations among sub-asset classes.

The sub-asset classes that currently comprise each major asset class of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are detailed in the table below:

Major Asset Classes

Equity Component

Fixed Income Component

Money Market Component

Sub-Asset Classes 1

1. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index

1. Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

1. Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index

2. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index

2. Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index

3. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index

3. Barclays U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index

4. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index

4. Barclays Global Treasury: Majors Ex US Index

5. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index

6. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index

7. Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index

8. Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index

9. Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index

1. Additional information about the sub-indexes comprising the sub-asset classes is available in the Statement of Additional Information.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index will exhibit higher market risk in its early years and lower market risk in the years approaching its target year. At more than 35 years prior to the target year, the Index's targeted risk level is set at 90% of the risk of the global equity market. The global equity market is measured by the sub-indexes comprising the equity component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The major asset classes are rebalanced monthly within the Index to create an efficient asset allocation that maintains a targeted 90% risk level. At 35 years before the target year, each Index will begin to gradually reduce market risk. A new targeted risk level is calculated each month as a function of the current risk of the equity component and the number of months remaining to the Index's target year. The monthly risk reductions continue until the Index reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market, on December 1 of the year ten years after the Index's target year. Once an Index reaches that date, it always reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market.

Description of Principal Investment Risks


Understanding the risks involved in mutual fund investing will help you make an informed decision that takes into account your risk tolerance and preferences. The risks that are most likely to have a material effect on a particular Fund as a whole are called "principal risks." The principal risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal risk factors for the master portfolios in which the Fund invests, have been previously identified and are described below. Additional information about the principal risks is included in the Statement of Additional Information.

Credit Risk
The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due. In these instances, the value of an investment could decline and the Fund could lose money. Credit risk increases as an issuer's credit quality declines.

Derivatives Risk
The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, presents risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives. These risks are heightened when derivatives are used to enhance a Fund's return or as a substitute for a position or security, rather than solely to hedge (or mitigate) the risk of a position or security held by the Fund. The success of the a derivative strategy will be affected by the portfolio manager's ability to assess and predict market or economic developments and their impact on the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves. Certain derivative instruments may become illiquid and, as a result, may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so. Certain derivatives create leverage, which can magnify the impact of a decline in the value of their underlying assets, indexes or rates and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value. Certain derivatives (e.g., over-the-counter swaps) are also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, which may cause a Fund to lose money, suffer delays or incur costs arising from holding or selling an underlying asset. Changes in laws or regulations may make the use of derivatives more costly, may limit the availability of derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the use, value or performance of derivatives.

Emerging Markets Risk
Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. For example, emerging market countries are typically more dependent on exports and are therefore more vulnerable to recessions in other countries. Emerging markets tend to have less developed legal and financial systems and a smaller market capitalization than markets in developed countries. Some emerging markets are subject to greater political instability. Additionally, emerging markets may have more volatile currencies and be more sensitive than developed markets to a variety of economic factors, including inflation. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk
Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign companies may be subject to significantly higher levels of taxation than U.S. companies, including potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, thereby reducing the earnings potential of such foreign companies. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Such changes may reduce the U.S. dollar value of the investments. Foreign investments may be subject to additional risks such as potentially higher withholding and other taxes, and may also be subject to greater trade settlement, custodial, and other operational risks than domestic investments. Certain foreign markets may also be characterized by less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards.

Futures Contracts Risk
A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk
A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk
When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. The longer the terms of the debt securities held by a Fund, the more the Fund is subject to this risk. If interest rates decline, interest that the Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, which could cause the Fund to reduce the dividends it pays to shareholders, but the value of those securities may increase. Some debt securities give the issuers the option to call, redeem or prepay the securities before their maturity dates. If an issuer calls, redeems or prepays a debt security during a time of declining interest rates, the Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in a security offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value as a result of declining interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the debt securities market, reduced liquidity for certain Fund investments and an increase in Fund redemptions. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable.

Investment Style Risk
Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. As a result, a Fund's performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or in securities of a different investment style.

Management Risk
Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk
The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are subject to risk of default on the underlying mortgages or assets, particularly during periods of economic downturn. Defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets may cause such securities to decline in value and become less liquid. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, these securities may exhibit additional volatility. When interest rates decline or are low, borrowers may pay off their mortgage or other debts sooner than expected, which can reduce the returns of a Fund. Funds that may enter into mortgage dollar roll transactions are subject to the risk that the market value of the securities that are required to be repurchased in the future may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price. They also involve the risk that the party to whom the securities are sold may become insolvent, limiting the fund's ability to repurchase securities at the agreed upon price.

Smaller Company Securities Risk
Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Smaller companies may have no or relatively short operating histories, limited financial resources or may be newly public companies. Some of these companies have aggressive capital structures, including high debt levels, or are involved in rapidly growing or changing industries and/or new technologies.

Target Date Fund Risk
A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. This risk is greater for an investor who begins to withdraw a portion or all of his or her investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk
U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. If a government-sponsored entity is unable to meet its obligations or its creditworthiness declines, the performance of a Fund that holds securities issued or guaranteed by the entity will be adversely impacted.

Portfolio Holdings Information


A description of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' portfolio holdings is available in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information. In addition, Funds Management will, from time to time, include portfolio holdings information in periodic commentaries for certain Funds. The substance of the information contained in such commentaries will also be posted to the Funds' Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Management of the Funds


The Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), headquartered at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, provides advisory and Fund-level administrative services to the Funds pursuant to an investment management agreement (the "Management Agreement"). Funds Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a publicly traded diversified financial services company that provides banking, insurance, investment, mortgage and consumer financial services. Funds Management is a registered investment adviser that provides investment management services for registered mutual funds, closed-end funds and other funds and accounts.

Funds Management is responsible for implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Funds. To assist Funds Management in performing these responsibilities, Funds Management has contracted with one or more sub-advisers to provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. Funds Management employs a team of investment professionals who identify and recommend the initial hiring of each Fund's sub-adviser(s) and supervise and monitor the activities of the sub-adviser(s) on an ongoing basis. Funds Management retains overall responsibility for the investment activities of the Funds.

Funds Management's investment professionals review and analyze each Fund's performance, including relative to peer funds, and monitor each Fund's compliance with its investment objective and strategies. Funds Management is responsible for reporting to the Board on investment performance and other matters affecting the Funds. When appropriate, Funds Management recommends to the Board enhancements to Fund features, including changes to Fund investment objectives, strategies and policies. Funds Management also communicates with shareholders and intermediaries about Fund performance and features.

Funds Management is also responsible for providing Fund-level administrative services, which include, among others, providing such services in connection with the Funds' operations; developing and implementing procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions; and providing any other Fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are provided by the Funds' transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant.

For providing these investment management services, Funds Management is entitled to receive the fees disclosed in the row captioned "Management Fees" in each Fund's table of Annual Fund Operating Expenses. Funds Management compensates each sub-adviser from the fees Funds Management receives for its services pursuant to the Management Agreement. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Management Agreement and sub-advisory agreements will be included in the Funds' semi-annual report for the six-month period ended August 31st.

Prior to July 1, 2015, Funds Management provided advisory services to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement ("Advisory Agreement"). The Management Agreement, which became effective July 1, 2015, combines the terms of the Advisory Agreement with the terms of the Funds' prior Amended and Restated Administration Agreement applicable to Fund-level administrative services. For a Fund's most recent fiscal year end, the advisory fee paid to Funds Management pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, net of any applicable waivers and reimbursements, was as follows:

Advisory Fees Paid

As a % of average daily net assets

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

0.04%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

0.06%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

0.07%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

0.10%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

0.03%

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

The following sub-adviser and portfolio managers provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. These services include making purchases and sales of securities and other investment assets for the Funds, selecting broker-dealers, negotiating brokerage commission rates and maintaining portfolio transaction records. Each sub-adviser is compensated for its services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as investment manager to the Funds. The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers' ownership of securities in the Funds. For information regarding the sub-advisers that perform day-to-day portfolio management activities for the master portfolios in which the Funds invests, see "The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios" under the "Master/Gateway® Structure" section.

Global Index Advisors, Inc. ("GIA"), a registered investment adviser located at 29 North Park Square, Suite 201, Marietta, GA 30060, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. GIA, through its relationships with Dow Jones Indexes and State Street Global Advisors, offers a series of collective Dow Jones Portfolio Index Funds.

Rodney H. Alldredge

Mr. Alldredge co-founded GIA in 1994 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Portfolio Operations.

James P. Lauder

Mr. Lauder joined GIA in 2002 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Chief Executive Officer of GIA.

Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Mr.Torregrosa joined GIA in 2007 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Research.

Multi-Manager Arrangement

The Funds and Funds Management have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits Funds Management, subject to Board approval, to select certain sub-advisers and enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with them, without obtaining shareholder approval. The SEC order extends to sub-advisers that are not otherwise affiliated with Funds Management or the Funds, as well as sub-advisers that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Funds Management or of a company that wholly owns Funds Management ("Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers").

Pursuant to the order, Funds Management, with Board approval, may hire or replace Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers for each Fund that is eligible to rely on the order. Funds Management, subject to Board oversight, has the responsibility to oversee Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers and to recommend their hiring, termination and replacement. If a new sub-adviser is hired for a Fund pursuant to the order, the Fund is required to notify shareholders within 90 days. The Funds that are eligible to rely on the order are not required to disclose the individual fees that Funds Management pays to a Multi-Manager Sub-Adviser.

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents


Shareholder Servicing Plan
The Funds have a shareholder servicing plan. Under this plan, various shareholder servicing agents have been authorized to process purchase and redemption requests, to service shareholder accounts, and to provide other related services for the Funds' Investor Class. For these services, the Investor Class pays an annual fee of up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets.

Additional Payments to Dealers
In addition to dealer reallowances and payments made by each Fund for distribution and shareholder servicing, the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates make additional payments ("Additional Payments") to certain selling or shareholder servicing agents for the Fund, which include broker-dealers and 401(k) service providers and recordkeepers. These Additional Payments are made in connection with the sale and distribution of shares of the Fund or for services to the Fund and its shareholders. These Additional Payments, which may be significant, are paid by the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates, out of their revenues, which generally come directly or indirectly from fees paid by the entire Fund complex.

In return for these Additional Payments, each Fund's manager and distributor expect the Fund to receive certain marketing or servicing advantages that are not generally available to mutual funds that do not make such payments. Such advantages are expected to include, without limitation, placement of the Fund on a list of mutual funds offered as investment options to the selling agent's clients (sometimes referred to as "Shelf Space"); access to the selling agent's registered representatives; and/or ability to assist in training and educating the selling agent's registered representatives.

Certain selling or shareholder servicing agents receive these Additional Payments to supplement amounts payable by the Fund under the shareholder servicing plans. In exchange, these agents provide services including, but not limited to, establishing and maintaining accounts and records; answering inquiries regarding purchases, exchanges and redemptions; processing and verifying purchase, redemption and exchange transactions; furnishing account statements and confirmations of transactions; processing and mailing monthly statements, prospectuses, shareholder reports and other SEC-required communications; and providing the types of services that might typically be provided by each Fund's transfer agent (e.g., the maintenance of omnibus or omnibus-like accounts, the use of the National Securities Clearing Corporation for the transmission of transaction information and the transmission of shareholder mailings).

The Additional Payments may create potential conflicts of interest between an investor and a selling agent who is recommending a particular mutual fund over other mutual funds. Before investing, you should consult with your financial consultant and review carefully any disclosure by the selling agent as to what monies they receive from mutual fund advisers and distributors, as well as how your financial consultant is compensated.

The Additional Payments are typically paid in fixed dollar amounts, or based on the number of customer accounts maintained by the selling or shareholder servicing agent, or based on a percentage of sales and/or assets under management, or a combination of the above. The Additional Payments are either up-front or ongoing or both. The Additional Payments differ among selling and shareholder servicing agents. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on its customers' assets typically range between 0.05% and 0.30% in a given year of assets invested in a Fund by the selling agent's customers. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on a percentage of sales typically range between 0.10% and 0.15% of the gross sales of a Fund attributable to the selling agent. In addition, representatives of each Fund's distributor visit selling agents on a regular basis to educate their registered representatives and to encourage the sale of Fund shares. The costs associated with such visits may be paid for by the Fund's manager, distributor, or their affiliates, subject to applicable FINRA regulations.

More information on the FINRA member firms that have received the Additional Payments described in this section is available in the Statement of Additional Information, which is on file with the SEC and is also available on the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds website at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Pricing Fund Shares


A Fund's NAV is the value of a single share. The NAV is normally calculated as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open. To calculate the NAV of a Fund's shares, the Fund's assets are valued and totaled, liabilities are subtracted, and the balance, called net assets, is divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is calculated separately for each class of shares of a multiple-class Fund. The price at which a purchase or redemption request is processed is based on the next NAV calculated after the request is received in good order. NAV is not calculated, and purchase and redemption requests are not processed, on days that the NYSE is closed for trading. To the extent that a Fund's assets are traded in other markets on days when the NYSE is not open for regular trading, the value of the Fund's assets may be affected on days when you are unable to buy or sell Fund shares. Conversely, trading in some of a Fund's assets may not occur on days when the NYSE is open for regular trading.

With respect to any portion of a Fund's assets that may be invested in other mutual funds, the value of the Fund's shares is based on the NAV of the shares of the other mutual funds in which the Fund invests. The valuation methods used by mutual funds in pricing their shares, including the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing, are included in the prospectuses of such funds. To the extent a Fund invests a portion of its assets in non-registered investment vehicles, the Fund's interests in the non-registered vehicles are fair valued at NAV.

With respect to a Fund's assets invested directly in securities, the Fund's investments are generally valued at current market prices. Equity securities, options and futures are generally valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last reported sales price on the primary exchange or market on which they are listed (closing price). Equity securities that are not traded primarily on an exchange are generally valued at the quoted bid price obtained from a broker-dealer.

Debt securities acquired with maturities exceeding 60 days are generally valued at the evaluated bid price provided by a pricing service. Debt securities acquired with maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost.

We are required to depart from these general valuation methods and use fair value pricing methods to determine the values of certain investments if we believe that the closing price or the quoted bid price of a security, including a security that trades primarily on a foreign exchange, does not accurately reflect its current market value at the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV. The closing price or the quoted bid price of a security may not reflect its current market value if, among other things, a significant event occurs after the closing price or quoted bid price but before the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV that materially affects the value of the security. We use various criteria, including a systemic evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in deciding whether a foreign security's market price is still reliable and, if not, what fair market value to assign to the security. In addition, we use fair value pricing to determine the value of investments in securities and other assets, including illiquid securities, for which current market quotations or evaluated prices from a pricing service or broker-dealer are not readily available.

The fair value of a Fund's securities and other assets is determined in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Trustees. In light of the judgment involved in making fair value decisions, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security is accurate or that it reflects the price that the Fund could obtain for such security if it were to sell the security at the time as of which fair value pricing is determined. Such fair value pricing may result in NAVs that are higher or lower than NAVs based on the closing price or quoted bid price. See the Statement of Additional Information for additional details regarding the determination of NAVs.

How to Open an Account


You can open a Wells Fargo Advantage Funds account through any of the following means:

directly with the Fund. Complete a Wells Fargo Advantage Funds application, which you may obtain by visiting our Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com or by calling Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222. Be sure to indicate the Fund name and the share class into which you intend to invest when completing the application;

through a brokerage account with an approved selling agent; or

through certain retirement, benefit and pension plans or certain packaged investment products. (Please contact the providers of the plan or product for instructions.)

How to Buy Shares


This section explains how you can buy shares directly from Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . If you're opening a new account, an account application is available on-line at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com or by calling Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222. For Fund shares held through brokerage and other types of accounts, please consult your selling agent.

Minimum Investments

Initial Purchase

Subsequent Purchases

Regular accounts
IRAs, IRA rollovers, Roth IRAs
UGMA/UTMA accounts
Employer Sponsored
Retirement Plans

$2,500
$1,000
$1,000
No minimum

$100
$100
$50
No minimum

Buying Shares

Opening an Account

Adding to an Account

Online

You may open an account online and fund your account with an Electronic Funds Transfer from your bank account, by Federal Wire, or by sending us a check. Initial investments made on line are limited to $25,000. Visit wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

To buy additional shares or buy shares of a new Fund, visit wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Subsequent online purchases have a minimum of $100 and a maximum of $100,000. You may be eligible for an exception to this maximum. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

By Mail

Complete and sign your account application.

Mail the application with your check made payable to the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds to Investor Services at:

Regular Mail
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266          Overnight Only
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
c/o Boston Financial Data Services
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

Enclose a voided check (for checking accounts) or a deposit slip (savings accounts). Alternatively, include a note with your name, the Fund name, and your account number.

Mail the deposit slip or note with your check made payable to the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds to the address on the left.

By Telephone

A new account may not be opened by telephone unless you have another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account with your bank information on file. If you do not
currently have an account, refer to the section on buying shares by mail or wire.

To buy additional shares or to buy shares of a new Fund call:                     

Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or

1-800-368-7550 for the automated phone system.

By Wire

Complete, sign and mail your account application (refer to the section on buying shares by mail)

Provide the following instructions to your financial institution:

Receiving bank: State Street Bank & Trust Company, Boston, MA
Bank ABA/routing number: 011000028
Bank account number: 9905-437-1
For credit to: Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
For further credit to: [Your name (as registered on your fund account) and your fund and account number]

To buy additional shares, instruct your bank or financial institution to use the same wire instructions shown to the left.

Through Your Investment Representative

Contact your investment representative.

Contact your investment representative.

General Notes for Buying Shares

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your new account application or purchase request in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to process your transaction.

Earning Distributions. You are eligible to earn distributions beginning on the business day after the transfer agent receives your purchase in proper form.

U.S. Dollars Only. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars and all checks must be drawn on U.S. banks. 

Insufficient Funds. You will be charged a $25.00 fee for every check or Electronic Funds Transfer that is returned to us as unpaid. 

No Fund Named. When all or a portion of a payment is received for investment without a clear Fund designation, we may direct the undesignated portion or the entire amount, as applicable, into the Wells Fargo Advantage Money Market Fund. We will treat your inaction as approval of this purchase until you later direct us to sell or exchange these shares of the Money Market Fund, at the next NAV calculated after we receive your order in proper form. 

Right to Refuse an Order. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason, including if we believe that doing so would be in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders. 

Minimum Initial and Subsequent Investment Waivers. We allow a reduced minimum initial investment of $100 if you sign up for at least a $100 monthly automatic investment purchase plan. If you opened your account with the set minimum amount shown in the above chart, we allow reduced subsequent purchases for a minimum of $50 a month if you purchase through an automatic investment plan. We may also waive or reduce the minimum initial and subsequent investment amounts for purchases made through certain retirement, benefit and pension plans, certain packaged investment products, or for certain classes of shareholders as permitted by the SEC. Check specific disclosure statements and applications for the program through which you intend to invest.

Other Share Classes. The Fund offers other classes of shares in addition to those offered through this Prospectus. You may be eligible to invest in one or more of these other classes of shares. Each of the Fund's share classes bears varying expenses and may differ in other features. Consult your financial intermediary for more information regarding the Fund's available share classes.

The information provided in this Prospectus is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or which would subject Fund shares to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.

The Funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, a member of FINRA/SIPC, and an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC") information and brochure are available at SIPC.org or by calling SIPC at (202) 371-8300.

How to Sell Shares


The following section explains how you can sell shares held directly through an account with Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . For Fund shares held through brokerage or other types of accounts, please consult your selling agent.

Selling Shares

To Sell Some or All of Your Shares

Online

Visit our Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com. Redemptions requested online are limited to a maximum of $100,000.You may be eligible for an exception to this maximum. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

By Mail

Send a Letter of Instruction providing your name, account number, the Fund from which you wish to redeem and the dollar amount you wish to receive (or write "Full Redemption" to redeem your remaining account balance) to the address below.

Make sure all account owners sign the request exactly as their names appear on the account application.

A Medallion guarantee may be required under certain circumstances (see"General Notes for Selling Shares").

Regular Mail
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
P.O. Box 8266
Boston, MA 02266-8266 Overnight Only
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
c/o Boston Financial Data Services
30 Dan Road
Canton, MA 02021-2809

By Wire

To arrange for a Federal Funds wire, call 1-800-222-8222.

Be prepared to provide information on the commercial bank that is a member of the Federal Reserve wire system.

Wire requests are sent to your bank account next business day if your request to redeem is received before the NYSE close.

There is a $10 fee for each request.

By Telephone / Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)

Call an Investor Services representative at 1-800-222-8222 or use the automated phone system 1-800-368-7550.

Telephone privileges are automatically made available to you unless you specifically decline them on your account application or subsequently in writing.

Redemption requests may not be made by phone if the address on your account was changed in the last 15 days. In this event, you must request your redemption by mail (refer to the section on selling shares by mail).

A check will be mailed to the address on record (if there have been no changes communicated to us within the last 15 days) or transferred to a linked bank account.

Transfers made to a Wells Fargo Bank account are made available sooner than transfers to an unaffiliated institution.

Redemptions processed by EFT to a linked Wells Fargo Bank account occur same day for Wells Fargo Advantage money market funds, and next day for all other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds .

Redemptions to any other linked bank account may post in two business days. Please check with your financial institution for timing of posting and availability of funds.

Note: Telephone transactions such as redemption requests made over the phone generally require only one of the account owners to call unless you have instructed us otherwise.

Through Your Investment Representative

Contact your investment representative.

General Notes For Selling Shares 

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your request to sell shares in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your request to sell shares is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, it will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to sell your shares.

Form of Redemption Proceeds. You may request that your redemption proceeds be sent to you by check,by Electronic Funds Transfer into a bank account, or by wire. Please call Investor Services regarding requirements for linking bank accounts or for wiring funds. Although generally we pay redemption requests in cash, we reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by making payment in securities (known as a redemption in kind). In such case, we may pay all or part of the redemption in securities of equal value as permitted under the 1940 Act, and the rules thereunder. The redeeming shareholder should expect to incur transaction costs upon the disposition of the securities received.

Earning Distributions. Your shares are eligible to earn distributions through the date of redemption. If you redeem shares on a Friday or prior to a holiday, your shares will continue to be eligible to earn distributions until the next business day.

Wire Fees. Typically, there is a $10 fee for wiring funds, however we reserve the right to waive any such fee for shareholders with account balances in excess of $100,000. Please contact your bank to find out about any charges they may assess for an incoming wire transfer.

Telephone/Online Redemptions. We will take reasonable steps to confirm that telephone and online instructions are genuine. For example, we require proof of your identification, such as a Taxpayer Identification Number or username and password, before we will act on instructions received by telephone or online. We will not be liable for any losses incurred if we follow telephone or online instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine. Your call may be recorded.

Right to Delay Payment. We normally will send out checks within one business day, and in any event no more than seven days, after we accept your request to redeem. If you wish to redeem shares purchased by check or Electronic Funds Transfer within seven days of purchase, you may need to resubmit your redemption request if your payment has not yet cleared. Our ability to determine with reasonable certainty that investments have been finally collected is greater for investments coming from accounts with banks affiliated with Funds Management than it is for investments coming from accounts with unaffiliated banks. Redemption payments also may be delayed under extraordinary circumstances or as permitted by the SEC in order to protect remaining shareholders. Such extraordinary circumstances are discussed further in the Statement of Additional Information.

Retirement Plans and Other Products. If you purchased shares through a packaged investment product or retirement plan, read the directions for selling shares provided by the product or plan. There may be special requirements that supercede the directions in this Prospectus. 

Medallion Guarantees. Medallion guarantees are only required for mailed redemption requests under the following circumstances: (1) if the address on your account was changed within the last 15 days; (2) if the amount of the redemption exceeds $100,000 and includes bank account information that is not currently on file with Wells Fargo Advantage Funds or if all of the owners of your Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account are not included in the registration of the bank account provided; or (3) if the redemption is made payable to a third party. You can get a Medallion guarantee at a financial institution such as a bank or brokerage house. We do not accept notarized signatures.

How to Exchange Shares


Exchanges between Wells Fargo Advantage Funds involve two transactions: (1) a sale of shares of one Fund; and (2) the purchase of shares of another. In general, the same rules and procedures that apply to sales and purchases apply to exchanges. There are, however, additional factors you should keep in mind while making or considering an exchange: 

In general, exchanges may be made between like share classes of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund offered to the general public for investment (i.e., a Fund not closed to new accounts), with the following exception: Class A shares of non-money market funds may also be exchanged for Service Class shares of any money market fund.

Same-fund exchanges between share classes are permitted subject to the following conditions: (1) exchanges out of Class A and Class C shares would not be allowed if shares are subject to a CDSC; (2) for exchanges into Class A shares, the shareholder must meet all qualifications to purchase Class A shares at net asset value based on current prospectus guidelines; and (3) the shareholder must meet the eligibility guidelines of the class being purchased in the exchange.

An exchange request will be processed on the same business day, provided that both Funds are open at the time the request is received. If one or both Funds are closed, the exchange will be processed on the following business day.

You should carefully read the prospectus for the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund into which you wish to exchange. 

Every exchange involves selling Fund shares, which may produce a capital gain or loss for tax purposes. 

If you are making an initial investment into a Fund through an exchange, you must exchange at least the minimum initial purchase amount for the new Fund, unless your balance has fallen below that amount due to investment performance. 

Any exchange between two Wells Fargo Advantage Funds must meet the minimum subsequent purchase amounts.

Class B and Class C share exchanges will not trigger the CDSC. The new shares will continue to age according to their original schedule and will be charged the CDSC applicable to the original shares upon redemption.

Generally, we will notify you at least 60 days in advance of any changes in our exchange policy.

Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds  reserves the right to reject any purchase or exchange order for any reason. Purchases or exchanges that a Fund determines could harm the Fund may be rejected.

Excessive trading by Fund shareholders can negatively impact a Fund and its long-term shareholders in several ways, including disrupting Fund investment strategies, increasing transaction costs, decreasing tax efficiency, and diluting the value of shares held by long-term shareholders. Excessive trading in Fund shares can negatively impact a Fund's long-term performance by requiring it to maintain more assets in cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time. Certain Funds may be more susceptible than others to these negative effects. For example, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in non-U.S. securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities resulting from pricing variations due to time zone differences across international financial markets. Similarly, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in small company securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities due to the less liquid nature of small company securities. Both types of Funds also may incur higher transaction costs in liquidating portfolio holdings to meet excessive redemption levels. Fair value pricing may reduce these arbitrage opportunities, thereby reducing some of the negative effects of excessive trading.

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , other than the Adjustable Rate Government Fund, Conservative Income Fund, Ultra Short-Term Income Fund and Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund ("Ultra-Short Funds") and the money market funds, (the "Covered Funds"). The Covered Funds are not designed to serve as vehicles for frequent trading. The Covered Funds actively discourage and take steps to prevent the portfolio disruption and negative effects on long-term shareholders that can result from excessive trading activity by Covered Fund shareholders. The Board has approved the Covered Funds' policies and procedures, which provide, among other things, that Funds Management may deem trading activity to be excessive if it determines that such trading activity would likely be disruptive to a Covered Fund by increasing expenses or lowering returns. In this regard, the Covered Funds take steps to avoid accommodating frequent purchases and redemptions of shares by Covered Fund shareholders. Funds Management monitors available shareholder trading information across all Covered Funds on a daily basis. If a shareholder redeems $5,000 or more (including redemptions that are part of an exchange transaction) from a Covered Fund, that shareholder is "blocked" from purchasing shares of that Covered Fund (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction) for 30 calendar days after the redemption. This policy does not apply to:

Money market funds;

Ultra-Short Funds;

Dividend reinvestments;

Systematic investments or exchanges where the financial intermediary maintaining the shareholder account identifies the transaction as a systematic redemption or purchase at the time of the transaction;

Rebalancing transactions within certain asset allocation or "wrap" programs where the financial intermediary maintaining a shareholder account is able to identify the transaction as part of an asset allocation program approved by Funds Management;

Transactions initiated by a "fund of funds" or Section 529 Plan into an underlying fund investment;

Permitted exchanges between share classes of the same Fund;

Certain transactions involving participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans, including: participant withdrawals due to mandatory distributions, rollovers and hardships, withdrawals of shares acquired by participants through payroll deductions, and shares acquired or sold by a participant in connection with plan loans; and

Purchases below $5,000 (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction).

The money market funds and the Ultra-Short Funds. Because the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds are often used for short-term investments, they are designed to accommodate more frequent purchases and redemptions than the Covered Funds. As a result, the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not anticipate that frequent purchases and redemptions, under normal circumstances, will have significant adverse consequences to the money market funds or Ultra-Short Funds or their shareholders. Although the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not prohibit frequent trading, Funds Management will seek to prevent an investor from utilizing the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds to facilitate frequent purchases and redemptions of shares in the Covered Funds in contravention of the policies and procedures adopted by the Covered Funds.

All Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . In addition, Funds Management reserves the right to accept purchases, redemptions and exchanges made in excess of applicable trading restrictions in designated accounts held by Funds Management or its affiliate that are used at all times exclusively for addressing operational matters related to shareholder accounts, such as testing of account functions, and are maintained at low balances that do not exceed specified dollar amount limitations.

In the event that an asset allocation or "wrap" program is unable to implement the policy outlined above, Funds Management may grant a program-level exception to this policy. A financial intermediary relying on the exception is required to provide Funds Management with specific information regarding its program and ongoing information about its program upon request.

A financial intermediary through whom you may purchase shares of the Fund may independently attempt to identify excessive trading and take steps to deter such activity. As a result, a financial intermediary may on its own limit or permit trading activity of its customers who invest in Fund shares using standards different from the standards used by Funds Management and discussed in this Prospectus. Funds Management may permit a financial intermediary to enforce its own internal policies and procedures concerning frequent trading rather than the policies set forth above in instances where Funds Management reasonably believes that the intermediary's policies and procedures effectively discourage disruptive trading activity. If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact the intermediary for more information about whether and how restrictions or limitations on trading activity will be applied to your account.

Account Policies


Automatic Plans
These plans help you conveniently purchase and/or redeem shares each month. Once you select a plan, tell us the day of the month you would like the transaction to occur. If you do not specify a date, we will process the transaction on or about the 25th day of the month. Call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information. 

Automatic Investment Plan —With this plan, you can regularly purchase shares of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund with money automatically transferred from a linked bank account. 

Automatic Exchange Plan —With this plan, you can regularly exchange shares of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund you own for shares of another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund. See the "How to Exchange Shares" section of this Prospectus for the conditions that apply to your shares. In addition, each transaction in an Automatic Exchange Plan must be for a minimum of $100. This feature may not be available for certain types of accounts. 

Systematic Withdrawal Plan —With this plan, you can regularly redeem shares and receive the proceeds by check or by transfer to a linked bank account. To participate in this plan, you: 

must have a Fund account valued at $10,000 or more; 

must request a minimum redemption of $100; 

must have your distributions reinvested; and 

may not simultaneously participate in the Automatic Investment Plan, unless your account is a Money Market Fund or an Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund (Ultra Short-Term Income Fund or Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund). 

Payroll Direct Deposit —With this plan, you may transfer all or a portion of your paycheck, social security check, military allotment, or annuity payment for investment into the Fund of your choice.

It generally takes about ten business days to establish a plan once we have received your instructions. It generally takes about five business days to change or cancel participation in a plan. We may automatically cancel your plan if the linked bank account you specified is closed, or for other reasons.

Householding
To help keep Fund expenses low, a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report may be sent to shareholders of the same household. If your household currently receives a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report and you would prefer to receive multiple copies, please contact your financial intermediary.

Retirement Accounts
We offer a variety of retirement accounts for individuals and small businesses. Please call 1-800-222-8222 for information on: 

Individual Retirement Plans, including Traditional IRAs and Roth IRAs. 

Qualified Retirement Plans, including Simple IRAs and SEP IRAs.

There may be special distribution requirements for a retirement account, such as required distributions or mandatory Federal income tax withholdings. For more information, call the number listed above. For retirement accounts held directly with the Fund, certain fees may apply, including an annual account maintenance fee.

Small Account Redemptions
We reserve the right to redeem certain accounts that fall below the minimum initial investment amount as the result of shareholder redemptions (as opposed to market movement). Before doing so, we will give you approximately 60 days to bring your account above the minimum investment amount. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or contact your selling agent for further details.

Statements and Confirmations
Statements summarizing activity in your account are mailed quarterly. Confirmations are mailed following each purchase, sale, exchange, or transfer of Fund shares, except generally for Automatic Investment Plan transactions, Systematic Withdrawal Plan transactions using Electronic Funds Transfer, and purchases of new shares through the automatic reinvestment of distributions. Upon your request and for the applicable fee, you may obtain a reprint of an account statement. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

Electronic Delivery of Fund Documents
You may elect to receive your Fund prospectuses, shareholder reports and other Fund documents electronically in lieu of paper form by enrolling on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery. If you make this election, you will be notified by e-mail when the most recent Fund documents are available for electronic viewing and downloading.

To receive Fund documents electronically, you must have an e-mail account and an internet browser that meets the requirements described in the Privacy & Security section of the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com. You may change your electronic delivery preferences or revoke your election to receive Fund documents electronically at any time by visiting wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

Statement Inquiries
Contact us in writing regarding any errors or discrepancies noted on your account statement within 60 days after the date of the statement confirming a transaction. We may deny your ability to refute a transaction if we do not hear from you within those 60 days.

Transaction Authorizations
Telephone, electronic, and clearing agency privileges allow us to accept transaction instructions by anyone representing themselves as the shareholder and who provides reasonable confirmation of their identity. Neither we nor Wells Fargo Advantage Funds will be liable for any losses incurred if we follow such instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine. For transactions through the automated phone system and our Web site, we will assign personal identification numbers (PINs) and/or passwords to help protect your account information. To safeguard your account, please keep your PINs and passwords confidential. Contact us immediately if you believe there is a discrepancy on your confirmation statement or if you believe someone has obtained unauthorized access to your account, PIN or password.

USA PATRIOT Act
In compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, all financial institutions (including mutual funds) at the time an account is opened, are required to obtain, verify and record the following information for all registered owners or others who may be authorized to act on the account: full name, date of birth, taxpayer identification number (usually your Social Security Number), and permanent street address. Corporate, trust and other entity accounts require additional documentation. This information will be used to verify your identity. We will return your application if any of this information is missing, and we may request additional information from you for verification purposes. In the rare event that we are unable to verify your identity, we reserve the right to redeem your account at the current day's NAV. You will be responsible for any losses, taxes, expenses, fees, or other results of such a redemption.

Distributions


The Funds generally make distributions of investment income, if any, quarterly and any realized net capital gains at least annually. Please contact your institution for distribution options. Remember, distributions have the effect of reducing the NAV per share by the amount distributed.

We offer the following distribution options. To change your current option for payment of distributions, please call 1-800-222-8222.

Automatic Reinvestment Option —Allows you to buy new shares of the same class of the Fund that generated the distributions. The new shares are purchased at NAV generally on the day the distribution is paid. This option is automatically assigned to your account unless you specify another option.

Check Payment Option —Allows you to have checks for distributions mailed to your address of record or to another name and address which you have specified in written instructions. A medallion guarantee may also be required. If checks remain uncashed for six months or are undeliverable by the Post Office, we will reinvest the distributions at the earliest date possible, and future distributions will be automatically reinvested.

Bank Account Payment Option —Allows you to receive distributions directly in a checking or savings account through Electronic Funds Transfer. The bank account must be linked to your Wells Fargo Advantage Fund account. Any distribution returned to us due to an invalid banking instruction will be sent to your address of record by check at the earliest date possible, and future distributions will be automatically reinvested.

Directed Distribution Purchase Option —Allows you to buy shares of a different Wells Fargo Advantage Fund of the same share class. The new shares are purchased at NAV generally on the day the distribution is paid. In order to establish this option, you need to identify the Fund and account the distributions are coming from, and the Fund and account to which the distributions are being directed. You must meet any required minimum purchases in both Funds prior to establishing this option.

Taxes


The following discussion regarding federal income taxes is based on laws that were in effect as of the date of this Prospectus and summarizes only some of the important federal income tax considerations affecting a Fund and you as a shareholder. It does not apply to foreign or tax-exempt shareholders or those holding Fund shares through a tax-advantaged account, such as a 401(k) Plan or IRA. This discussion is not intended as a substitute for careful tax planning. You should consult your tax adviser about your specific tax situation. Please see the Statement of Additional Information for additional federal income tax information.

We will pass on to a Fund's shareholders substantially all of the Fund's net investment income and realized net capital gains, if any. Distributions from a Fund's ordinary income and net short-term capital gain, if any, generally will be taxable to you as ordinary income. Distributions from a Fund's net long-term capital gain, if any, generally will be taxable to you as long-term capital gain.

Corporate shareholders may be able to deduct a portion of their distributions when determining their taxable income.

The American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 extended certain tax rates except those that applied to individual taxpayers with taxable incomes above $400,000 ($450,000 for married taxpayers, $425,000 for heads of households). Taxpayers that are not in the new highest tax bracket continue to be subject to a maximum 15% rate of tax on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends. For taxpayers in the new highest tax bracket, the maximum tax rate on long-term capital gains and qualified dividends will be 20%. Beginning in 2013, U.S. individuals with income exceeding $200,000 ($250,000 if married and filing jointly), a new 3.8% Medicare contribution tax will apply on "net investment income," including interest, dividends, and capital gains.

Distributions from a Fund normally will be taxable to you when paid, whether you take distributions in cash or automatically reinvest them in additional Fund shares. Following the end of each year, we will notify you of the federal income tax status of your distributions for the year.

If you buy shares of a Fund shortly before it makes a taxable distribution, your distribution will, in effect, be a taxable return of part of your investment. Similarly, if you buy shares of a Fund when it holds appreciated securities, you will receive a taxable return of part of your investment if and when the Fund sells the appreciated securities and distributes the gain. The Fund has built up, or has the potential to build up, high levels of unrealized appreciation.

Your redemptions (including redemptions in-kind) and exchanges of Fund shares ordinarily will result in a taxable capital gain or loss, depending on the amount you receive for your shares (or are deemed to receive in the case of exchanges) and the amount you paid (or are deemed to have paid) for them. Such capital gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your redeemed or exchanged Fund shares for more than one year at the time of redemption or exchange. In certain circumstances, losses realized on the redemption or exchange of Fund shares may be disallowed.

In certain circumstances, Fund shareholders may be subject to backup withholding taxes.

Master/Gateway® Structure


Each Fund is a gateway fund in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios of Wells Fargo Master Trust or other stand-alone funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds whose objectives and investment strategies are consistent with the gateway fund's investment objective and strategies. Through this structure, a gateway fund can enhance its investment opportunities and reduce its expenses by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. Master portfolios offer their shares to multiple gateway funds and other master portfolios rather than directly to the public. Certain administrative and other fees and expenses are charged to both the gateway fund and the master portfolio(s). The services provided and fees charged to a gateway fund are in addition to and not duplicative of the services provided and fees charged to the master portfolios. Fees relating to investments in other stand-alone funds are waived to the extent that they are duplicative, or would exceed certain defined limits.

Description of Master Portfolios
The following table lists the master portfolio(s) in which the Funds invest. Each Portfolio's investment objective is provided followed by a description of the Portfolio's investment strategies.

Master Portfolio

Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in fixed income securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The fixed income portion is represented by the Barclays Government Bond Index, Barclays Corporate Bond Index, Barclays Mortgage Bond Index, and Barclays Majors (ex U.S.) Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class. These fixed income sub-indexes include exposure to non-U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Agency debt, U.S.-dollar denominated corporate debt, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities with a weighted average maturity of at least one year. The Portfolio uses an optimization process which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Diversified Stock Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return (consisting of income and capital appreciation) of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in equity securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The equity portion is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Markets Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Markets Index, and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap TSM Specialty Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class. The sub-indexes include exposure to large, mid and small cap U.S. securities as well as securities in international developed and emerging markets. The Portfolio uses an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. Furthermore, the Adviser may use derivatives, such as stock index futures, in order to manage movements of the Portfolio against certain indexes. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Short-Term Investment Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks current income while preserving capital and liquidity.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

exclusively in high-quality, short-term U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments of domestic and foreign issuers.

The Adviser actively manages a portfolio of high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments. The Adviser will only purchase First Tier securities. These include, but are not limited to, bank obligations such as time deposits and certificates of deposit, government securities, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, corporate bonds, municipal securities and repurchase agreements. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest and may be obligations of U.S. or foreign issuers. The Adviser may invest more than 25% of the Portfolio's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of U.S. banks.

The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios
The sub-advisers for the master portfolios are compensated for their services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as adviser to the master portfolios.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. ("SSGA FM"), a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company is located at State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 and serves as the sub-adviser to one or more Funds. Accordingly, SSGA FM provides portfolio management services to the Funds. State Street Global Advisors, consisting of SSGA FM and other advisory affiliates of State Street Corporation, is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation.

Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management"), a registered investment adviser located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. Wells Capital Management, an affiliate of Funds Management and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, is a multi-boutique asset management firm committed to delivering superior investment services to institutional clients.

Additional Performance Information


This section contains additional information regarding the performance of the Funds. The sub-section below titled "Index Descriptions" defines the market indices that are referenced in the Fund Summaries. The sub-section below titled "Share Class Performance" provides additional information about share class performance.

Index Descriptions
The "Average Annual Total Returns" table in each Fund's Fund Summary compares the Fund's returns with those of at least one broad-based market index. Below are descriptions of each such index. You cannot invest directly in an index. The performance history shown for an index may be shorter than that of certain funds.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is composed of the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index, and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage-backed securities.

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules.The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2060 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Russell 3000® Index

The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

Share Class Performance
The following provides additional information about the performance history of the Funds contained in this prospectus, including information regarding predecessor funds, if any, and whether performance information presented is based on the history of an older share class.

Target Today Fund - Historical performance shown for Investor Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to the Investor Class shares.

Target 2010 Fund - Historical performance shown for Investor Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to the Investor Class shares.

Target 2020 Fund - Historical performance shown for Investor Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to the Investor Class shares.

Target 2030 Fund  - Historical performance shown for Investor Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to the Investor Class shares.

Target 2040 Fund - Historical performance shown for Investor Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Administrator Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to the Investor Class shares.

A Fund's past performance is no guarantee of future results. A Fund's investment results will fluctuate over time, and any representation of the Fund's returns for any past period should not be considered as a representation of what the Fund's returns may be in any future period. The Fund's annual and semi-annual reports contain additional performance information and are available upon request, without charge, by calling the telephone number listed on the back cover page of this Prospectus.

Financial Highlights


The following tables are intended to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the past five years (or since inception, if shorter). Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Total returns represent the rate you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all distributions). The information in the following tables has been derived from the Fund's financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund's financial statements, is also included in the Fund's annual report, a copy of which is available upon request.

Target Today Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.05

$

11.04

$

11.05

$

10.74

$

10.21

Net investment income 2

0.13

0.14

0.16

0.19

0.20 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.07

0.14

0.09

0.40

0.58

Total from investment operations

0.20

0.28

0.25

0.59

0.78

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.12

-0.13

-0.18

-0.23

-0.25

Net realized gains

-0.11

-0.14

-0.08

-0.05

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.23

-0.27

-0.26

-0.28

-0.25

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.02

$

11.05

$

11.04

$

11.05

$

10.74

Total return 4

1.84%

2.61%

2.32%

5.59%

7.72%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.21%

1.28%

1.48%

1.79%

1.91%

Gross expenses 2

1.04%

1.08%

1.14%

1.15%

1.18%

Net expenses 2

0.86%

0.86%

0.86%

0.86%

0.86%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

42%

40%

39%

46%

51%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

65,597

$

72,839

$

107,673

$

107,779

$

86,784

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2010 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

13.42

$

13.40

$

13.36

$

12.95

$

12.12

Net investment income 2

0.17

0.19 3

0.20

0.23

0.22 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.11

0.30

0.19

0.43

0.90

Total from investment operations

0.28

0.49

0.39

0.66

1.12

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.17

-0.17

-0.22

-0.25

-0.29

Net realized gains

-0.27

-0.30

-0.13

0.00

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.44

-0.47

-0.35

-0.25

-0.29

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.26

$

13.42

$

13.40

$

13.36

$

12.95

Total return 4

2.14%

3.78%

3.01%

5.21%

9.40%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.31%

1.39%

1.49%

1.73%

1.79%

Gross expenses 2

1.06%

1.08%

1.14%

1.15%

1.18%

Net expenses 2

0.88%

0.88%

0.89%

0.89%

0.89%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

41%

40%

37%

43%

47%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

59,927

$

60,396

$

64,161

$

61,766

$

53,646

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2015 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.53

$

10.26

$

10.11

$

9.93

$

9.16

Net investment income 2

0.15

0.14 3

0.14

0.16

0.16 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.13

0.41

0.27

0.29

0.85

Total from investment operations

0.28

0.55

0.41

0.45

1.01

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.13

-0.12

-0.16

-0.16

-0.19

Net realized gains

-0.12

-0.16

-0.10

-0.11

-0.05

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.25

-0.28

-0.26

-0.27

-0.24

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.56

$

10.53

$

10.26

$

10.11

$

9.93

Total return 4

2.68%

5.49%

4.08%

4.67%

11.22%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.37%

1.36%

1.46%

1.65%

1.69%

Gross expenses 2

1.05%

1.08%

1.14%

1.15%

1.18%

Net expenses 2

0.89%

0.89%

0.90%

0.90%

0.90%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

39%

38%

35%

40%

44%

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

$

107,906

$

122,400

$

200,596

$

165,774

$

142,622

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2020 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

15.34

$

14.72

$

14.43

$

14.14

$

12.70

Net investment income 2

0.20

0.20

0.21

0.22

0.20 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

0.98

0.51

0.35

1.49

Total from investment operations

0.53

1.18

0.72

0.57

1.69

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.18

-0.17

-0.22

-0.24

-0.25

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.21

-0.04

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.43

-0.56

-0.43

-0.28

-0.25

Net asset value, end of period

$

15.44

$

15.34

$

14.72

$

14.43

$

14.14

Total return 4

3.49%

8.14%

5.12%

4.12%

13.56%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.29%

1.35%

1.43%

1.54%

1.53%

Gross expenses 2

1.01%

1.04%

1.12%

1.13%

1.15%

Net expenses 2

0.91%

0.91%

0.91%

0.91%

0.91%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

36%

35%

32%

35%

39%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

203,041

$

193,249

$

173,813

$

144,478

$

119,297

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2025 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.59

$

9.97

$

9.72

$

9.80

$

8.68

Net investment income 2

0.13

0.11

0.14

0.14 3

0.13 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.32

0.96

0.46

0.15

1.25

Total from investment operations

0.45

1.07

0.60

0.29

1.38

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.12

-0.12

-0.15

-0.14

-0.14

Net realized gains

-0.20

-0.33

-0.20

-0.23

-0.12

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.32

-0.45

-0.35

-0.37

-0.26

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.72

$

10.59

$

9.97

$

9.72

$

9.80

Total return 4

4.35%

10.91%

6.31%

3.32%

16.22%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.24%

1.28%

1.41%

1.42%

1.39%

Gross expenses 2

1.02%

1.05%

1.12%

1.14%

1.15%

Net expenses 2

0.91%

0.91%

0.91%

0.91%

0.91%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

31%

32%

28%

31%

33%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

244,299

$

236,714

$

377,357

$

300,434

$

256,544

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2030 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

16.77

$

15.46

$

14.88

$

14.95

$

12.77

Net investment income 2

0.20

0.20

0.21

0.19 3

0.17 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.70

1.84

0.87

0.13

2.21

Total from investment operations

0.90

2.04

1.08

0.32

2.38

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.19

-0.19

-0.22

-0.20

-0.20

Net realized gains

-0.34

-0.54

-0.28

-0.19

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.53

-0.73

-0.50

-0.39

-0.20

Net asset value, end of period

$

17.14

$

16.77

$

15.46

$

14.88

$

14.95

Total return 4

5.42%

13.47%

7.41%

2.36%

18.84%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.16%

1.21%

1.38%

1.30%

1.21%

Gross expenses 2

1.01%

1.04%

1.13%

1.14%

1.17%

Net expenses 2

0.92%

0.92%

0.92%

0.92%

0.92%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

26%

29%

25%

26%

28%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

216,398

$

201,506

$

158,551

$

124,145

$

99,234

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2035 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.10

$

10.05

$

9.56

$

9.67

$

8.24

Net investment income 2

0.12

0.13

0.13

0.11 3

0.10

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.56

1.43

0.65

0.02

1.58

Total from investment operations

0.68

1.56

0.78

0.13

1.68

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.12

-0.12

-0.13

-0.10

-0.12

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.16

-0.14

-0.13

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.37

-0.51

-0.29

-0.24

-0.25

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.41

$

11.10

$

10.05

$

9.56

$

9.67

Total return 4

6.25%

15.77%

8.38%

1.60%

20.74%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.10%

1.21%

1.35%

1.21%

1.09%

Gross expenses 2

1.03%

1.08%

1.15%

1.16%

1.19%

Net expenses 2

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

22%

26%

22%

22%

24%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

204,584

$

193,717

$

310,066

$

244,138

$

204,364

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2040 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

19.21

$

17.19

$

16.32

$

16.65

$

13.81

Net investment income 2

0.20

0.21

0.22

0.18

0.16

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

1.10

2.75

1.22

-0.06

2.86

Total from investment operations

1.30

2.96

1.44

0.12

3.02

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.20

-0.21

-0.23

-0.18

-0.18

Net realized gains

-0.46

-0.73

-0.34

-0.27

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.66

-0.94

-0.57

-0.45

-0.18

Net asset value, end of period

$

19.85

$

19.21

$

17.19

$

16.32

$

16.65

Total return 3

6.91%

17.53%

9.10%

0.96%

22.10%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.05%

1.13%

1.33%

1.14%

1.01%

Gross expenses 2

1.02%

1.05%

1.14%

1.15%

1.18%

Net expenses 2

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

18%

25%

20%

20%

21%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

137,770

$

119,774

$

86,745

$

64,452

$

48,906

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2045 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.55

$

10.26

$

9.62

$

9.69

$

8.14

Net investment income 2

0.12

0.13

0.12

0.11

0.08

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.71

1.73

0.77

-0.05

1.73

Total from investment operations

0.83

1.86

0.89

0.06

1.81

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.12

-0.12

-0.12

-0.09

-0.15

Net realized gains

-0.28

-0.45

-0.13

-0.04

-0.11

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.40

-0.57

-0.25

-0.13

-0.26

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.98

$

11.55

$

10.26

$

9.62

$

9.69

Total return 3

7.29%

18.44%

9.39%

0.80%

22.58%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.04%

1.18%

1.32%

1.12%

0.98%

Gross expenses 2

1.05%

1.10%

1.18%

1.17%

1.21%

Net expenses 2

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

16%

24%

19%

19%

20%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

113,889

$

110,633

$

178,137

$

115,546

$

84,881

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2050 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.96

$

9.73

$

9.21

$

9.51

$

8.11

Net investment income 2

0.11

0.11

0.12

0.10

0.09 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.68

1.67

0.73

-0.06

1.71

Total from investment operations

0.79

1.78

0.85

0.04

1.80

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.11

-0.12

-0.13

-0.09

-0.13

Net realized gains

-0.26

-0.43

-0.20

-0.25

-0.27

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.37

-0.55

-0.33

-0.34

-0.40

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.38

$

10.96

$

9.73

$

9.21

$

9.51

Total return 4

7.39%

18.67%

9.49%

0.75%

22.54%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.02%

1.10%

1.33%

1.12%

1.02%

Gross expenses 2

1.03%

1.07%

1.16%

1.16%

1.19%

Net expenses 2

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

16%

23%

19%

19%

20%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

67,502

$

58,583

$

39,188

$

28,615

$

24,771

1

Year ended February 29.

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2055 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Investor Class

2015

2014

2013

2012 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

12.52

$

10.81

$

10.05

$

10.00

Net investment income 2

0.13

0.14

0.13

0.06 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.79

1.85

0.80

-0.01

Total from investment operations

0.92

1.99

0.93

0.05

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.13

-0.13

-0.17

0.00

Net realized gains

-0.14

-0.15

0.00

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.27

-0.28

-0.17

0.00

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.17

$

12.52

$

10.81

$

10.05

Total return 4

7.44%

18.62%

9.52%

0.50%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.99%

1.06%

1.23%

0.94%

Gross expenses 2

1.13%

1.27%

1.64%

6.32%

Net expenses 2

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

0.93%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

16%

23%

19%

19%

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

$

8,059

$

4,130

$

1,254

$

256

1

For the period from June 30, 2011 (commencement of class operations) to February 29, 2012

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

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Wells Fargo Advantage Funds

 | 

July 1, 2015

Dow Jones Target Date Funds

Prospectus

Class R*

Target Today Fund

WFRRX

Target 2010 Fund

WFARX

Target 2015 Fund

WFBRX

Target 2020 Fund

WFURX

Target 2025 Fund

WFHRX

Target 2030 Fund

WFJRX

Target 2035 Fund

WFKRX

Target 2040 Fund

WFMRX

Target 2045 Fund

WFNRX

Target 2050 Fund

WFWRX

Target 2055 Fund

WFYRX

Target 2060 Fund

WFRFX


*Class R shares are only available to participants in certain retirement plans.

As with all mutual funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.

Fund shares are NOT deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., its affiliates or any other depository institution. Fund shares are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency and may lose value.

Table of Contents

Fund Summaries

Target Today Fund Summary

2

Target 2010 Fund Summary

7

Target 2015 Fund Summary

13

Target 2020 Fund Summary

19

Target 2025 Fund Summary

25

Target 2030 Fund Summary

31

Target 2035 Fund Summary

37

Target 2040 Fund Summary

43

Target 2045 Fund Summary

49

Target 2050 Fund Summary

55

Target 2055 Fund Summary

61

Target 2060 Fund Summary

67

The Funds

Key Fund Information

73

Target Date Funds

74

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes

79

Description of Principal Investment Risks

81

Portfolio Holdings Information

84

Management of the Funds

The Manager

85

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

87

Multi-Manager Arrangement

87

Your Account

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents

88

Pricing Fund Shares

90

How to Buy Shares

91

How to Sell Shares

92

How to Exchange Shares

93

Account Policies

95

Other Information

Distributions

96

Taxes

96

Master/Gateway Structure

97

Additional Performance Information

99

Financial Highlights

102

Target Today Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.09%

Fee Waiver

0.08%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.01%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$103

3 Years

$339

5 Years

$593

10 Years

$1,322

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 42% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to maintain a relatively fixed level of potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund is the most conservative Fund within the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds series. Within the series, each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund's allocation of assets among equity, fixed income and money market instruments asset classes, and your decision to invest in this or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "Today" designation in the Fund's name corresponds to the naming convention of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , an index designed to represent the targeted level of relative market risk exposure 10 years past a dated Fund's targeted year. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 16%, 60% and 24%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009

+6.17%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-3.37%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.56%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

2.86%

3.80%

3.69%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.73%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target Today Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.75%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2010 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.49%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.10%

Fee Waiver

0.07%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.03%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$105

3 Years

$343

5 Years

$599

10 Years

$1,334

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2010. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . As the Fund has now reached its target year, its risk exposure approaches 27% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 19%, 62% and 19%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+8.05%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-5.59%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.62%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

3.24%

4.42%

3.80%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.86%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2010 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.91%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2015 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.49%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.10%

Fee Waiver

0.06%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.04%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$106

3 Years

$344

5 Years

$600

10 Years

$1,335

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2015. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2015, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 26%, 70% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+10.06%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-7.23%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.88%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

3.41%

5.24%

3.33%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.48%

6.36%

4.37%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2020 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.47%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.08%

Fee Waiver

0.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.06%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$108

3 Years

$341

5 Years

$594

10 Years

$1,315

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 36% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2020. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2020, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 36%, 60% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.41%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-10.77%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.27%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

3.73%

6.33%

4.49%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2020 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.54%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2025 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.09%

Fee Waiver

0.03%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.06%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$108

3 Years

$344

5 Years

$598

10 Years

$1,326

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2025. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2025, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 49%, 47% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+15.07%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-14.34%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.66%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

4.07%

7.45%

3.50%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.14%

8.58%

4.47%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2030 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.47%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.08%

Fee Waiver

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.07%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$109

3 Years

$342

5 Years

$595

10 Years

$1,316

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2030. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2030, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 63%, 34% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+17.61%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-17.43%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.24%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

4.30%

8.49%

5.21%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2030 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.31%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2035 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.09%

Fee Waiver

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.08%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$110

3 Years

$346

5 Years

$600

10 Years

$1,328

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2035. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2035, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 74%, 22% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+19.37%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-19.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.63%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

4.50%

9.30%

3.80%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.80%

10.47%

4.71%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2040 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.09%

Fee Waiver

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.08%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$110

3 Years

$346

5 Years

$600

10 Years

$1,328

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 18% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2040. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2040, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 83%, 13% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.62%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.87%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.97%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

4.76%

9.95%

5.85%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

7.32%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2040 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

6.85%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2045 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.49%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.10%

Fee Waiver

0.02%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.08%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$110

3 Years

$348

5 Years

$604

10 Years

$1,338

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2045. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2045, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2014, the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 89%, 7% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.39%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.34%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.17%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

4.80%

10.20%

4.23%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.16%

11.39%

5.09%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2050 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.48%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.09%

Fee Waiver

0.01%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.08%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$110

3 Years

$346

5 Years

$600

10 Years

$1,328

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2050. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2050, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.90%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.75%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.19%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

4.86%

10.31%

4.24%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

11.43%

5.11%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2055 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.56%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.17%

Fee Waiver

0.09%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

1.08%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$110

3 Years

$363

5 Years

$635

10 Years

$1,412

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2055. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2055, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R

Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2012

+10.93%

Lowest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2012

-4.48%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.20%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/30/2011

Class R (before taxes)

6/28/2013

4.92%

N/A

8.60%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

N/A

3.70%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

N/A

15.61%

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

N/A

9.74%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2011
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2011
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2011

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2060 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.25%

Other Expenses

0.59%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

1.20%

Fee Waiver

0.12%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 1

1.08%

1. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$110

3 Years

$369

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, no history of the portfolio turnover rate is available.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2060. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2060, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

New Fund Risk. The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk. Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

Because the Fund has not commenced operations, there is no performance to report.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2015
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2015
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2015

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

For Class R shares, eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (WFFD). These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Throughout this Prospectus, the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund SM is referred to as the Target Today Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2010 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2015 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2020 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2025 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2030 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2035 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2040 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2045 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2050 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2055 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2060 Fund; and collectively the Funds are referred to as the Target Date Funds.

Key Fund Information


This Prospectus contains information about one or more Funds within the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds ® family and is designed to provide you with important information to help you with your investment decisions. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.

In this Prospectus, "we" generally refers to Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), the relevant sub-adviser(s), if applicable, or the portfolio manager(s). "We" may also refer to a Fund's other service providers. "You" refers to the shareholder or potential investor.


Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each Fund in this Prospectus is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board of Trustees ("Board") alone. The objective and strategies description for each Fund tells you:

what the Fund is trying to achieve; 

how we intend to invest your money; and 

what makes the Fund different from the other Funds offered in this Prospectus.

This section also provides a summary of each Fund's principal investment and policies and practices. Unless otherwise indicated, these investment policies and practices apply on an ongoing basis.

Principal Investment Risks

This section lists the principal investment risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal investment risks for the master portfolios in which each Fund invests. A complete description of these and other risks is found in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section. It is possible to lose money by investing in a Fund.


Portfolio Asset Allocations

This section provides a percentage breakdown of a Fund's assets across different master portfolios.

Master/Gateway® Structure

The Funds are gateway funds in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios or other Funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , and may invest directly in securities, to achieve its investment objective. Multiple gateway funds investing in the same master portfolio or Fund can enhance their investment opportunities and reduce their expense ratios by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. References to the investment activities of a gateway fund are intended to refer to the investment activities of the master portfolio(s) in which it invests.

Target Date Funds

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Sub-Adviser

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Portfolio Managers

Rodney H. Alldredge
James P. Lauder
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Target Today Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFRRX
Fund Number: 3627

Target 2010 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFARX
Fund Number: 3617

Target 2015 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFBRX
Fund Number: 3618

Target 2020 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFURX
Fund Number: 3619

Target 2025 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFHRX
Fund Number: 3620

Target 2030 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFJRX
Fund Number: 3621

Target 2035 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFKRX
Fund Number: 3622

Target 2040 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFMRX
Fund Number: 3623

Target 2045 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFNRX
Fund Number: 3624

Target 2050 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFWRX
Fund Number: 3625

Target 2055 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2011

Ticker: WFYRX
Fund Number: 3626

Target 2060 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2015

Ticker: WFRFX
Fund Number: 3639

Investment Objective

Each Fund's objective is to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.  Specifically:

The Target Today Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Target 2010 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Target 2015 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Target 2020 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Target 2025 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Target 2030 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Target 2035 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Target 2040 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Target 2045 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Target 2050 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Target 2055 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Target 2060 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Each Fund's Board of Trustees can change these investment objectives without a shareholder vote.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of each Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.

Each Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of a Dow Jones Target Date Index that has the same target year as the Fund. Similar to the methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, each Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Funds' assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Funds with longer time horizons generally allocate more of their assets to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. Funds with shorter time horizons replace some of their equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility. Each Fund's allocation among the three major asset classes generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. Each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund. For instance, the Target 2060 Fund has the most aggressive asset allocation of the Funds and the Target Today Fund has the most conservative asset allocation of the Funds. If you have a low risk tolerance, you may not wish to invest in the Target 2060 Fund, even if you intend to begin withdrawing a portion or all of your investment in the Fund in the year 2060. Conversely, you may feel comfortable choosing a more aggressive Fund for a near-term investment goal if you have a higher risk tolerance.

The "target year" designated in a Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of its corresponding Dow Jones Target Date Index. The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year. The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in a Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Funds invest are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class, which securities may include, among others, debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, U.S. and foreign government obligations and derivatives. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, each of these master portfolios purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, each of these master portfolios attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of replicating index performance against the goal of managing transaction costs.

The Funds invest in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Short-Term Investment Portfolio invests in high-quality money market instruments, including U.S. Government obligations, obligations of foreign and domestic banks, short-term corporate debt securities and repurchase agreements. Unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, the Short-Term Investment Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Funds and the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.

Although they do not currently intend to do so, the Funds reserve the right to invest in more or fewer master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

Principal Investment Risks

The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed at any time, including in the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, each Fund is primarily subject to the risks mentioned below to the extent that each Fund is exposed to these risks depending on its asset allocation and target year:

 

Credit Risk

Derivatives Risk

Emerging Markets Risk

Foreign Investment Risk

Futures Contracts Risk

Index Tracking Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Investment Style Risk

Management Risk

Market Risk

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk

New Fund Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Regulatory Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Smaller Company Securities Risk

Target Date Fund Risk

U.S. Government Obligations Risk

These and other risks could cause you to lose money in your investment in the Fund and could adversely affect the Fund's net asset value, yield and total return. These risks are described in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section.

Risk Tolerance

Two general rules of investing have shaped the Funds' strategies:

(1) Higher investment returns usually go hand-in-hand with higher risk. Put another way, the greater an investment's potential return, the greater its potential for loss. Historically, for example, stocks have outperformed bonds, but the worst year for stocks on record was much worse than the worst year for bonds; and

(2) Generally, the longer an investor's time horizon, the greater the capacity or ability to withstand market volatility because there is more time to recoup any losses that might be incurred.

As illustrated by the line graph below, the Target Date Funds with longer time horizons are subject to more risk. This normally gives investors the potential for greater returns in the early years of a Fund than in the years immediately preceding or after the Fund's target date. As a Fund approaches its target year, and its investors have less time to recover from market declines, the Fund reduces its risk exposure. This reduction in risk exposure is intended to help secure the value of your investment as the time nears for you to begin withdrawing a portion or all of it. The graph below shows the relative amount of potential equity risk that each Fund is expected to assume given its time horizon. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. Information is presented as of February 28, 2015.

 

When and After a Fund Reaches its Target Year

As illustrated above, by the time a Fund reaches its target year, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. A Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. During the ten-year period after the Fund's target year, the Fund will increasingly resemble the Target Today Fund. At the end of the ten-year period, we will likely combine the Fund with the Target Today Fund.

Portfolio Asset Allocations

Each Fund's asset allocation is determined using the index methodology described in the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section, which results in a systematic reduction in potential market risk exposure over time as illustrated in the line graph above. This methodology provides you with higher exposure to market risk in the early years of investing and lower exposure to market risk in the years near the Fund's target year and 10 years thereafter. Each Fund reserves the right to adjust its market risk exposure upward or downward to meet its investment objective.

As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights shown in the table below. The weightings of the indexes in equity, fixed income and money market securities shown in the table below represent a percentage breakdown of each corresponding Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The percentage risk of the global equity market to which the Fund is exposed will not necessarily be the same as, and will typically be greater than, the Fund's percentage investment in the Diversified Stock Portfolio in order to account for the risks associated with investments in fixed income and money market securities. Each Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation in the Diversified Stock Portfolio, Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio and Short-Term Investment Portfolio as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Equity Securities

Fixed Income Securities

Money Market Securities

Dow Jones Target Today Index

16%

60%

24%

Dow Jones Target 2010 Index

19%

62%

19%

Dow Jones Target 2015 Index

26%

70%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2020 Index

36%

60%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2025 Index

49%

47%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2030 Index

63%

34%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2035 Index

74%

22%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2040 Index

83%

13%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2045 Index

89%

7%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2050 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2055 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2060 Index

90%

6%

4%

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes


Index Performance

While the objective of each Fund is to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of its target index, the performance shown for each target index is not the past performance of the corresponding Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund or any other investment. Index performance does not include any fees and expenses associated with investing, including management fees and brokerage costs, and would be lower if it did. Past index performance is no guarantee of future results, either for the index or for any mutual fund. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Index Methodology

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are a series of Indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. Each Index is a blend of sub-indexes representing three major asset classes: equity securities, fixed income securities and money market instruments. The allocation of each Index generally becomes more conservative as the Index's time horizon becomes shorter. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index is comprised of a set of equity, bond and cash sub-indexes. The equity component is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Style Indexes (sub-indexes numbers 1 through 6 in the table on the next page), Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index. The bond component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Government Bond, U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond, U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities and Global Treasury: Majors Ex U.S. Indexes. Finally, the cash component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index.

The equity asset class is currently comprised of nine sub-asset classes; the fixed income asset class is currently comprised of four sub-asset classes; the money market asset class is currently comprised of one sub-asset class. Each sub-asset class is represented by an underlying index and is equally weighted with other sub-asset classes within its major asset class. The market risk of each Dow Jones Target Date Index will gradually decline over a period of years by changing its allocation among the three major asset classes and not by excluding any asset classes or sub-asset classes or by changing allocations among sub-asset classes.

The sub-asset classes that currently comprise each major asset class of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are detailed in the table below:

Major Asset Classes

Equity Component

Fixed Income Component

Money Market Component

Sub-Asset Classes 1

1. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index

1. Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

1. Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index

2. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index

2. Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index

3. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index

3. Barclays U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index

4. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index

4. Barclays Global Treasury: Majors Ex US Index

5. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index

6. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index

7. Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index

8. Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index

9. Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index

1. Additional information about the sub-indexes comprising the sub-asset classes is available in the Statement of Additional Information.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index will exhibit higher market risk in its early years and lower market risk in the years approaching its target year. At more than 35 years prior to the target year, the Index's targeted risk level is set at 90% of the risk of the global equity market. The global equity market is measured by the sub-indexes comprising the equity component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The major asset classes are rebalanced monthly within the Index to create an efficient asset allocation that maintains a targeted 90% risk level. At 35 years before the target year, each Index will begin to gradually reduce market risk. A new targeted risk level is calculated each month as a function of the current risk of the equity component and the number of months remaining to the Index's target year. The monthly risk reductions continue until the Index reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market, on December 1 of the year ten years after the Index's target year. Once an Index reaches that date, it always reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market.

Description of Principal Investment Risks


Understanding the risks involved in mutual fund investing will help you make an informed decision that takes into account your risk tolerance and preferences. The risks that are most likely to have a material effect on a particular Fund as a whole are called "principal risks." The principal risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal risk factors for the master portfolios in which the Fund invests, have been previously identified and are described below. Additional information about the principal risks is included in the Statement of Additional Information.

Credit Risk
The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due. In these instances, the value of an investment could decline and the Fund could lose money. Credit risk increases as an issuer's credit quality declines.

Derivatives Risk
The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, presents risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives. These risks are heightened when derivatives are used to enhance a Fund's return or as a substitute for a position or security, rather than solely to hedge (or mitigate) the risk of a position or security held by the Fund. The success of the a derivative strategy will be affected by the portfolio manager's ability to assess and predict market or economic developments and their impact on the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves. Certain derivative instruments may become illiquid and, as a result, may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so. Certain derivatives create leverage, which can magnify the impact of a decline in the value of their underlying assets, indexes or rates and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value. Certain derivatives (e.g., over-the-counter swaps) are also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, which may cause a Fund to lose money, suffer delays or incur costs arising from holding or selling an underlying asset. Changes in laws or regulations may make the use of derivatives more costly, may limit the availability of derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the use, value or performance of derivatives.

Emerging Markets Risk
Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. For example, emerging market countries are typically more dependent on exports and are therefore more vulnerable to recessions in other countries. Emerging markets tend to have less developed legal and financial systems and a smaller market capitalization than markets in developed countries. Some emerging markets are subject to greater political instability. Additionally, emerging markets may have more volatile currencies and be more sensitive than developed markets to a variety of economic factors, including inflation. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk
Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign companies may be subject to significantly higher levels of taxation than U.S. companies, including potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, thereby reducing the earnings potential of such foreign companies. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Such changes may reduce the U.S. dollar value of the investments. Foreign investments may be subject to additional risks such as potentially higher withholding and other taxes, and may also be subject to greater trade settlement, custodial, and other operational risks than domestic investments. Certain foreign markets may also be characterized by less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards.

Futures Contracts Risk
A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk
A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk
When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. The longer the terms of the debt securities held by a Fund, the more the Fund is subject to this risk. If interest rates decline, interest that the Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, which could cause the Fund to reduce the dividends it pays to shareholders, but the value of those securities may increase. Some debt securities give the issuers the option to call, redeem or prepay the securities before their maturity dates. If an issuer calls, redeems or prepays a debt security during a time of declining interest rates, the Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in a security offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value as a result of declining interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the debt securities market, reduced liquidity for certain Fund investments and an increase in Fund redemptions. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable.

Investment Style Risk
Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. As a result, a Fund's performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or in securities of a different investment style.

Management Risk
Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk
The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are subject to risk of default on the underlying mortgages or assets, particularly during periods of economic downturn. Defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets may cause such securities to decline in value and become less liquid. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, these securities may exhibit additional volatility. When interest rates decline or are low, borrowers may pay off their mortgage or other debts sooner than expected, which can reduce the returns of a Fund. Funds that may enter into mortgage dollar roll transactions are subject to the risk that the market value of the securities that are required to be repurchased in the future may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price. They also involve the risk that the party to whom the securities are sold may become insolvent, limiting the fund's ability to repurchase securities at the agreed upon price.

New Fund Risk
The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk
Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk
Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Smaller companies may have no or relatively short operating histories, limited financial resources or may be newly public companies. Some of these companies have aggressive capital structures, including high debt levels, or are involved in rapidly growing or changing industries and/or new technologies.

Target Date Fund Risk
A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. This risk is greater for an investor who begins to withdraw a portion or all of his or her investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk
U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. If a government-sponsored entity is unable to meet its obligations or its creditworthiness declines, the performance of a Fund that holds securities issued or guaranteed by the entity will be adversely impacted.

Portfolio Holdings Information


A description of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' portfolio holdings is available in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information. In addition, Funds Management will, from time to time, include portfolio holdings information in periodic commentaries for certain Funds. The substance of the information contained in such commentaries will also be posted to the Funds' Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Management of the Funds


The Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), headquartered at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, provides advisory and Fund-level administrative services to the Funds pursuant to an investment management agreement (the "Management Agreement"). Funds Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a publicly traded diversified financial services company that provides banking, insurance, investment, mortgage and consumer financial services. Funds Management is a registered investment adviser that provides investment management services for registered mutual funds, closed-end funds and other funds and accounts.

Funds Management is responsible for implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Funds. To assist Funds Management in performing these responsibilities, Funds Management has contracted with one or more sub-advisers to provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. Funds Management employs a team of investment professionals who identify and recommend the initial hiring of each Fund's sub-adviser(s) and supervise and monitor the activities of the sub-adviser(s) on an ongoing basis. Funds Management retains overall responsibility for the investment activities of the Funds.

Funds Management's investment professionals review and analyze each Fund's performance, including relative to peer funds, and monitor each Fund's compliance with its investment objective and strategies. Funds Management is responsible for reporting to the Board on investment performance and other matters affecting the Funds. When appropriate, Funds Management recommends to the Board enhancements to Fund features, including changes to Fund investment objectives, strategies and policies. Funds Management also communicates with shareholders and intermediaries about Fund performance and features.

Funds Management is also responsible for providing Fund-level administrative services, which include, among others, providing such services in connection with the Funds' operations; developing and implementing procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions; and providing any other Fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are provided by the Funds' transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant.

For providing these investment management services, Funds Management is entitled to receive the fees disclosed in the row captioned "Management Fees" in each Fund's table of Annual Fund Operating Expenses. Funds Management compensates each sub-adviser from the fees Funds Management receives for its services pursuant to the Management Agreement. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Management Agreement and sub-advisory agreements will be included in the Funds' semi-annual report for the six-month period ended August 31st.

Prior to July 1, 2015, Funds Management provided advisory services to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement ("Advisory Agreement"). The Management Agreement, which became effective July 1, 2015, combines the terms of the Advisory Agreement with the terms of the Funds' prior Amended and Restated Administration Agreement applicable to Fund-level administrative services. For a Fund's most recent fiscal year end, the advisory fee paid to Funds Management pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, net of any applicable waivers and reimbursements, was as follows:

Advisory Fees Paid

As a % of average daily net assets

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

0.04%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

0.06%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

0.07%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

0.10%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

0.03%

As compensation for its services under the Management Agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive a monthly fee at the annual rates indicated below based on the Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund's average daily net assets:

 

Management
Fee

First $5 billion

0.20%

Next $5 billion

0.19%

Over $10 billion

0.18%

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

The following sub-adviser and portfolio managers provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. These services include making purchases and sales of securities and other investment assets for the Funds, selecting broker-dealers, negotiating brokerage commission rates and maintaining portfolio transaction records. Each sub-adviser is compensated for its services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as investment manager to the Funds. The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers' ownership of securities in the Funds. For information regarding the sub-advisers that perform day-to-day portfolio management activities for the master portfolios in which the Funds invests, see "The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios" under the "Master/Gateway® Structure" section.

Global Index Advisors, Inc. ("GIA"), a registered investment adviser located at 29 North Park Square, Suite 201, Marietta, GA 30060, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. GIA, through its relationships with Dow Jones Indexes and State Street Global Advisors, offers a series of collective Dow Jones Portfolio Index Funds.

Rodney H. Alldredge

Mr. Alldredge co-founded GIA in 1994 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Portfolio Operations.

James P. Lauder

Mr. Lauder joined GIA in 2002 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Chief Executive Officer of GIA.

Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Mr.Torregrosa joined GIA in 2007 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Research.

Multi-Manager Arrangement

The Funds and Funds Management have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits Funds Management, subject to Board approval, to select certain sub-advisers and enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with them, without obtaining shareholder approval. The SEC order extends to sub-advisers that are not otherwise affiliated with Funds Management or the Funds, as well as sub-advisers that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Funds Management or of a company that wholly owns Funds Management ("Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers").

Pursuant to the order, Funds Management, with Board approval, may hire or replace Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers for each Fund that is eligible to rely on the order. Funds Management, subject to Board oversight, has the responsibility to oversee Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers and to recommend their hiring, termination and replacement. If a new sub-adviser is hired for a Fund pursuant to the order, the Fund is required to notify shareholders within 90 days. The Funds that are eligible to rely on the order are not required to disclose the individual fees that Funds Management pays to a Multi-Manager Sub-Adviser.

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents


Distribution Plan
Each Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan (12b-1 Plan) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for the Class R shares. The 12b-1 Plan authorizes the payment of all or part of the cost of preparing and distributing prospectuses and distribution-related services. The 12b-1 Plan also provides that, if and to the extent any shareholder servicing payments are recharacterized as payments for distribution- related services, they are approved and payable under the 12b-1 Plan. The fees paid under this 12b-1 Plan are as follows:

Fund

Class R

Target Today Fund

0.25%

Target 2010 Fund

0.25%

Target 2015 Fund

0.25%

Target 2020 Fund

0.25%

Target 2025 Fund

0.25%

Target 2030 Fund

0.25%

Target 2035 Fund

0.25%

Target 2040 Fund

0.25%

Target 2045 Fund

0.25%

Target 2050 Fund

0.25%

Target 2055 Fund

0.25%

Target 2060 Fund

0.25%

These fees are paid out of the Class's assets on an ongoing basis. Over time, these fees will increase the cost of your investment and may cost you more than other types of sales charges.

Shareholder Servicing Plan
The Funds have a shareholder servicing plan. Under this plan, various shareholder servicing agents have been authorized to process purchase and redemption requests, to service shareholder accounts, and to provide other related services for the Funds' Class R shares. For these services, the Funds' Class R shares pay an annual fee of up to 0.25% of their average daily net assets.

Additional Payments to Dealers
In addition to dealer reallowances and payments made by each Fund for distribution and shareholder servicing, the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates make additional payments ("Additional Payments") to certain selling or shareholder servicing agents for the Fund, which include broker-dealers and 401(k) service providers and recordkeepers. These Additional Payments are made in connection with the sale and distribution of shares of the Fund or for services to the Fund and its shareholders. These Additional Payments, which may be significant, are paid by the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates, out of their revenues, which generally come directly or indirectly from fees paid by the entire Fund complex.

In return for these Additional Payments, each Fund's manager and distributor expect the Fund to receive certain marketing or servicing advantages that are not generally available to mutual funds that do not make such payments. Such advantages are expected to include, without limitation, placement of the Fund on a list of mutual funds offered as investment options to the selling agent's clients (sometimes referred to as "Shelf Space"); access to the selling agent's registered representatives; and/or ability to assist in training and educating the selling agent's registered representatives.

Certain selling or shareholder servicing agents receive these Additional Payments to supplement amounts payable by the Fund under the shareholder servicing plans. In exchange, these agents provide services including, but not limited to, establishing and maintaining accounts and records; answering inquiries regarding purchases, exchanges and redemptions; processing and verifying purchase, redemption and exchange transactions; furnishing account statements and confirmations of transactions; processing and mailing monthly statements, prospectuses, shareholder reports and other SEC-required communications; and providing the types of services that might typically be provided by each Fund's transfer agent (e.g., the maintenance of omnibus or omnibus-like accounts, the use of the National Securities Clearing Corporation for the transmission of transaction information and the transmission of shareholder mailings).

The Additional Payments may create potential conflicts of interest between an investor and a selling agent who is recommending a particular mutual fund over other mutual funds. Before investing, you should consult with your financial consultant and review carefully any disclosure by the selling agent as to what monies they receive from mutual fund advisers and distributors, as well as how your financial consultant is compensated.

The Additional Payments are typically paid in fixed dollar amounts, or based on the number of customer accounts maintained by the selling or shareholder servicing agent, or based on a percentage of sales and/or assets under management, or a combination of the above. The Additional Payments are either up-front or ongoing or both. The Additional Payments differ among selling and shareholder servicing agents. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on its customers' assets typically range between 0.05% and 0.30% in a given year of assets invested in a Fund by the selling agent's customers. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on a percentage of sales typically range between 0.10% and 0.15% of the gross sales of a Fund attributable to the selling agent. In addition, representatives of each Fund's distributor visit selling agents on a regular basis to educate their registered representatives and to encourage the sale of Fund shares. The costs associated with such visits may be paid for by the Fund's manager, distributor, or their affiliates, subject to applicable FINRA regulations.

More information on the FINRA member firms that have received the Additional Payments described in this section is available in the Statement of Additional Information, which is on file with the SEC and is also available on the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds website at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Pricing Fund Shares


A Fund's NAV is the value of a single share. The NAV is normally calculated as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open. To calculate the NAV of a Fund's shares, the Fund's assets are valued and totaled, liabilities are subtracted, and the balance, called net assets, is divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is calculated separately for each class of shares of a multiple-class Fund. The price at which a purchase or redemption request is processed is based on the next NAV calculated after the request is received in good order. NAV is not calculated, and purchase and redemption requests are not processed, on days that the NYSE is closed for trading. To the extent that a Fund's assets are traded in other markets on days when the NYSE is not open for regular trading, the value of the Fund's assets may be affected on days when you are unable to buy or sell Fund shares. Conversely, trading in some of a Fund's assets may not occur on days when the NYSE is open for regular trading.

With respect to any portion of a Fund's assets that may be invested in other mutual funds, the value of the Fund's shares is based on the NAV of the shares of the other mutual funds in which the Fund invests. The valuation methods used by mutual funds in pricing their shares, including the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing, are included in the prospectuses of such funds. To the extent a Fund invests a portion of its assets in non-registered investment vehicles, the Fund's interests in the non-registered vehicles are fair valued at NAV.

With respect to a Fund's assets invested directly in securities, the Fund's investments are generally valued at current market prices. Equity securities, options and futures are generally valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last reported sales price on the primary exchange or market on which they are listed (closing price). Equity securities that are not traded primarily on an exchange are generally valued at the quoted bid price obtained from a broker-dealer.

Debt securities acquired with maturities exceeding 60 days are generally valued at the evaluated bid price provided by a pricing service. Debt securities acquired with maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost.

We are required to depart from these general valuation methods and use fair value pricing methods to determine the values of certain investments if we believe that the closing price or the quoted bid price of a security, including a security that trades primarily on a foreign exchange, does not accurately reflect its current market value at the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV. The closing price or the quoted bid price of a security may not reflect its current market value if, among other things, a significant event occurs after the closing price or quoted bid price but before the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV that materially affects the value of the security. We use various criteria, including a systemic evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in deciding whether a foreign security's market price is still reliable and, if not, what fair market value to assign to the security. In addition, we use fair value pricing to determine the value of investments in securities and other assets, including illiquid securities, for which current market quotations or evaluated prices from a pricing service or broker-dealer are not readily available.

The fair value of a Fund's securities and other assets is determined in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Trustees. In light of the judgment involved in making fair value decisions, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security is accurate or that it reflects the price that the Fund could obtain for such security if it were to sell the security at the time as of which fair value pricing is determined. Such fair value pricing may result in NAVs that are higher or lower than NAVs based on the closing price or quoted bid price. See the Statement of Additional Information for additional details regarding the determination of NAVs.

How to Buy Shares


Class R shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R shares generally are not available to retail accounts. Eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with WFFD. These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

General Notes for Buying Shares

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your new account application or purchase request in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to process your transaction.

Earning Distributions. You are eligible to earn distributions beginning on the business day after the transfer agent receives your purchase in proper form.

U.S. Dollars Only. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars and all checks must be drawn on U.S. banks.

Right to Refuse an Order. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason, including if we believe that doing so would be in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders.

Special Considerations When Investing Through Financial Intermediaries:
If a financial intermediary purchases Class R shares on your behalf, you should understand the following:

Minimum Investments and Other Terms of Your Account. Share purchases are made through a customer account at your financial intermediary following that firm's terms. Financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts. Please consult an account representative from your financial intermediary for specifics.

Records are Held in Financial Intermediary's Name. Financial intermediaries are usually the holders of record for Class R shares held through their customer accounts. The financial intermediaries maintain records reflecting their customers' beneficial ownership of the shares.

Purchase/Redemption Orders. Financial intermediaries are responsible for transmitting their customers' purchase and redemption orders to a Fund and for delivering required payment on a timely basis.

Shareholder Communications. Financial intermediaries are responsible for delivering shareholder communications and voting information from a Fund, and for transmitting shareholder voting instructions to a Fund.

The information provided in this Prospectus is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or which would subject Fund shares to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.

The Funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, a member of FINRA/SIPC, and an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC") information and brochure are available at SIPC.org or by calling SIPC at (202) 371-8300.

How to Sell Shares


Class R shares must be redeemed according to the terms of your customer account with your financial intermediary. You should contact your investment representative when you wish to sell Fund shares.

General Notes for Selling Shares 

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your request to sell shares in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your request to sell shares is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, it will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to sell your shares.

Earning Distributions. Your shares are eligible to earn distributions through the date of redemption. If you redeem shares on a Friday or prior to a holiday, your shares will continue to be eligible to earn distributions until the next business day.

Right to Delay Payment. We normally will send out checks within one business day, and in any event no more than seven days, after we accept your request to redeem. If you wish to redeem shares purchased by check or Electronic Funds Transfer within seven days of purchase, you may need to resubmit your redemption request if your payment has not yet cleared. Our ability to determine with reasonable certainty that investments have been finally collected is greater for investments coming from accounts with banks affiliated with Funds Management than it is for investments coming from accounts with unaffiliated banks. Redemption payments also may be delayed under extraordinary circumstances or as permitted by the SEC in order to protect remaining shareholders. Such extraordinary circumstances are discussed further in the Statement of Additional Information.

Redemption in Kind. Although generally we pay redemption requests in cash, we reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by making payment in securities (known as a redemption in kind). In such case, we may pay all or part of the redemption in securities of equal value as permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules thereunder. The redeeming shareholders should expect to incur transaction costs upon the disposition of the securities received.

Retirement Plans and Other Products. If you purchased shares through a packaged investment product or retirement plan, read the directions for selling shares provided by the product or plan. There may be special requirements that supersede the directions in this Prospectus.

How to Exchange Shares


Exchanges between Wells Fargo Advantage Funds involve two transactions: (1) a sale of shares of one Fund; and (2) the purchase of shares of another. In general, the same rules and procedures that apply to sales and purchases apply to exchanges. There are, however, additional factors you should keep in mind while making or considering an exchange: 

In general, exchanges may be made between like share classes of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund offered to the general public for investment (i.e., a Fund not closed to new accounts), with the following exception: Class A shares of non-money market funds may also be exchanged for Service Class shares of any money market fund.

Same-fund exchanges between share classes are permitted subject to the following conditions: (1) exchanges out of Class A and Class C shares would not be allowed if shares are subject to a CDSC; (2) for exchanges into Class A shares, the shareholder must meet all qualifications to purchase Class A shares at net asset value based on current prospectus guidelines; and (3) the shareholder must meet the eligibility guidelines of the class being purchased in the exchange.

An exchange request will be processed on the same business day, provided that both Funds are open at the time the request is received. If one or both Funds are closed, the exchange will be processed on the following business day.

You should carefully read the prospectus for the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund into which you wish to exchange. 

Every exchange involves selling Fund shares, which may produce a capital gain or loss for tax purposes. 

If you are making an initial investment into a Fund through an exchange, you must exchange at least the minimum initial purchase amount for the new Fund, unless your balance has fallen below that amount due to investment performance. 

Any exchange between two Wells Fargo Advantage Funds must meet the minimum subsequent purchase amounts.

Class B and Class C share exchanges will not trigger the CDSC. The new shares will continue to age according to their original schedule and will be charged the CDSC applicable to the original shares upon redemption.

Generally, we will notify you at least 60 days in advance of any changes in our exchange policy.

Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds  reserves the right to reject any purchase or exchange order for any reason. Purchases or exchanges that a Fund determines could harm the Fund may be rejected.

Excessive trading by Fund shareholders can negatively impact a Fund and its long-term shareholders in several ways, including disrupting Fund investment strategies, increasing transaction costs, decreasing tax efficiency, and diluting the value of shares held by long-term shareholders. Excessive trading in Fund shares can negatively impact a Fund's long-term performance by requiring it to maintain more assets in cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time. Certain Funds may be more susceptible than others to these negative effects. For example, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in non-U.S. securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities resulting from pricing variations due to time zone differences across international financial markets. Similarly, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in small company securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities due to the less liquid nature of small company securities. Both types of Funds also may incur higher transaction costs in liquidating portfolio holdings to meet excessive redemption levels. Fair value pricing may reduce these arbitrage opportunities, thereby reducing some of the negative effects of excessive trading.

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , other than the Adjustable Rate Government Fund, Conservative Income Fund, Ultra Short-Term Income Fund and Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund ("Ultra-Short Funds") and the money market funds, (the "Covered Funds"). The Covered Funds are not designed to serve as vehicles for frequent trading. The Covered Funds actively discourage and take steps to prevent the portfolio disruption and negative effects on long-term shareholders that can result from excessive trading activity by Covered Fund shareholders. The Board has approved the Covered Funds' policies and procedures, which provide, among other things, that Funds Management may deem trading activity to be excessive if it determines that such trading activity would likely be disruptive to a Covered Fund by increasing expenses or lowering returns. In this regard, the Covered Funds take steps to avoid accommodating frequent purchases and redemptions of shares by Covered Fund shareholders. Funds Management monitors available shareholder trading information across all Covered Funds on a daily basis. If a shareholder redeems $5,000 or more (including redemptions that are part of an exchange transaction) from a Covered Fund, that shareholder is "blocked" from purchasing shares of that Covered Fund (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction) for 30 calendar days after the redemption. This policy does not apply to:

Money market funds;

Ultra-Short Funds;

Dividend reinvestments;

Systematic investments or exchanges where the financial intermediary maintaining the shareholder account identifies the transaction as a systematic redemption or purchase at the time of the transaction;

Rebalancing transactions within certain asset allocation or "wrap" programs where the financial intermediary maintaining a shareholder account is able to identify the transaction as part of an asset allocation program approved by Funds Management;

Transactions initiated by a "fund of funds" or Section 529 Plan into an underlying fund investment;

Permitted exchanges between share classes of the same Fund;

Certain transactions involving participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans, including: participant withdrawals due to mandatory distributions, rollovers and hardships, withdrawals of shares acquired by participants through payroll deductions, and shares acquired or sold by a participant in connection with plan loans; and

Purchases below $5,000 (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction).

The money market funds and the Ultra-Short Funds. Because the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds are often used for short-term investments, they are designed to accommodate more frequent purchases and redemptions than the Covered Funds. As a result, the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not anticipate that frequent purchases and redemptions, under normal circumstances, will have significant adverse consequences to the money market funds or Ultra-Short Funds or their shareholders. Although the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not prohibit frequent trading, Funds Management will seek to prevent an investor from utilizing the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds to facilitate frequent purchases and redemptions of shares in the Covered Funds in contravention of the policies and procedures adopted by the Covered Funds.

All Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . In addition, Funds Management reserves the right to accept purchases, redemptions and exchanges made in excess of applicable trading restrictions in designated accounts held by Funds Management or its affiliate that are used at all times exclusively for addressing operational matters related to shareholder accounts, such as testing of account functions, and are maintained at low balances that do not exceed specified dollar amount limitations.

In the event that an asset allocation or "wrap" program is unable to implement the policy outlined above, Funds Management may grant a program-level exception to this policy. A financial intermediary relying on the exception is required to provide Funds Management with specific information regarding its program and ongoing information about its program upon request.

A financial intermediary through whom you may purchase shares of the Fund may independently attempt to identify excessive trading and take steps to deter such activity. As a result, a financial intermediary may on its own limit or permit trading activity of its customers who invest in Fund shares using standards different from the standards used by Funds Management and discussed in this Prospectus. Funds Management may permit a financial intermediary to enforce its own internal policies and procedures concerning frequent trading rather than the policies set forth above in instances where Funds Management reasonably believes that the intermediary's policies and procedures effectively discourage disruptive trading activity. If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact the intermediary for more information about whether and how restrictions or limitations on trading activity will be applied to your account.

Account Policies


Advance Notice of Large Transactions
We strongly urge you to begin all purchases and redemptions as early in the day as possible and to notify us at least one day in advance of transactions in excess of $5,000,000. This will allow us to manage your Fund most effectively. When you give us this advance notice, you must provide us with your name and account number.

Householding
To help keep Fund expenses low, a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report may be sent to shareholders of the same household. If your household currently receives a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report and you would prefer to receive multiple copies, please contact your financial intermediary.

Small Account Redemptions
We reserve the right to redeem certain accounts that fall below the minimum initial investment amount as the result of shareholder redemptions (as opposed to market movement). Before doing so, we will give you approximately 60 days to bring your account above the minimum investment amount. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or contact your selling agent for further details.

Statements and Confirmations
Statements summarizing activity in your account are mailed quarterly. Confirmations are mailed following each purchase, sale, exchange, or transfer of Fund shares, except generally for Automatic Investment Plan transactions, Systematic Withdrawal Plan transactions using Electronic Funds Transfer, and purchases of new shares through the automatic reinvestment of distributions. Upon your request and for the applicable fee, you may obtain a reprint of an account statement. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

Electronic Delivery of Fund Documents
You may elect to receive your Fund's prospectuses, shareholder reports and other Fund documents electronically in lieu of paper form by enrolling on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery. If you make this election, you will be notified by e-mail when the most recent Fund documents are available for electronic viewing and downloading.

To receive Fund documents electronically, you must have an e-mail account and an internet browser that meets the requirements described in the Privacy & Security section of the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com. You may change your electronic delivery preferences or revoke your election to receive Fund documents electronically at any time by visiting wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

Statement Inquiries
Contact us in writing regarding any errors or discrepancies noted on your account statement within 60 days after the date of the statement confirming a transaction. We may deny your ability to refute a transaction if we do not hear from you within those 60 days.

Transaction Authorizations
Telephone, electronic, and clearing agency privileges allow us to accept transaction instructions by anyone representing themselves as the shareholder and who provides reasonable confirmation of their identity. Neither we nor Wells Fargo Advantage Funds will be liable for any losses incurred if we follow such instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine. For transactions through the automated phone system and our Web site, we will assign personal identification numbers (PINs) and/or passwords to help protect your account information. To safeguard your account, please keep your PINs and passwords confidential. Contact us immediately if you believe there is a discrepancy on your confirmation statement or if you believe someone has obtained unauthorized access to your account, PIN or password.

USA PATRIOT Act
In compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, all financial institutions (including mutual funds) at the time an account is opened, are required to obtain, verify and record the following information for all registered owners or others who may be authorized to act on the account: full name, date of birth, taxpayer identification number (usually your Social Security Number), and permanent street address. Corporate, trust and other entity accounts require additional documentation. This information will be used to verify your identity. We will return your application if any of this information is missing, and we may request additional information from you for verification purposes. In the rare event that we are unable to verify your identity, we reserve the right to redeem your account at the current day's NAV. You will be responsible for any losses, taxes, expenses, fees, or other results of such a redemption.

Distributions


The Funds generally make distributions of investment income, if any, quarterly and any realized net capital gains at least annually. Please contact your institution for distribution options. Remember, distributions have the effect of reducing the NAV per share by the amount distributed.

Taxes


By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax advisor.

Master/Gateway® Structure


Each Fund is a gateway fund in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios of Wells Fargo Master Trust or other stand-alone funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds whose objectives and investment strategies are consistent with the gateway fund's investment objective and strategies. Through this structure, a gateway fund can enhance its investment opportunities and reduce its expenses by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. Master portfolios offer their shares to multiple gateway funds and other master portfolios rather than directly to the public. Certain administrative and other fees and expenses are charged to both the gateway fund and the master portfolio(s). The services provided and fees charged to a gateway fund are in addition to and not duplicative of the services provided and fees charged to the master portfolios. Fees relating to investments in other stand-alone funds are waived to the extent that they are duplicative, or would exceed certain defined limits.

Description of Master Portfolios
The following table lists the master portfolio(s) in which the Funds invest. Each Portfolio's investment objective is provided followed by a description of the Portfolio's investment strategies.

Master Portfolio

Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in fixed income securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The fixed income portion is represented by the Barclays Government Bond Index, Barclays Corporate Bond Index, Barclays Mortgage Bond Index, and Barclays Majors (ex U.S.) Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class. These fixed income sub-indexes include exposure to non-U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Agency debt, U.S.-dollar denominated corporate debt, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities with a weighted average maturity of at least one year. The Portfolio uses an optimization process which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Diversified Stock Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return (consisting of income and capital appreciation) of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in equity securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The equity portion is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Markets Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Markets Index, and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap TSM Specialty Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class. The sub-indexes include exposure to large, mid and small cap U.S. securities as well as securities in international developed and emerging markets. The Portfolio uses an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. Furthermore, the Adviser may use derivatives, such as stock index futures, in order to manage movements of the Portfolio against certain indexes. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Short-Term Investment Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks current income while preserving capital and liquidity.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

exclusively in high-quality, short-term U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments of domestic and foreign issuers.

The Adviser actively manages a portfolio of high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments. The Adviser will only purchase First Tier securities. These include, but are not limited to, bank obligations such as time deposits and certificates of deposit, government securities, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, corporate bonds, municipal securities and repurchase agreements. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest and may be obligations of U.S. or foreign issuers. The Adviser may invest more than 25% of the Portfolio's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of U.S. banks.

The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios
The sub-advisers for the master portfolios are compensated for their services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as adviser to the master portfolios.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. ("SSGA FM"), a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company is located at State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 and serves as the sub-adviser to one or more Funds. Accordingly, SSGA FM provides portfolio management services to the Funds. State Street Global Advisors, consisting of SSGA FM and other advisory affiliates of State Street Corporation, is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation.

Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management"), a registered investment adviser located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. Wells Capital Management, an affiliate of Funds Management and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, is a multi-boutique asset management firm committed to delivering superior investment services to institutional clients.

Additional Performance Information


This section contains additional information regarding the performance of the Funds. The sub-section below titled "Index Descriptions" defines the market indices that are referenced in the Fund Summaries. The sub-section below titled "Share Class Performance" provides additional information about share class performance.

Index Descriptions
The "Average Annual Total Returns" table in each Fund's Fund Summary compares the Fund's returns with those of at least one broad-based market index. Below are descriptions of each such index. You cannot invest directly in an index. The performance history shown for an index may be shorter than that of certain funds.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is composed of the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index, and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage-backed securities.

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules.The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2060 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Russell 3000® Index

The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

Share Class Performance
The following provides additional information about the performance history of the Funds contained in this prospectus, including information regarding predecessor funds, if any, and whether performance information presented is based on the history of an older share class.

Target Today Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class A shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2010 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class A shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2015 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Investor Class shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2020 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class A shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2025 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Investor Class shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2030 Fund  - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class A shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2035 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Investor Class shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2040 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class A shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2045 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Investor Class shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2050 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Investor Class shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

Target 2055 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Investor Class shares and has been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Class R shares.

A Fund's past performance is no guarantee of future results. A Fund's investment results will fluctuate over time, and any representation of the Fund's returns for any past period should not be considered as a representation of what the Fund's returns may be in any future period. The Fund's annual and semi-annual reports contain additional performance information and are available upon request, without charge, by calling the telephone number listed on the back cover page of this Prospectus.

Financial Highlights


The following tables are intended to help you understand a Fund's financial performance for the past five years (or since inception, if shorter). Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Total returns represent the rate you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in each Fund (assuming reinvestment of all distributions). The information in the following tables has been derived from the Funds' financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with each Fund's financial statements, is also included in each Fund's annual report, a copy of which is available upon request. 

Target Today Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.85

$

10.57

Net investment income 2

0.11

0.07

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.06

0.41

Total from investment operations

0.17

0.48

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.11

-0.06

Net realized gains

-0.11

-0.14

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.22

-0.20

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.80

$

10.85

Total return 3

1.53%

4.61%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.01%

1.02%

Gross expenses 2

1.27%

1.27%

Net expenses 2

1.06%

1.06%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

42%

40%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

28

$

26

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2010 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

13.28

$

13.08

Net investment income 2

0.15 3

0.10 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.10

0.58

Total from investment operations

0.25

0.68

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.15

-0.18

Net realized gains

-0.27

-0.30

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.42

-0.48

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.11

$

13.28

Total return 4

1.92%

5.36%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.09%

1.18%

Gross expenses 2

1.27%

1.29%

Net expenses 2

1.08%

1.08%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

41%

40%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

53

$

26

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2015 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.52

$

10.08

Net investment income 2

0.12

0.08 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.14

0.57

Total from investment operations

0.26

0.65

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.11

-0.05

Net realized gains

-0.12

-0.16

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.23

-0.21

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.55

$

10.52

Total return 4

2.51%

6.51%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.16%

1.14%

Gross expenses 2

1.25%

1.26%

Net expenses 2

1.09%

1.09%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

39%

38%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

50

$

27

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2020 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

15.10

$

14.48

Net investment income 2

0.15 3

0.10 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.34

1.10

Total from investment operations

0.49

1.20

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.16

-0.19

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.41

-0.58

Net asset value, end of period

$

15.18

$

15.10

Total return 4

3.30%

8.37%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.00%

1.07%

Gross expenses 2

1.21%

1.24%

Net expenses 2

1.11%

1.11%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

36%

35%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

744

$

27

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2025 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.57

$

9.95

Net investment income 2

0.11

0.07

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

0.94

Total from investment operations

0.44

1.01

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.10

-0.06

Net realized gains

-0.20

-0.33

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.30

-0.39

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.71

$

10.57

Total return 3

4.24%

10.27%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.85%

0.96%

Gross expenses 2

1.21%

1.22%

Net expenses 2

1.11%

1.11%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

31%

32%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

1,032

$

28

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2030 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

16.61

$

15.39

Net investment income 2

0.13 3

0.10

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.71

1.75

Total from investment operations

0.84

1.85

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.16

-0.09

Net realized gains

-0.34

-0.54

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.50

-0.63

Net asset value, end of period

$

16.95

$

16.61

Total return 4

5.15%

12.19%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.72%

0.87%

Gross expenses 2

1.22%

1.22%

Net expenses 2

1.12%

1.12%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

26%

29%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

603

$

28

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2035 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.09

$

10.16

Net investment income 2

0.10

0.06 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.55

1.32

Total from investment operations

0.65

1.38

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.10

-0.06

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.35

-0.45

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.39

$

11.09

Total return 4

5.97%

13.76%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.90%

0.79%

Gross expenses 2

1.23%

1.26%

Net expenses 2

1.13%

1.13%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

22%

26%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

36

$

28

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2040 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

18.90

$

17.19

Net investment income 2

0.14 3

0.09 3

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

1.11

2.45

Total from investment operations

1.25

2.54

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.18

-0.10

Net realized gains

-0.46

-0.73

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.64

-0.83

Net asset value, end of period

19.51

$

18.90

Total return 4

6.71%

14.96%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.72%

0.75%

Gross expenses 2

1.23%

1.24%

Net expenses 2

1.13%

1.13%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

18%

25%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

137

$

29

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2045 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

11.54

$

10.45

Net investment income 2

0.10

0.05

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.71

1.55

Total from investment operations

0.81

1.60

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.10

-0.06

Net realized gains

-0.28

-0.45

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.38

-0.51

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.97

$

11.54

Total return 3

7.11%

15.52%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.83%

0.68%

Gross expenses 2

1.25%

1.30%

Net expenses 2

1.13%

1.13%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

16%

24%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

31

$

29

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2050 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.95

$

9.91

Net investment income 2

0.09

0.05

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.68

1.48

Total from investment operations

0.77

1.53

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.09

-0.06

Net realized gains

-0.26

-0.43

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.35

-0.49

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.37

$

10.95

Total return 3

7.20%

15.67%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.82%

0.69%

Gross expenses 2

1.25%

1.27%

Net expenses 2

1.13%

1.13%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

16%

23%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

31

$

29

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2055 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

Year ended February 28

Class R

2015

2014 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

12.51

$

11.01

Net investment income 2

0.11

0.06

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.79

1.65

Total from investment operations

0.90

1.71

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.11

-0.06

Net realized gains

-0.14

-0.15

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.25

-0.21

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.16

$

12.51

Total return 3

7.24%

15.66%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

0.83%

0.73%

Gross expenses 2

1.36%

1.48%

Net expenses 2

1.13%

1.13%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

16%

23%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

31

$

29

1

For the period from June 28, 2013 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2014

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2060 Fund

Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, financial highlights are not available for the Fund.

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Wells Fargo Advantage Funds

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July 1, 2015

Dow Jones Target Date Funds

Prospectus

Class R4*

Target Today Fund

WOTRX

Target 2010 Fund

WFORX

Target 2015 Fund

WFSRX

Target 2020 Fund

WFLRX

Target 2025 Fund

WFGRX

Target 2030 Fund

WTHRX

Target 2035 Fund

WTTRX

Target 2040 Fund

WTFRX

Target 2045 Fund

WFFRX

Target 2050 Fund

WQFRX

Target 2055 Fund

WFVRX

Target 2060 Fund

WFSFX


*Class R4 shares are only available to participants in certain retirement plans.

As with all mutual funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.

 Fund shares are NOT deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., its affiliates or any other depository institution. Fund shares are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency and may lose value.

Table of Contents

Fund Summaries

Target Today Fund Summary

2

Target 2010 Fund Summary

7

Target 2015 Fund Summary

13

Target 2020 Fund Summary

19

Target 2025 Fund Summary

25

Target 2030 Fund Summary

31

Target 2035 Fund Summary

37

Target 2040 Fund Summary

43

Target 2045 Fund Summary

49

Target 2050 Fund Summary

55

Target 2055 Fund Summary

61

Target 2060 Fund Summary

67

The Funds

Key Fund Information

73

Target Date Funds

74

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes

79

Description of Principal Investment Risks

81

Portfolio Holdings Information

84

Management of the Funds

The Manager

85

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

87

Multi-Manager Arrangement

87

Your Account

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents

88

Pricing Fund Shares

89

How to Buy Shares

90

How to Sell Shares

91

How to Exchange Shares

92

Account Policies

94

Other Information

Distributions

95

Taxes

95

Master/Gateway Structure

96

Additional Performance Information

98

Financial Highlights

101

Target Today Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.20%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.56%

Fee Waiver

0.11%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.45%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$46

3 Years

$168

5 Years

$302

10 Years

$691

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 42% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to maintain a relatively fixed level of potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund is the most conservative Fund within the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds series. Within the series, each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund's allocation of assets among equity, fixed income and money market instruments asset classes, and your decision to invest in this or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "Today" designation in the Fund's name corresponds to the naming convention of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , an index designed to represent the targeted level of relative market risk exposure 10 years past a dated Fund's targeted year. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 16%, 60% and 24%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009

+6.40%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-3.26%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.73%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

3.57%

4.42%

4.28%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

2.60%

3.46%

3.13%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

2.17%

3.12%

3.01%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.73%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target Today Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.75%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2010 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.21%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.57%

Fee Waiver

0.10%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.47%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$48

3 Years

$173

5 Years

$308

10 Years

$704

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2010. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . As the Fund has now reached its target year, its risk exposure approaches 27% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 19%, 62% and 19%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+8.15%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-5.48%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.84%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

3.86%

5.06%

4.38%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

3.22%

4.16%

3.31%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

3.20%

3.78%

3.21%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.86%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2010 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.91%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2015 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.21%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.57%

Fee Waiver

0.09%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.48%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$49

3 Years

$174

5 Years

$309

10 Years

$705

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2015. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2015, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 26%, 70% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+10.20%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-7.21%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.09%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

4.06%

5.89%

3.87%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

3.01%

4.95%

2.79%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

2.50%

4.35%

2.68%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.48%

6.36%

4.37%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2020 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.19%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.55%

Fee Waiver

0.05%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.50%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$51

3 Years

$171

5 Years

$302

10 Years

$684

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 36% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2020. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2020, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 36%, 60% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.48%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-10.72%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.45%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

4.31%

6.95%

5.07%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

3.16%

6.00%

4.06%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

2.71%

5.20%

3.82%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2020 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.54%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2025 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.20%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.56%

Fee Waiver

0.06%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.50%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$51

3 Years

$173

5 Years

$307

10 Years

$696

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2025. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2025, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 49%, 47% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+15.09%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-14.28%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.92%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

4.60%

8.13%

4.04%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

3.38%

6.95%

3.12%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

2.93%

6.13%

2.94%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.14%

8.58%

4.47%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2030 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.19%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.55%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.51%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$52

3 Years

$172

5 Years

$303

10 Years

$685

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2030. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2030, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 63%, 34% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+17.78%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-17.37%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.40%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

4.86%

9.14%

5.80%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

3.63%

8.15%

4.83%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

3.09%

7.01%

4.49%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2030 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.31%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2035 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.20%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.56%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.52%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$53

3 Years

$175

5 Years

$309

10 Years

$698

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2035. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2035, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 74%, 22% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+19.62%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-19.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.77%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

5.15%

9.96%

4.39%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

3.86%

8.90%

3.60%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

3.31%

7.67%

3.28%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.80%

10.47%

4.71%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2040 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.20%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.56%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.52%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$53

3 Years

$175

5 Years

$309

10 Years

$698

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 18% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2040. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2040, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 83%, 13% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.73%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.84%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.12%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

5.38%

10.60%

6.43%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

4.09%

9.61%

5.50%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

3.46%

8.24%

5.03%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

7.32%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2040 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

6.85%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2045 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.21%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.57%

Fee Waiver

0.05%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.52%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$53

3 Years

$178

5 Years

$313

10 Years

$709

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2045. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2045, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2014, the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 89%, 7% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.64%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.32%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

5.46%

10.90%

4.82%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

4.15%

9.87%

4.07%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

3.50%

8.43%

3.63%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.16%

11.39%

5.09%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2050 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.20%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.56%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.52%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$53

3 Years

$175

5 Years

$309

10 Years

$698

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2050. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2050, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.91%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.62%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.28%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

5.57%

10.98%

4.82%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

4.28%

9.71%

3.93%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

3.57%

8.44%

3.60%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

11.43%

5.11%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2055 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.28%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.64%

Fee Waiver

0.12%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.52%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$53

3 Years

$193

5 Years

$345

10 Years

$787

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2055. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2055, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R4

Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2012

+11.23%

Lowest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2012

-4.39%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.37%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/30/2011

Class R4 (before taxes)

11/30/2012

5.45%

N/A

9.42%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions)

11/30/2012

4.52%

N/A

8.82%

Class R4 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

11/30/2012

3.28%

N/A

7.21%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

N/A

3.70%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

N/A

15.61%

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

N/A

9.74%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2011
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2011
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2011

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Target 2060 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.31%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.67%

Fee Waiver

0.15%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 1

0.52%

1. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$53

3 Years

$199

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, no history of the portfolio turnover rate is available.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2060. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2060, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

New Fund Risk. The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk. Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

Because the Fund has not commenced operations, there is no performance to report.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2015
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2015
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2015

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R4: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R4: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries

If you purchase a Fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary (such as a bank), the Fund and its related companies may pay the intermediary for the sale of Fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the Fund over another investment. Consult your salesperson or visit your financial intermediary's Web site for more information.

Throughout this Prospectus, the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund SM is referred to as the Target Today Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2010 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2015 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2020 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2025 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2030 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2035 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2040 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2045 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2050 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2055 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2060 Fund; and collectively the Funds are referred to as the Target Date Funds.

Key Fund Information


This Prospectus contains information about one or more Funds within the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds ® family and is designed to provide you with important information to help you with your investment decisions. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.

In this Prospectus, "we" generally refers to Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), the relevant sub-adviser(s), if applicable, or the portfolio manager(s). "We" may also refer to a Fund's other service providers. "You" refers to the shareholder or potential investor.


Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each Fund in this Prospectus is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board of Trustees ("Board") alone. The objective and strategies description for each Fund tells you:

what the Fund is trying to achieve; 

how we intend to invest your money; and 

what makes the Fund different from the other Funds offered in this Prospectus.

This section also provides a summary of each Fund's principal investment and policies and practices. Unless otherwise indicated, these investment policies and practices apply on an ongoing basis.

Principal Investment Risks

This section lists the principal investment risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal investment risks for the master portfolios in which each Fund invests. A complete description of these and other risks is found in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section. It is possible to lose money by investing in a Fund.


Portfolio Asset Allocations

This section provides a percentage breakdown of a Fund's assets across different master portfolios.

Master/Gateway® Structure

The Funds are gateway funds in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios or other Funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , and may invest directly in securities, to achieve its investment objective. Multiple gateway funds investing in the same master portfolio or Fund can enhance their investment opportunities and reduce their expense ratios by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. References to the investment activities of a gateway fund are intended to refer to the investment activities of the master portfolio(s) in which it invests.

Target Date Funds

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Sub-Adviser

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Portfolio Managers

Rodney H. Alldredge
James P. Lauder
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Target Today Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WOTRX
Fund Number: 4601

Target 2010 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFORX
Fund Number: 4602

Target 2015 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFSRX
Fund Number: 4603

Target 2020 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFLRX
Fund Number: 4604

Target 2025 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFGRX
Fund Number: 4605

Target 2030 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WTHRX
Fund Number: 4606

Target 2035 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WTTRX
Fund Number: 4607

Target 2040 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WTFRX
Fund Number: 4608

Target 2045 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFFRX
Fund Number: 4609

Target 2050 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WQFRX
Fund Number: 4610

Target 2055 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2011

Ticker: WFVRX
Fund Number: 4611

Target 2060 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2015

Ticker: WFSFX
Fund Number: 4627

Investment Objective

Each Fund's objective is to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.  Specifically:

The Target Today Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Target 2010 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Target 2015 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Target 2020 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Target 2025 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Target 2030 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Target 2035 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Target 2040 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Target 2045 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Target 2050 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Target 2055 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Target 2060 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Each Fund's Board of Trustees can change these investment objectives without a shareholder vote.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of each Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.

Each Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of a Dow Jones Target Date Index that has the same target year as the Fund. Similar to the methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, each Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Funds' assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Funds with longer time horizons generally allocate more of their assets to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. Funds with shorter time horizons replace some of their equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility. Each Fund's allocation among the three major asset classes generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. Each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund. For instance, the Target 2060 Fund has the most aggressive asset allocation of the Funds and the Target Today Fund has the most conservative asset allocation of the Funds. If you have a low risk tolerance, you may not wish to invest in the Target 2060 Fund, even if you intend to begin withdrawing a portion or all of your investment in the Fund in the year 2060. Conversely, you may feel comfortable choosing a more aggressive Fund for a near-term investment goal if you have a higher risk tolerance.

The "target year" designated in a Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of its corresponding Dow Jones Target Date Index. The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year. The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in a Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Funds invest are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class, which securities may include, among others, debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, U.S. and foreign government obligations and derivatives. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, each of these master portfolios purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, each of these master portfolios attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of replicating index performance against the goal of managing transaction costs.

The Funds invest in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Short-Term Investment Portfolio invests in high-quality money market instruments, including U.S. Government obligations, obligations of foreign and domestic banks, short-term corporate debt securities and repurchase agreements. Unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, the Short-Term Investment Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Funds and the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.

Although they do not currently intend to do so, the Funds reserve the right to invest in more or fewer master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

Principal Investment Risks

The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed at any time, including in the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, each Fund is primarily subject to the risks mentioned below to the extent that each Fund is exposed to these risks depending on its asset allocation and target year:

 

Credit Risk

Derivatives Risk

Emerging Markets Risk

Foreign Investment Risk

Futures Contracts Risk

Index Tracking Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Investment Style Risk

Management Risk

Market Risk

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk

New Fund Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Regulatory Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Smaller Company Securities Risk

Target Date Fund Risk

U.S. Government Obligations Risk

These and other risks could cause you to lose money in your investment in the Fund and could adversely affect the Fund's net asset value, yield and total return. These risks are described in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section.

Risk Tolerance

Two general rules of investing have shaped the Funds' strategies:

(1) Higher investment returns usually go hand-in-hand with higher risk. Put another way, the greater an investment's potential return, the greater its potential for loss. Historically, for example, stocks have outperformed bonds, but the worst year for stocks on record was much worse than the worst year for bonds; and

(2) Generally, the longer an investor's time horizon, the greater the capacity or ability to withstand market volatility because there is more time to recoup any losses that might be incurred.

As illustrated by the line graph below, the Target Date Funds with longer time horizons are subject to more risk. This normally gives investors the potential for greater returns in the early years of a Fund than in the years immediately preceding or after the Fund's target date. As a Fund approaches its target year, and its investors have less time to recover from market declines, the Fund reduces its risk exposure. This reduction in risk exposure is intended to help secure the value of your investment as the time nears for you to begin withdrawing a portion or all of it. The graph below shows the relative amount of potential equity risk that each Fund is expected to assume given its time horizon. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. Information is presented as of February 28, 2015.

 

When and After a Fund Reaches its Target Year

As illustrated above, by the time a Fund reaches its target year, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. A Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. During the ten-year period after the Fund's target year, the Fund will increasingly resemble the Target Today Fund. At the end of the ten-year period, we will likely combine the Fund with the Target Today Fund.

Portfolio Asset Allocations

Each Fund's asset allocation is determined using the index methodology described in the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section, which results in a systematic reduction in potential market risk exposure over time as illustrated in the line graph above. This methodology provides you with higher exposure to market risk in the early years of investing and lower exposure to market risk in the years near the Fund's target year and 10 years thereafter. Each Fund reserves the right to adjust its market risk exposure upward or downward to meet its investment objective.

As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights shown in the table below. The weightings of the indexes in equity, fixed income and money market securities shown in the table below represent a percentage breakdown of each corresponding Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The percentage risk of the global equity market to which the Fund is exposed will not necessarily be the same as, and will typically be greater than, the Fund's percentage investment in the Diversified Stock Portfolio in order to account for the risks associated with investments in fixed income and money market securities. Each Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation in the Diversified Stock Portfolio, Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio and Short-Term Investment Portfolio as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Equity Securities

Fixed Income Securities

Money Market Securities

Dow Jones Target Today Index

16%

60%

24%

Dow Jones Target 2010 Index

19%

62%

19%

Dow Jones Target 2015 Index

26%

70%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2020 Index

36%

60%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2025 Index

49%

47%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2030 Index

63%

34%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2035 Index

74%

22%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2040 Index

83%

13%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2045 Index

89%

7%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2050 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2055 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2060 Index

90%

6%

4%

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes


Index Performance

While the objective of each Fund is to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of its target index, the performance shown for each target index is not the past performance of the corresponding Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund or any other investment. Index performance does not include any fees and expenses associated with investing, including management fees and brokerage costs, and would be lower if it did. Past index performance is no guarantee of future results, either for the index or for any mutual fund. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Index Methodology

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are a series of Indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. Each Index is a blend of sub-indexes representing three major asset classes: equity securities, fixed income securities and money market instruments. The allocation of each Index generally becomes more conservative as the Index's time horizon becomes shorter. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index is comprised of a set of equity, bond and cash sub-indexes. The equity component is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Style Indexes (sub-indexes numbers 1 through 6 in the table on the next page), Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index. The bond component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Government Bond, U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond, U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities and Global Treasury: Majors Ex U.S. Indexes. Finally, the cash component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index.

The equity asset class is currently comprised of nine sub-asset classes; the fixed income asset class is currently comprised of four sub-asset classes; the money market asset class is currently comprised of one sub-asset class. Each sub-asset class is represented by an underlying index and is equally weighted with other sub-asset classes within its major asset class. The market risk of each Dow Jones Target Date Index will gradually decline over a period of years by changing its allocation among the three major asset classes and not by excluding any asset classes or sub-asset classes or by changing allocations among sub-asset classes.

The sub-asset classes that currently comprise each major asset class of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are detailed in the table below:

Major Asset Classes

Equity Component

Fixed Income Component

Money Market Component

Sub-Asset Classes 1

1. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index

1. Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

1. Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index

2. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index

2. Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index

3. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index

3. Barclays U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index

4. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index

4. Barclays Global Treasury: Majors Ex US Index

5. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index

6. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index

7. Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index

8. Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index

9. Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index

1. Additional information about the sub-indexes comprising the sub-asset classes is available in the Statement of Additional Information.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index will exhibit higher market risk in its early years and lower market risk in the years approaching its target year. At more than 35 years prior to the target year, the Index's targeted risk level is set at 90% of the risk of the global equity market. The global equity market is measured by the sub-indexes comprising the equity component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The major asset classes are rebalanced monthly within the Index to create an efficient asset allocation that maintains a targeted 90% risk level. At 35 years before the target year, each Index will begin to gradually reduce market risk. A new targeted risk level is calculated each month as a function of the current risk of the equity component and the number of months remaining to the Index's target year. The monthly risk reductions continue until the Index reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market, on December 1 of the year ten years after the Index's target year. Once an Index reaches that date, it always reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market.

Description of Principal Investment Risks


Understanding the risks involved in mutual fund investing will help you make an informed decision that takes into account your risk tolerance and preferences. The risks that are most likely to have a material effect on a particular Fund as a whole are called "principal risks." The principal risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal risk factors for the master portfolios in which the Fund invests, have been previously identified and are described below. Additional information about the principal risks is included in the Statement of Additional Information.

Credit Risk
The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due. In these instances, the value of an investment could decline and the Fund could lose money. Credit risk increases as an issuer's credit quality declines.

Derivatives Risk
The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, presents risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives. These risks are heightened when derivatives are used to enhance a Fund's return or as a substitute for a position or security, rather than solely to hedge (or mitigate) the risk of a position or security held by the Fund. The success of the a derivative strategy will be affected by the portfolio manager's ability to assess and predict market or economic developments and their impact on the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves. Certain derivative instruments may become illiquid and, as a result, may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so. Certain derivatives create leverage, which can magnify the impact of a decline in the value of their underlying assets, indexes or rates and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value. Certain derivatives (e.g., over-the-counter swaps) are also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, which may cause a Fund to lose money, suffer delays or incur costs arising from holding or selling an underlying asset. Changes in laws or regulations may make the use of derivatives more costly, may limit the availability of derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the use, value or performance of derivatives.

Emerging Markets Risk
Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. For example, emerging market countries are typically more dependent on exports and are therefore more vulnerable to recessions in other countries. Emerging markets tend to have less developed legal and financial systems and a smaller market capitalization than markets in developed countries. Some emerging markets are subject to greater political instability. Additionally, emerging markets may have more volatile currencies and be more sensitive than developed markets to a variety of economic factors, including inflation. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk
Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign companies may be subject to significantly higher levels of taxation than U.S. companies, including potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, thereby reducing the earnings potential of such foreign companies. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Such changes may reduce the U.S. dollar value of the investments. Foreign investments may be subject to additional risks such as potentially higher withholding and other taxes, and may also be subject to greater trade settlement, custodial, and other operational risks than domestic investments. Certain foreign markets may also be characterized by less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards.

Futures Contracts Risk
A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk
A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk
When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. The longer the terms of the debt securities held by a Fund, the more the Fund is subject to this risk. If interest rates decline, interest that the Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, which could cause the Fund to reduce the dividends it pays to shareholders, but the value of those securities may increase. Some debt securities give the issuers the option to call, redeem or prepay the securities before their maturity dates. If an issuer calls, redeems or prepays a debt security during a time of declining interest rates, the Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in a security offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value as a result of declining interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the debt securities market, reduced liquidity for certain Fund investments and an increase in Fund redemptions. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable.

Investment Style Risk
Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. As a result, a Fund's performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or in securities of a different investment style.

Management Risk
Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk
The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are subject to risk of default on the underlying mortgages or assets, particularly during periods of economic downturn. Defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets may cause such securities to decline in value and become less liquid. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, these securities may exhibit additional volatility. When interest rates decline or are low, borrowers may pay off their mortgage or other debts sooner than expected, which can reduce the returns of a Fund. Funds that may enter into mortgage dollar roll transactions are subject to the risk that the market value of the securities that are required to be repurchased in the future may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price. They also involve the risk that the party to whom the securities are sold may become insolvent, limiting the fund's ability to repurchase securities at the agreed upon price.

New Fund Risk
The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk
Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk
Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Smaller companies may have no or relatively short operating histories, limited financial resources or may be newly public companies. Some of these companies have aggressive capital structures, including high debt levels, or are involved in rapidly growing or changing industries and/or new technologies.

Target Date Fund Risk
A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. This risk is greater for an investor who begins to withdraw a portion or all of his or her investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk
U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. If a government-sponsored entity is unable to meet its obligations or its creditworthiness declines, the performance of a Fund that holds securities issued or guaranteed by the entity will be adversely impacted.

Portfolio Holdings Information


A description of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' portfolio holdings is available in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information. In addition, Funds Management will, from time to time, include portfolio holdings information in periodic commentaries for certain Funds. The substance of the information contained in such commentaries will also be posted to the Funds' Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Management of the Funds


The Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), headquartered at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, provides advisory and Fund-level administrative services to the Funds pursuant to an investment management agreement (the "Management Agreement"). Funds Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a publicly traded diversified financial services company that provides banking, insurance, investment, mortgage and consumer financial services. Funds Management is a registered investment adviser that provides investment management services for registered mutual funds, closed-end funds and other funds and accounts.

Funds Management is responsible for implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Funds. To assist Funds Management in performing these responsibilities, Funds Management has contracted with one or more sub-advisers to provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. Funds Management employs a team of investment professionals who identify and recommend the initial hiring of each Fund's sub-adviser(s) and supervise and monitor the activities of the sub-adviser(s) on an ongoing basis. Funds Management retains overall responsibility for the investment activities of the Funds.

Funds Management's investment professionals review and analyze each Fund's performance, including relative to peer funds, and monitor each Fund's compliance with its investment objective and strategies. Funds Management is responsible for reporting to the Board on investment performance and other matters affecting the Funds. When appropriate, Funds Management recommends to the Board enhancements to Fund features, including changes to Fund investment objectives, strategies and policies. Funds Management also communicates with shareholders and intermediaries about Fund performance and features.

Funds Management is also responsible for providing Fund-level administrative services, which include, among others, providing such services in connection with the Funds' operations; developing and implementing procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions; and providing any other Fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are provided by the Funds' transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant.

For providing these investment management services, Funds Management is entitled to receive the fees disclosed in the row captioned "Management Fees" in each Fund's table of Annual Fund Operating Expenses. Funds Management compensates each sub-adviser from the fees Funds Management receives for its services pursuant to the Management Agreement. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Management Agreement and sub-advisory agreements will be included in the Funds' semi-annual report for the six-month period ended August 31st.

Prior to July 1, 2015, Funds Management provided advisory services to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement ("Advisory Agreement"). The Management Agreement, which became effective July 1, 2015, combines the terms of the Advisory Agreement with the terms of the Funds' prior Amended and Restated Administration Agreement applicable to Fund-level administrative services. For a Fund's most recent fiscal year end, the advisory fee paid to Funds Management pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, net of any applicable waivers and reimbursements, was as follows:

Advisory Fees Paid

As a % of average daily net assets

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

0.04%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

0.06%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

0.07%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

0.10%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

0.03%

As compensation for its services under the Management Agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive a monthly fee at the annual rates indicated below based on the Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund's average daily net assets:

 

Management
Fee

First $5 billion

0.20%

Next $5 billion

0.19%

Over $10 billion

0.18%

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

The following sub-adviser and portfolio managers provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. These services include making purchases and sales of securities and other investment assets for the Funds, selecting broker-dealers, negotiating brokerage commission rates and maintaining portfolio transaction records. Each sub-adviser is compensated for its services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as investment manager to the Funds. The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers' ownership of securities in the Funds. For information regarding the sub-advisers that perform day-to-day portfolio management activities for the master portfolios in which the Funds invests, see "The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios" under the "Master/Gateway® Structure" section.

Global Index Advisors, Inc. ("GIA"), a registered investment adviser located at 29 North Park Square, Suite 201, Marietta, GA 30060, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. GIA, through its relationships with Dow Jones Indexes and State Street Global Advisors, offers a series of collective Dow Jones Portfolio Index Funds.

Rodney H. Alldredge

Mr. Alldredge co-founded GIA in 1994 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Portfolio Operations.

James P. Lauder

Mr. Lauder joined GIA in 2002 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Chief Executive Officer of GIA.

Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Mr.Torregrosa joined GIA in 2007 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Research.

Multi-Manager Arrangement

The Funds and Funds Management have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits Funds Management, subject to Board approval, to select certain sub-advisers and enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with them, without obtaining shareholder approval. The SEC order extends to sub-advisers that are not otherwise affiliated with Funds Management or the Funds, as well as sub-advisers that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Funds Management or of a company that wholly owns Funds Management ("Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers").

Pursuant to the order, Funds Management, with Board approval, may hire or replace Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers for each Fund that is eligible to rely on the order. Funds Management, subject to Board oversight, has the responsibility to oversee Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers and to recommend their hiring, termination and replacement. If a new sub-adviser is hired for a Fund pursuant to the order, the Fund is required to notify shareholders within 90 days. The Funds that are eligible to rely on the order are not required to disclose the individual fees that Funds Management pays to a Multi-Manager Sub-Adviser.

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents


Shareholder Servicing Plan
The Funds have a shareholder servicing plan. Under this plan, various shareholder servicing agents have been authorized to process purchase and redemption requests, to service shareholder accounts, and to provide other related services for the Funds' Class R4 shares. For these services, the Funds' Class R4 shares pay an annual fee of up to 0.10% of their average daily net assets.

Additional Payments to Dealers
In addition to dealer reallowances and payments made by each Fund for distribution and shareholder servicing, the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates make additional payments ("Additional Payments") to certain selling or shareholder servicing agents for the Fund, which include broker-dealers and 401(k) service providers and recordkeepers. These Additional Payments are made in connection with the sale and distribution of shares of the Fund or for services to the Fund and its shareholders. These Additional Payments, which may be significant, are paid by the Fund's manager, the distributor or their affiliates, out of their revenues, which generally come directly or indirectly from fees paid by the entire Fund complex.

In return for these Additional Payments, each Fund's manager and distributor expect the Fund to receive certain marketing or servicing advantages that are not generally available to mutual funds that do not make such payments. Such advantages are expected to include, without limitation, placement of the Fund on a list of mutual funds offered as investment options to the selling agent's clients (sometimes referred to as "Shelf Space"); access to the selling agent's registered representatives; and/or ability to assist in training and educating the selling agent's registered representatives.

Certain selling or shareholder servicing agents receive these Additional Payments to supplement amounts payable by the Fund under the shareholder servicing plans. In exchange, these agents provide services including, but not limited to, establishing and maintaining accounts and records; answering inquiries regarding purchases, exchanges and redemptions; processing and verifying purchase, redemption and exchange transactions; furnishing account statements and confirmations of transactions; processing and mailing monthly statements, prospectuses, shareholder reports and other SEC-required communications; and providing the types of services that might typically be provided by each Fund's transfer agent (e.g., the maintenance of omnibus or omnibus-like accounts, the use of the National Securities Clearing Corporation for the transmission of transaction information and the transmission of shareholder mailings).

The Additional Payments may create potential conflicts of interest between an investor and a selling agent who is recommending a particular mutual fund over other mutual funds. Before investing, you should consult with your financial consultant and review carefully any disclosure by the selling agent as to what monies they receive from mutual fund advisers and distributors, as well as how your financial consultant is compensated.

The Additional Payments are typically paid in fixed dollar amounts, or based on the number of customer accounts maintained by the selling or shareholder servicing agent, or based on a percentage of sales and/or assets under management, or a combination of the above. The Additional Payments are either up-front or ongoing or both. The Additional Payments differ among selling and shareholder servicing agents. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on its customers' assets typically range between 0.05% and 0.30% in a given year of assets invested in a Fund by the selling agent's customers. Additional Payments to a selling agent that is compensated based on a percentage of sales typically range between 0.10% and 0.15% of the gross sales of a Fund attributable to the selling agent. In addition, representatives of each Fund's distributor visit selling agents on a regular basis to educate their registered representatives and to encourage the sale of Fund shares. The costs associated with such visits may be paid for by the Fund's manager, distributor, or their affiliates, subject to applicable FINRA regulations.

More information on the FINRA member firms that have received the Additional Payments described in this section is available in the Statement of Additional Information, which is on file with the SEC and is also available on the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds website at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Pricing Fund Shares


A Fund's NAV is the value of a single share. The NAV is normally calculated as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open. To calculate the NAV of a Fund's shares, the Fund's assets are valued and totaled, liabilities are subtracted, and the balance, called net assets, is divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is calculated separately for each class of shares of a multiple-class Fund. The price at which a purchase or redemption request is processed is based on the next NAV calculated after the request is received in good order. NAV is not calculated, and purchase and redemption requests are not processed, on days that the NYSE is closed for trading. To the extent that a Fund's assets are traded in other markets on days when the NYSE is not open for regular trading, the value of the Fund's assets may be affected on days when you are unable to buy or sell Fund shares. Conversely, trading in some of a Fund's assets may not occur on days when the NYSE is open for regular trading.

With respect to any portion of a Fund's assets that may be invested in other mutual funds, the value of the Fund's shares is based on the NAV of the shares of the other mutual funds in which the Fund invests. The valuation methods used by mutual funds in pricing their shares, including the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing, are included in the prospectuses of such funds. To the extent a Fund invests a portion of its assets in non-registered investment vehicles, the Fund's interests in the non-registered vehicles are fair valued at NAV.

With respect to a Fund's assets invested directly in securities, the Fund's investments are generally valued at current market prices. Equity securities, options and futures are generally valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last reported sales price on the primary exchange or market on which they are listed (closing price). Equity securities that are not traded primarily on an exchange are generally valued at the quoted bid price obtained from a broker-dealer.

Debt securities acquired with maturities exceeding 60 days are generally valued at the evaluated bid price provided by a pricing service. Debt securities acquired with maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost.

We are required to depart from these general valuation methods and use fair value pricing methods to determine the values of certain investments if we believe that the closing price or the quoted bid price of a security, including a security that trades primarily on a foreign exchange, does not accurately reflect its current market value at the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV. The closing price or the quoted bid price of a security may not reflect its current market value if, among other things, a significant event occurs after the closing price or quoted bid price but before the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV that materially affects the value of the security. We use various criteria, including a systemic evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in deciding whether a foreign security's market price is still reliable and, if not, what fair market value to assign to the security. In addition, we use fair value pricing to determine the value of investments in securities and other assets, including illiquid securities, for which current market quotations or evaluated prices from a pricing service or broker-dealer are not readily available.

The fair value of a Fund's securities and other assets is determined in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Trustees. In light of the judgment involved in making fair value decisions, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security is accurate or that it reflects the price that the Fund could obtain for such security if it were to sell the security at the time as of which fair value pricing is determined. Such fair value pricing may result in NAVs that are higher or lower than NAVs based on the closing price or quoted bid price. See the Statement of Additional Information for additional details regarding the determination of NAVs.

How to Buy Shares


Class R4 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R4 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R4 shares generally are not available to retail accounts. Eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R4 shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with WFFD. These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper.

General Notes for Buying Shares

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your new account application or purchase request in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to process your transaction.

Earning Distributions. You are eligible to earn distributions beginning on the business day after the transfer agent receives your purchase in proper form.

U.S. Dollars Only. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars and all checks must be drawn on U.S. banks.

Right to Refuse an Order. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason, including if we believe that doing so would be in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders.

Special Considerations When Investing Through Financial Intermediaries:
If a financial intermediary purchases Class R4 shares on your behalf, you should understand the following:

Minimum Investments and Other Terms of Your Account. Share purchases are made through a customer account at your financial intermediary following that firm's terms. Financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts. Please consult an account representative from your financial intermediary for specifics.

Records are Held in Financial Intermediary's Name. Financial intermediaries are usually the holders of record for Class R4 shares held through their customer accounts. The financial intermediaries maintain records reflecting their customers' beneficial ownership of the shares.

Purchase/Redemption Orders. Financial intermediaries are responsible for transmitting their customers' purchase and redemption orders to a Fund and for delivering required payment on a timely basis.

Shareholder Communications. Financial intermediaries are responsible for delivering shareholder communications and voting information from a Fund, and for transmitting shareholder voting instructions to a Fund.

The information provided in this Prospectus is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or which would subject Fund shares to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.

The Funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, a member of FINRA/SIPC, and an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC") information and brochure are available at SIPC.org or by calling SIPC at (202) 371-8300.

How to Sell Shares


Class R4 shares must be redeemed according to the terms of your customer account with your financial intermediary. You should contact your investment representative when you wish to sell Fund shares.

General Notes for Selling Shares 

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your request to sell shares in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your request to sell shares is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, it will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to sell your shares.

Earning Distributions. Your shares are eligible to earn distributions through the date of redemption. If you redeem shares on a Friday or prior to a holiday, your shares will continue to be eligible to earn distributions until the next business day.

Right to Delay Payment. We normally will send out checks within one business day, and in any event no more than seven days, after we accept your request to redeem. If you wish to redeem shares purchased by check or Electronic Funds Transfer within seven days of purchase, you may need to resubmit your redemption request if your payment has not yet cleared. Our ability to determine with reasonable certainty that investments have been finally collected is greater for investments coming from accounts with banks affiliated with Funds Management than it is for investments coming from accounts with unaffiliated banks. Redemption payments also may be delayed under extraordinary circumstances or as permitted by the SEC in order to protect remaining shareholders. Such extraordinary circumstances are discussed further in the Statement of Additional Information.

Redemption in Kind. Although generally we pay redemption requests in cash, we reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by making payment in securities (known as a redemption in kind). In such case, we may pay all or part of the redemption in securities of equal value as permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules thereunder. The redeeming shareholders should expect to incur transaction costs upon the disposition of the securities received.

Retirement Plans and Other Products. If you purchased shares through a packaged investment product or retirement plan, read the directions for selling shares provided by the product or plan. There may be special requirements that supersede the directions in this Prospectus.

How to Exchange Shares


Exchanges between Wells Fargo Advantage Funds involve two transactions: (1) a sale of shares of one Fund; and (2) the purchase of shares of another. In general, the same rules and procedures that apply to sales and purchases apply to exchanges. There are, however, additional factors you should keep in mind while making or considering an exchange: 

In general, exchanges may be made between like share classes of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund offered to the general public for investment (i.e., a Fund not closed to new accounts), with the following exception: Class A shares of non-money market funds may also be exchanged for Service Class shares of any money market fund.

Same-fund exchanges between share classes are permitted subject to the following conditions: (1) exchanges out of Class A and Class C shares would not be allowed if shares are subject to a CDSC; (2) for exchanges into Class A shares, the shareholder must meet all qualifications to purchase Class A shares at net asset value based on current prospectus guidelines; and (3) the shareholder must meet the eligibility guidelines of the class being purchased in the exchange.

An exchange request will be processed on the same business day, provided that both Funds are open at the time the request is received. If one or both Funds are closed, the exchange will be processed on the following business day.

You should carefully read the prospectus for the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund into which you wish to exchange. 

Every exchange involves selling Fund shares, which may produce a capital gain or loss for tax purposes. 

If you are making an initial investment into a Fund through an exchange, you must exchange at least the minimum initial purchase amount for the new Fund, unless your balance has fallen below that amount due to investment performance. 

Any exchange between two Wells Fargo Advantage Funds must meet the minimum subsequent purchase amounts.

Class B and Class C share exchanges will not trigger the CDSC. The new shares will continue to age according to their original schedule and will be charged the CDSC applicable to the original shares upon redemption.

Generally, we will notify you at least 60 days in advance of any changes in our exchange policy.

Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds  reserves the right to reject any purchase or exchange order for any reason. Purchases or exchanges that a Fund determines could harm the Fund may be rejected.

Excessive trading by Fund shareholders can negatively impact a Fund and its long-term shareholders in several ways, including disrupting Fund investment strategies, increasing transaction costs, decreasing tax efficiency, and diluting the value of shares held by long-term shareholders. Excessive trading in Fund shares can negatively impact a Fund's long-term performance by requiring it to maintain more assets in cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time. Certain Funds may be more susceptible than others to these negative effects. For example, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in non-U.S. securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities resulting from pricing variations due to time zone differences across international financial markets. Similarly, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in small company securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities due to the less liquid nature of small company securities. Both types of Funds also may incur higher transaction costs in liquidating portfolio holdings to meet excessive redemption levels. Fair value pricing may reduce these arbitrage opportunities, thereby reducing some of the negative effects of excessive trading.

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , other than the Adjustable Rate Government Fund, Conservative Income Fund, Ultra Short-Term Income Fund and Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund ("Ultra-Short Funds") and the money market funds, (the "Covered Funds"). The Covered Funds are not designed to serve as vehicles for frequent trading. The Covered Funds actively discourage and take steps to prevent the portfolio disruption and negative effects on long-term shareholders that can result from excessive trading activity by Covered Fund shareholders. The Board has approved the Covered Funds' policies and procedures, which provide, among other things, that Funds Management may deem trading activity to be excessive if it determines that such trading activity would likely be disruptive to a Covered Fund by increasing expenses or lowering returns. In this regard, the Covered Funds take steps to avoid accommodating frequent purchases and redemptions of shares by Covered Fund shareholders. Funds Management monitors available shareholder trading information across all Covered Funds on a daily basis. If a shareholder redeems $5,000 or more (including redemptions that are part of an exchange transaction) from a Covered Fund, that shareholder is "blocked" from purchasing shares of that Covered Fund (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction) for 30 calendar days after the redemption. This policy does not apply to:

Money market funds;

Ultra-Short Funds;

Dividend reinvestments;

Systematic investments or exchanges where the financial intermediary maintaining the shareholder account identifies the transaction as a systematic redemption or purchase at the time of the transaction;

Rebalancing transactions within certain asset allocation or "wrap" programs where the financial intermediary maintaining a shareholder account is able to identify the transaction as part of an asset allocation program approved by Funds Management;

Transactions initiated by a "fund of funds" or Section 529 Plan into an underlying fund investment;

Permitted exchanges between share classes of the same Fund;

Certain transactions involving participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans, including: participant withdrawals due to mandatory distributions, rollovers and hardships, withdrawals of shares acquired by participants through payroll deductions, and shares acquired or sold by a participant in connection with plan loans; and

Purchases below $5,000 (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction).

The money market funds and the Ultra-Short Funds. Because the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds are often used for short-term investments, they are designed to accommodate more frequent purchases and redemptions than the Covered Funds. As a result, the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not anticipate that frequent purchases and redemptions, under normal circumstances, will have significant adverse consequences to the money market funds or Ultra-Short Funds or their shareholders. Although the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not prohibit frequent trading, Funds Management will seek to prevent an investor from utilizing the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds to facilitate frequent purchases and redemptions of shares in the Covered Funds in contravention of the policies and procedures adopted by the Covered Funds.

All Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . In addition, Funds Management reserves the right to accept purchases, redemptions and exchanges made in excess of applicable trading restrictions in designated accounts held by Funds Management or its affiliate that are used at all times exclusively for addressing operational matters related to shareholder accounts, such as testing of account functions, and are maintained at low balances that do not exceed specified dollar amount limitations.

In the event that an asset allocation or "wrap" program is unable to implement the policy outlined above, Funds Management may grant a program-level exception to this policy. A financial intermediary relying on the exception is required to provide Funds Management with specific information regarding its program and ongoing information about its program upon request.

A financial intermediary through whom you may purchase shares of the Fund may independently attempt to identify excessive trading and take steps to deter such activity. As a result, a financial intermediary may on its own limit or permit trading activity of its customers who invest in Fund shares using standards different from the standards used by Funds Management and discussed in this Prospectus. Funds Management may permit a financial intermediary to enforce its own internal policies and procedures concerning frequent trading rather than the policies set forth above in instances where Funds Management reasonably believes that the intermediary's policies and procedures effectively discourage disruptive trading activity. If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact the intermediary for more information about whether and how restrictions or limitations on trading activity will be applied to your account.

Account Policies


Advance Notice of Large Transactions
We strongly urge you to begin all purchases and redemptions as early in the day as possible and to notify us at least one day in advance of transactions in excess of $5,000,000. This will allow us to manage your Fund most effectively. When you give us this advance notice, you must provide us with your name and account number.

Householding
To help keep Fund expenses low, a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report may be sent to shareholders of the same household. If your household currently receives a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report and you would prefer to receive multiple copies, please contact your financial intermediary.

Small Account Redemptions
We reserve the right to redeem certain accounts that fall below the minimum initial investment amount as the result of shareholder redemptions (as opposed to market movement). Before doing so, we will give you approximately 60 days to bring your account above the minimum investment amount. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or contact your selling agent for further details.

Statements and Confirmations
Statements summarizing activity in your account are mailed quarterly. Confirmations are mailed following each purchase, sale, exchange, or transfer of Fund shares, except generally for Automatic Investment Plan transactions, Systematic Withdrawal Plan transactions using Electronic Funds Transfer, and purchases of new shares through the automatic reinvestment of distributions. Upon your request and for the applicable fee, you may obtain a reprint of an account statement. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

Electronic Delivery of Fund Documents
You may elect to receive your Fund's prospectuses, shareholder reports and other Fund documents electronically in lieu of paper form by enrolling on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery. If you make this election, you will be notified by e-mail when the most recent Fund documents are available for electronic viewing and downloading.

To receive Fund documents electronically, you must have an e-mail account and an internet browser that meets the requirements described in the Privacy & Security section of the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com. You may change your electronic delivery preferences or revoke your election to receive Fund documents electronically at any time by visiting wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

Statement Inquiries
Contact us in writing regarding any errors or discrepancies noted on your account statement within 60 days after the date of the statement confirming a transaction. We may deny your ability to refute a transaction if we do not hear from you within those 60 days.

Transaction Authorizations
Telephone, electronic, and clearing agency privileges allow us to accept transaction instructions by anyone representing themselves as the shareholder and who provides reasonable confirmation of their identity. Neither we nor Wells Fargo Advantage Funds will be liable for any losses incurred if we follow such instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine. For transactions through the automated phone system and our Web site, we will assign personal identification numbers (PINs) and/or passwords to help protect your account information. To safeguard your account, please keep your PINs and passwords confidential. Contact us immediately if you believe there is a discrepancy on your confirmation statement or if you believe someone has obtained unauthorized access to your account, PIN or password.

USA PATRIOT Act
In compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, all financial institutions (including mutual funds) at the time an account is opened, are required to obtain, verify and record the following information for all registered owners or others who may be authorized to act on the account: full name, date of birth, taxpayer identification number (usually your Social Security Number), and permanent street address. Corporate, trust and other entity accounts require additional documentation. This information will be used to verify your identity. We will return your application if any of this information is missing, and we may request additional information from you for verification purposes. In the rare event that we are unable to verify your identity, we reserve the right to redeem your account at the current day's NAV. You will be responsible for any losses, taxes, expenses, fees, or other results of such a redemption.

Distributions


The Funds generally make distributions of investment income, if any, quarterly and any realized net capital gains at least annually. Please contact your institution for distribution options. Remember, distributions have the effect of reducing the NAV per share by the amount distributed.

Taxes


By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax advisor.

Master/Gateway® Structure


Each Fund is a gateway fund in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios of Wells Fargo Master Trust or other stand-alone funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds whose objectives and investment strategies are consistent with the gateway fund's investment objective and strategies. Through this structure, a gateway fund can enhance its investment opportunities and reduce its expenses by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. Master portfolios offer their shares to multiple gateway funds and other master portfolios rather than directly to the public. Certain administrative and other fees and expenses are charged to both the gateway fund and the master portfolio(s). The services provided and fees charged to a gateway fund are in addition to and not duplicative of the services provided and fees charged to the master portfolios. Fees relating to investments in other stand-alone funds are waived to the extent that they are duplicative, or would exceed certain defined limits.

Description of Master Portfolios
The following table lists the master portfolio(s) in which the Funds invest. Each Portfolio's investment objective is provided followed by a description of the Portfolio's investment strategies.

Master Portfolio

Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in fixed income securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The fixed income portion is represented by the Barclays Government Bond Index, Barclays Corporate Bond Index, Barclays Mortgage Bond Index, and Barclays Majors (ex U.S.) Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class. These fixed income sub-indexes include exposure to non-U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Agency debt, U.S.-dollar denominated corporate debt, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities with a weighted average maturity of at least one year. The Portfolio uses an optimization process which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Diversified Stock Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return (consisting of income and capital appreciation) of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in equity securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The equity portion is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Markets Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Markets Index, and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap TSM Specialty Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class. The sub-indexes include exposure to large, mid and small cap U.S. securities as well as securities in international developed and emerging markets. The Portfolio uses an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. Furthermore, the Adviser may use derivatives, such as stock index futures, in order to manage movements of the Portfolio against certain indexes. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Short-Term Investment Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks current income while preserving capital and liquidity.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

exclusively in high-quality, short-term U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments of domestic and foreign issuers.

The Adviser actively manages a portfolio of high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments. The Adviser will only purchase First Tier securities. These include, but are not limited to, bank obligations such as time deposits and certificates of deposit, government securities, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, corporate bonds, municipal securities and repurchase agreements. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest and may be obligations of U.S. or foreign issuers. The Adviser may invest more than 25% of the Portfolio's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of U.S. banks.

The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios
The sub-advisers for the master portfolios are compensated for their services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as adviser to the master portfolios.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. ("SSGA FM"), a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company is located at State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 and serves as the sub-adviser to one or more Funds. Accordingly, SSGA FM provides portfolio management services to the Funds. State Street Global Advisors, consisting of SSGA FM and other advisory affiliates of State Street Corporation, is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation.

Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management"), a registered investment adviser located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. Wells Capital Management, an affiliate of Funds Management and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, is a multi-boutique asset management firm committed to delivering superior investment services to institutional clients.

Additional Performance Information


This section contains additional information regarding the performance of the Funds. The sub-section below titled "Index Descriptions" defines the market indices that are referenced in the Fund Summaries. The sub-section below titled "Share Class Performance" provides additional information about share class performance.

Index Descriptions
The "Average Annual Total Returns" table in each Fund's Fund Summary compares the Fund's returns with those of at least one broad-based market index. Below are descriptions of each such index. You cannot invest directly in an index. The performance history shown for an index may be shorter than that of certain funds.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is composed of the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index, and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage-backed securities.

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules.The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2060 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Russell 3000® Index

The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

Share Class Performance
The following provides additional information about the performance history of the Funds contained in this prospectus, including information regarding predecessor funds, if any, and whether performance information presented is based on the history of an older share class.

Target Today Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the expenses applicable to Class R6. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2010 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the higher expenses applicable to Class R6. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2015 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the higher expenses applicable to Class R6. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2020 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the expenses applicable to Class R6. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2025 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the expenses applicable to Class R6. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2030 Fund  - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the expenses applicable to Class R6. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2035 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the expenses applicable to Class R6. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2040 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the expenses applicable to Class R6. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2045 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the expenses applicable to Class R6. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2050 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the expenses applicable to Class R6. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

Target 2055 Fund - Historical performance shown for Class R4 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class R6 shares and includes the expenses applicable to Class R6. Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6.

A Fund's past performance is no guarantee of future results. A Fund's investment results will fluctuate over time, and any representation of the Fund's returns for any past period should not be considered as a representation of what the Fund's returns may be in any future period. The Fund's annual and semi-annual reports contain additional performance information and are available upon request, without charge, by calling the telephone number listed on the back cover page of this Prospectus.

Financial Highlights


The following tables are intended to help you understand the Fund's financial performance for the past five years (or since inception, if shorter). Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Total returns represent the rate you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in the Fund (assuming reinvestment of all distributions). The information in the following tables has been derived from the Fund's financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with the Fund's financial statements, is also included in the Fund's annual report, a copy of which is available upon request.

Target Today Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.10

$

11.08

$

11.24

Net investment income 3

0.18

0.18 2

0.05 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.06

0.15

-0.06

Total from investment operations

0.24

0.33

-0.01

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.17

-0.17

-0.07

Net realized gains

-0.11

-0.14

-0.08

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.28

-0.31

-0.15

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.06

11.10

$

11.08

Total return 4

2.16%

3.09%

-0.09%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.62%

1.66%

2.06%

Gross expenses 3

0.65%

0.66%

0.75%

Net expenses 3

0.45%

0.45%

0.45%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

42%

40%

39%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

338,108

$

367,184

$

3,073

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2010 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

13.46

$

13.43

$

13.56

Net investment income 3

0.23 2

0.24 2

0.08

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.10

0.31

0.00 6

Total from investment operations

0.33

0.55

0.08

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.22

-0.22

-0.08

Net realized gains

-0.27

-0.30

-0.13

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.49

-0.52

-0.21

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.30

$

13.46

$

13.43

Total return 4

2.55%

4.24%

0.63%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.73%

1.79%

2.03%

Gross expenses 3

0.66%

0.67%

0.75%

Net expenses 3

0.47%

0.47%

0.47%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

41%

40%

37%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

148,668

$

199,432

$

5,555

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

6

Amount is less than $0.005.

Target 2015 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.40

$

10.14

$

10.11

Net investment income 3

0.18

0.20

0.05 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.14

0.38

0.13

Total from investment operations

0.32

0.58

0.18

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.17

-0.16

-0.05

Net realized gains

-0.12

-0.16

-0.10

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.29

-0.32

-0.15

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.43

$

10.40

$

10.14

Total return 4

3.15%

5.90%

1.72%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.78%

1.76%

1.90%

Gross expenses 3

0.66%

0.66%

0.75%

Net expenses 3

0.48%

0.48%

0.48%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

39%

38%

35%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

180,101

$

189,078

$

2,614

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2020 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

15.40

$

14.77

$

14.66

Net investment income 2

0.26

0.19

0.09

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

1.06

0.31

Total from investment operations

0.59

1.25

0.40

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.24

-0.23

-0.08

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.21

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.49

-0.62

-0.29

Net asset value, end of period

$

15.50

$

15.40

$

14.77

Total return 3

3.89%

8.58%

2.79%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.70%

1.70%

1.72%

Gross expenses 2

0.62%

0.63%

0.73%

Net expenses 2

0.50%

0.50%

0.50%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

36%

35%

32%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

772,604

$

803,141

$

23,050

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2025 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.58

$

9.97

$

9.83

Net investment income 2

0.17

0.15

0.06

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

0.95

0.33

Total from investment operations

0.50

1.10

0.39

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.16

-0.16

-0.05

Net realized gains

-0.20

-0.33

-0.20

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.36

-0.49

-0.25

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.72

$

10.58

$

9.97

Total return 3

4.87%

11.29%

4.13%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.65%

1.60%

1.51%

Gross expenses 2

0.63%

0.63%

0.73%

Net expenses 2

0.50%

0.50%

0.50%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

31%

32%

28%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

379,384

$

354,137

$

4,210

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2030 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

16.83

$

15.50

$

15.07

Net investment income 2

0.26

0.23

0.08

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.70

1.89

0.71

Total from investment operations

0.96

2.12

0.79

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.25

-0.25

-0.08

Net realized gains

-0.34

-0.54

-0.28

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.59

-0.79

-0.36

Net asset value, end of period

$

17.20

$

16.83

$

15.50

Total return 3

5.82%

13.99%

5.34%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.57%

1.53%

1.35%

Gross expenses 2

0.62%

0.63%

0.73%

Net expenses 2

0.51%

0.51%

0.51%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

26%

29%

25%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

897,425

$

850,913

$

19,568

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2035 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.03

$

9.99

$

9.60

Net investment income 3

0.17

0.15

0.03 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.54

1.44

0.57

Total from investment operations

0.71

1.59

0.60

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.16

-0.16

-0.05

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.16

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.41

-0.55

-0.21

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.33

$

11.03

$

9.99

Total return 4

6.63%

16.28%

6.38%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.51%

1.45%

1.30%

Gross expenses 3

0.64%

0.65%

0.75%

Net expenses 3

0.52%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

22%

26%

22%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

329,135

$

297,612

$

1,940

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2040 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

19.28

$

17.24

$

16.52

Net investment income 3

0.29

0.27 2

0.09

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

1.10

2.78

1.06

Total from investment operations

1.39

3.05

1.15

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.28

-0.28

-0.09

Net realized gains

-0.46

-0.73

-0.34

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.74

-1.01

-0.43

Net asset value, end of period

$

19.93

$

19.28

$

17.24

Total return 4

7.35%

18.02%

7.13%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.47%

1.42%

1.12%

Gross expenses 3

0.63%

0.64%

0.75%

Net expenses 3

0.52%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

18%

25%

20%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

678,944

$

635,241

$

13,651

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2045 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.46

$

10.18

$

9.64

Net investment income 2

0.17

0.14

0.06

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.71

1.76

0.66

Total from investment operations

0.88

1.90

0.72

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.17

-0.17

-0.05

Net realized gains

-0.28

-0.45

-0.13

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.45

-0.62

-0.18

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.89

$

11.46

$

10.18

Total return 3

7.79%

18.99%

7.55%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 2

1.44%

1.39%

1.29%

Gross expenses 2

0.66%

0.68%

0.78%

Net expenses 2

0.52%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 4

16%

24%

19%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

199,015

$

174,582

$

1,246

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

3

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

4

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2050 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.96

$

9.73

$

9.29

Net investment income 3

0.16

0.15 2

0.05

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.68

1.67

0.64

Total from investment operations

0.84

1.82

0.69

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.16

-0.16

-0.05

Net realized gains

-0.26

-0.43

-0.20

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.42

-0.59

-0.25

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.38

$

10.96

$

9.73

Total return 4

7.82%

19.10%

7.63%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.43%

1.39%

1.03%

Gross expenses 3

0.64%

0.65%

0.76%

Net expenses 3

0.52%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

16%

23%

19%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

360,833

$

307,320

$

6,538

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2055 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R4

2015

2014

2013 1

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

12.65

$

10.91

$

10.19

Net investment income 3

0.18

0.15

0.04 2

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.81

1.90

0.72

Total from investment operations

0.99

2.05

0.76

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.18

-0.16

-0.04

Net realized gains

-0.14

-0.15

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.32

-0.31

-0.04

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.32

$

12.65

$

10.91

Total return 4

7.92%

19.06%

7.51%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.41%

1.40%

1.51%

Gross expenses 3

0.74%

0.86%

1.09%

Net expenses 3

0.52%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

16%

23%

19%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

33,651

$

20,591

$

33

1

For the period from November 30, 2012 (commencement of class operations) to February 28, 2013

2

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2060 Fund

Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, financial highlights are not available for the Fund.

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Wells Fargo Advantage Funds

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July 1, 2015

Dow Jones Target Date Funds

Prospectus

Class R6*

Target Today Fund

WOTDX

Target 2010 Fund

WFOAX

Target 2015 Fund

WFSCX

Target 2020 Fund

WFOBX

Target 2025 Fund

WFTYX

Target 2030 Fund

WFOOX

Target 2035 Fund

WFQRX

Target 2040 Fund

WFOSX

Target 2045 Fund

WFQPX

Target 2050 Fund

WFQFX

Target 2055 Fund

WFQUX

Target 2060 Fund

WFUFX


*Class R6 shares are only available to participants in certain retirement plans.

As with all mutual funds, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has not approved or disapproved these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Anyone who tells you otherwise is committing a crime.

Fund shares are NOT deposits or other obligations of, or guaranteed by, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., its affiliates or any other depository institution. Fund shares are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency and may lose value.

Table of Contents

Fund Summaries

Target Today Fund Summary

2

Target 2010 Fund Summary

7

Target 2015 Fund Summary

13

Target 2020 Fund Summary

19

Target 2025 Fund Summary

25

Target 2030 Fund Summary

31

Target 2035 Fund Summary

37

Target 2040 Fund Summary

43

Target 2045 Fund Summary

49

Target 2050 Fund Summary

55

Target 2055 Fund Summary

61

Target 2060 Fund Summary

68

The Funds

Key Fund Information

74

Target Date Funds

75

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes

80

Description of Principal Investment Risks

82

Portfolio Holdings Information

85

Management of the Funds

The Manager

86

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

88

Multi-Manager Arrangement

88

Your Account

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents

89

Pricing Fund Shares

90

How to Buy Shares

91

How to Sell Shares

92

How to Exchange Shares

93

Account Policies

95

Other Information

Distributions

96

Taxes

96

Master/Gateway Structure

97

Additional Performance Information

99

Financial Highlights

102

Target Today Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.05%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.41%

Fee Waiver

0.11%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.30%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$31

3 Years

$121

5 Years

$219

10 Years

$507

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 42% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to maintain a relatively fixed level of potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund is the most conservative Fund within the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds series. Within the series, each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund's allocation of assets among equity, fixed income and money market instruments asset classes, and your decision to invest in this or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "Today" designation in the Fund's name corresponds to the naming convention of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , an index designed to represent the targeted level of relative market risk exposure 10 years past a dated Fund's targeted year. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM . As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 16%, 60% and 24%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2009

+6.40%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-3.26%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.82%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/30/2004

3.63%

4.47%

4.30%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/30/2004

2.60%

3.48%

3.14%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/30/2004

2.20%

3.14%

3.02%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.73%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target Today Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

3.86%

4.88%

4.75%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2010 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.06%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.42%

Fee Waiver

0.10%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.32%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$33

3 Years

$125

5 Years

$225

10 Years

$520

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 41% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest:

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2010. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM . As the Fund has now reached its target year, its risk exposure approaches 27% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 19%, 62% and 19%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+8.15%

Lowest Quarter: 3rd Quarter 2008

-5.48%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +0.91%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/30/2004

3.94%

5.10%

4.40%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/30/2004

3.30%

4.18%

3.32%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/30/2004

3.31%

3.81%

3.23%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.86%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2010 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.20%

5.54%

4.91%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2015 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.06%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.42%

Fee Waiver

0.09%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.33%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$34

3 Years

$126

5 Years

$226

10 Years

$521

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 39% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2015. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2015, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 26%, 70% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+10.20%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-7.21%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.03%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/29/2007

4.23%

5.94%

3.90%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

3.10%

4.97%

2.81%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

2.59%

4.38%

2.69%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.48%

6.36%

4.37%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2020 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.04%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.40%

Fee Waiver

0.05%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.35%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$36

3 Years

$123

5 Years

$219

10 Years

$500

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 36% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2020. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2020, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 36%, 60% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+12.48%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-10.72%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.48%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/30/2004

4.47%

7.00%

5.10%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/30/2004

3.25%

6.02%

4.08%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/30/2004

2.80%

5.23%

3.83%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2020 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

4.81%

7.44%

5.54%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2025 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.05%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.41%

Fee Waiver

0.06%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.35%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$36

3 Years

$126

5 Years

$224

10 Years

$512

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 31% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2025. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2025, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 49%, 47% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+15.09%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-14.28%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +1.95%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/29/2007

4.76%

8.17%

4.07%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

3.47%

6.97%

3.13%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.02%

6.16%

2.95%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.14%

8.58%

4.47%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2030 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.04%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.40%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.36%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$37

3 Years

$124

5 Years

$220

10 Years

$501

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 26% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2030. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2030, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 63%, 34% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+17.78%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-17.37%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.44%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/30/2004

5.08%

9.18%

5.82%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/30/2004

3.79%

8.17%

4.84%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/30/2004

3.22%

7.04%

4.50%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.74%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2030 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.50%

9.61%

6.31%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2035 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.05%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.41%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.37%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$38

3 Years

$128

5 Years

$226

10 Years

$514

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 22% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2035. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2035, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 74%, 22% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
R6

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+19.62%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-19.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +2.89%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/29/2007

5.30%

10.01%

4.42%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

3.95%

8.92%

3.62%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.40%

7.70%

3.30%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.80%

10.47%

4.71%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2040 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.05%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.41%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.37%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$38

3 Years

$128

5 Years

$226

10 Years

$514

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 18% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2040. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2040, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 83%, 13% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.73%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.84%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.12%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

10 Year

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/30/2004

5.54%

10.66%

6.46%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/30/2004

4.17%

9.64%

5.52%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/30/2004

3.55%

8.28%

5.04%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

4.71%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

7.94%

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

7.32%

Wells Fargo Dow Jones Target 2040 Composite Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.03%

11.08%

6.85%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2006
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2006
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2045 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.06%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.42%

Fee Waiver

0.05%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.37%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$38

3 Years

$130

5 Years

$230

10 Years

$525

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2045. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2045, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2014, the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 89%, 7% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.64%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.41%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.35%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/29/2007

5.62%

10.93%

4.84%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

4.24%

9.87%

4.08%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.60%

8.45%

3.64%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.16%

11.39%

5.09%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2050 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.05%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.41%

Fee Waiver

0.04%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.37%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$38

3 Years

$128

5 Years

$226

10 Years

$514

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2050. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2050, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2009

+20.91%

Lowest Quarter: 4th Quarter 2008

-20.62%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.38%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/29/2007

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/29/2007

5.73%

11.03%

4.85%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/29/2007

4.37%

9.73%

3.95%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/29/2007

3.65%

8.47%

3.62%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

4.45%

5.25%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

15.63%

6.75%

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

11.43%

5.11%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2007
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2007
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2010

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Target 2055 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) 1

Management Fees 2

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.13%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.49%

Fee Waiver

0.12%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 3

0.37%

1. Expenses have been adjusted as necessary from amounts incurred during the Fund's most recent fiscal year to reflect current fees and expenses.
2. The management fee is 0.15%, plus a fee for fund-level administration services previously provided by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC under a separate administration agreement. The portion of the management fee attributable to the fee for such fund-level administration services amounted to 0.05% of the Fund's average daily net assets, but did not result in a net increase in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses.
3. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$38

3 Years

$145

5 Years

$262

10 Years

$604

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's portfolio turnover rate was 16% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2055. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2055, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

The following information provides some indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to year. The Fund's average annual total returns are compared to the performance of one or more indices. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Calendar Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year
Class R6

Highest Quarter: 1st Quarter 2012

+11.23%

Lowest Quarter: 2nd Quarter 2012

-4.39%

Year-to-date total return as of 3/31/2015 is +3.41%

 

Average Annual Total Returns for the periods ended 12/31/2014

Inception Date of Share Class

1 Year

5 Year

Performance Since 6/30/2011

Class R6 (before taxes)

6/30/2011

5.70%

N/A

9.50%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions)

6/30/2011

4.70%

N/A

8.86%

Class R6 (after taxes on distributions and the sale of Fund Shares)

6/30/2011

3.41%

N/A

7.26%

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

5.97%

N/A

3.70%

Russell 3000® Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

12.56%

N/A

15.61%

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)

6.19%

N/A

9.74%

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2011
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2011
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2011

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

Throughout this Prospectus, the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund SM is referred to as the Target Today Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2010 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2015 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2020 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2025 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2030 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2035 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2040 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2045 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2050 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2055 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2060 Fund; and collectively the Funds are referred to as the Target Date Funds.

Target 2060 Fund Summary

Investment Objective

The Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Fees and Expenses

These tables are intended to help you understand the various costs and expenses you will pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund.

Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)

None

Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of offering price)

None

 

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Management Fees

0.20%

Distribution (12b-1) Fees

0.00%

Other Expenses

0.16%

Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses

0.16%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses

0.52%

Fee Waiver

0.15%

Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver 1

0.37%

1. The Manager has contractually committed through June 30, 2016, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund's Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver at the amounts shown above. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Fees from the underlying master portfolio(s) are included in the cap. After this time, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.  

Example of Expenses

The example below is intended to help you compare the costs of investing in the Fund with the costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes a $10,000 initial investment, 5% annual total return, and that fees and expenses remain the same as in the tables above. The example also assumes that the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver shown above will only be in place for the length of the current waiver commitment. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

 

After:

1 Year

$38

3 Years

$152

Portfolio Turnover

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund's performance. Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, no history of the portfolio turnover rate is available.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of the Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

The Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . Similar to the methodology of the index, the Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Fund's assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Generally, the longer the Fund's time horizon, the more of its assets are allocated to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. As the Fund's time horizon shortens, it replaces some of its equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility and thereby generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. The Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund, and your decision to invest in this Fund or another Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund with a different target year and market risk exposure depends upon your individual risk tolerance, among other factors.

The "target year" designated in the Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year, 2060. The principal value of an investor's investment in the Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Fund invests are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seek to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the respective equity and fixed income portions of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity and fixed income asset classes, respectively, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies, as well as debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities and U.S. and foreign government obligations. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. The Fund invests in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, but unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM , the Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Fund and the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM . By the time the Fund reaches its target year in 2060, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. The Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights of 90%, 6% and 4%, respectively, which represent the percentage breakdown of the Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation among the Portfolios as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Principal Investment Risks

An investment in the Fund may lose money, is not a deposit of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. or its affiliates, is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, and is primarily subject to the risks briefly summarized below.

Credit Risk. The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due, which could cause the value of an investment to decline and a Fund to lose money.

Derivatives Risk. The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, can lead to losses, including those magnified by leverage, particularly when derivatives are used to enhance return rather than mitigate risk. Certain derivative instruments may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so, or the other party to a derivative contract may be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations.

Emerging Markets Risk. Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk. Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates and may be subject to higher withholding and other taxes.

Futures Contracts Risk. A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk. A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund also may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. When interest rates decline, interest that a Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, but the value of those securities may increase.

Investment Style Risk. Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions.

Management Risk. Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk. The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. Mortgage- and asset-backed securities may decline in value and become less liquid when defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets occur and may exhibit additional volatility in periods of rising interest rates. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. When interest rates decline or are low, the prepayment of mortgages or assets underlying such securities can reduce a Fund's returns.

New Fund Risk. The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk. Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk. Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies.

Target Date Fund Risk. A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

Performance

Because the Fund has not commenced operations, there is no performance to report.

Fund Management

 

Manager

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Manager, Title/Managed Since

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Rodney H. Alldredge , Portfolio Manager / 2015
James P. Lauder , Portfolio Manager / 2015
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD , Portfolio Manager / 2015

Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares

Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts.

 

Institutions Purchasing Fund Shares

Minimum Initial Investment
Class R6: Eligible investors are not subject to a minimum initial investment (financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts) Minimum Additional Investment
Class R6: None (financial intermediaries may require different minimum additional investment amounts)

Tax Information

By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax adviser.

The "Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM " are products of Dow Jones Indexes, a licensed trademark of CME Group Index Services LLC ("CME"), and have been licensed for use. "Dow Jones®", "Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM "and "Dow Jones Indexes" are service marks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings, LLC ("Dow Jones"), have been licensed to CME and have been licensed for use for certain purposes by Global Index Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds, based on the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM , are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, CME or their respective affiliates and Dow Jones, CME and their respective affiliates make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s).

Throughout this prospectus, the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2060 Fund.

Key Fund Information


This Prospectus contains information about one or more Funds within the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds ® family and is designed to provide you with important information to help you with your investment decisions. Please read it carefully and keep it for future reference.

In this Prospectus, "we" generally refers to Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), the relevant sub-adviser(s), if applicable, or the portfolio manager(s). "We" may also refer to a Fund's other service providers. "You" refers to the shareholder or potential investor.


Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

The investment objective of each Fund in this Prospectus is non-fundamental; that is, it can be changed by a vote of the Board of Trustees ("Board") alone. The objective and strategies description for each Fund tells you:

what the Fund is trying to achieve; 

how we intend to invest your money; and 

what makes the Fund different from the other Funds offered in this Prospectus.

This section also provides a summary of each Fund's principal investment and policies and practices. Unless otherwise indicated, these investment policies and practices apply on an ongoing basis.

Principal Investment Risks

This section lists the principal investment risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal investment risks for the master portfolios in which each Fund invests. A complete description of these and other risks is found in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section. It is possible to lose money by investing in a Fund.


Portfolio Asset Allocations

This section provides a percentage breakdown of a Fund's assets across different master portfolios.

Master/Gateway® Structure

The Funds are gateway funds in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios or other Funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , and may invest directly in securities, to achieve its investment objective. Multiple gateway funds investing in the same master portfolio or Fund can enhance their investment opportunities and reduce their expense ratios by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. References to the investment activities of a gateway fund are intended to refer to the investment activities of the master portfolio(s) in which it invests.

Target Date Funds

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Sub-Adviser

Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Portfolio Managers

Rodney H. Alldredge
James P. Lauder
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Target Today Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WOTDX
Fund Number: 707

Target 2010 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFOAX
Fund Number: 708

Target 2015 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFSCX
Fund Number: 3151

Target 2020 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFOBX
Fund Number: 709

Target 2025 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFTYX
Fund Number: 3152

Target 2030 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFOOX
Fund Number: 710

Target 2035 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQRX
Fund Number: 3153

Target 2040 Fund

Fund Inception: 3/1/1994

Ticker: WFOSX
Fund Number: 711

Target 2045 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQPX
Fund Number: 3154

Target 2050 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/29/2007

Ticker: WFQFX
Fund Number: 3155

Target 2055 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2011

Ticker: WFQUX
Fund Number: 4150

Target 2060 Fund

Fund Inception: 6/30/2015

Ticker: WFUFX
Fund Number: 4679

Investment Objective

Each Fund's objective is to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.  Specifically:

The Target Today Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target Today Index SM .

The Target 2010 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Index SM .

The Target 2015 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Index SM .

The Target 2020 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Index SM .

The Target 2025 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Index SM .

The Target 2030 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Index SM .

The Target 2035 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Index SM .

The Target 2040 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Index SM .

The Target 2045 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Index SM .

The Target 2050 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Index SM .

The Target 2055 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Index SM .

The Target 2060 Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Index SM .

Each Fund's Board of Trustees can change these investment objectives without a shareholder vote.

Principal Investment Strategies

Under normal circumstances, we invest: 

at least 80% of each Fund's total assets in equity, fixed income and money market securities designed to approximate the holdings and weightings of the securities in the appropriate Dow Jones Target Date Index.

Each Fund is a gateway fund that invests in various master portfolios which in turn invest in a combination of equity, fixed income and money market securities using an asset allocation strategy designed to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of a Dow Jones Target Date Index that has the same target year as the Fund. Similar to the methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, each Fund's investment strategy is to gradually reduce the Fund's potential market risk exposure over time by re-allocating the Funds' assets among these major asset classes: equity, fixed income and money market instruments. Funds with longer time horizons generally allocate more of their assets to equity securities to pursue capital appreciation over the long term. Funds with shorter time horizons replace some of their equity holdings with fixed income and money market holdings to reduce market risk and price volatility. Each Fund's allocation among the three major asset classes generally becomes more conservative in its asset allocation as the Fund's target year approaches and for the first 10 years after it arrives. Each Fund's target year serves as a guide to the relative market risk exposure of the Fund. For instance, the Target 2060 Fund has the most aggressive asset allocation of the Funds and the Target Today Fund has the most conservative asset allocation of the Funds. If you have a low risk tolerance, you may not wish to invest in the Target 2060 Fund, even if you intend to begin withdrawing a portion or all of your investment in the Fund in the year 2060. Conversely, you may feel comfortable choosing a more aggressive Fund for a near-term investment goal if you have a higher risk tolerance.

The "target year" designated in a Fund's name is the same as the year in the name of its corresponding Dow Jones Target Date Index. The Fund is primarily designed for investors expecting to retire and/or begin withdrawing funds around its target year. The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed, and an investor may experience losses, at any time, including near, at or after the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, there is no guarantee that an investor's investment in a Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in amounts adequate to meet the investor's goals.

Currently, the master portfolios in which the Funds invest are the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Stock Portfolio, the Wells Fargo Advantage Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio, and the Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term Investment Portfolio. The Diversified Stock Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class, which securities may include, among others, growth and value stocks, foreign and emerging market equity investments, and securities of smaller companies. The Diversified Stock Portfolio may also use stock index futures, a type of derivative, in order to manage movements of the portfolio against certain indexes. The Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class, which securities may include, among others, debt securities, including corporate bonds, mortgage- and asset-backed securities, U.S. and foreign government obligations and derivatives. The Diversified Stock Portfolio and the Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio use an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, each of these master portfolios purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, each of these master portfolios attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of replicating index performance against the goal of managing transaction costs.

The Funds invest in the Short-Term Investment Portfolio to represent the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Short-Term Investment Portfolio invests in high-quality money market instruments, including U.S. Government obligations, obligations of foreign and domestic banks, short-term corporate debt securities and repurchase agreements. Unlike the cash component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes, the Short-Term Investment Portfolio does not seek to replicate the Barclays 1-3 Month Treasury-Bill Index. This could result in potential tracking error between the performances of the Funds and the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.

Although they do not currently intend to do so, the Funds reserve the right to invest in more or fewer master portfolios, in other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, or directly in a portfolio of securities.

Principal Investment Risks

The principal value of an investor's investment in a Fund is not guaranteed at any time, including in the target year designated in the Fund's name. In addition, each Fund is primarily subject to the risks mentioned below to the extent that each Fund is exposed to these risks depending on its asset allocation and target year:

 

Credit Risk

Derivatives Risk

Emerging Markets Risk

Foreign Investment Risk

Futures Contracts Risk

Index Tracking Risk

Interest Rate Risk

Investment Style Risk

Management Risk

Market Risk

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk

New Fund Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Regulatory Risk (Target 2060 Fund)

Smaller Company Securities Risk

Target Date Fund Risk

U.S. Government Obligations Risk

These and other risks could cause you to lose money in your investment in the Fund and could adversely affect the Fund's net asset value, yield and total return. These risks are described in the "Description of Principal Investment Risks" section.

Risk Tolerance

Two general rules of investing have shaped the Funds' strategies:

(1) Higher investment returns usually go hand-in-hand with higher risk. Put another way, the greater an investment's potential return, the greater its potential for loss. Historically, for example, stocks have outperformed bonds, but the worst year for stocks on record was much worse than the worst year for bonds; and

(2) Generally, the longer an investor's time horizon, the greater the capacity or ability to withstand market volatility because there is more time to recoup any losses that might be incurred.

As illustrated by the line graph below, the Target Date Funds with longer time horizons are subject to more risk. This normally gives investors the potential for greater returns in the early years of a Fund than in the years immediately preceding or after the Fund's target date. As a Fund approaches its target year, and its investors have less time to recover from market declines, the Fund reduces its risk exposure. This reduction in risk exposure is intended to help secure the value of your investment as the time nears for you to begin withdrawing a portion or all of it. The graph below shows the relative amount of potential equity risk that each Fund is expected to assume given its time horizon. To measure the Fund's risk and the risk of the global equity market, we use a statistical method known as below-mean semi-variance, which quantifies portfolio risk levels by measuring only the below-average outcomes. This method is designed to provide a more useful and nuanced picture of the Fund's risk profile. Information is presented as of February 28, 2015.

 

When and After a Fund Reaches its Target Year

As illustrated above, by the time a Fund reaches its target year, its risk exposure will approach 28% of the risk of the global equity market. A Fund will not reach its lowest risk exposure of 20% of the risk of the global equity market until ten years past the Fund's target year. During the ten-year period after the Fund's target year, the Fund will increasingly resemble the Target Today Fund. At the end of the ten-year period, we will likely combine the Fund with the Target Today Fund.

Portfolio Asset Allocations

Each Fund's asset allocation is determined using the index methodology described in the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section, which results in a systematic reduction in potential market risk exposure over time as illustrated in the line graph above. This methodology provides you with higher exposure to market risk in the early years of investing and lower exposure to market risk in the years near the Fund's target year and 10 years thereafter. Each Fund reserves the right to adjust its market risk exposure upward or downward to meet its investment objective.

As of February 28, 2015, the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes included equity, fixed income and money market securities in the weights shown in the table below. The weightings of the indexes in equity, fixed income and money market securities shown in the table below represent a percentage breakdown of each corresponding Fund's assets across the Diversified Stock, Diversified Fixed Income and Short-Term Investment Portfolios, respectively, as of such date, and may change over time. The percentage risk of the global equity market to which the Fund is exposed will not necessarily be the same as, and will typically be greater than, the Fund's percentage investment in the Diversified Stock Portfolio in order to account for the risks associated with investments in fixed income and money market securities. Each Fund reserves the right to change its percentage allocation in the Diversified Stock Portfolio, Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio and Short-Term Investment Portfolio as we deem necessary to meet its investment objective.

 

Equity Securities

Fixed Income Securities

Money Market Securities

Dow Jones Target Today Index

16%

60%

24%

Dow Jones Target 2010 Index

19%

62%

19%

Dow Jones Target 2015 Index

26%

70%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2020 Index

36%

60%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2025 Index

49%

47%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2030 Index

63%

34%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2035 Index

74%

22%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2040 Index

83%

13%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2045 Index

89%

7%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2050 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2055 Index

90%

6%

4%

Dow Jones Target 2060 Index

90%

6%

4%

Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes


Index Performance

While the objective of each Fund is to replicate, before fees and expenses, the total return of its target index, the performance shown for each target index is not the past performance of the corresponding Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Fund or any other investment. Index performance does not include any fees and expenses associated with investing, including management fees and brokerage costs, and would be lower if it did. Past index performance is no guarantee of future results, either for the index or for any mutual fund. You cannot invest directly in an index.

Index Methodology

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are a series of Indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. Each Index is a blend of sub-indexes representing three major asset classes: equity securities, fixed income securities and money market instruments. The allocation of each Index generally becomes more conservative as the Index's time horizon becomes shorter. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index is comprised of a set of equity, bond and cash sub-indexes. The equity component is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Style Indexes (sub-indexes numbers 1 through 6 in the table on the next page), Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index. The bond component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Government Bond, U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond, U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities and Global Treasury: Majors Ex U.S. Indexes. Finally, the cash component is represented by the Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index.

The equity asset class is currently comprised of nine sub-asset classes; the fixed income asset class is currently comprised of four sub-asset classes; the money market asset class is currently comprised of one sub-asset class. Each sub-asset class is represented by an underlying index and is equally weighted with other sub-asset classes within its major asset class. The market risk of each Dow Jones Target Date Index will gradually decline over a period of years by changing its allocation among the three major asset classes and not by excluding any asset classes or sub-asset classes or by changing allocations among sub-asset classes.

The sub-asset classes that currently comprise each major asset class of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes are detailed in the table below:

Major Asset Classes

Equity Component

Fixed Income Component

Money Market Component

Sub-Asset Classes 1

1. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index

1. Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

1. Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index

2. Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index

2. Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index

3. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index

3. Barclays U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index

4. Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index

4. Barclays Global Treasury: Majors Ex US Index

5. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index

6. Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index

7. Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index

8. Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index

9. Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index

1. Additional information about the sub-indexes comprising the sub-asset classes is available in the Statement of Additional Information.

Each Dow Jones Target Date Index will exhibit higher market risk in its early years and lower market risk in the years approaching its target year. At more than 35 years prior to the target year, the Index's targeted risk level is set at 90% of the risk of the global equity market. The global equity market is measured by the sub-indexes comprising the equity component of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The major asset classes are rebalanced monthly within the Index to create an efficient asset allocation that maintains a targeted 90% risk level. At 35 years before the target year, each Index will begin to gradually reduce market risk. A new targeted risk level is calculated each month as a function of the current risk of the equity component and the number of months remaining to the Index's target year. The monthly risk reductions continue until the Index reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market, on December 1 of the year ten years after the Index's target year. Once an Index reaches that date, it always reflects 20% of the risk of the global equity market.

Description of Principal Investment Risks


Understanding the risks involved in mutual fund investing will help you make an informed decision that takes into account your risk tolerance and preferences. The risks that are most likely to have a material effect on a particular Fund as a whole are called "principal risks." The principal risks for each Fund and indirectly, the principal risk factors for the master portfolios in which the Fund invests, have been previously identified and are described below. Additional information about the principal risks is included in the Statement of Additional Information.

Credit Risk
The issuer or guarantor of a debt security may be unable or perceived to be unable to pay interest or repay principal when they become due. In these instances, the value of an investment could decline and the Fund could lose money. Credit risk increases as an issuer's credit quality declines.

Derivatives Risk
The use of derivatives, such as futures, options and swap agreements, presents risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in traditional securities. The use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives. These risks are heightened when derivatives are used to enhance a Fund's return or as a substitute for a position or security, rather than solely to hedge (or mitigate) the risk of a position or security held by the Fund. The success of the a derivative strategy will be affected by the portfolio manager's ability to assess and predict market or economic developments and their impact on the derivatives' underlying assets, indexes or rates and the derivatives themselves. Certain derivative instruments may become illiquid and, as a result, may be difficult to sell when the portfolio manager believes it would be appropriate to do so. Certain derivatives create leverage, which can magnify the impact of a decline in the value of their underlying assets, indexes or rates and increase the volatility of the Fund's net asset value. Certain derivatives (e.g., over-the-counter swaps) are also subject to the risk that the counterparty to the derivative contract will be unwilling or unable to fulfill its contractual obligations, which may cause a Fund to lose money, suffer delays or incur costs arising from holding or selling an underlying asset. Changes in laws or regulations may make the use of derivatives more costly, may limit the availability of derivatives, or may otherwise adversely affect the use, value or performance of derivatives.

Emerging Markets Risk
Emerging market securities typically present even greater exposure to the risks described under "Foreign Investment Risk" and may be particularly sensitive to global economic conditions. For example, emerging market countries are typically more dependent on exports and are therefore more vulnerable to recessions in other countries. Emerging markets tend to have less developed legal and financial systems and a smaller market capitalization than markets in developed countries. Some emerging markets are subject to greater political instability. Additionally, emerging markets may have more volatile currencies and be more sensitive than developed markets to a variety of economic factors, including inflation. Emerging market securities are also typically less liquid than securities of developed countries and could be difficult to sell, particularly during a market downturn.

Foreign Investment Risk
Foreign investments may be subject to lower liquidity, greater price volatility and risks related to adverse political, regulatory, market or economic developments. Foreign companies may be subject to significantly higher levels of taxation than U.S. companies, including potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, thereby reducing the earnings potential of such foreign companies. Foreign investments may involve exposure to changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Such changes may reduce the U.S. dollar value of the investments. Foreign investments may be subject to additional risks such as potentially higher withholding and other taxes, and may also be subject to greater trade settlement, custodial, and other operational risks than domestic investments. Certain foreign markets may also be characterized by less stringent investor protection and disclosure standards.

Futures Contracts Risk
A Fund that uses futures contracts, which are a type of derivative, is subject to the risk of loss caused by unanticipated market movements. In addition, there may at times be an imperfect correlation between the movement in the prices of futures contracts and the value of their underlying instruments or indexes and there may at times not be a liquid secondary market for certain futures contracts.

Index Tracking Risk
A Fund may not achieve exact correlation between the performance of the Fund and the index it tracks due to factors such as transaction costs, shareholder purchases and redemptions and the timing of changes in the composition of the index. The Fund may invest in only a representative sample of the securities that comprise the index and may hold securities not included in the index, subjecting the Fund to increased tracking risk. Maintaining investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the investment merits of the securities in seeking to replicate an index's composition or performance could cause the Fund's returns to be lower than if the Fund employed an active strategy.

Interest Rate Risk
When interest rates rise, the value of debt securities tends to fall. The longer the terms of the debt securities held by a Fund, the more the Fund is subject to this risk. If interest rates decline, interest that the Fund is able to earn on its investments in debt securities may also decline, which could cause the Fund to reduce the dividends it pays to shareholders, but the value of those securities may increase. Some debt securities give the issuers the option to call, redeem or prepay the securities before their maturity dates. If an issuer calls, redeems or prepays a debt security during a time of declining interest rates, the Fund might have to reinvest the proceeds in a security offering a lower yield, and therefore might not benefit from any increase in value as a result of declining interest rates. Changes in market conditions and government policies may lead to periods of heightened volatility in the debt securities market, reduced liquidity for certain Fund investments and an increase in Fund redemptions. Interest rate changes and their impact on the Fund and its share price can be sudden and unpredictable.

Investment Style Risk
Securities of a particular investment style, such as a growth style or value style, tend to perform differently and shift into and out of favor with investors depending on changes in market and economic sentiment and conditions. As a result, a Fund's performance may at times be worse than the performance of other mutual funds that invest more broadly or in securities of a different investment style.

Management Risk
Investment decisions, techniques, analyses or models implemented by a Fund's manager or sub-adviser in seeking to achieve the Fund's investment objective may not produce the returns expected, may cause the Fund's shares to lose value or may cause the Fund to underperform other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Risk
The values of, and/or the income generated by, securities held by a Fund may decline due to general market conditions or other factors, including those directly involving the issuers of such securities. Security markets are volatile and may decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, regulatory, political, or economic developments. Different sectors of the market and different security types may react differently to such developments.

Mortgage- and Asset-Backed Securities Risk
Mortgage- and asset-backed securities are subject to risk of default on the underlying mortgages or assets, particularly during periods of economic downturn. Defaults on the underlying mortgages or assets may cause such securities to decline in value and become less liquid. Rising interest rates tend to extend the duration of these securities, making them more sensitive to changes in interest rates than instruments with fixed payment schedules. As a result, in a period of rising interest rates, these securities may exhibit additional volatility. When interest rates decline or are low, borrowers may pay off their mortgage or other debts sooner than expected, which can reduce the returns of a Fund. Funds that may enter into mortgage dollar roll transactions are subject to the risk that the market value of the securities that are required to be repurchased in the future may decline below the agreed upon repurchase price. They also involve the risk that the party to whom the securities are sold may become insolvent, limiting the fund's ability to repurchase securities at the agreed upon price.

New Fund Risk
The Fund is a new fund, with a limited or no operating history and a small asset base. There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. Due to the Fund's small asset base, certain of the Fund's expenses and its portfolio transaction costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders.

Regulatory Risk
Pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may decide to liquidate, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction costs and adverse tax consequences.

Smaller Company Securities Risk
Securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. Smaller companies may have no or relatively short operating histories, limited financial resources or may be newly public companies. Some of these companies have aggressive capital structures, including high debt levels, or are involved in rapidly growing or changing industries and/or new technologies.

Target Date Fund Risk
A Target Date Fund cannot provide assurance that an investor's investment in the Fund will provide income at, and through the years following, the target year in the Fund's name in amounts adequate to meet the investor's financial goals. This risk is greater for an investor who begins to withdraw a portion or all of his or her investment in the Fund significantly before or after the Fund's target year. In addition, the Fund is subject to the risk that its strategy will not eliminate investment volatility that could reduce the amount of funds available for an investor who begins to withdraw funds or expects to retire close to or in the Fund's target year.

U.S. Government Obligations Risk
U.S. Government obligations may be adversely impacted by changes in interest rates, and securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. If a government-sponsored entity is unable to meet its obligations or its creditworthiness declines, the performance of a Fund that holds securities issued or guaranteed by the entity will be adversely impacted.

Portfolio Holdings Information


A description of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' policies and procedures with respect to disclosure of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds' portfolio holdings is available in the Funds' Statement of Additional Information. In addition, Funds Management will, from time to time, include portfolio holdings information in periodic commentaries for certain Funds. The substance of the information contained in such commentaries will also be posted to the Funds' Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com.

Management of the Funds


The Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management"), headquartered at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, provides advisory and Fund-level administrative services to the Funds pursuant to an investment management agreement (the "Management Agreement"). Funds Management is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, a publicly traded diversified financial services company that provides banking, insurance, investment, mortgage and consumer financial services. Funds Management is a registered investment adviser that provides investment management services for registered mutual funds, closed-end funds and other funds and accounts.

Funds Management is responsible for implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Funds. To assist Funds Management in performing these responsibilities, Funds Management has contracted with one or more sub-advisers to provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. Funds Management employs a team of investment professionals who identify and recommend the initial hiring of each Fund's sub-adviser(s) and supervise and monitor the activities of the sub-adviser(s) on an ongoing basis. Funds Management retains overall responsibility for the investment activities of the Funds.

Funds Management's investment professionals review and analyze each Fund's performance, including relative to peer funds, and monitor each Fund's compliance with its investment objective and strategies. Funds Management is responsible for reporting to the Board on investment performance and other matters affecting the Funds. When appropriate, Funds Management recommends to the Board enhancements to Fund features, including changes to Fund investment objectives, strategies and policies. Funds Management also communicates with shareholders and intermediaries about Fund performance and features.

Funds Management is also responsible for providing Fund-level administrative services, which include, among others, providing such services in connection with the Funds' operations; developing and implementing procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions; and providing any other Fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are provided by the Funds' transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant.

For providing these investment management services, Funds Management is entitled to receive the fees disclosed in the row captioned "Management Fees" in each Fund's table of Annual Fund Operating Expenses. Funds Management compensates each sub-adviser from the fees Funds Management receives for its services pursuant to the Management Agreement. A discussion regarding the basis for the Board's approval of the Management Agreement and sub-advisory agreements will be included in the Funds' semi-annual report for the six-month period ended August 31st.

Prior to July 1, 2015, Funds Management provided advisory services to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement ("Advisory Agreement"). The Management Agreement, which became effective July 1, 2015, combines the terms of the Advisory Agreement with the terms of the Funds' prior Amended and Restated Administration Agreement applicable to Fund-level administrative services. For a Fund's most recent fiscal year end, the advisory fee paid to Funds Management pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, net of any applicable waivers and reimbursements, was as follows:

Advisory Fees Paid

As a % of average daily net assets

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

0.04%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

0.06%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

0.07%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

0.10%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

0.11%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

0.12%

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

0.03%

As compensation for its services under the Management Agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive a monthly fee at the annual rates indicated below based on the Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund's average daily net assets:

 

Management
Fee

First $5 billion

0.20%

Next $5 billion

0.19%

Over $10 billion

0.18%

The Sub-Adviser and Portfolio Managers

The following sub-adviser and portfolio managers provide day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. These services include making purchases and sales of securities and other investment assets for the Funds, selecting broker-dealers, negotiating brokerage commission rates and maintaining portfolio transaction records. Each sub-adviser is compensated for its services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as investment manager to the Funds. The Statement of Additional Information provides additional information about the portfolio managers' compensation, other accounts managed by the portfolio managers and the portfolio managers' ownership of securities in the Funds. For information regarding the sub-advisers that perform day-to-day portfolio management activities for the master portfolios in which the Funds invests, see "The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios" under the "Master/Gateway® Structure" section.

Global Index Advisors, Inc. ("GIA"), a registered investment adviser located at 29 North Park Square, Suite 201, Marietta, GA 30060, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. GIA, through its relationships with Dow Jones Indexes and State Street Global Advisors, offers a series of collective Dow Jones Portfolio Index Funds.

Rodney H. Alldredge

Mr. Alldredge co-founded GIA in 1994 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Portfolio Operations.

James P. Lauder

Mr. Lauder joined GIA in 2002 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Chief Executive Officer of GIA.

Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Mr.Torregrosa joined GIA in 2007 and currently serves as Portfolio Manager and Director of Research.

Multi-Manager Arrangement

The Funds and Funds Management have obtained an exemptive order from the SEC that permits Funds Management, subject to Board approval, to select certain sub-advisers and enter into or amend sub-advisory agreements with them, without obtaining shareholder approval. The SEC order extends to sub-advisers that are not otherwise affiliated with Funds Management or the Funds, as well as sub-advisers that are wholly-owned subsidiaries of Funds Management or of a company that wholly owns Funds Management ("Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers").

Pursuant to the order, Funds Management, with Board approval, may hire or replace Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers for each Fund that is eligible to rely on the order. Funds Management, subject to Board oversight, has the responsibility to oversee Multi-Manager Sub-Advisers and to recommend their hiring, termination and replacement. If a new sub-adviser is hired for a Fund pursuant to the order, the Fund is required to notify shareholders within 90 days. The Funds that are eligible to rely on the order are not required to disclose the individual fees that Funds Management pays to a Multi-Manager Sub-Adviser.

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents


Additional Payments to Dealers
No compensation is paid to broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries (such as banks) from Fund assets on sales of Class R6 shares and related services. Class R6 shares do not carry sales commissions or pay Rule 12b-1 fees, or make payments to financial intermediaries to assist in, or in connection with, the sale of Fund shares. Neither the adviser, the distributor nor their affiliates make any type of administrative or service payments to financial intermediaries in connection with investments in Class R6 shares.

Pricing Fund Shares


A Fund's NAV is the value of a single share. The NAV is normally calculated as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day that the NYSE is open. To calculate the NAV of a Fund's shares, the Fund's assets are valued and totaled, liabilities are subtracted, and the balance, called net assets, is divided by the number of shares outstanding. The NAV is calculated separately for each class of shares of a multiple-class Fund. The price at which a purchase or redemption request is processed is based on the next NAV calculated after the request is received in good order. NAV is not calculated, and purchase and redemption requests are not processed, on days that the NYSE is closed for trading. To the extent that a Fund's assets are traded in other markets on days when the NYSE is not open for regular trading, the value of the Fund's assets may be affected on days when you are unable to buy or sell Fund shares. Conversely, trading in some of a Fund's assets may not occur on days when the NYSE is open for regular trading.

With respect to any portion of a Fund's assets that may be invested in other mutual funds, the value of the Fund's shares is based on the NAV of the shares of the other mutual funds in which the Fund invests. The valuation methods used by mutual funds in pricing their shares, including the circumstances under which they will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing, are included in the prospectuses of such funds. To the extent a Fund invests a portion of its assets in non-registered investment vehicles, the Fund's interests in the non-registered vehicles are fair valued at NAV.

With respect to a Fund's assets invested directly in securities, the Fund's investments are generally valued at current market prices. Equity securities, options and futures are generally valued at the official closing price or, if none, the last reported sales price on the primary exchange or market on which they are listed (closing price). Equity securities that are not traded primarily on an exchange are generally valued at the quoted bid price obtained from a broker-dealer.

Debt securities acquired with maturities exceeding 60 days are generally valued at the evaluated bid price provided by a pricing service. Debt securities acquired with maturities of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost.

We are required to depart from these general valuation methods and use fair value pricing methods to determine the values of certain investments if we believe that the closing price or the quoted bid price of a security, including a security that trades primarily on a foreign exchange, does not accurately reflect its current market value at the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV. The closing price or the quoted bid price of a security may not reflect its current market value if, among other things, a significant event occurs after the closing price or quoted bid price but before the time as of which a Fund calculates its NAV that materially affects the value of the security. We use various criteria, including a systemic evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in deciding whether a foreign security's market price is still reliable and, if not, what fair market value to assign to the security. In addition, we use fair value pricing to determine the value of investments in securities and other assets, including illiquid securities, for which current market quotations or evaluated prices from a pricing service or broker-dealer are not readily available.

The fair value of a Fund's securities and other assets is determined in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures adopted by the Fund's Board of Trustees. In light of the judgment involved in making fair value decisions, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security is accurate or that it reflects the price that the Fund could obtain for such security if it were to sell the security at the time as of which fair value pricing is determined. Such fair value pricing may result in NAVs that are higher or lower than NAVs based on the closing price or quoted bid price. See the Statement of Additional Information for additional details regarding the determination of NAVs.

How to Buy Shares


Class R6 shares generally are available only to certain retirement plans, including: 401(k) plans, 457 plans, profit sharing and money purchase pension plans, defined benefit plans, target benefit plans, and non-qualified deferred compensation plans. Class R6 shares also are generally available only to retirement plans where plan level or omnibus accounts are held on the books of the Fund. Class R6 shares generally are not available to retail accounts. Eligible retirement plans of qualifying size generally may open an account and purchase Class R6 shares by contacting certain broker-dealers and financial institutions that have selling agreements with WFFD. These entities may impose transaction charges. Additional shares may be purchased through a retirement plan's administrator or record-keeper. Class R6 shares also are available to Funds of Funds managed by Funds Management.

General Notes for Buying Shares

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your new account application or purchase request in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your new account application or purchase request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to process your transaction.

Earning Distributions. You are eligible to earn distributions beginning on the business day after the transfer agent receives your purchase in proper form.

U.S. Dollars Only. All payments must be made in U.S. dollars and all checks must be drawn on U.S. banks.

Right to Refuse an Order. We reserve the right to refuse or cancel a purchase or exchange order for any reason, including if we believe that doing so would be in the best interests of a Fund and its shareholders.

Special Considerations When Investing Through Financial Intermediaries:
If a financial intermediary purchases Class R6 shares on your behalf, you should understand the following:

Minimum Investments and Other Terms of Your Account. Share purchases are made through a customer account at your financial intermediary following that firm's terms. Financial intermediaries may require different minimum investment amounts. Please consult an account representative from your financial intermediary for specifics.

Records are Held in Financial Intermediary's Name. Financial intermediaries are usually the holders of record for Class R6 shares held through their customer accounts. The financial intermediaries maintain records reflecting their customers' beneficial ownership of the shares.

Purchase/Redemption Orders. Financial intermediaries are responsible for transmitting their customers' purchase and redemption orders to a Fund and for delivering required payment on a timely basis.

Shareholder Communications. Financial intermediaries are responsible for delivering shareholder communications and voting information from a Fund, and for transmitting shareholder voting instructions to a Fund.

The information provided in this Prospectus is not intended for distribution to, or use by, any person or entity in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or country where such distribution or use would be contrary to law or regulation, or which would subject Fund shares to any registration requirement within such jurisdiction or country.

The Funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, a member of FINRA/SIPC, and an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Securities Investor Protection Corporation ("SIPC") information and brochure are available at SIPC.org or by calling SIPC at (202) 371-8300.

How to Sell Shares


Class R6 shares must be redeemed according to the terms of your customer account with your financial intermediary. You should contact your investment representative when you wish to sell Fund shares.

General Notes for Selling Shares 

Proper Form. If the transfer agent receives your request to sell shares in proper form before the close of the NYSE, your transaction will be priced at that day's NAV. If your request to sell shares is received in proper form after the close of trading on the NYSE, it will be priced at the next business day's NAV. If your request is not in proper form, additional documentation may be required to sell your shares.

Earning Distributions. Your shares are eligible to earn distributions through the date of redemption. If you redeem shares on a Friday or prior to a holiday, your shares will continue to be eligible to earn distributions until the next business day.

Right to Delay Payment. We normally will send out checks within one business day, and in any event no more than seven days, after we accept your request to redeem. If you wish to redeem shares purchased by check or Electronic Funds Transfer within seven days of purchase, you may need to resubmit your redemption request if your payment has not yet cleared. Our ability to determine with reasonable certainty that investments have been finally collected is greater for investments coming from accounts with banks affiliated with Funds Management than it is for investments coming from accounts with unaffiliated banks. Redemption payments also may be delayed under extraordinary circumstances or as permitted by the SEC in order to protect remaining shareholders. Such extraordinary circumstances are discussed further in the Statement of Additional Information.

Redemption in Kind. Although generally we pay redemption requests in cash, we reserve the right to determine in our sole discretion, whether to satisfy redemption requests by making payment in securities (known as a redemption in kind). In such case, we may pay all or part of the redemption in securities of equal value as permitted under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the rules thereunder. The redeeming shareholders should expect to incur transaction costs upon the disposition of the securities received.

Retirement Plans and Other Products. If you purchased shares through a packaged investment product or retirement plan, read the directions for selling shares provided by the product or plan. There may be special requirements that supersede the directions in this Prospectus.

How to Exchange Shares


Exchanges between Wells Fargo Advantage Funds involve two transactions: (1) a sale of shares of one Fund; and (2) the purchase of shares of another. In general, the same rules and procedures that apply to sales and purchases apply to exchanges. There are, however, additional factors you should keep in mind while making or considering an exchange: 

In general, exchanges may be made between like share classes of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund offered to the general public for investment (i.e., a Fund not closed to new accounts), with the following exception: Class A shares of non-money market funds may also be exchanged for Service Class shares of any money market fund.

Same-fund exchanges between share classes are permitted subject to the following conditions: (1) exchanges out of Class A and Class C shares would not be allowed if shares are subject to a CDSC; (2) for exchanges into Class A shares, the shareholder must meet all qualifications to purchase Class A shares at net asset value based on current prospectus guidelines; and (3) the shareholder must meet the eligibility guidelines of the class being purchased in the exchange.

An exchange request will be processed on the same business day, provided that both Funds are open at the time the request is received. If one or both Funds are closed, the exchange will be processed on the following business day.

You should carefully read the prospectus for the Wells Fargo Advantage Fund into which you wish to exchange. 

Every exchange involves selling Fund shares, which may produce a capital gain or loss for tax purposes. 

If you are making an initial investment into a Fund through an exchange, you must exchange at least the minimum initial purchase amount for the new Fund, unless your balance has fallen below that amount due to investment performance. 

Any exchange between two Wells Fargo Advantage Funds must meet the minimum subsequent purchase amounts.

Class B and Class C share exchanges will not trigger the CDSC. The new shares will continue to age according to their original schedule and will be charged the CDSC applicable to the original shares upon redemption.

Generally, we will notify you at least 60 days in advance of any changes in our exchange policy.

Frequent Purchases and Redemptions of Fund Shares

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds  reserves the right to reject any purchase or exchange order for any reason. Purchases or exchanges that a Fund determines could harm the Fund may be rejected.

Excessive trading by Fund shareholders can negatively impact a Fund and its long-term shareholders in several ways, including disrupting Fund investment strategies, increasing transaction costs, decreasing tax efficiency, and diluting the value of shares held by long-term shareholders. Excessive trading in Fund shares can negatively impact a Fund's long-term performance by requiring it to maintain more assets in cash or to liquidate portfolio holdings at a disadvantageous time. Certain Funds may be more susceptible than others to these negative effects. For example, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in non-U.S. securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities resulting from pricing variations due to time zone differences across international financial markets. Similarly, Funds that have a greater percentage of their investments in small company securities may be more susceptible than other Funds to arbitrage opportunities due to the less liquid nature of small company securities. Both types of Funds also may incur higher transaction costs in liquidating portfolio holdings to meet excessive redemption levels. Fair value pricing may reduce these arbitrage opportunities, thereby reducing some of the negative effects of excessive trading.

Wells Fargo Advantage Funds , other than the Adjustable Rate Government Fund, Conservative Income Fund, Ultra Short-Term Income Fund and Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund ("Ultra-Short Funds") and the money market funds, (the "Covered Funds"). The Covered Funds are not designed to serve as vehicles for frequent trading. The Covered Funds actively discourage and take steps to prevent the portfolio disruption and negative effects on long-term shareholders that can result from excessive trading activity by Covered Fund shareholders. The Board has approved the Covered Funds' policies and procedures, which provide, among other things, that Funds Management may deem trading activity to be excessive if it determines that such trading activity would likely be disruptive to a Covered Fund by increasing expenses or lowering returns. In this regard, the Covered Funds take steps to avoid accommodating frequent purchases and redemptions of shares by Covered Fund shareholders. Funds Management monitors available shareholder trading information across all Covered Funds on a daily basis. If a shareholder redeems $5,000 or more (including redemptions that are part of an exchange transaction) from a Covered Fund, that shareholder is "blocked" from purchasing shares of that Covered Fund (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction) for 30 calendar days after the redemption. This policy does not apply to:

Money market funds;

Ultra-Short Funds;

Dividend reinvestments;

Systematic investments or exchanges where the financial intermediary maintaining the shareholder account identifies the transaction as a systematic redemption or purchase at the time of the transaction;

Rebalancing transactions within certain asset allocation or "wrap" programs where the financial intermediary maintaining a shareholder account is able to identify the transaction as part of an asset allocation program approved by Funds Management;

Transactions initiated by a "fund of funds" or Section 529 Plan into an underlying fund investment;

Permitted exchanges between share classes of the same Fund;

Certain transactions involving participants in employer-sponsored retirement plans, including: participant withdrawals due to mandatory distributions, rollovers and hardships, withdrawals of shares acquired by participants through payroll deductions, and shares acquired or sold by a participant in connection with plan loans; and

Purchases below $5,000 (including purchases that are part of an exchange transaction).

The money market funds and the Ultra-Short Funds. Because the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds are often used for short-term investments, they are designed to accommodate more frequent purchases and redemptions than the Covered Funds. As a result, the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not anticipate that frequent purchases and redemptions, under normal circumstances, will have significant adverse consequences to the money market funds or Ultra-Short Funds or their shareholders. Although the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds do not prohibit frequent trading, Funds Management will seek to prevent an investor from utilizing the money market funds and Ultra-Short Funds to facilitate frequent purchases and redemptions of shares in the Covered Funds in contravention of the policies and procedures adopted by the Covered Funds.

All Wells Fargo Advantage Funds . In addition, Funds Management reserves the right to accept purchases, redemptions and exchanges made in excess of applicable trading restrictions in designated accounts held by Funds Management or its affiliate that are used at all times exclusively for addressing operational matters related to shareholder accounts, such as testing of account functions, and are maintained at low balances that do not exceed specified dollar amount limitations.

In the event that an asset allocation or "wrap" program is unable to implement the policy outlined above, Funds Management may grant a program-level exception to this policy. A financial intermediary relying on the exception is required to provide Funds Management with specific information regarding its program and ongoing information about its program upon request.

A financial intermediary through whom you may purchase shares of the Fund may independently attempt to identify excessive trading and take steps to deter such activity. As a result, a financial intermediary may on its own limit or permit trading activity of its customers who invest in Fund shares using standards different from the standards used by Funds Management and discussed in this Prospectus. Funds Management may permit a financial intermediary to enforce its own internal policies and procedures concerning frequent trading rather than the policies set forth above in instances where Funds Management reasonably believes that the intermediary's policies and procedures effectively discourage disruptive trading activity. If you purchase Fund shares through a financial intermediary, you should contact the intermediary for more information about whether and how restrictions or limitations on trading activity will be applied to your account.

Account Policies


Advance Notice of Large Transactions
We strongly urge you to begin all purchases and redemptions as early in the day as possible and to notify us at least one day in advance of transactions in excess of $5,000,000. This will allow us to manage your Fund most effectively. When you give us this advance notice, you must provide us with your name and account number.

Householding
To help keep Fund expenses low, a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report may be sent to shareholders of the same household. If your household currently receives a single copy of a prospectus or shareholder report and you would prefer to receive multiple copies, please contact your financial intermediary.

Small Account Redemptions
We reserve the right to redeem certain accounts that fall below the minimum initial investment amount as the result of shareholder redemptions (as opposed to market movement). Before doing so, we will give you approximately 60 days to bring your account above the minimum investment amount. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or contact your selling agent for further details.

Statements and Confirmations
Statements summarizing activity in your account are mailed quarterly. Confirmations are mailed following each purchase, sale, exchange, or transfer of Fund shares, except generally for Automatic Investment Plan transactions, Systematic Withdrawal Plan transactions using Electronic Funds Transfer, and purchases of new shares through the automatic reinvestment of distributions. Upon your request and for the applicable fee, you may obtain a reprint of an account statement. Please call Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 for more information.

Electronic Delivery of Fund Documents
You may elect to receive your Fund's prospectuses, shareholder reports and other Fund documents electronically in lieu of paper form by enrolling on the Fund's Web site at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery. If you make this election, you will be notified by e-mail when the most recent Fund documents are available for electronic viewing and downloading.

To receive Fund documents electronically, you must have an e-mail account and an internet browser that meets the requirements described in the Privacy & Security section of the Fund's Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com. You may change your electronic delivery preferences or revoke your election to receive Fund documents electronically at any time by visiting wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

Statement Inquiries
Contact us in writing regarding any errors or discrepancies noted on your account statement within 60 days after the date of the statement confirming a transaction. We may deny your ability to refute a transaction if we do not hear from you within those 60 days.

Transaction Authorizations
Telephone, electronic, and clearing agency privileges allow us to accept transaction instructions by anyone representing themselves as the shareholder and who provides reasonable confirmation of their identity. Neither we nor Wells Fargo Advantage Funds will be liable for any losses incurred if we follow such instructions we reasonably believe to be genuine. For transactions through the automated phone system and our Web site, we will assign personal identification numbers (PINs) and/or passwords to help protect your account information. To safeguard your account, please keep your PINs and passwords confidential. Contact us immediately if you believe there is a discrepancy on your confirmation statement or if you believe someone has obtained unauthorized access to your account, PIN or password.

USA PATRIOT Act
In compliance with the USA PATRIOT Act, all financial institutions (including mutual funds) at the time an account is opened, are required to obtain, verify and record the following information for all registered owners or others who may be authorized to act on the account: full name, date of birth, taxpayer identification number (usually your Social Security Number), and permanent street address. Corporate, trust and other entity accounts require additional documentation. This information will be used to verify your identity. We will return your application if any of this information is missing, and we may request additional information from you for verification purposes. In the rare event that we are unable to verify your identity, we reserve the right to redeem your account at the current day's NAV. You will be responsible for any losses, taxes, expenses, fees, or other results of such a redemption.

Distributions


The Funds generally make distributions of investment income, if any, quarterly and any realized net capital gains at least annually. Please contact your institution for distribution options. Remember, distributions have the effect of reducing the NAV per share by the amount distributed.

Taxes


By investing in a Fund through a tax-deferred retirement account, you will not be subject to tax on dividends and capital gains distributions from the Fund or the sale of Fund shares if those amounts remain in the tax-deferred account. Distributions taken from retirement plan accounts generally are taxable as ordinary income. For special rules concerning tax-deferred retirement accounts, including applications, restrictions, tax advantages, and potential sales charge waivers, contact your investment professional. To determine if a retirement plan may be appropriate for you and to obtain further information, consult your tax advisor.

Master/Gateway® Structure


Each Fund is a gateway fund in a Master/Gateway structure. This structure is more commonly known as a master/feeder structure. In this structure, a gateway or feeder fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios of Wells Fargo Master Trust or other stand-alone funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds whose objectives and investment strategies are consistent with the gateway fund's investment objective and strategies. Through this structure, a gateway fund can enhance its investment opportunities and reduce its expenses by sharing the costs and benefits of a larger pool of assets. Master portfolios offer their shares to multiple gateway funds and other master portfolios rather than directly to the public. Certain administrative and other fees and expenses are charged to both the gateway fund and the master portfolio(s). The services provided and fees charged to a gateway fund are in addition to and not duplicative of the services provided and fees charged to the master portfolios. Fees relating to investments in other stand-alone funds are waived to the extent that they are duplicative, or would exceed certain defined limits.

Description of Master Portfolios
The following table lists the master portfolio(s) in which the Funds invest. Each Portfolio's investment objective is provided followed by a description of the Portfolio's investment strategies.

Master Portfolio

Investment Objective and Principal Investment Strategies

Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in fixed income securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The fixed income portion is represented by the Barclays Government Bond Index, Barclays Corporate Bond Index, Barclays Mortgage Bond Index, and Barclays Majors (ex U.S.) Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the fixed income portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the fixed income asset class. These fixed income sub-indexes include exposure to non-U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Treasury bonds, U.S. Agency debt, U.S.-dollar denominated corporate debt, and U.S. Agency mortgage-backed securities with a weighted average maturity of at least one year. The Portfolio uses an optimization process which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Diversified Stock Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks to approximate the total return (consisting of income and capital appreciation) of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

at least 80% of the Portfolio's net assets in equity securities.

The Portfolio invests principally in securities comprising the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes. The Adviser attempts to achieve a correlation of at least 95% between the performance of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes and the Portfolio's investment results, before expenses. The equity portion is represented by the Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index, Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index, Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Markets Index, Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Markets Index, and Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap TSM Specialty Index. The Portfolio seeks to approximate, before expenses, the total return of the equity portion of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes by investing in the securities that comprise the sub-indexes representing the equity asset class. The sub-indexes include exposure to large, mid and small cap U.S. securities as well as securities in international developed and emerging markets. The Portfolio uses an optimization process, which seeks to balance the replication of index performance and security transaction costs. Using a statistical sampling technique, the Portfolio purchases the most liquid securities in the index, in approximately the same proportion as the index. To replicate the performance of the less liquid securities, the Portfolio attempts to match the industry and risk characteristics of those securities, without incurring the transaction costs associated with purchasing every security in the index. This approach attempts to balance the goal of maximizing the replication of index performance, against the goal of trying to manage transaction costs. Furthermore, the Adviser may use derivatives, such as stock index futures, in order to manage movements of the Portfolio against certain indexes. The Adviser may actively trade portfolio securities.

Short-Term Investment Portfolio

Investment Objective:
The Portfolio seeks current income while preserving capital and liquidity.
Principal Investment Strategies:
Under normal circumstances, the Adviser invests:

exclusively in high-quality, short-term U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments of domestic and foreign issuers.

The Adviser actively manages a portfolio of high-quality, short-term, U.S. dollar-denominated money market instruments. The Adviser will only purchase First Tier securities. These include, but are not limited to, bank obligations such as time deposits and certificates of deposit, government securities, asset-backed securities, commercial paper, corporate bonds, municipal securities and repurchase agreements. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest and may be obligations of U.S. or foreign issuers. The Adviser may invest more than 25% of the Portfolio's total assets in U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of U.S. banks.

The Sub-Advisers for the Master Portfolios
The sub-advisers for the master portfolios are compensated for their services by Funds Management from the fees Funds Management receives for its services as adviser to the master portfolios.

SSGA Funds Management, Inc. ("SSGA FM"), a Massachusetts corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of State Street Corporation, a publicly held bank holding company is located at State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 and serves as the sub-adviser to one or more Funds. Accordingly, SSGA FM provides portfolio management services to the Funds. State Street Global Advisors, consisting of SSGA FM and other advisory affiliates of State Street Corporation, is the investment management arm of State Street Corporation.

Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management"), a registered investment adviser located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105, serves as a sub-adviser and provides portfolio management services to one or more Funds. Wells Capital Management, an affiliate of Funds Management and indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, is a multi-boutique asset management firm committed to delivering superior investment services to institutional clients.

Additional Performance Information


This section contains additional information regarding the performance of the Funds. The sub-section below titled "Index Descriptions" defines the market indices that are referenced in the Fund Summaries. The sub-section below titled "Share Class Performance" provides additional information about share class performance.

Index Descriptions
The "Average Annual Total Returns" table in each Fund's Fund Summary compares the Fund's returns with those of at least one broad-based market index. Below are descriptions of each such index. You cannot invest directly in an index. The performance history shown for an index may be shorter than that of certain funds.

Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is composed of the Barclays U.S. Government/Credit Index and the Barclays U.S. Mortgage-Backed Securities Index, and includes Treasury issues, agency issues, corporate bond issues, and mortgage-backed securities.

Dow Jones Global Target Today Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2010 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules.The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2015 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2020 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2025 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2030 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2035 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2040 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2045 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2050 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2055 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Dow Jones Global Target 2060 Index

The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with market risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. See the "Information on Dow Jones Target Date Indexes" section for further information.

Russell 3000® Index

The Russell 3000® Index measures the performance of the 3,000 largest U.S. companies based on total market capitalization, which represents approximately 98% of the investable U.S. equity market.

Share Class Performance
The following provides additional information about the performance history of the Funds contained in this prospectus, including information regarding predecessor funds, if any, and whether performance information presented is based on the history of an older share class.

Target Today Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses. Historical performance shown for Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares and includes the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares.

Target 2010 Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses. Historical performance shown for Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares and includes the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares.

Target 2015 Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses.

Target 2020 Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses. Historical performance shown for Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares and includes the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares.

Target 2025 Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses.

Target 2030 Fund  - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses. Historical performance shown for Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares and includes the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares.

Target 2035 Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses.

Target 2040 Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses. Historical performance shown for Class R6 shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares and includes the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares.

Target 2045 Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses.

Target 2050 Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses.

Target 2055 Fund - Effective June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6 and modified to assume the features and attributes of Class R6. Historical performance shown for Class R6 from inception through May 31, 2013 reflects Institutional Class performance and expenses.

A Fund's past performance is no guarantee of future results. A Fund's investment results will fluctuate over time, and any representation of the Fund's returns for any past period should not be considered as a representation of what the Fund's returns may be in any future period. The Fund's annual and semi-annual reports contain additional performance information and are available upon request, without charge, by calling the telephone number listed on the back cover page of this Prospectus.

Financial Highlights


The following tables are intended to help you understand a Fund's financial performance for the past five years (or since inception, if shorter). Certain information reflects financial results for a single Fund share. Total returns represent the rate you would have earned (or lost) on an investment in each Fund (assuming reinvestment of all distributions). The information in the following tables has been derived from the Funds' financial statements, which have been audited by KPMG LLP, the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm, whose report, along with each Fund's financial statements, is also included in each Fund's annual report, a copy of which is available upon request. 

Target Today Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.08

$

11.07

$

11.09

$

10.77

$

10.24

Net investment income 3

0.19

0.20 4

0.21

0.24

0.24 4

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.08

0.14

0.08

0.40

0.58

Total from investment operations

0.27

0.34

0.29

0.64

0.82

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.19

-0.19

-0.23

-0.27

-0.29

Net realized gains

-0.11

-0.14

-0.08

-0.05

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.30

-0.33

-0.31

-0.32

-0.29

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.05

$

11.08

$

11.07

$

11.09

$

10.77

Total return 5

2.41%

3.23%

2.63%

6.09%

8.14%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.77%

1.79%

1.90%

2.20%

2.31%

Gross expenses 3

0.51%

0.57%

0.65%

0.65%

0.66%

Net expenses 3

0.30%

0.37%

0.45%

0.45%

0.45%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

42%

40%

39%

46%

51%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

240,044

$

233,894

$

671,576

$

700,645

$

580,536

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2010 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

13.45

$

13.43

$

13.39

$

12.97

$

12.15

Net investment income 3

0.27

0.25 4

0.26

0.28

0.28

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.08

0.32

0.19

0.45

0.88

Total from investment operations

0.35

0.57

0.45

0.73

1.16

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.24

-0.25

-0.28

-0.31

-0.34

Net realized gains

-0.27

-0.30

-0.13

0.00

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.51

-0.55

-0.41

-0.31

-0.34

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.29

$

13.45

$

13.43

$

13.39

$

12.97

Total return 5

2.71%

4.35%

3.43%

5.61%

9.90%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.88%

1.89%

1.91%

2.14%

2.23%

Gross expenses 3

0.51%

0.57%

0.65%

0.65%

0.66%

Net expenses 3

0.32%

0.38%

0.48%

0.48%

0.48%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

41%

40%

37%

43%

47%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

184,812

$

242,218

$

486,113

$

563,343

$

455,447

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2015 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.39

$

10.13

$

9.98

$

9.81

$

9.05

Net investment income 3

0.20

0.21

0.18 4

0.19

0.19

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.14

0.39

0.27

0.29

0.85

Total from investment operations

0.34

0.60

0.45

0.48

1.04

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.19

-0.18

-0.20

-0.20

-0.23

Net realized gains

-0.12

-0.16

-0.10

-0.11

-0.05

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.31

-0.34

-0.30

-0.31

-0.28

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.42

$

10.39

$

10.13

$

9.98

$

9.81

Total return 5

3.31%

6.04%

4.56%

5.06%

11.68%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.92%

1.88%

1.87%

2.05%

2.11%

Gross expenses 3

0.51%

0.55%

0.65%

0.65%

0.66%

Net expenses 3

0.33%

0.38%

0.49%

0.49%

0.49%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

39%

38%

35%

40%

44%

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

$

420,676

$

437,620

$

613,945

$

536,453

$

387,146

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2020 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

15.40

$

14.77

$

14.47

$

14.19

$

12.73

Net investment income 3

0.28

0.27 4

0.27

0.27 4

0.26

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

1.00

0.52

0.35

1.50

Total from investment operations

0.61

1.27

0.79

0.62

1.76

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.26

-0.25

-0.28

-0.30

-0.30

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.21

-0.04

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.51

-0.64

-0.49

-0.34

-0.30

Net asset value, end of period

$

15.50

$

15.40

$

14.77

$

14.47

$

14.19

Total return 5

4.04%

8.72%

5.60%

4.47%

14.03%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.85%

1.88%

1.85%

1.95%

1.96%

Gross expenses 3

0.47%

0.53%

0.63%

0.63%

0.64%

Net expenses 3

0.35%

0.40%

0.50%

0.50%

0.50%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

36%

35%

32%

35%

39%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

1,114,670

$

1,065,417

$

1,605,032

$

1,540,045

$

1,250,249

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2025 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.57

$

9.96

$

9.71

$

9.79

$

8.68

Net investment income 3

0.19

0.19

0.18

0.17 4

0.16

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.33

0.92

0.45

0.16

1.26

Total from investment operations

0.52

1.11

0.63

0.33

1.42

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.18

-0.17

-0.18

-0.18

-0.19

Net realized gains

-0.20

-0.33

-0.20

-0.23

-0.12

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.38

-0.50

-0.38

-0.41

-0.31

Net asset value, end of period

$

10.71

$

10.57

$

9.96

$

9.71

$

9.79

Total return 5

5.03%

11.42%

6.74%

3.77%

16.75%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.79%

1.78%

1.83%

1.83%

1.83%

Gross expenses 3

0.48%

0.52%

0.63%

0.64%

0.64%

Net expenses 3

0.35%

0.39%

0.50%

0.50%

0.50%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

31%

32%

28%

31%

33%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

1,481,264

$

1,409,281

$

1,577,058

$

1,431,120

$

1,290,513

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2030 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

16.81

$

15.49

$

14.91

$

14.98

$

12.79

Net investment income 3

0.28

0.29 4

0.27

0.25 4

0.23 4

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.72

1.84

0.86

0.12

2.21

Total from investment operations

0.90

2.13

1.13

0.37

2.44

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.28

-0.27

-0.27

-0.25

-0.25

Net realized gains

-0.34

-0.54

-0.28

-0.19

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.62

-0.81

-0.55

-0.44

-0.25

Net asset value, end of period

$

17.19

$

16.81

$

15.49

$

14.91

$

14.98

Total return 5

6.04%

14.08%

7.82%

2.78%

19.35%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.72%

1.76%

1.80%

1.71%

1.65%

Gross expenses 3

0.47%

0.53%

0.64%

0.64%

0.65%

Net expenses 3

0.36%

0.41%

0.51%

0.51%

0.51%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

26%

29%

25%

26%

28%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

1,185,077

$

1,049,122

$

1,478,163

$

1,335,729

$

1,048,222

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2035 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.03

$

9.99

$

9.50

$

9.61

$

8.19

Income from investment operations

Net investment income 3

0.18

0.19

0.17

0.15 4

0.13

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.55

1.41

0.65

0.02

1.58

Total from investment operations

0.73

1.60

0.82

0.17

1.71

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.18

-0.17

-0.17

-0.14

-0.16

Net realized gains

-0.25

-0.39

-0.16

-0.14

-0.13

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.43

-0.56

-0.33

-0.28

-0.29

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.33

$

11.03

9.99

$

9.50

$

9.61

Total return 5

6.79%

16.41%

8.86%

1.96%

21.21%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.65%

1.71%

1.76%

1.60%

1.52%

Gross expenses 3

0.49%

0.55%

0.66%

0.66%

0.68%

Net expenses 3

0.37%

0.41%

0.52%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

22%

26%

22%

22%

24%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

674,926

$

570,482

648,345

$

481,784

$

338,577

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2040 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

19.27

$

17.24

$

16.37

$

16.69

$

13.84

Net investment income 3

0.30

0.31 4

0.29

0.24

0.22

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

1.13

2.75

1.21

-0.05

2.87

Total from investment operations

1.43

3.06

1.50

0.19

3.09

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.31

-0.30

-0.29

-0.24

-0.24

Net realized gains

-0.46

-0.73

-0.34

-0.27

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.77

-1.03

-0.63

-0.51

-0.24

Net asset value, end of period

$

19.93

$

19.27

$

17.24

$

16.37

$

16.69

Total return 5

7.57%

18.14%

9.50%

1.37%

22.66%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.61%

1.70%

1.76%

1.55%

1.44%

Gross expenses 3

0.48%

0.54%

0.65%

0.65%

0.67%

Net expenses 3

0.37%

0.42%

0.52%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

18%

25%

20%

20%

21%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

872,914

$

724,856

$

993,528

$

846,499

$

654,804

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2045 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

11.44

$

10.17

$

9.55

$

9.62

$

8.08

Net investment income 3

0.18

0.19

0.16

0.14

0.13

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.71

1.71

0.76

-0.05

1.70

Total from investment operations

0.89

1.90

0.92

0.09

1.83

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.18

-0.18

-0.17

-0.12

-0.18

Net realized gains

-0.28

-0.45

-0.13

-0.04

-0.11

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.46

-0.63

-0.30

-0.16

-0.29

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.87

$

11.44

$

10.17

$

9.55

$

9.62

Total return 4

7.96%

19.07%

9.85%

1.16%

23.08%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.58%

1.67%

1.74%

1.51%

1.26%

Gross expenses 3

0.51%

0.57%

0.69%

0.67%

0.70%

Net expenses 3

0.37%

0.42%

0.52%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 5

16%

24%

19%

19%

20%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

367,164

$

291,293

$

324,476

$

215,067

$

141,871

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

5

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2050 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

2011

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

10.95

$

9.72

$

9.20

$

9.50

$

8.10

Net investment income 3

0.17

0.17 4

0.16

0.14

0.12 4

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

0.68

1.66

0.72

-0.07

1.72

Total from investment operations

0.85

1.83

0.88

0.07

1.84

Distribution to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.17

-0.17

-0.16

-0.12

-0.17

Net realized gains

-0.26

-0.43

-0.20

-0.25

-0.27

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.43

-0.60

-0.36

-0.37

-0.44

Net asset value, end of period

$

11.37

$

10.95

$

9.72

$

9.20

$

9.50

Total return 5

7.98%

19.28%

9.94%

1.11%

23.17%

Ratio to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.58%

1.66%

1.75%

1.53%

1.43%

Gross expenses 3

0.49%

0.55%

0.67%

0.66%

0.67%

Net expenses 3

0.37%

0.41%

0.52%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 6

16%

23%

19%

19%

20%

Net assets at end of period (000s omitted)

$

818,335

$

693,648

$

754,088

$

651,308

$

560,746

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

Year ended February 29.

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

6

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2055 Fund

For a share outstanding throughout each period

 

Year ended February 28

Class R6 1

2015

2014

2013

2012 2

Net asset value, beginning of period

$

12.63

$

10.90

$

10.08

$

10.00

Net investment income 3

0.19

0.19

0.15

0.08 4

Net realized and unrealized gains on investments

0.80

1.87

0.83

0.00 5

Total from investment operations

0.99

2.06

0.98

0.08

Distributions to shareholders from

Net investment income

-0.19

-0.18

-0.16

0.00

Net realized gains

-0.14

-0.15

0.00

0.00

Total distributions to shareholders

-0.33

-0.33

-0.16

0.00

Net asset value, end of period

$

13.29

$

12.63

$

10.90

$

10.08

Total return 6

8.01%

19.18%

9.90%

0.80%

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

Net investment income 3

1.55%

1.63%

1.69%

1.33%

Gross expenses 3

0.59%

0.75%

1.17%

4.06%

Net expenses 3

0.37%

0.40%

0.52%

0.52%

Supplemental data

Portfolio turnover rate 7

16%

23%

19%

19%

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

$

126,822

$

74,427

$

36,345

$

8,963

1

On June 1, 2013, Institutional Class was renamed Class R6.

2

For the period from June 30, 2011 (commencement of class operations) to February 29, 2012

3

Includes net expenses allocated from the affiliated Master Portfolios in which the Fund invests.

4

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

5

Amount is less than $0.005.

6

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

7

Portfolio turnover rate is calculated by aggregating the results of multiplying the Fund's investment percentage in the respective affiliated Master Portfolio by the corresponding affiliated Master Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate.

Target 2060 Fund

Since the Fund commenced operations on or around the date of this Prospectus, financial highlights are not available for the Fund.

The "Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM " (the "Indexes") are products of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("SPDJI"), and have been licensed for use by Global Index Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Standard & Poor's® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("S&P") and Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC ("Dow Jones"). The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P or any of their respective affiliates (collectively, "S&P Dow Jones Indices"). S&P Dow Jones Indices makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the shareholders of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds particularly or the ability of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM to track general market performance. S&P Dow Jones Indices only relationship to Global Index Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC with respect to the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM is the licensing of the Index and certain trademarks, service marks and/or trade names of S&P Dow Jones Indices and/or its licensors. The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM are determined, composed and calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices without regard to Global Index Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC or the the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds. S&P Dow Jones Indices have no obligation to take the needs of Global Index Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC or the shareholders of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM . S&P Dow Jones Indices are not responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the prices of, and amount of shares issued by the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds or the timing of the issuance or sale of shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds are to be converted into cash, surrendered or redeemed, as the case may be. S&P Dow Jones Indices have no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds. There is no assurance that investment products based on the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM will accurately track index performance or provide positive investment returns. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not an investment advisor. Inclusion of a security within an index is not a recommendation by S&P Dow Jones Indices to buy, sell, or hold such security, nor is it considered to be investment advice.

S&P DOW JONES INDICES DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEXES OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO OR ANY COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) WITH RESPECT THERETO. S&P DOW JONES INDICES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR DELAYS THEREIN. S&P DOW JONES INDICES MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OR AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY GLOBAL INDEX ADVISORS, INC., WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, SHAREHOLDERS OF THE WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE DOW JONES TARGET DATE FUNDS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEXES OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL S&P DOW JONES INDICES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING LOSSES, LOST TIME OR GOODWILL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND GLOBAL INDEX ADVISORS, INC. OR WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, OTHER THAN THE LICENSORS OF S&P DOW JONES INDICES.

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Supplements the disclosures made by this Prospectus.
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including a discussion of the market conditions
and investment strategies that significantly affected
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WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST
PART B
WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE DOW JONES TARGET DATE FUNDS
STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Statement of Additional Information

July 1, 2015


Wells Fargo Advantage Funds
Dow Jones Target Date Funds

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund
Class A - STWRX, Class B - WFOKX, Class C - WFODX, Administrator Class - WFLOX, Investor Class - WFBTX,
Class R - WFRRX, Class R4 - WOTRX, Class R6 - WOTDX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund
Class A - STNRX, Class B - SPTBX, Class C - WFOCX, Administrator Class - WFLGX, Investor Class - WFCTX,
Class R - WFARX, Class R4 - WFORX, Class R6 - WFOAX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund
Class A - WFACX, Administrator Class - WFFFX, Investor Class - WFQEX, Class R - WFBRX, Class R4 - WFSRX,
Class R6 - WFSCX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund
Class A - STTRX, Class B - STPBX, Class C - WFLAX, Administrator Class - WFLPX, Investor Class - WFDTX,
Class R - WFURX, Class R4 - WFLRX, Class R6 - WFOBX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund
Class A - WFAYX, Administrator Class - WFTRX, Investor Class - WFGYX, Class R - WFHRX, Class R4 - WFGRX,
Class R6 - WFTYX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund
Class A - STHRX, Class B - SGPBX, Class C - WFDMX, Administrator Class - WFLIX, Investor Class - WFETX,
Class R - WFJRX, Class R4 - WTHRX, Class R6 - WFOOX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund
Class A - WFQBX, Administrator Class - WFQWX, Investor Class - WFQTX, Class R - WFKRX, Class R4 - WTTRX,
Class R6 - WFQRX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund
Class A - STFRX, Class B - SLPBX, Class C - WFOFX, Administrator Class - WFLWX, Investor Class - WFFTX,
Class R - WFMRX, Class R4 - WTFRX, Class R6 - WFOSX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund
Class A - WFQVX, Administrator Class - WFQYX, Investor Class - WFQSX, Class R - WFNRX, Class R4 - WFFRX,
Class R6 - WFQPX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund
Class A - WFQAX, Class C - WFQCX, Administrator Class - WFQDX, Investor Class - WFQGX, Class R - WFWRX,
Class R4 - WQFRX, Class R6 - WFQFX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund
Class A - WFQZX, Administrator Class - WFLHX, Investor Class - WFQHX, Class R - WFYRX, Class R4 - WFVRX,
Class R6 - WFQUX
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund
Class A - WFAFX, Class C - WFCFX, Administrator Class - WFDFX, Class R - WFRFX, Class R4 - WFSFX,
Class R6 - WFUFX


Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the "Trust") is an open-end, management investment company. This Statement of Additional Information ("SAI") contains additional information about twelve series of the Trust in the Wells Fargo Advantage family of funds - the above referenced Funds (each, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds"). Each Fund is considered diversified under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"). This SAI is not a prospectus and should be read in conjunction with the Funds' Prospectuses (each, a "Prospectus" and collectively, the "Prospectuses") dated July 1, 2015. The Prospectuses may be obtained free of charge by visiting our Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com, calling 1-800-222-8222 or writing to Wells Fargo Advantage Funds®, P.O. Box 8266, Boston, MA 02266-8266. Each Fund offers certain classes of shares as indicated above. This SAI relates to all such classes of shares. Class B shares of the Funds are closed to new investors and additional investments from existing shareholders, except in connection with reinvestment of any distributions and permitted exchanges of Class B shares for Class B shares of other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, subject to the limitations described in each Fund's prospectus.

DJTS/FASAI07 (7-15)

Table of Contents

Historical Fund Information

Fundamental Investment Policies

3

Non-Fundamental Investment Policies

4

Additional Approved Principal Investment Strategies

5

Permitted Investment Activities and Certain Associated Risks

13

Other Risks

32

Management

General

33

Manager and Class-Level Administrator

44

Sub-Adviser

48

Portfolio Managers

51

Distributor

54

Shareholder Servicing Agent

55

Transfer and Distribution Disbursing Agent

56

Underwriting Commissions

56

Custodian and Fund Accountant

57

Code of Ethics

57

Determination of Net Asset Value

58

Additional Purchase and Redemption Information

58

Portfolio Transactions

64

Fund Expenses

66

U.S. Federal Income Taxes

66

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

78

Policies and Procedures for Disclosure of Fund Portfolio Holdings

80

Capital Stock

83

Other Information

105

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

105

Financial Information

105

Appendices

Appendix A

A-1

Appendix B

B-1

HISTORICAL FUND INFORMATION

Some of the Funds described in this SAI were created as part of the reorganization of the Stagecoach family of funds, advised by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo Bank" or the "Custodian") and the Norwest Advantage family of funds, advised by Norwest Investment Management, Inc., into a single mutual fund complex following the merger of the advisers' parent companies. On March 25, 1999, the Board of Trustees of Stagecoach Trust and the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the "Board" or "Trustees") approved an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization providing for, among other things, the transfer of the assets and stated liabilities of the predecessor Stagecoach Trust portfolios to the Funds (the "Reorganization"). Prior to November 5, 1999, the effective date of the Reorganization, the Funds had only nominal assets.

Throughout this SAI, the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund SM is referred to as the Target Today Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2010 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2015 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2020 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2025 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2030 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2035 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2040 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2045 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2050 Fund; the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2055 Fund; and the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund SM is referred to as the Target 2060 Fund.

The Target Today, Target 2010, Target 2020, Target 2030, and Target 2040 Funds were originally named the "LifePath Funds." Effective May 1, 2001, the Funds listed in the table below were renamed the "Outlook Funds," and effective June 26, 2006, the Funds were renamed the "Target Date Funds" as follows:

Original Name

Name Effective May 1, 2001

Name Effective June 26, 2006

LifePath Opportunity Fund

Outlook Today Fund

Target Today Fund

LifePath 2010 Fund

Outlook 2010 Fund

Target 2010 Fund

LifePath 2020 Fund

Outlook 2020 Fund

Target 2020 Fund

LifePath 2030 Fund

Outlook 2030 Fund

Target 2030 Fund

LifePath 2040 Fund

Outlook 2040 Fund

Target 2040 Fund

Effective June 23, 2001, each of these Funds withdrew its investment from its respective Barclays Global Fund Advisors ("BGFA")-advised master portfolio, and converted into a stand-alone Fund investing directly in a portfolio of securities. At that time, BGFA became the direct adviser to each stand-alone Fund pursuant to an interim advisory agreement, and was entitled to receive fees at the same annual rates as were applicable under the advisory contract with each BGFA-advised Master Portfolio. At the special meetings of shareholders held on October 19, 2001, shareholders approved investment advisory and subadvisory arrangements, with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management" or "WFFM") as adviser and BGFA
as sub-adviser.

Effective June 26, 2006, these Funds were converted to gateway funds in a Master/Gateway® structure. In this structure, a gateway fund invests substantially all of its assets in one or more master portfolios of Wells Fargo Master Trust ("Master Trust") or other stand-alone funds of Wells Fargo Advantage Funds whose objectives and investment strategies are consistent with the gateway fund's investment objective and strategies. At the special meeting of shareholders held June 12, 2006, and subsequent adjournments on June 20, 2006, June 23, 2006, shareholders approved investment sub-advisory arrangements with Global Index Advisors, Inc. ("Global Index Advisors" or "GIA"). The sub-advisory arrangements with BGFA terminated upon the conversion of the Funds to gateway funds.

The Target Today, Target 2010, Target 2020, Target 2030 and Target 2040 Funds commenced operations on November 8, 1999, as successors to the LifePath Funds of Stagecoach Trust. The predecessor Stagecoach Trust LifePath Funds offered Class A, Class B, and Class C shares. The Class A shares, previously called Retail shares, of each predecessor Stagecoach Trust LifePath Fund commenced operations on March 1, 1994. The Class B shares of the LifePath Opportunity Fund (predecessor to Target Today Fund) commenced operations on August 1, 1998, and the Class C shares of the LifePath 2040 Fund (predecessor to Target 2040 Fund) commenced operations on July 1, 1998. The Class B shares of all other LifePath Funds commenced operations on March 1, 1997. The Class C shares of all other LifePath Funds commenced operations on December 1, 1998. The Administrator Class shares (named the Institutional Class prior to April 11, 2005) commenced operations on November 8, 1999, the Institutional Class shares (named the Select Class prior to April 11, 2005) commenced operations on June 30, 2004, and the Investor Class shares commenced operations on January 31, 2007. Prior to June 24, 1998, the LifePath Opportunity Fund of Stagecoach Trust was named the LifePath 2000 Fund. The Target 2015, Target 2025, Target 2035, Target 2045 and Target 2050 Funds commenced operations on June 29, 2007. The Target 2055 Fund commenced operations on July 1, 2011. Institutional Class shares of the Funds were renamed Class R6 on June 1, 2013. The Target 2060 Fund commenced operations on July 1, 2015.

The "Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM " (the "Indexes") are products of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC ("SPDJI"), and have been licensed for use by Global Index Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Standard & Poor's® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("S&P") and Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC ("Dow Jones"). The Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P or any of their respective affiliates (collectively, "S&P Dow Jones Indices"). S&P Dow Jones Indices makes no representation or warranty, express or implied, to the shareholders of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds or any member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds particularly or the ability of the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM to track general market performance. S&P Dow Jones Indices only relationship to Global Index Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC with respect to the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM is the licensing of the Index and certain trademarks, service marks and/or trade names of S&P Dow Jones Indices and/or its licensors. The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM are determined, composed and calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices without regard to Global Index Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC or the the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds. S&P Dow Jones Indices have no obligation to take the needs of Global Index Advisors, Inc. and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC or the shareholders of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds into consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM . S&P Dow Jones Indices are not responsible for and have not participated in the determination of the prices of, and amount of shares issued by the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds or the timing of the issuance or sale of shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds are to be converted into cash, surrendered or redeemed, as the case may be. S&P Dow Jones Indices have no obligation or liability in connection with the administration, marketing or trading of the Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Date Funds. There is no assurance that investment products based on the Dow Jones Target Date Indexes SM will accurately track index performance or provide positive investment returns. S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC is not an investment advisor. Inclusion of a security within an index is not a recommendation by S&P Dow Jones Indices to buy, sell, or hold such security, nor is it considered to be investment advice.

S&P DOW JONES INDICES DOES NOT GUARANTEE THE ADEQUACY, ACCURACY, TIMELINESS AND/OR THE COMPLETENESS OF THE INDEXES OR ANY DATA RELATED THERETO OR ANY COMMUNICATION, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ORAL OR WRITTEN COMMUNICATION (INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS) WITH RESPECT THERETO. S&P DOW JONES INDICES SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY DAMAGES OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS, OR DELAYS THEREIN. S&P DOW JONES INDICES MAKE NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, AND EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE OR AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY GLOBAL INDEX ADVISORS, INC., WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, SHAREHOLDERS OF THE WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE DOW JONES TARGET DATE FUNDS, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE INDEXES OR WITH RESPECT TO ANY DATA RELATED THERETO. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT WHATSOEVER SHALL S&P DOW JONES INDICES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, TRADING LOSSES, LOST TIME OR GOODWILL, EVEN IF THEY HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBLITY OF SUCH DAMAGES, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHERWISE. THERE ARE NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF ANY AGREEMENTS OR ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN S&P DOW JONES INDICES AND GLOBAL INDEX ADVISORS, INC. OR WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC, OTHER THAN THE LICENSORS OF S&P DOW JONES INDICES.

Fundamental Investment Policies

Each Fund has adopted the following fundamental investment policies; that is, they may not be changed without approval by the holders of a majority (as defined under the 1940 Act) of the outstanding voting securities of each Fund.

The Funds may not :

(1) purchase the securities of issuers conducting their principal business activity in the same industry if, immediately after the purchase and as a result thereof, the value of the Fund's investments in that industry would equal or exceed 25% of the current value of the Fund's total assets, provided that this restriction does not limit a Fund's investments in (i) securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, (ii) securities of other investment companies, (iii) municipal securities, and (iv) repurchase agreements;

(2) purchase securities of any issuer if, as a result, with respect to 75% of a Fund's total assets, more than 5% of the value of its total assets would be invested in the securities of any one issuer or the Fund's ownership would be more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, provided that this restriction does not limit a Fund's investments in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities, or investments in securities of other investment companies;

(3) borrow money, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and any exemptive orders obtained thereunder;

(4) issue senior securities, except to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and any exemptive orders obtained thereunder;

(5) make loans to other parties if, as a result, the aggregate value of such loans would exceed one-third of a Fund's total assets. For the purposes of this limitation, entering into repurchase agreements, lending securities and acquiring any debt securities are not deemed to be the making of loans;

(6) underwrite securities of other issuers, except to the extent that the purchase of permitted investments directly from the issuer thereof or from an underwriter for an issuer and the later disposition of such securities in accordance with a Fund's investment program may be deemed to be an underwriting;

(7) purchase or sell real estate unless acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments (but this shall not prevent a Fund from investing in securities or other instruments backed by real estate or securities of companies engaged in the real estate business);

(8) purchase or sell commodities, provided that (i) currency will not be deemed to be a commodity for purposes of this restriction, (ii) this restriction does not limit the purchase or sale of futures contracts, forward contracts or options, and (iii) this restriction does not limit the purchase or sale of securities or other instruments backed by commodities or the purchase or sale of commodities acquired as a result of ownership of securities or other instruments.

Non-Fundamental Investment Policies

Each Fund has adopted the following non-fundamental policies; that is, they may be changed by the Trustees at any time without approval of such Fund's shareholders.

(1) Each Fund may invest in shares of other investment companies to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and any exemptive orders obtained thereunder, provided however, that no Fund that has knowledge that its shares are purchased by another investment company investor pursuant to Section 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940 Act will acquire any securities of registered open-end management investment companies or registered unit investment trusts in reliance on Section 12(d)(1)(F) or 12(d)(1)(G) of the 1940 Act.

(2) Each Fund may not invest or hold more than 15% of the Fund's net assets in illiquid securities. For this purpose, illiquid securities include, among others, (a) securities that are illiquid by virtue of the absence of a readily available market or legal or contractual restrictions on resale, (b) fixed time deposits that are subject to withdrawal penalties and that have maturities of more than seven days, and (c) repurchase agreements not terminable within seven days.

(3) Each Fund may invest in financial instruments subject to the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended ("CEA"), including futures, options on futures, and swaps ("commodity interests"), consistent with its investment policies and the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and interpretations of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") thereunder or any exemptive orders obtained thereunder, and consistent with investment in commodity interests that would allow the Fund's investment manager to claim an exclusion from being a "commodity pool operator" as defined by the CEA.

(4) Each Fund may lend securities from its portfolio to approved brokers, dealers and financial institutions, to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, including the rules, regulations and exemptions thereunder, which currently limit such activities to one-third of the value of a Fund's total assets (including the value of the collateral received). Any such loans of portfolio securities will be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily.

(5) Each Fund may not make investments for the purpose of exercising control or management, provided that this restriction does not limit a Fund's investments in securities of other investment companies or investments in entities created under the laws of foreign countries to facilitate investment in securities of that country.

(6) Each Fund may not purchase securities on margin (except for short-term credits necessary for the clearance of transactions).

(7) Each Fund may not sell securities short, unless it owns or has the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short (short sales "against the box"), and provided that transactions in futures contracts and options are not deemed to constitute selling securities short.

Further Explanation of Investment Policies

With respect to repurchase agreements, the Fund invests only in repurchase agreements that are fully collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. For purposes of the Fund's fundamental investment policy with respect to concentration, the Fund does not consider such repurchase agreements to constitute an industry or group of industries because the Fund chooses to look through such securities to the underlying collateral, which is itself excepted from the Fund's concentration policy.

Notwithstanding the foregoing policies, any other investment companies in which the Funds may invest have adopted their own investment policies, which may be more or less restrictive than those listed above, thereby allowing a Fund to participate in certain investment strategies indirectly that are prohibited under the fundamental and non-fundamental investment policies listed above.

ADDITIONAL APPROVED INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

In addition to the principal investment strategies set forth in the Prospectuses, the Funds may also use futures, options or swap agreements, as well as other derivatives, to manage risk or to enhance return. Please refer to a Fund's Prospectuses for information regarding the Fund's anticipated use of derivatives, if any, as a principal investment strategy. Please note that even if a Fund's Prospectuses do not currently include information regarding derivatives, or only includes information regarding certain derivative instruments, the Fund may use any of the derivative securities described below, at any time, and to any extent consistent with the Fund's other principal investment strategies.

DERIVATIVES

Derivative Securities

Derivative securities are securities that derive their value, at least in part, from the price of another security or asset, or the level of an index, such as the S&P 500 Index, or a rate, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), including structured notes, bonds or other instruments with interest rates that are determined by reference to changes in the value of other interest rates, indices or financial indicators ("References") or the relative change in two or more References. Some forms of derivatives, such as exchange-traded futures and options on securities, commodities, or indices, are traded on regulated exchanges. These types of derivatives are standardized contracts that can easily be bought and sold, and whose market values are determined and published daily. Non-standardized derivatives, on the other hand, tend to be more specialized or complex, and may be harder to value. Futures contracts and options are also considered types of derivative securities, and are described more fully under the heading "Futures and Options Contracts" below. Other common types of derivatives include forward foreign currency exchange contracts, forward contracts on securities and securities indices, linked securities and structured products, collateralized mortgage obligations, stripped securities, warrants, swap agreements, and swaptions.

An investment is often made in derivative securities as a "hedge" against fluctuations in the market value of the other securities in a Fund's portfolio due to currency exchange rate fluctuations or other factors in the securities markets, although a Fund may also invest in certain derivative securities for investment purposes only. Other reasons why a Fund may use derivative securities include protecting its unrealized gains reflected in the value of its portfolio of securities, facilitating the sale of such securities for investment purposes, reducing transaction costs, and/or managing the effective maturity or duration of its portfolio.

While derivative securities are useful for hedging and investment, they also carry additional risks. A hedging policy may fail if the correlation between the value of the derivative securities and the other investments in a Fund's portfolio does not follow the sub-adviser's expectations. If the sub-adviser's expectations are not met, it is possible that the hedging strategy will not only fail to protect the value of a Fund's investments, but the Fund may also lose money on the derivative security itself. In addition, some derivative securities represent relatively recent innovations in the bond markets. The trading market for these instruments is less developed than the markets for traditional types of debt instruments. It is uncertain how these derivative securities will perform under different economic interest-rate scenarios. Because certain of these instruments are leveraged, their market values may be more volatile than other types of securities and may present greater potential for capital gain or loss. Derivative securities and their underlying instruments may experience periods of illiquidity, which could cause a Fund to hold a security it might otherwise sell or a Fund could be forced to sell a security at inopportune times or for prices that do not reflect current market value. The possibility of default by the issuer or the issuer's credit provider may be greater for structured and derivative instruments than for other types of instruments. As new types of derivative securities are developed and offered to investors, the manager will, consistent with a Fund's investment objective, policies, restrictions and quality standards, consider making investments in such new types of derivative securities.

Additional risks of derivative securities include, but are not limited to: the risk of disruption of a Fund's ability to trade in derivative securities because of regulatory compliance problems or regulatory changes; credit risk of counterparties to derivative contracts, and market risk (i.e., exposure to adverse price changes).

The manager uses a variety of internal risk management procedures to ensure that derivatives are closely monitored and that their use is consistent with a particular Fund's investment objective, policies, restrictions and quality standards, and does not expose such Fund to undue risk.

A Fund's use of derivatives also is subject to broadly applicable investment policies. For example, a Fund may not invest more than a specified percentage of its assets in "illiquid securities," including those derivatives that do not have active secondary markets. A Fund also may not use certain derivatives without establishing adequate "cover" in compliance with the SEC rules limiting the use of leverage. Consistent with SEC staff guidance, a Fund will consider its obligations involving such derivatives as "covered" when a Fund (i) maintains an offsetting financial position, or (ii) segregates liquid assets (which may include, but are not limited to, cash, cash equivalents, equities and debt securities) equal to a Fund's exposures relating to the derivative, as determined on a daily basis. If a Fund chooses to establish a "covered" position by segregating liquid assets, the amount that must be segregated will be determined in accordance with current SEC staff guidance, and will thus vary based on the specific derivative instrument being used. For example, for futures and forward contracts that require only cash settlement, and swap agreements that call for periodic netting between a Fund and its counterparty, the segregated amount will be the net amount due under the contract, as determined daily on a mark-to-market basis. For other kinds of futures, forwards and swaps, a Fund must segregate a larger amount of assets to cover its obligations, which essentially limits a Fund's ability to use these instruments.

Both equity and credit derivatives include options, futures and options on futures, which may be used to hedge a Fund's portfolio, increase returns or maintain exposure to a market without buying individual securities. These investments may pose risks in addition to those associated with investing directly in securities or other investments. Such risks may include illiquidity of the derivative and imperfect correlation of the derivative with underlying investments for which it is being substituted or the Fund's other portfolio holdings. Accordingly, there is the risk that such practices may fail to serve their intended purposes, and may reduce returns or increase volatility. These practices also entail transactional expenses.

Additionally, the use of derivatives can lead to losses because of adverse movements in the price or value of the underlying security, asset, index or reference rate, which may be magnified by certain features of the derivatives. These risks are heightened when a Fund uses derivatives to enhance its return or as a substitute for a position or security, rather than solely to hedge or offset the risk of a position or security held by a Fund. A Fund's use of derivatives to leverage risk also may exaggerate a loss, potentially causing a Fund to lose more money than if it had invested in the underlying security, or limit a potential gain.

The success of management's derivative strategies will depend on its ability to assess and predict the impact of market or economic developments on the underlying security, asset, index or reference rate and the derivative itself, without necessarily the benefit of observing the performance of the derivative under all possible market conditions. Other risks arise from a Fund's potential inability to terminate or sell its derivative positions as a liquid secondary market for such positions may not exist at times when a Fund may wish to terminate or sell them. Over-the-counter instruments (investments not traded on an exchange) may be illiquid. Derivatives traded in the over-the-counter market are subject to the risk that the other party will not meet its obligations. Also, with some derivative strategies, there is the risk that a Fund may not be able to find a suitable counterparty for the derivative transaction, and therefore may be unable to invest in derivatives altogether. The use of derivatives may also increase the amount and accelerate the timing of taxes payable by shareholders.

A Fund that is authorized to invest in derivatives may use any or all of the above investment techniques and may purchase different types of derivative instruments at any time and in any combination. There is no particular strategy that dictates the use of one technique over another, as the use of derivatives is a function of numerous variables, including market conditions.

Credit Derivatives . A credit derivative is a form of derivative that is divided into two categories: credit default swaps and total return swaps. Both such categories of credit derivatives are usually governed by the standard terms and conditions of an ISDA Master Agreement.

A credit default swap involves a protection buyer and a protection seller. A Fund may be either a protection buyer or seller. The protection buyer makes periodic premium payments to the protection seller during the swap term in exchange for the protection seller agreeing to make certain defined payments to the protection buyer in the event certain defined credit events occur with respect to a particular security, issuer or basket of securities. A total return swap involves a total return receiver and a total return payor. A Fund may either be a total return receiver or payor. Generally, the total return payor sells to the total return receiver an amount equal to all cash flows and price appreciation on a defined security or asset payable at periodic times during the swap term (i.e., credit risk) in return for a periodic payment from the total return receiver based on designated index (e.g., LIBOR) and spread plus the amount of any price depreciation on the reference security or asset. The total return payor does not need to own the underlying security or asset to enter into a total return swap. The final payment at the end of the swap term includes final settlement of the current market price of the underlying reference security or asset, and payment by the applicable party for any appreciation or depreciation in value. Usually, collateral must be posted by the total return receiver to secure the periodic interest-based and market price depreciation payments depending on the credit quality of the underlying reference security and creditworthiness of the total return receiver, and the collateral amount is marked-to-market daily equal to the market price of the underlying reference security or asset between periodic payment dates.

Other types of credit derivatives include credit-linked notes and other forms of debt obligations having an embedded credit default swap component. In such type of credit derivative, payments of principal and interest are tied to the performance of one or more reference obligations or assets.

In all of the above-referenced credit derivative transactions, the same general risks inherent to derivative transactions are present. However, credit derivative transactions also carry with them greater risks of imperfect correlation between the performance and price of the underlying reference security or asset, and the general performance of the designated interest rate or index which is the basis for the periodic payment. If a Fund writes a credit default swap, it receives an up-front premium. A Fund's exposure under a credit default swap, though, is a form of leverage and will be subject to the restrictions on leveraged derivatives.

Inverse Floaters . A Fund may invest in inverse floating rate municipal securities or "inverse floaters," sometimes also referred to as a "residual interest certificates." Inverse floaters are issued by tender option bond trusts ("trusts") that are established by a third party sponsor in connection with the transfer of municipal bonds to the trusts. In addition to inverse floaters, these trusts typically issue short-term floating rate notes which are usually sold to money market funds ("floating rate notes"). An inverse floater is a type of "derivative" debt instrument with a floating or variable interest rate that moves in the opposite direction of the interest rate on another security, normally the floating rate note. Because changes in the interest rate on the note inversely affect the rate of interest received on an inverse floater, and because inverse floaters essentially represent a leveraged investment in a long-term bond, the value of an inverse floater is generally more volatile than that of a conventional fixed-rate municipal bond having similar credit quality, redemption provisions and maturity. Inverse floaters may have interest rate adjustment formulas which generally reduce or eliminate the interest paid to a Fund when short-term interest rates rise, and increase the interest paid to a Fund when short-term interest rates fall. The value of inverse floaters also tends to fall faster than the value of fixed rate municipal bonds when interest rates rise, and conversely, their value tends to rise more rapidly when interest rates fall. Inverse floaters have varying degrees of liquidity, and the market for these securities is relatively volatile. Inverse floaters tend to underperform the market for fixed rate municipal bonds in a rising long-term interest rate environment, but tend to outperform that market when long-term interest rates decline.

An investment in inverse floaters may involve greater risk than an investment in a fixed-rate municipal security. All inverse floaters entail some degree of leverage. The interest rate on inverse floaters varies inversely at a pre-set multiple of the change in short-term rates. An inverse floater that has a higher multiple, and therefore more leverage, will be more volatile with respect to both price and income than an inverse floater with a lower degree of leverage or than the underlying security. The markets for inverse floating rate securities may be less developed and have less liquidity than the markets for conventional securities.

Under applicable financial accounting standards, inverse floater transactions in which the Fund has transferred a municipal security it owned to a trust are considered a form of secured borrowing for financial reporting purposes, requiring expenses and income to be shown in gross amount on the statement of operations. This increases a fund's overall expense ratio. This accounting treatment does not apply to any inverse floaters acquired by the Fund that were created by a third-party's transfer of a municipal security to the issuing trust.

Futures and Options Contracts

In General. A futures transaction involves a firm agreement to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a specified future date, while an option transaction generally involves a right, which may or may not be exercised, to buy or sell a commodity or financial instrument at a particular price on a specified future date. Futures contracts and options are standardized and exchange-traded, where the exchange serves as the ultimate counterparty for all contracts. Consequently, the primary credit risk on futures contracts is the creditworthiness of the exchange. Futures contracts, however, are subject to market risk (i.e., exposure to adverse price changes).

Initially, when purchasing or selling futures contracts, the Fund will be required to deposit with the Fund's custodian in the broker's name or with the broker as required an amount of cash or cash equivalents. This amount is subject to change by the exchange or board of trade on which the contract is traded, and members of such exchange or board of trade may impose their own higher requirements. This amount is known as "initial margin" and is in the nature of a performance bond or good faith deposit on the contract that is returned to the Fund upon termination of the futures position, assuming all contractual obligations have been satisfied. Subsequent payments, known as "variation margin," to and from the broker will be made daily as the price of the index or securities underlying the futures contract fluctuates, making the long and short positions in the futures contract more or less valuable. At any time prior to the expiration of a futures contract, a Fund may elect to close the position by taking an opposite position, at the then prevailing price, thereby terminating its existing position in the contract.

Although a Fund intends to purchase or sell futures contracts only if there is an active market for such contracts, no assurance can be given that a liquid market will exist for any particular contract at any particular time. Many futures exchanges and boards of trade limit the amount of fluctuation permitted in futures contract prices during a single trading day. Once the daily limit has been reached in a particular contract, no trades may be made that day at a price beyond that limit or trading may be suspended for specified periods during the trading day. Futures contract prices could move to the limit for several consecutive trading days with little or no trading, thereby preventing prompt liquidation of futures positions and potentially subjecting a Fund to substantial losses. If it is not possible, or a Fund determines not to close a futures position in anticipation of adverse price movements, the Fund will be required to make daily cash payments of variation margin.

An option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position in a futures contract (a long position if the option is a call and a short position if the option is a put) at a specified exercise price at any time during the option exercise period. The writer (i.e., seller) of the option is required upon exercise to assume an offsetting futures position (a short position if the option is a call and a long position if the option is a put). Upon exercise of the option, the assumption of offsetting futures positions by both the writer and the holder of the option will be accompanied by delivery of the accumulated cash balance in the writer's futures margin account in the amount by which the market price of the futures contract, at exercise, exceeds (in the case of a call) or is less than (in the case of a put) the exercise price of the option on the futures contract. The potential loss related to the purchase of options on futures contracts is limited to the premium paid for the option (plus transaction costs). Because the value of the option is fixed at the time of sale, there are no daily cash payments to reflect changes in the value of the underlying contract; however, the value of the option may change daily, and that change would be reflected in the net asset value ("NAV") of the Fund.

A Fund may trade futures contracts and options on futures contracts in U.S. domestic markets, such as the Chicago Board of Trade and the International Monetary Market of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Pursuant to regulations and/or published positions of the SEC, a Fund may be required to segregate cash or high-quality money-market instruments in connection with its futures transactions in an amount generally equal to the entire value of the underlying security.

Each Fund has claimed an exclusion from the definition of "commodity pool operator" ("CPO") under the CEA pursuant to Rule 4.5. The Manager is currently not subject to registration as a CPO with respect to the Fund. If the Fund is no longer able to rely on the exclusion, the Manager would be required to register as a CPO with respect to the Fund with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC"), and therefore, be subject to regulation as a CPO under the CEA.

A Fund may engage in futures contracts sales to maintain the income advantage from continued holding of a long-term security while endeavoring to avoid part or all of the loss in market value that would otherwise accompany a decline in long-term security prices. If, however, securities prices rise, a Fund would realize a loss in closing out its futures contract sales that would offset any increases in prices of the long-term securities they hold.

Another risk in employing futures contracts and options thereon to protect against cash market price volatility is the possibility that futures prices will correlate imperfectly with the behavior of the prices of the securities in such portfolio (the portfolio securities will not be identical to the debt instruments underlying the futures contracts).

Options Trading. Options on individual securities or options on indices of securities may be purchased or sold. The purchaser of an option risks a total loss of the premium paid for the option if the price of the underlying security does not increase or decrease sufficiently to justify the exercise of such option. The seller of an option, on the other hand, will recognize the premium as income if the option expires unrecognized but foregoes any capital appreciation in excess of the exercise price in the case of a call option and may be required to pay a price in excess of current market value in the case of a put option.

A call option for a particular security gives the purchaser of the option the right to buy, and a writer the obligation to sell, the underlying security at the stated exercise price at any time prior to the expiration of the option, regardless of the market price of the security. The premium paid to the writer is in consideration for undertaking the obligation under the option contract. A put option for a particular security gives the purchaser the right to sell, and the writer the option to buy, the security at the stated exercise price at any time prior to the expiration date of the option, regardless of the market price of the security.

A Fund will write call options only if they are "covered." In the case of a call option on a security or currency, the option is "covered" if a Fund owns the instrument underlying the call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that instrument without additional cash consideration (or, if additional cash consideration is required, cash, U.S. Government securities or other liquid high-grade debt obligations, in such amount are held in a segregated account by such Fund's custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other securities held by it. For a call option on an index, the option is covered if a Fund maintains with its custodian a diversified portfolio of securities comprising the index or liquid assets equal to the contract value. A call option is also covered if a Fund holds an offsetting call on the same instrument or index as the call written.

A Fund may buy put and call options and write covered call and secured put options. Options trading is a highly specialized activity which entails greater than ordinary investment risk. Options may be more volatile than the underlying instruments, and therefore, on a percentage basis, an investment in options may be subject to greater fluctuation than an investment in the underlying instruments themselves. Purchasing options is a specialized investment technique that entails a substantial risk of a complete loss of the amounts paid as premiums to the writer of the option. If the sub-adviser is incorrect in its forecast of market value or other factors when writing options, the Fund would be in a worse position than it would have been had if it had not written the option. If a Fund wishes to sell an underlying instrument (in the case of a covered call option) or liquidate assets in a segregated account (in the case of a secured put option), the Fund must purchase an offsetting option if available, thereby incurring additional transactions costs.

Below is a description of some of the types of futures and options in which the Funds may invest.

Stock Index Options . A Fund may purchase and write (i.e., sell) put and call options on stock indices only as a substitute for comparable market positions in the underlying securities. A stock index fluctuates with changes of the market values of the stocks included in the index. The effectiveness of purchasing or writing stock index options will depend upon the extent to which price movements of the securities in a Fund's portfolio correlate with price movements of the stock index selected. Because the value of an index option depends upon movements in the level of the index rather than the price of a particular stock, whether a Fund will realize a gain or loss from purchasing or writing stock index options depends upon movements in the level of stock prices in the stock market generally or, in the case of certain indices, in an industry or market segment, rather than movements in the price of particular stock. When a Fund writes an option on a stock index, such Funds will place in a segregated account with the Fund's custodian cash or liquid securities in an amount at least equal to the market value of the underlying stock index and will maintain the account while the option is open or otherwise will cover the transaction.

Stock Index Futures and Options on Stock Index Futures . A Fund may invest in stock index futures and options on stock index futures only as a substitute for a comparable market position in the underlying securities. A stock index future obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to take), effectively, an amount of cash equal to a specific dollar amount times the difference between the value of a specific stock index at the close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the agreement is made. No physical delivery of the underlying stocks in the index is made. With respect to stock indices that are permitted investments, each Fund intends to purchase and sell futures contracts on the stock index for which it can obtain the best price with consideration also given to liquidity.

Foreign Currency Futures Contracts . A Fund may invest in foreign currency futures contracts which entail the same risks as other futures contracts as described above, but have the additional risks associated with international investing (see "Foreign Obligations and Securities" below). Similar to other futures contracts, a foreign currency futures contract is an agreement for the future delivery of a specified currency at a specified time and at a specified price that will be secured by margin deposits, is regulated by the CFTC and is traded on designated exchanges. A Fund will incur brokerage fees when it purchases and sells futures contracts.

To the extent that a Fund may invest in securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and may temporarily hold funds in bank deposits or other money market investments denominated in foreign currencies, it may be affected favorably or unfavorably by exchange control regulations or changes in the exchange rate between such currencies and the dollar. The rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and other currencies is determined by the forces of supply and demand in the foreign exchange markets. The international balance of payments and other economic and financial conditions, government intervention, speculation and other factors affect these forces.

If a fall in exchange rates for a particular currency is anticipated, a Fund may sell a foreign currency futures contract as a hedge. If it is anticipated that exchange rates will rise, a Fund may purchase a foreign currency futures contract to protect against an increase in the price of securities denominated in a particular currency the Fund intends to purchase. These foreign currency futures contracts will be used only as a hedge against anticipated currency rate changes. Although such contracts are intended to minimize the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time, they tend to limit any potential gain which might result should the value of such currency increase.

The use of foreign currency futures contracts involves the risk of imperfect correlation between movements in futures prices and movements in the price of currencies which are the subject of the hedge. The successful use of foreign currency futures contracts also depends on the ability of the sub-adviser to correctly forecast interest rate movements, currency rate movements and general stock market price movements. There can be no assurance that the sub-adviser's judgment will be accurate. The use of foreign currency futures contracts also exposes a Fund to the general risks of investing in futures contracts, including: the risk of an illiquid market for the foreign currency futures contracts and the risk of adverse regulatory actions. Any of these events may cause a Fund to be unable to hedge its currency risks, and may cause a Fund to lose money on its investments in foreign currency futures contracts.

Interest Rate Futures Contracts and Options on Interest Rate Futures Contracts . A Fund may invest in interest rate futures contracts and options on interest rate futures contracts as a substitute for a comparable market position in the underlying securities. The Fund may also sell options on interest rate futures contracts as part of closing purchase transactions to terminate its options positions. No assurance can be given that such closing transactions can be effected or as to the degree of correlation between price movements in the options on interest rate futures and price movements in the Fund's portfolio securities which are the subject of the transaction.

Future Developments . A Fund may take advantage of opportunities in the areas of options and futures contracts and options on futures contracts and any other derivative investments which are not presently contemplated for use by the Fund or which are not currently available but which may be developed, to the extent such opportunities are both consistent with a Fund's investment objective and legally permissible for the Fund.

Swap Agreements and Swaptions

Swap agreements are derivative instruments that can be individually negotiated and structured to address exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors. Depending on their structure, swap agreements may increase or decrease a Fund's exposure to long- or short-term interest rates, foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or inflation rates. A Fund may enter into a variety of swap agreements, including interest rate, index, commodity, equity, credit default and currency exchange rate swap agreements, and other types of swap agreements such as caps, collars and floors. A Fund also may enter into swaptions, which are options to enter into a swap agreement. In a swaption, in exchange for an option premium, the purchaser of the swaption acquires the right, but not the obligation, to enter into a specified swap agreement with a counterparty on a specified future date. If there is a default by the other party to a swap agreement or swaption, the Fund will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction.

The use of swaps and swaptions is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio security transactions. These transactions generally do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets or principal. Accordingly, the risk of loss with respect to swap agreements and swaptions generally is limited to the net amount of payments that the Fund is contractually obligated to make. There is also a risk of a default by the other party to a swap agreement or swaption, in which case a Fund may not receive the net amount of payments that such Fund contractually is entitled to receive.

Interest Rate Swap Agreements . In a typical interest rate swap, one party agrees to make regular payments equal to a floating interest rate times a "notional principal amount," in return for payments equal to a fixed rate times the same amount, for a specified period of time. The exchange commitment can involve payments to be made in the same currency or in different currencies. A Fund will usually enter into swap agreements on a net basis. In so doing, the two payment streams under the swap agreement are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments. If the Fund enters into a swap agreement, it will maintain a segregated account on a gross basis, unless the contract provides for a segregated account on a net basis. If a swap agreement provides for payments in different currencies, the parties might agree to exchange notional principal amount as well. In a total return swap agreement, the non-floating rate side of the swap is based on the total return of an individual security, a basket of securities, an index or another reference asset. Swaps may also depend on other prices or rates, such as the value of an index or mortgage prepayment rates.

In a typical cap or floor agreement, one party agrees to make payments only under specified circumstances, usually in return for payment of a fee by the other party. For example, the buyer of an interest rate cap obtains the right to receive payments to the extent that a specified interest rate exceeds an agreed-upon level, while the seller of an interest rate floor is obligated to make payments to the extent that a specified interest rate falls below an agreed-upon level. Caps and floors have an effect similar to buying or writing options. A collar combines elements of buying a cap and selling a floor.

Swap agreements will tend to shift a Fund's investment exposure from one type of investment to another. For example, if a Fund agreed to pay fixed rates in exchange for floating rates while holding fixed-rate bonds, the swap would tend to decrease a Fund's exposure to long-term interest rates. Another example is if a Fund agreed to exchange payments in dollars for payments in foreign currency, the swap agreement would tend to decrease a Fund's exposure to U.S. interest rates and increase its exposure to foreign currency and interest rates.

Swap agreements are sophisticated hedging instruments that typically involve a small investment of cash relative to the magnitude of risks assumed. As a result, swaps can be highly volatile and may have a considerable impact on a Fund's performance. Depending on how they are used, swap agreements may increase or decrease the overall volatility of a Fund's investments and its share price and yield. Additionally, whether a Fund's use of swap agreements will be successful in furthering its investment objective will depend on the sub-adviser's ability correctly to predict whether certain types of investments likely are to produce greater returns than other investments. Because they are two party contracts and because they may have terms of greater than seven days, swap agreements may be considered to be illiquid. Moreover, a Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. The most significant factor in the performance of swap agreements is the change in the specific interest rate, currency, or other factor that determines the amounts of payments due to and from a Fund. If a swap agreement calls for payments by a Fund, a Fund must be prepared to make such payments when due. In addition, if the counterparty's creditworthiness declines, the value of a swap agreement likely would decline, potentially resulting in losses for a Fund. A Fund will closely monitor the credit of a swap agreement counterparty in order to attempt to minimize this risk. A Fund may also suffer losses if it is unable to terminate outstanding swap agreements (either by assignment or other disposition) or reduce its exposure through offsetting transactions (i.e., by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same party or a similarly creditworthy party).

Credit Default Swap Agreements . A Fund may enter into credit default swap agreements, which may have as reference obligations one or more securities or a basket of securities that are or are not currently held by a Fund. The protection "buyer" in a credit default swap agreement is generally obligated to pay the protection "seller" an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the "par value" (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount, if the swap is cash settled. A Fund may be either the buyer or seller in the transaction. If a Fund is a buyer and no credit event occurs, a Fund may recover nothing if the swap is held through its termination date. However, if a credit event occurs, the buyer generally may elect to receive the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity whose value may have significantly decreased. As a seller, a Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. As the seller, a Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, a Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

Credit default swap agreements may involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to risks relating to the reference obligation, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. A Fund will enter into credit default swap agreements generally with counterparties that meet certain standards of creditworthiness. A buyer generally also will lose its investment and recover nothing should no credit event occur and the swap is held to its termination date. If a credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation received by the seller, coupled with the upfront or periodic payments previously received, may be less than the full notional value it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the seller.

Equity Swaps . A Fund may engage in equity swaps. Equity swaps allow the parties to the swap agreement to exchange components of return on one equity investment (e.g., a basket of equity securities or an index) for a component of return on another non-equity or equity investment, including an exchange of differential rates of return. Equity swaps may be used to invest in a market without owning or taking physical custody of securities in circumstances where direct investment may be restricted for legal reasons or is otherwise impractical. Equity swaps also may be used for other purposes, such as hedging or seeking to increase total return.

The values of equity swaps can be very volatile. To the extent that the sub-adviser does not accurately analyze and predict the potential relative fluctuation on the components swapped with the other party, a Fund may suffer a loss. The value of some components of an equity swap (such as the dividend on a common stock) may also be sensitive to changes in interest rates. Furthermore, during the period a swap is outstanding, a Fund may suffer a loss if the counterparty defaults.

Total Return Swap Agreements . Total return swap agreements are contracts in which one party agrees to make periodic payments to another party based on the change in market value of the assets underlying the contract, which may include a specified security, basket of securities or securities indices during the specified period, in return for periodic payments based on a fixed or variable interest rate or the total return from other underlying assets. Total return swap agreements may be used to obtain exposure to a security or market without owning or taking physical custody of such security or investing directly in such market. Total return swap agreements may effectively add leverage to a Fund's portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, a Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

Total return swap agreements are subject to the risk that a counterparty will default on its payment obligations to a Fund thereunder, and conversely, that a Fund will not be able to meet its obligation to the counterparty. Generally, a Fund will enter into total return swaps on a net basis (i.e., the two payment streams are netted against one another with a Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two payments). The net amount of the excess, if any, of a Fund's obligations over its entitlements with respect to each total return swap will be accrued on a daily basis, and an amount of liquid assets having an aggregate net asset value at least equal to the accrued excess will be segregated by a Fund. If the total return swap transaction is entered into on other than a net basis, the full amount of a Fund's obligations will be accrued on a daily basis, and the full amount of a Fund's obligations will be segregated by a Fund in an amount equal to or greater than the market value of the liabilities under the total return swap agreement or the amount it would have cost a Fund initially to make an equivalent direct investment, plus or minus any amount a Fund is obligated to pay or is to receive under the total return swap agreement.

Variance, Volatility and Correlation Swap Agreements . Variance and volatility swaps are contracts that provide exposure to increases or decreases in the volatility of certain referenced assets. Correlation swaps are contracts that provide exposure to increases or decreases in the correlation between the prices of different assets or different market rates.

PERMITTED INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES AND CERTAIN ASSOCIATED RISKS

Set forth below are descriptions of permitted investment activities for the Funds and certain of their associated risks. The activities are organized into various categories. To the extent that an activity overlaps two or more categories, the activity is referenced only once in this section. The Funds described in this SAI are gateway blended Funds that invest in two or more master portfolios. References to the activities of a gateway blended Fund are understood to refer to the investments of the master portfolios in which the gateway blended Fund invests. The Funds are subject to the limitations as described in this section and elsewhere in this SAI and/or the Prospectus(es). Not all of the Funds participate in all of the investment activities described below. For purposes of monitoring the investment policies and restrictions of the Funds (with the exception of the loans of portfolio securities policy described below), the amount of any securities lending collateral held by a Fund will be excluded in calculating total assets. Unless otherwise noted or required by applicable law, the percentage limitations and qualitative investment policies included in this SAI or the Prospectus apply at the time of purchase of a security. To the extent a security type is described in this SAI that is not referenced in its Prospectus(es), a Fund under normal circumstances will not invest more than 15% of its assets in the security type unless otherwise specified.

The Prospectus(es) identify and summarize the types of securities and assets in which the Funds may invest as part of their principal investment strategies, and the principal risks associated with such investments. This SAI identifies and summarizes other types of securities and assets in which the Funds may invest, each of which is subject to the same kinds of risks as are described in the Prospectus(es). Certain additional risks associated with each type of investment are identified and described below.

DEBT SECURITIES

Asset-Backed Securities

Asset-backed securities are securities that are secured or "backed" by pools of various types of assets on which cash payments are due at fixed intervals over set periods of time. Asset-backed securities are created in a process called securitization. In a securitization transaction, an originator of loans or an owner of accounts receivable of a certain type of asset class sells such underlying assets in a "true sale" to a special purpose entity, so that there is no recourse to such originator or owner. Payments of principal and interest on asset-backed securities typically are tied to payments made on the pool of underlying assets in the related securitization. Such payments on the underlying assets are effectively "passed through" to the asset-backed security holders on a monthly or other regular, periodic basis. The level of seniority of a particular asset-backed security will determine the priority in which the holder of such asset-backed security is paid, relative to other security holders and parties in such securitization. Examples of underlying assets include consumer loans or receivables, home equity loans, automobile loans or leases, and timeshares, although other types of receivables or assets also may be used as underlying assets.

While asset-backed securities typically have a fixed, stated maturity date, low prevailing interest rates may lead to an increase in the prepayments made on the underlying assets. This may cause the outstanding balances due on the underlying assets to be paid down more rapidly. As a result, a decrease in the originally anticipated interest from such underlying securities may occur, causing the asset-backed securities to pay-down in whole or in part prior to their original stated maturity date. Prepayment proceeds would then have to be reinvested at the lower prevailing interest rates. Conversely, prepayments on the underlying assets may be less than anticipated, causing an extension in the duration of the asset-backed securities.

Delinquencies or losses that exceed the anticipated amounts for a given securitization could adversely impact the payments made on the related asset-backed securities. This is a reason why, as part of a securitization, asset-backed securities are often accompanied by some form of credit enhancement, such as a guaranty, insurance policy, or subordination. Credit protection in the form of derivative contracts may also be purchased. In certain securitization transactions, insurance, credit protection, or both may be purchased with respect to only the most senior classes of asset-backed securities, on the underlying collateral pool, or both. The extent and type of credit enhancement varies across securitization transactions.

In addition to the normal risks associated with debt securities discussed elsewhere in this SAI and the Prospectus(es), asset-backed securities carry additional risks including, but not limited to, the possibility that (i) the pace of payments on underlying assets may be faster or slower than anticipated or payments may be in default; (ii) the creditworthiness of the credit support provider may deteriorate; and (iii) such securities may become less liquid or harder to value as a result of market conditions or other circumstances.

Bank Obligations

Bank obligations include certificates of deposit, time deposits, bankers' acceptances and other short-term obligations of domestic banks, foreign subsidiaries of domestic banks, foreign branches of domestic banks, domestic and foreign branches of foreign banks, domestic savings and loan associations and other banking institutions. With respect to such obligations issued by foreign branches of domestic banks, foreign subsidiaries of domestic banks, and domestic and foreign branches of foreign banks, a Fund may be subject to additional investment risks that are different in some respects from those incurred by a Fund that invests only in debt obligations of domestic issuers. Such risks include possible future political, regulatory or economic developments, the possible imposition of foreign withholding and other taxes (at potentially confiscatory levels) on amounts realized on such obligations, the possible establishment of exchange controls or the adoption of other foreign governmental restrictions that might adversely affect the payment of principal and interest on these obligations and the possible seizure or nationalization of foreign deposits. In addition, foreign branches of U.S. banks and foreign banks may be subject to less stringent reserve requirements and to different regulatory, accounting, auditing, reporting and recordkeeping standards than those applicable to domestic branches of U.S. banks.

Certificates of deposit are negotiable certificates evidencing the obligation of a bank to repay funds deposited with it for a specified period of time.

Time deposits are non-negotiable deposits maintained in a banking institution for a specified period of time at a stated interest rate. Time deposits that may be held by a Fund will not benefit from insurance from the Bank Insurance Fund or the Savings Association Insurance Fund administered by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ("FDIC"). Bankers' acceptances are credit instruments evidencing the obligation of a bank to pay a draft drawn on it by a customer. These instruments reflect the obligation both of the bank and of the drawer to pay the face amount of the instrument upon maturity. The other short-term obligations may include uninsured, direct obligations, bearing fixed, floating or variable interest rates.

Bonds

A bond is an interest-bearing security issued by a company or governmental unit. The issuer of a bond has a contractual
obligation to pay interest at a stated rate on specific dates and to repay principal (the bond's face value) periodically or on a specified maturity date. An issuer may have the right to redeem or "call" a bond before maturity, in which case the investor may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower market rates. The value of fixed-rate bonds will tend to fall when interest rates rise and rise when interest rates fall. The value of "floating-rate" or "variable-rate" bonds, on the other hand, fluctuate much less in response to market interest-rate movements than the value of fixed-rate bonds.

Bonds may be senior or subordinated obligations. Senior obligations generally have the first claim on a corporation's earnings and assets and, in the event of liquidation, are paid before subordinated debt. Bonds may be unsecured (backed only by the issuer's general creditworthiness) or secured (also backed by specified collateral).

Commercial Paper

Commercial paper (including variable amount master demand notes, see "Floating and Variable Rate Obligations" below), refers to short-term, unsecured promissory notes issued by corporations to finance short-term credit needs. Commercial paper is usually sold on a discount basis and typically has a maturity at the time of issuance not exceeding nine months. Variable amount master demand notes are demand obligations which permit the investment of fluctuating amounts at varying market rates of interest pursuant to arrangements between the issuer and a commercial bank acting as agent for the payee of such notes whereby both parties have the right to vary the amount of the outstanding indebtedness on the notes.

Asset-Backed Commercial Paper . Securities that are issued from commercial paper conduits are called asset-backed commercial paper securities. Credit support for such securities falls into two categories: liquidity protection and protection against ultimate default under the underlying assets. Liquidity protection refers to the provision of advances, generally by the entity administering the pool of assets, to ensure that scheduled payments on the securities or underlying pool are made in a timely fashion. Protection against ultimate default ensures payment on at least a portion of the assets in the pool. This protection may be provided through guarantees, insurance policies or letters of credit obtained from third parties, through various means of structuring the transaction, such as by issuing senior and subordinated instruments or through a combination of these approaches. The degree of credit support provided on each issue is based generally on historical information relating to the level of credit risk associated with the payments. Delinquency or loss that exceeds the anticipated amount or a downgrade or loss of credit support could adversely impact the value of or return on an investment in an asset-backed commercial paper security.

Commercial paper is also subject to the risks generally associated with debt securities discussed elsewhere in this SAI and the Prospectus(es).

Convertible Securities

A convertible security is generally a debt obligation or preferred stock that may be converted within a specified period of time into a certain amount of common stock of the same or a different issuer. A convertible security provides a fixed-income stream and the opportunity, through its conversion feature, to participate in the capital appreciation resulting from a market price advance in its underlying common stock. As with a straight fixed-income security, a convertible security tends to increase in market value when interest rates decline and decrease in value when interest rates rise. Like a common stock, the value of a convertible security also tends to increase as the market value of the underlying stock rises, and it tends to decrease as the market value of the underlying stock declines. Because its value can be influenced by both interest-rate and market movements, a convertible security tends not to be as sensitive to interest rates as a similar fixed-income security, and tends not to be as sensitive to changes in share price as its underlying stock.

Investing in convertible securities is subject to certain risks in addition to those generally associated with debt securities discussed elsewhere in this SAI and the Prospectus(es). Certain convertible securities, particularly securities that are convertible into securities of an issuer other than the issuer of the convertible security, may be or become illiquid and, therefore, may be more difficult to resell in a timely fashion or for a fair price, which could result in investment losses.

The creditworthiness of the issuer of a convertible security is important because the holder of a convertible security will have recourse only to the issuer. In addition, a convertible security may be subject to conversion or redemption by the issuer, but only after a specified date and under circumstances established at the time the security is issued. This feature may require a holder to convert the security into the underlying common stock, even if the value of the underlying common stock has declined substantially. In addition, companies that issue convertible securities frequently are small- and mid-capitalization companies and, accordingly, carry the risks associated with investments in such companies.

While the Funds use the same criteria to evaluate the credit quality of a convertible debt security that they would use for a more conventional debt security, a convertible preferred stock is treated like a preferred stock for a Fund's credit evaluation, as well as financial reporting and investment limitation purposes. Preferred stock is subordinated to all debt obligations in the event of insolvency, and an issuer's failure to make a dividend payment is generally not an event of default entitling the preferred shareholders to take action. Preferred stock generally has no maturity date, so its market value is dependent on the issuer's business prospects for an indefinite period of time. In addition, distributions on preferred stock generally are taxable as dividend income, rather than interest payments, for federal income tax purposes.

Corporate Debt Securities

Certain of the debt instruments purchased by the Funds may be interest-bearing securities issued by a company, called corporate debt securities. The issuer of a corporate debt security has a contractual obligation to pay interest at a stated rate on specific dates and to repay principal periodically or on a specified maturity date. An issuer may have the right to redeem or "call" a corporate debt security before maturity, in which case the investor may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower market rates. The value of fixed-rate corporate debt securities will tend to fall when interest rates rise and rise when interest rates fall. The value of "floating-rate" or "variable-rate" corporate debt securities, on the other hand, fluctuate much less in response to market interest rate movements than the value of fixed-rate securities. Corporate debt securities may be senior or subordinated obligations. Senior obligations generally have the first claim on a corporation's earnings and assets and, in the event of liquidation, are paid before subordinated debt. Corporate debt securities may be unsecured (backed only by the issuer's general creditworthiness) or secured (also backed by specified collateral).

Investors should be aware that even though interest-bearing securities are investments which promise a stable stream of income, the prices of such securities are inversely affected by changes in interest rates and, therefore, are subject to the risk of market price fluctuations. Long-term securities are affected to a greater extent by interest rates than shorter-term securities. The values of fixed-income corporate debt securities also may be affected by changes in the credit rating or financial condition of the issuing entities. Once the rating of a portfolio security has been changed to a rating below investment-grade, the particular Fund considers all circumstances deemed relevant in determining whether to continue to hold the security. Certain corporate debt securities that may be purchased by the Fund, such as those rated "Baa" by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") and "BBB" by Standard & Poor's Rating Group ("S&P") may be subject to such risk with respect to the issuing entity and to greater market fluctuations than certain lower yielding, higher-rated fixed-income securities. Corporate debt securities which are rated "Baa" by Moody's are considered medium grade obligations; they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured, and are considered by Moody's to have speculative characteristics. Securities rated "BBB" by S&P are regarded as having adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal, and, while such debt securities ordinarily exhibit adequate protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for securities in this category than in higher-rated categories. If a security held by a Fund is downgraded to a rating below investment-grade, such Fund may continue to hold the security until such time as the sub-adviser determines it to be advantageous for the Fund to sell the security. The ratings of S&P, Fitch and Moody's are more fully described in the Appendix.

Custodial Receipts for Treasury Securities

These securities are typically represented by participations in trusts that hold U.S. Treasury securities, such as Treasury Investors Growth Receipts and Certificates of Accrual on Treasury Securities, or other obligations where the trust participations evidence ownership in either the future interest payments or the future principal payments on the obligations. These participations are normally issued at a discount to their "face value," and can exhibit greater price volatility than ordinary debt securities because of the way in which their principal and interest are returned to investors.

Dollar Roll Transactions

Dollar roll transactions are transactions wherein a Fund sells fixed-income securities, typically mortgage-backed securities,and makes a commitment to purchase similar, but not identical, securities at a later date from the same party. Like a forward commitment, during the roll period no payment is made for the securities purchased and no interest or principal payments on the security accrue to the purchaser, but the Fund assumes the risk of ownership. A Fund is compensated for entering into dollar roll transactions by the difference between the current sales price and the forward price for the future purchase, as well as by the interest earned on the cash proceeds of the initial sale. Like other when-issued securities or firm commitment agreements, dollar roll transactions involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by a Fund may decline below the price at which the Fund is committed to purchase similar securities. In the event the buyer of securities from a Fund under a dollar roll transaction becomes insolvent, the Fund's use of the proceeds of the transaction may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce the Fund's obligation to repurchase the securities. A Fund will engage in dollar roll transactions for the purpose of acquiring securities for its portfolio and not for investment leverage.

Fixed-Income Securities

A fixed-income security is an interest-bearing security issued by a company or governmental unit. The issuer of a fixed-income security has a contractual obligation to pay interest at a stated rate on specific dates and to repay principal (the fixed-income security's face value) periodically or on a specified maturity date. An issuer may have the right to redeem or "call" a fixed-income security before maturity, in which case the investor may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower market rates. The value of fixed-rate fixed-income securities will tend to fall when interest rates rise and rise when interest rates fall. The value of "floating-rate" or "variable-rate" fixed-income securities, on the other hand, fluctuate much less in response to market interest-rate movements than the value of fixed-rate fixed-income securities. Fixed-income securities may be senior or subordinated obligations. Senior obligations generally have the first claim on a corporation's earnings and assets and, in the event of liquidation, are paid before subordinated debt. Fixed-income securities may be unsecured (backed only by the issuer's general creditworthiness) or secured (also backed by specified collateral).

Fixed-Income securities are interest-bearing investments which promise a stable stream of income; however, the prices of such securities are inversely affected by changes in interest rates and, therefore, are subject to the risk of market price fluctuations. Longer-term securities are affected to a greater extent by interest rates than shorter-term securities. The values of fixed-income securities also may be affected by changes in the credit rating or financial condition of the issuing entities. Certain securities that may be purchased by the Fund, such as those rated "Baa" or lower by Moody's Investors Service, Inc. ("Moody's") and "BBB" or lower by Standard & Poor's Rating Group ("S&P") and Fitch Investors Service, Inc. ("Fitch") tend to be subject to greater issuer credit, risk to greater market fluctuations and pricing uncertainty, and to less liquidity than lower yielding, higher-rated fixed-income securities. If a security held by a Fund is downgraded, such Fund may continue to hold the security until such time as the sub-adviser determines it to be advantageous for the Fund to sell the security. The ratings of Fitch, Moody's and S&P are more fully described in the section entitled Credit Ratings. Investing in fixed-income securities is subject to certain risks including, among others, credit and interest rate risk, as more fully described in the Prospectus(es).

Floating- and Variable-Rate Obligations

Floating- and variable-rate obligations include obligations such as demand notes, bonds and preferred shares. Variable-rate demand notes include master demand notes that are obligations that permit a Fund to invest fluctuating amounts, which may change daily without penalty, pursuant to direct arrangements between the Fund, as lender, and the borrower. The interest rate on a floating-rate demand obligation is based on a referenced lending rate, such as a bank's prime rate, and is adjusted automatically each time such rate is adjusted. The interest rate on a variable-rate demand obligation is adjusted automatically at specified intervals. The issuer of such obligations ordinarily has a right, after a given period, to prepay at its discretion the outstanding principal amount of the obligations plus accrued interest upon a specified number of days notice to the holders of such obligations. Frequently, such obligations are secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements provided by banks. Such features often include unconditional and irrevocable letters of credit that are issued by a third party, usually a bank, savings and loan association or insurance company which assumes the obligation for payment of principal and interest in the event of default by the issuer. Letters of credit are designed to enhance liquidity and ensure repayment of principal and any accrued interest if the underlying variable-rate demand obligation should default. Some variable rate obligations feature other credit enhancements, such as standby bond purchase agreements ("SBPAs"). An SBPA can feature a liquidity facility that is designed to provide funding for the purchase price of variable rate obligations that are unable to be successfully remarketed for resale. The liquidity facility provider is obligated solely to advance funds for the purchase of tendered variable rate bonds that fail to be remarketed and does not guarantee the repayment of principal or interest. The liquidity facility provider's obligations under the SBPA are subject to conditions, including the continued creditworthiness of the underlying borrower or issuer, and the facility may terminate upon the occurrence of certain events of default or at the expiration of its term. In addition, a liquidity facility provider may be unable or unwilling to perform its obligations. A Fund may be unable to timely dispose of a variable rate obligation if the underlying issuer defaults and the letter of credit or liquidity facility provider is unable or unwilling to perform its obligations or the facility otherwise terminates and a successor letter of credit or liquidity provider is not immediately obtained. The potential adverse impact to a Fund resulting from the inability of a letter of credit or liquidity facility provider to meet its obligations could be magnified to the extent the provider also furnishes credit support for other variable-rate obligations held by the Fund.

There generally is no established secondary market for certain variable-rate obligations, such as those not supported by letters of credit, SBPAs or other credit support arrangements, because they are direct lending arrangements between the lender and borrower. Accordingly, where these obligations are not secured by letters of credit, SBPAs or other credit support arrangements, a Fund is dependent on the ability of the borrower to pay principal and interest on demand. Such obligations frequently are not rated by credit rating agencies and a Fund may invest in obligations which are not so rated only if the sub-adviser determines that at the time of investment the obligations are of comparable quality to the other obligations in which such Fund may invest. The sub-adviser, on behalf of a Fund, monitors the creditworthiness of the issuers of the floating- and variable-rate demand obligations in such Fund's portfolio. Floating- and variable-rate instruments are subject to interest-rate and credit risks and other risks generally associated with debt securities. The floating- and variable-rate instruments that the Funds may purchase include certificates of participation in such instruments.

High Yield Securities

Each Fund may invest in high-yield securities. High yield securities (also known as "junk bonds") are debt securities that are rated below investment-grade, are unrated and deemed by the sub-adviser to be below investment-grade, or in default at the time of purchase. These securities have a much greater risk of default (or in the case of bonds currently in default, of not returning principal) and tend to be more volatile than higher-rated securities of similar maturity. The value of these debt securities can be affected by overall economic conditions, interest rates, and the creditworthiness of the individual issuers. These securities tend to be less liquid and more difficult to value than higher-rated securities.

The market values of certain high yield and comparable unrated securities tend to be more sensitive to individual corporate developments and changes in economic conditions than investment-grade securities. In addition, issuers of high yield and comparable unrated securities often are highly leveraged and may not have more traditional methods of financing available to them. Their ability to service their debt obligations, especially during an economic downturn or during sustained periods of high interest rates, may be impaired.

The risk of loss due to default by such issuers is significantly greater because high yield and comparable unrated securities generally are unsecured and frequently are subordinated to senior indebtedness. A Fund may incur additional expenses to the extent that it is required to seek recovery upon a default in the payment of principal or interest on its portfolio holdings. The existence of limited markets for high yield and comparable unrated securities may diminish the Fund's ability to: (i) obtain accurate market quotations for purposes of valuing such securities and calculating its net asset value; and (ii) sell the securities either to meet redemption requests or to respond to changes in the economy or in financial markets.

Letters of Credit

Certain of the debt obligations (including certificates of participation, commercial paper and other short-term obligations) which a Fund may purchase may be backed by an unconditional and irrevocable letter of credit of a bank, savings and loan association or insurance company which assumes the obligation for payment of principal and interest in the event of default by the issuer. Only banks, savings banks and insurance companies which, in the opinion of the sub-adviser, are of comparable quality to issuers of other permitted investments of the Fund, may be used for letter of credit-backed investments.

Loans

Loans in which a Fund may invest are subject generally to the same risks as debt securities in which the Fund may invest. Loans in which a Fund invests may be made to finance highly leveraged corporate acquisitions. The highly leveraged capital structure of the borrowers in such transactions may make such loans especially vulnerable to adverse changes in economic or market conditions. Loans generally are subject to restrictions on transfer, and only limited opportunities may exist to sell such participations in secondary markets. As a result, a Fund may be unable to sell loans at a time when it may otherwise be desirable to do so or may be able to sell them only at a price that is less than their fair market value. Market bids may be unavailable for loans from time to time; a Fund may find it difficult to establish a fair value for loans held by it. If a Fund only acquires an assignment or a participation in a loan made by a third party, the Fund may not be able to control the exercise of any remedies that the lender would have under the corporate loan. In addition, a Fund may have to rely on the assignor(s) or participating institution(s) to demand and receive payments in respect of the loans, and to pay those amounts on to the Fund; the Fund will be subject to the risk that the assignor(s) may be unwilling or unable to do so. Many loans in which a Fund invests may be unrated, and the portfolio manager will be required to rely exclusively on its analysis of the borrower in determining whether to acquire, or to continue to hold, a loan. In addition, under legal theories of lender liability, a Fund potentially might be held liable as a co-lender.

Money Market Instruments

Investments in the following types of high-quality money market instruments are permitted: (i) U.S. Government obligations; (ii) negotiable certificates of deposit, bankers' acceptances and fixed time deposits and other obligations of domestic banks (including foreign branches) that have more than $1 billion in total assets at the time of investment and are members of the Federal Reserve System or are examined by the Comptroller of the Currency or whose deposits are insured by the FDIC; (iii) commercial paper; and (iv) repurchase agreements. A Fund also may invest in short-term U.S. dollar-denominated obligations of foreign banks (including U.S. branches) that at the time of investment: (i) have more than $10 billion, or the equivalent in other currencies, in total assets; and (ii) in the opinion of the sub-adviser, are of comparable quality to obligations of U.S. banks which may be purchased by the Funds.

Mortgage-Related Securities

Mortgage-Backed Securities . Mortgage-backed securities, also called mortgage pass-through securities, are issued in securitizations (see "Asset-Backed Securities" section) and represent interests in "pools" of underlying residential mortgage loans that serve as collateral for such securities. Similar to asset-backed securities, the monthly payments made by the individual borrowers on the underlying residential mortgage loans are effectively "passed through" to the mortgage-backed securities (net of administrative and other fees paid to various parties) as monthly principal and interest payments.

The stated maturities of mortgage-backed securities may be shortened by unscheduled prepayments of principal on the underlying mortgage loans, and the expected maturities may be extended in rising interest-rate environments. Therefore, it is not possible to predict accurately the maturity of a particular mortgage-backed security. Variations in the maturities of mortgage-backed securities will affect the yield of each such security and the portfolio as a whole. Rates of prepayment of principal on the underlying mortgage loans in mortgage-backed securitizations that are faster than expected may expose the mortgage-backed securities issued in such securitizations to a lower rate of return and require reinvestment of proceeds at lower prevailing interest rates. Also, if a mortgage-backed security has been purchased at a premium, but is backed by underlying mortgage loans that are subject to prepayment, if prepayments are made on such underlying collateral, then the value of the premium effectively would be lost or reduced.

Like other fixed-income securities, when interest rates rise, the value of mortgage-backed securities generally will decline and may decline more than other fixed-income securities as the expected maturity extends. Conversely, when interest rates decline, the value of mortgage-backed securities having underlying collateral with prepayment features may not increase as quickly as other fixed-income securities as the expected maturity shortens. Payment of principal and interest on some mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by a government agency (but not the market value of the securities themselves) is guaranteed by a government association, such as the Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA" or "Ginnie Mae"), or by a government-sponsored entity, such as the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC" or "Freddie Mac") or Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA" or "Fannie Mae"). Unlike FHLMC and FNMA, which act as both issuers and guarantors of mortgage-backed securities, GNMA only provides guarantees of mortgage-backed securities. Only GNMA guarantees are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. Mortgage-backed securities issued or guaranteed by FHLMC or FNMA are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. FHLMC and FNMA are authorized to borrow money from the U.S. Treasury or the capital markets, but there can be no assurance that they will be able to raise funds as needed or that their existing capital will be sufficient to satisfy their guarantee obligations. Mortgage-backed securities created by private issuers (such as commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, private mortgage insurance companies, mortgage bankers and other secondary market issuers) may be supported by various forms of insurance or guarantees, including individual loan, title, pool and hazard insurance. Collateralized mortgage obligations, commercial mortgage-backed securities, adjustable rate mortgage securities and mortgage participation certificates are the primary types of mortgage-backed securities utilized by the Fund.

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations ("CMOs") . CMOs are debt obligations that may be collateralized by whole mortgage loans but are more typically collateralized by portfolios of mortgage pass-through securities guaranteed by GNMA, FHLMC, or FNMA. Each CMO is structured so that multiple classes of securities are issued from such CMO, with each class bearing a different stated maturity. Payments of principal on the underlying securities, including prepayments, are first "passed through" to investors holding the class of securities with the shortest maturity; investors holding classes of securities with longer maturities receive payments on their securities only after the more senior classes have been retired. A longer duration or greater sensitivity to interest rate fluctuations generally increases the risk level of the CMO.

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities ("CMBS") . CMBS are securities that are secured by mortgage loans on commercial real property. Many of the risks of investing in CMBS reflect the risks of investing in the real estate securing the underlying mortgage loans, such as office buildings, hotels, and shopping malls. These risks include the effects of local and other economic conditions on real estate markets, the ability of tenants to make loan payments, and the ability of a commercial property to attract and retain tenants. While CMBS are sold both in public transactions registered with the SEC and in private placement transactions, CMBS may be less liquid and exhibit greater price volatility than other types of mortgage-backed or asset-backed securities.

Adjustable Rate Mortgage Securities ("ARMS") . ARMS are securities that are secured by mortgage loans with adjustable interest rates and may be issued or guaranteed by a government agency such as GNMA, by government-sponsored entities such as FNMA or FHLMC, or by a private issuer. The mortgage loans underlying ARMS guaranteed by GNMA are typically federally insured by the Federal Housing Administration ("FHA") or guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs ("VA"), whereas the mortgage loans underlying ARMS issued by FNMA or FHLMC are typically conventional residential mortgages which are not so insured or guaranteed, but which conform to specific underwriting, size and maturity standards.

ARMS are also offered by private issuers. These securities generally offer a higher rate of return in the form of interest payments, but because they offer no direct or indirect governmental guarantees, they also involve greater credit and interest rate risk. However, many private issuers or servicers of ARMS guarantee or provide private insurance for timely payment of interest and principal. In addition, the Funds may purchase some mortgage-related securities through private placements that are restricted as to further sale. The value of these securities may fluctuate more than that of other mortgage-related securities.

Mortgage Participation Certificates ("PCs") . Mortgage PCs and guaranteed mortgage certificates ("GMCs") are both issued by the FHLMC. PCs resemble GNMA certificates in that each PC represents a pro rata share of all interest and principal payments made and owed on an underlying pool of mortgages. GMCs also represent a pro rata interest in a pool of mortgages, but pay interest semi-annually and return principal once a year in guaranteed minimum payments. PCs and GMCs differ from bonds in that principal is paid back by the borrower over the length of the loan rather than returned in a lump sum at maturity.

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities . As new types of mortgage-backed securities are developed and offered to investors, the manager will, consistent with each Fund's investment objective, policies, restrictions and quality standards, consider making investments in such new types of mortgage-backed securities.

Credit Risk . Credit risk reflects the risk that a holder of mortgage-backed securities may not receive all or part of its principal because the issuer, or any credit enhancer and/or the underlying mortgage borrowers have defaulted on their obligations. Credit risk is increased for mortgage-backed securities that are subordinated to another security (i.e., if the holder of a mortgage-backed security is entitled to receive payments only after payment obligations to holders of the other security are satisfied). The more deeply subordinated the security, the greater the credit risk associated with the security will be. Mortgage-backed securities issued by private issuers, whether or not such obligations are subject to guarantees by the private issuer, typically entail greater credit risk than mortgage-backed securities guaranteed by a government association or government-sponsored enterprise. The performance of mortgage-backed securities issued by private issuers generally depends on the financial health of those institutions and the performance of the mortgage pool backing such securities. An unexpectedly high rate of defaults on mortgages held by a mortgage pool may limit substantially the pool's ability to make payments of principal or interest to the holder of such mortgage-backed securities, particularly if such securities are subordinated, thereby reducing the value of such securities and in some cases rendering them worthless. The risk of such defaults is generally higher in the case of mortgage pools that include so-called "subprime" mortgages.

Interest Rate Risk . The interest rates on mortgage loans underlying ARMS generally are readjusted at periodic intervals ranging from one year or less to several years in response to changes in a predetermined, commonly recognized interest rate index. The adjustable rate feature should reduce, but will not eliminate, price fluctuations in such securities resulting from actual or anticipated fluctuations in market interest rates. The value of each Fund's ARMS may fluctuate to the extent interest rates on underlying mortgages differ from prevailing market interest rates during periods between interest rate reset dates. Accordingly, investors could experience some loss if they redeem their shares of the Funds or if the Funds sell these portfolio securities before the interest rates on the underlying mortgages are adjusted to reflect prevailing market interest rates. The interest rates on mortgages underlying other types of mortgage-backed securities generally do not reset at periodic intervals. Accordingly, non-ARMS have greater exposure to interest rate risk than ARMS.

Municipal Bonds

Municipal bonds are debt obligations issued to obtain funds for various public purposes. The two principal classifications of municipal bonds are "general obligation" and "revenue" bonds. General obligation bonds are supported by the municipality's general taxing authority, while revenue bonds are supported by the revenues from one or more particular project or activity. Industrial development bonds are a specific type of revenue bond backed by the credit and security of a private user. Certain types of industrial development bonds are issued by or on behalf of public authorities to obtain funds to finance privately operated facilities.

Certain of the municipal obligations held by the Fund may be insured as to the timely payment of principal and interest. The insurance policies usually are obtained by the issuer of the municipal obligation at the time of its original issuance. In the event that the issuer defaults on interest or principal payment, the insurer will be notified and will be required to make payment to the bondholders. Although the insurance feature is designed to reduce certain financial risks, the premiums for insurance and the higher market price sometimes paid for insured obligations may reduce a Fund's current yield. To the extent that securities held by a Fund are insured as to principal and interest payments by insurers whose claims- paying ability rating is downgraded by Moody's, S&P or Fitch, the value of such securities may be affected. There is, however, no guarantee that the insurer will meet its obligations. Moreover, the insurance does not guarantee the market value of the insured obligation or the net asset value of the Fund's shares. In addition, such insurance does not protect against market fluctuations caused by changes in interest rates and other factors. A Fund also may purchase municipal obligations that are additionally secured by bank credit agreements or escrow accounts. The credit quality of companies which provide such credit enhancements will affect the value of those securities.

From time to time, proposals have been introduced before Congress for the purpose of restricting or eliminating the federal income tax exemption for interest on municipal obligations. For example, under federal tax legislation enacted in 1986, interest on certain private activity bonds must be included in a shareholder's federal alternative minimum taxable income. Moreover, a Fund cannot predict what legislation, if any, may be proposed in the state legislature regarding the state income tax status of interest on such obligations, or which proposals, if any, might be enacted. Such proposals, while pending or if enacted, might materially and adversely affect the availability of municipal obligations generally for investment by the Fund and the liquidity and value of the Fund's portfolio. In such an event, the Fund would re-evaluate its investment objective and policies and consider possible changes in its structure or possible dissolution.

A Fund invests in municipal securities in reliance at the time of purchase on an opinion of bond counsel to the issuer that the interest paid on those securities will be excludable from gross income for federal income tax purposes. Such opinion may have been issued as of a date prior to the date that the Fund acquires the municipal security. Subsequent to a Fund's acquisition of such a municipal security, however, the security may be determined to pay, or to have paid, taxable income. As a result, the treatment of dividends previously paid or to be paid by a Fund as "exempt-interest dividends" could be adversely affected, subjecting the Fund's shareholders to increased federal income tax liabilities. Under highly unusual circumstances, the Internal Revenue Service may determine that a municipal bond issued as tax-exempt should in fact be taxable. If any Fund held such a bond, it might have to distribute taxable income or reclassify as taxable, ordinary income that was previously distributed as exempt-interest dividends.

Taxable Municipal Obligations . There is another type of municipal obligation that is subject to federal income tax for a variety of reasons. These municipal obligations do not qualify for the federal income exemption because (a) they did not receive necessary authorization for tax-exempt treatment from state or local government authorities, (b) they exceed certain regulatory limitations on the cost of issuance for tax-exempt financing or (c) they finance public or private activities that do not qualify for the federal income tax exemption. These non-qualifying activities might include, for example, certain types of multi-family housing, certain professional and local sports facilities, refinancing of certain municipal debt, and borrowing to replenish a municipality's underfunded pension plan.

Municipal Notes

Municipal notes include, but are not limited to, tax anticipation notes ("TANs"), bond anticipation notes ("BANs"), revenue anticipation notes ("RANs"), tax and revenue anticipation notes ("TRANs") and construction loan notes. Notes sold as interim financing in anticipation of collection of taxes, a bond sale or receipt of other revenues are usually general obligations of the issuer.

TANs . An uncertainty in a municipal issuer's capacity to raise taxes as a result of such events as a decline in its tax base or a rise in delinquencies could adversely affect the issuer's ability to meet its obligations on outstanding TANs. Furthermore, some municipal issuers mix various tax proceeds into a general fund that is used to meet obligations other than those of the outstanding TANs. Use of such a general fund to meet various obligations could affect the likelihood of making payments on TANs.

BANs . The ability of a municipal issuer to meet its obligations on its BANs is primarily dependent on the issuer's adequate access to the longer term municipal bond market and the likelihood that the proceeds of such bond sales will be used to pay the principal of, and interest on, BANs.

RANs . A decline in the receipt of certain revenues, such as anticipated revenues from another level of government, could adversely affect an issuer's ability to meet its obligations on outstanding RANs. In addition, the possibility that the revenues would, when received, be used to meet other obligations could affect the ability of the issuer to pay the principal of, and interest on, RANs.

RAWs . Revenue anticipation warrants, or reimbursement warrants, are issued to meet the cash flow needs of state governments at the end of a fiscal year and in the early weeks of the following fiscal year. These warrants are payable from unapplied money in a state's general fund, including the proceeds of RANs issued following enactment of a state budget or the proceeds of refunding warrants issued by the state, and are typically subordinated in right of payment to RANs.

TRANs . TRANs are notes issued in anticipation of receiving future tax receipts and revenues at a future date. The risks associated with TRANs include those associated with TANs and RANs.

The values of outstanding municipal securities will vary as a result of changing market evaluations of the ability of their issuers to meet the interest and principal payments (i.e., credit risk). Such values also will change in response to changes in the interest rates payable on new issues of municipal securities (i.e., market risk).

Pass-Through Obligations

The Funds may invest in pass-through obligations that are supported by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government (such as those issued by the GNMA) or those that are guaranteed by an agency or instrumentality of the U.S. Government or government-sponsored enterprise (such as FNMA or FHLMC) or bonds collateralized by any of the foregoing.

Synthetic Convertible Securities

"Synthetic" convertible securities, are derivative positions composed of two or more different securities whose investment characteristics, taken together, resemble those of convertible securities. For example, a Fund may purchase a non-convertible debt security and a warrant or option, which enables a Fund to have a convertible-like position with respect to a company, group of companies or stock index. Synthetic convertible securities are typically offered by financial institutions and investment banks in private placement transactions. Upon conversion, a Fund generally receives an amount in cash equal to the difference between the conversion price and the then current value of the underlying security. Unlike a true convertible security, a synthetic convertible comprises two or more separate securities, each with its own market value. Therefore, the market value of a synthetic convertible is the sum of the values of its fixed-income component and its convertible component. For this reason, the values of a synthetic convertible and a true convertible security may respond differently to market fluctuations. A Fund only invests in synthetic convertibles with respect to companies whose corporate debt securities are rated "A" or higher by Moody's or S&P and will not invest more than 15% of its net assets in such synthetic securities and other illiquid securities.

Unrated Investments

A Fund may purchase instruments that are not rated if, in the opinion of the sub-adviser, such obligations are of investment quality comparable to other rated investments that are permitted to be purchased by such Fund. After purchase by a Fund, a security may cease to be rated or its rating may be reduced below the minimum required for purchase by such Funds. Neither event will require a sale of such security by the Fund. To the extent the ratings given by Moody's, Fitch, or S&P may change as a result of changes in such organizations or their rating systems, a Fund will attempt to use comparable ratings as standards for investments in accordance with the investment policies contained in its Prospectus and in this SAI. The ratings of Moody's, Fitch, and S&P are more fully described in the section entitled "Credit Ratings."

U.S. Government Obligations

U.S. Government obligations include securities issued by the U.S. Treasury, U.S. Government agencies or U.S. Government sponsored entities. While U.S. Treasury obligations are backed by the "full faith and credit" of the U.S. Government, securities issued by U.S. Government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. The Government National Mortgage Association ("GNMA"), a wholly owned U.S. Government corporation, is authorized to guarantee, with the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government, the timely payment of principal and interest on securities issued by institutions approved by GNMA and backed by pools of mortgages insured by the Federal Housing Administration or the Department of Veterans Affairs. Government-sponsored entities (whose obligations are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government) include the Federal National Mortgage Association ("FNMA") and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ("FHLMC"). Pass-through securities issued by FNMA are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. FHLMC guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection or scheduled payment of principal, but its participation certificates are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government. If a government-sponsored entity is negatively impacted by legislative or regulatory action, is unable to meet its obligations, or its creditworthiness declines, the performance of a Fund that holds securities of the entity will be adversely impacted. U.S. Government obligations are subject to low but varying degrees of credit risk, and are still subject to interest rate and market risk. U.S. Government obligations may be adversely affected by a default by, or decline in the credit quality of, the U.S. Government.

Variable Rate and Amount Master Notes

Certain Funds may invest in variable amount master demand notes, obligations which permit the investment of fluctuating amounts at varying market rates of interest pursuant to arrangements between the issuer and the Funds whereby both parties have the right to vary the amount of the outstanding indebtedness on the notes.

Because these obligations are direct lending arrangements between the lender and borrower, it is not contemplated that such instruments generally will be traded, and there generally is no established secondary market for these obligations, although they are redeemable at face value. Accordingly, where these obligations are not secured by letters of credit or other credit support arrangements, a Fund's right to redeem is dependent on the ability of the borrower to pay principal and interest on demand. Such obligations frequently are not rated by credit rating agencies and each Fund may invest in obligations which are not so rated only if the sub-adviser determines that at the time of investment the obligations are of comparable quality to the other obligations in which such Fund may invest.

FOREIGN SECURITIES AND CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS

Emerging Market Securities

The Funds consider countries with emerging markets to include the following: (i) countries included in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index; and (ii) countries with low- to middle-income economies according to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (more commonly referred to as the World Bank). Examples of countries that are commonly considered to have emerging markets include, but are not limited to, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Turkey.

Equity securities of emerging market issuers may include common stock, preferred stocks (including convertible preferred stocks) and warrants, bonds, notes and debentures convertible into common or preferred stock, equity interests in foreign investment funds or trusts and real estate investment trust ("REIT") securities. The Funds may invest in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs"), Canadian Depositary Receipts ("CDRs"), European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs"), Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") and International Depositary Receipts ("IDRs") of such issuers.

There are special risks involved in investing in emerging-market countries. Many investments in emerging markets can be considered speculative, and their prices can be much more volatile than in the more developed nations of the world. This difference reflects the greater uncertainties of investing in less established markets and economies. The financial markets of emerging markets countries are generally less well capitalized and thus securities of issuers based in such countries may be less liquid. Most are heavily dependent on international trade, and some are especially vulnerable to recessions in other countries. Many of these countries are also sensitive to world commodity prices. Some countries may still have obsolete financial systems, economic problems or archaic legal systems. The currencies of certain emerging market countries, and therefore the value of securities denominated in such currencies, may be more volatile than currencies of developed countries. In addition, many of these nations are experiencing political and social uncertainties.

Furthermore, with respect to certain foreign countries, taxes may be withheld at the source under foreign tax laws, and there is a possibility of expropriation or potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, political, social and monetary instability or diplomatic developments that could adversely affect investments in, the liquidity of, and the ability to enforce contractual obligations with respect to, securities of issuers located in those countries. Amounts realized on foreign securities in which a Fund may invest may be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes that could reduce the return on these securities. Applicable tax treaties between the United States and foreign countries, however, may reduce or eliminate the amount of foreign taxes to which the Funds would otherwise be subject.

Foreign Government Securities

Foreign government securities investments include the securities of "supranational" organizations such as the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Inter-American Development Bank if the sub-adviser believes that the securities do not present risks inconsistent with a Fund's investment objective.

Foreign Obligations and Securities

The Funds consider equity securities of foreign issuers (or foreign securities) to be equity securities: (1) issued by companies with their principal place of business or principal office or both, as determined in the sub-adviser's reasonable discretion, in a country, other than the U.S.; or (2) issued by companies for which the principal securities trading market is a country other than the U.S. Foreign company stocks may lose value or be more difficult to trade as a result of adverse changes in currency exchange rates or other developments in the issuer's home country. Concentrated investment by a Fund in any single country, especially a less developed country, would make such Fund's value more sensitive to economic, currency and regulatory changes within that country.

Investments in foreign obligations and securities include high-quality, short-term debt obligations of foreign issuers, including foreign branches of U.S. banks, U.S. branches of foreign banks, and short-term debt obligations of foreign governmental agencies and foreign companies that are denominated in and pay interest in U.S. dollars. Investments in foreign obligations involve certain considerations that are not typically associated with investing in domestic obligations. There may be less publicly available information about a foreign issuer than about a domestic issuer and the available information may be less reliable. Foreign issuers also are not generally subject to the same accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards or governmental supervision as domestic issuers. In addition, with respect to certain foreign countries, taxes may be withheld at the source under foreign tax laws, and there is a possibility of expropriation or potentially confiscatory levels of taxation, political or social instability or diplomatic developments that could adversely affect investments in, the liquidity of, and the ability to enforce contractual obligations with respect to, obligations of issuers located in those countries. Amounts realized on certain foreign securities in which a Fund may invest may be subject to foreign withholding or other taxes that could reduce the return on these securities. Tax treaties between the United States and foreign countries, however, may reduce or eliminate the amount of foreign taxes to which the Fund would otherwise be subject.

There are increasing concerns regarding the ability of multiple sovereign entities to continue to meet their debt obligations. In particular, ratings agencies have recently downgraded the credit ratings of various countries and may downgrade the credit ratings of other countries. Many economies are facing acute fiscal pressures as they struggle to balance budgetary austerity with stagnant growth. Many observers predict that a depressed economic environment will cause budget deficits in these economies to expand in the short term and further increase the perceived risk of a default, thereby rendering access to capital markets even more expensive and compounding the debt problem. In particular, the Eurozone is currently undergoing a collective debt crisis. Greece, Ireland and Portugal have already received one or more "bailouts" from other Eurozone member states ("Member States"), and it is unclear how much additional funding they will require or if additional Member States will require bailouts in the future. Investor confidence in other Member States, as well as European banks exposed to risky sovereign debt, has been severely impacted, threatening capital markets throughout the Eurozone. Although the resources of various financial stability mechanisms in the Eurozone continue to be bolstered, many market participants have expressed doubt that the level of funds being committed to such facilities will be sufficient to resolve the crisis. There also appears to be a lack of political consensus in the Eurozone concerning whether and how to restructure sovereign debt, particularly Greek sovereign bonds. The consequences of any sovereign default would likely be severe and wide-reaching, and could include the removal of a Member State from the Eurozone, or even the abolition of the Euro. Such events could have adverse consequences on the market values of various securities, currencies and derivatives, and could create conditions of volatility and limited liquidity in various currency, securities and other markets.

Foreign securities include, among others, ADRs and similar investments, including CDRs, EDRs, GDRs, and IDRs. ADRs, CDRs, EDRs, GDRs, and IDRs are depositary receipts for foreign company stocks issued by a bank and held in trust at that bank, and which entitle the owner of such depositary receipts to any capital gains or dividends from the foreign company stocks underlying the depositary receipts. These securities may not necessarily be denominated in the same currency as the securities into which they may be converted. ADRs (sponsored or unsponsored) are receipts typically issued by a U.S. bank or trust company and traded on a U.S. stock exchange, and CDRs are receipts typically issued by a Canadian bank or trust company that evidence ownership of underlying foreign securities. Issuers of unsponsored ADRs are not contractually obligated to disclose material information in the U.S. and, therefore, such information may not correlate to the market value of the unsponsored ADR. EDRs and IDRs are receipts typically issued by European banks and trust companies, and GDRs are receipts issued by either a U.S. or non-U.S. banking institution, that evidence ownership of the underlying foreign securities. Generally, ADRs in registered form are designed for use in U.S. securities markets and EDRs and IDRs in bearer form are designed primarily for use in Europe.

Foreign securities also include securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and may temporarily hold funds in bank deposits or other money market investments denominated in foreign currencies. Therefore, the Funds may be affected favorably or unfavorably by exchange control regulations or changes in the exchange rate between such currencies and the dollar.

Because a Fund may invest in securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and may temporarily hold funds in bank deposits or other money market investments denominated in foreign currencies, it may be affected favorably or unfavorably by exchange control regulations or changes in the exchange rate between such currencies and the dollar. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates influence values within the Fund from the perspective of U.S. investors. The rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and other currencies is determined by a wide range of political and economic factors, including the forces of supply and demand in the foreign exchange markets. The international balance of payments and other economic and financial conditions, government intervention and stability, speculation and other factors also affect exchange rates.

A Fund may engage in foreign currency transactions in order to hedge its portfolio and to protect it against possible variations in foreign exchange rates pending the settlement of securities transactions. If a fall in exchange rates for a particular currency is anticipated, a Fund may enter into a forward contract to protect against a decrease in the price of securities denominated in a particular currency a Fund intends to purchase. If it is anticipated that exchange rates will rise, a Fund may enter into a forward contract to protect against an increase in the price of securities denominated in a particular currency the Fund intends to purchase. These forward contracts will be used only as a hedge against anticipated currency rate changes. Although such contracts are intended to minimize the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged currency, at the same time, they tend to limit any potential gain which might result should the value of such currency increase.

Foreign currency transactions, such as forward foreign currency exchange contracts, are contracts for the future delivery of a specified currency at a specified time and at a specified price. These transactions differ from futures contracts in that they are usually conducted on a principal basis instead of through an exchange, and therefore there are no brokerage fees, margin deposits are negotiated between the parties, and the contracts are settled through different procedures. The Manager considers on an ongoing basis the creditworthiness of the institutions with which the Fund enters into foreign currency transactions.

The use of foreign currency transactions involves the risk of imperfect correlation between movements in futures prices and movements in the price of currencies which are the subject of the hedge. The successful use of foreign currency transactions strategies also depends on the ability of the sub-adviser to correctly forecast interest rate movements, currency rate movements and general stock market price movements. There can be no assurance that the sub-adviser's judgment will be accurate. The use of foreign currency transactions also exposes a Fund to the general risks of investing in futures contracts, including: the risk of an illiquid market for the foreign currency transactions and the risk of adverse regulatory actions. Any of these events may cause a Fund to be unable to hedge its securities, and may cause a Fund to lose money on its investments in foreign currency transactions. The Funds will either cover a position in such a transaction or maintain, in a segregated account with their custodian bank, cash or high-grade marketable money market securities having an aggregate value equal to the amount of any such commitment until payment is made.

Participation Notes

The Funds may purchase participation notes, also known as participation certificates. Participation notes are issued by banks or broker-dealers and are designed to replicate the performance of foreign companies or foreign securities markets and can be used by a Fund as an alternative means to access the securities market of a country. The performance results of participation notes will not replicate exactly the performance of the foreign companies or foreign securities markets that they seek to replicate due to transaction costs and other expenses. Investments in participation notes involve the same risks associated with a direct investment in the underlying foreign companies or foreign securities markets that they seek to replicate. There can be no assurance that the trading price of participation notes will equal the underlying value of the foreign companies or foreign securities markets that they seek to replicate. Participation notes are generally traded over-the-counter. Participation notes are subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk that the broker-dealer or bank that issues them will not fulfill its contractual obligation to complete the transaction with the Fund. Participation notes constitute general unsecured contractual obligations of the banks or broker-dealers that issue them, the counterparty, and the Fund is relying on the creditworthiness of such counterparty and has no rights under a participation note against the issuer of the underlying security. Participation notes involve transaction cost. Participation notes may be illiquid and therefore subject to the Fund's percentage limitation for investments in illiquid securities. Participation notes offer a return linked to a particular underlying equity, debt or currency.

For temporary defensive purposes, the Funds may invest in fixed-income securities of non-U.S. governmental and private issuers. Such investments may include bonds, notes, debentures and other similar debt securities, including convertible securities.

EQUITY SECURITIES

Initial Public Offerings

Smaller companies may offer initial public offerings which typically have additional risks including more limited product lines, markets and financial resources than larger, more seasoned companies and their securities may trade less frequently and in more limited volume than those of larger, more mature companies.

Preferred Stock

Preferred stocks represent an equity or ownership interest in an issuer that pay dividends at a specified rate and that has precedence over common stock in the payment of dividends. In the event an issuer is liquidated or declares bankruptcy, the claims of owners of bond take precedence over the claims of those who own preferred securities and common stock.

Smaller Company Securities

Investments in smaller capitalization companies carry greater risk than investments in larger capitalization companies. Smaller capitalization companies generally experience higher growth rates and higher failure rates than do larger capitalization companies; and the trading volume of smaller capitalization companies' securities is normally lower than that of larger capitalization companies and, consequently, generally has a disproportionate effect on market price (tending to make prices rise more in response to buying demand and fall more in response to selling pressure).

Securities owned by a Fund that are traded in the over-the-counter market or on a regional securities exchange may not be traded every day or in the volume typical of securities trading on a national securities exchange. As a result, disposition by a Fund of a portfolio security, to meet redemption requests by other investors or otherwise, may require the Fund to sell these securities at a discount from market prices, to sell during periods when disposition is not desirable, or to make many small sales over a lengthy period of time.

Investments in smaller, less seasoned issuers generally carry greater risk than is customarily associated with larger, more seasoned companies. Such issuers often have products and management personnel that have not been tested by time or the marketplace and their financial resources may not be as substantial as those of more established companies. Their securities (which a Fund may purchase when they are offered to the public for the first time) may have a limited trading market that can adversely affect their sale by a Fund and can result in such securities being priced lower than otherwise might be the case. If other institutional investors were to engage in trading this type of security, a Fund may be forced to dispose of its holdings in this type of security at prices lower than might otherwise be obtained in the absence of institutional trading in such security.

OTHER INVESTMENTS AND TECHNIQUES

Borrowing

Money may be borrowed for temporary or emergency purposes, including the meeting of redemption requests. Borrowing involves special risk considerations. Interest costs on borrowings may fluctuate with changing market rates of interest and may partially offset or exceed the return earned on borrowed funds (or on the assets that were retained rather than sold to meet the needs for which funds were borrowed). Under adverse market conditions, a Fund might have to sell portfolio securities to meet interest or principal payments at a time when investment considerations would not favor such sales. Reverse repurchase agreements, dollar roll transactions and other similar investments that involve a form of leverage have characteristics similar to borrowings, but are not considered borrowings if the Fund maintains a segregated account.

Forward Commitments, When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions

Securities may be purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis and contracts to purchase or sell securities for a fixed price at a future date beyond customary settlement time may also be made. Delivery and payment on such transactions normally take place within 120 days after the date of the commitment to purchase. Securities purchased or sold on a when-issued, delayed-delivery or forward commitment basis involve a risk of loss if the value of the security to be purchased declines, or the value of the security to be sold increases, before the settlement date.

The Funds have a segregated account in which they may maintain cash, U.S. Government obligations or other high-quality debt instruments in an amount at least equal in value to each Fund's commitments to purchase when-issued securities. If the value of these assets declines, a Fund will place additional liquid assets in the account on a daily basis so that the value of the assets in the account is at least equal to the amount of such commitments.

Illiquid Securities

Securities not registered under the 1933 Act, and other securities subject to legal or other restrictions on resale may be less liquid than other investments and may be difficult to sell promptly at an acceptable price. Delay or difficulty in selling securities may result in a loss or be costly to a Fund. No Fund may invest or hold more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities.

Insurance Funding Agreements

A Fund may invest in funding agreements issued by domestic insurance companies. Funding agreements are short-term,
privately placed, debt obligations of insurance companies that offer a fixed- or floating-rate of interest. These investments are not readily marketable and therefore are considered to be illiquid securities. (See the section entitled "Illiquid Securities").

Loans of Portfolio Securities

Portfolio securities of a Fund may be loaned pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board to brokers, dealers and financial institutions, provided: (i) the loan is secured continuously by collateral consisting of cash, securities of the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities, or an irrevocable letter of credit issued by a bank organized under the laws of the United States, organized under the laws of a state, or a foreign bank that has filed an agreement with the Federal Reserve Board to comply with the same rules and regulations applicable to U.S. banks in securities credit transactions, initially in an amount at least equal to 100% of the value of the loaned securities (which includes any accrued interest or dividends), with the borrower being obligated, under certain circumstances, to post additional collateral on a daily marked-to-market basis, all as described in further detail in the following paragraph; although the loans may not be fully supported at all times if, for example, the instruments in which cash collateral is invested decline in value or the borrower fails to provide additional collateral when required in a timely manner or at all; (ii) the Fund may at any time terminate the loan and request the return of the loaned securities upon sufficient prior notification; (iii) the Fund will receive any interest or distributions paid on the loaned securities; and (iv) the aggregate market value of loaned securities will not at any time exceed the limits established under the 1940 Act.

The following provides additional detail on the requirement described in (i) above. The market value of the collateral delivered in connection with a securities loan must be equal to at least 102% of the market value of any domestic securities loaned or 105% of the market value of any foreign securities loaned. The loaned securities are marked to market on a daily basis, and additional collateral is required to be paid to maintain coverage equal to at least 102% of the market value of domestic securities loaned, and at least 105% of the market value of foreign securities loaned, without taking into account any increase or decrease in the value of instruments in which cash collateral is invested. For loans of U.S. Government Securities, the initial collateral required is 102% of the market value of the loaned securities, but additional collateral is required only if the market value of the loaned securities increases such that the collateral coverage (without taking into account any increase or decrease in the value of instruments in which the cash collateral is invested) falls below 100% of the market value of the loaned securities.

For lending its securities, a Fund will earn either a fee payable by the borrower (on loans that are collateralized by U.S. Government securities or a letter of credit) or the income on instruments purchased with cash collateral (after payment of a rebate fee to the borrower and a portion of the investment revenue to the securities lending agent). Cash collateral is invested on behalf of the Funds by the Funds' adviser in U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market instruments that are permissible investments for the Fund and that, at the time of investment, are considered high-quality. Currently, cash collateral generated from securities lending is invested in shares of Securities Lending Cash Investments, LLC (the "Cash Collateral Fund"). The Cash Collateral Fund is a Delaware limited liability company that is exempt from registration under the 1940 Act. The Cash Collateral Fund is managed by Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management") and is sub-advised by Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management"). The Cash Collateral Fund is required to comply with the credit quality, maturity and other limitations set forth in Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. The Cash Collateral Fund seeks to provide preservation of principal and daily liquidity by investing in high-quality, U.S. dollar-denominated short-term money market instruments. The Cash Collateral Fund may invest in securities with fixed, variable, or floating rates of interest. The Cash Collateral Fund seeks to maintain a stable price per share of $1.00, although there is no guarantee that this will be achieved. Income on shares of the Cash Collateral Fund is reinvested in shares of the Cash Collateral Fund. The investments of the Cash Collateral Fund are valued at amortized cost. The net asset value of a Fund will be affected by an increase or decrease in the value of the securities loaned by it, and by an increase or decrease in the value of instruments purchased with cash collateral received by it. Thus, the current net asset value of each Fund reflects the current valuations assigned to shares of the Cash Collateral Fund held on behalf of such Fund.

The ownership interests of the Funds in the Cash Collateral Fund are not insured by the FDIC, and are not deposits, obligations of, or endorsed or guaranteed in any way by, Wells Fargo Bank or any banking entity. Any losses in the Cash Collateral Fund will be borne solely by the Cash Collateral Fund and not by Wells Fargo Bank or its affiliates.

Loans of securities involve a risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities when due or when recalled by a Fund or may fail to provide additional collateral when required. In either case, a Fund could experience delays in recovering securities or could lose all or part of the value of the loaned securities. Although voting rights, or rights to consent, attendant to securities on loan pass to the borrower, loans may be recalled at any time and generally will be recalled if a material event affecting the investment is expected to be presented to a shareholder vote, so that the securities may be voted by the Fund.

Each lending Fund pays a portion of the income (net of rebate fees) or fees earned by it from securities lending to a securities lending agent. Goldman Sachs Bank USA, an unaffiliated third party doing business as Goldman Sachs Agency Lending, currently acts as securities lending agent for the Funds, subject to the overall supervision of the Funds' manager.

Other Investment Companies

A Fund may invest in shares of other open-end and closed-end management investment companies up to the limits prescribed in Section 12(d) under the 1940 Act, subject to the fund's non-fundamental investment policies. Currently, under the 1940 Act, a fund that invests directly in a portfolio of securities is limited to, subject to certain exceptions: (i) 3% of the total voting stock of any one investment company; (ii) 5% of such fund's total assets with respect to any one investment company; and (iii) 10% of such fund's total assets.

Other investment companies in which the Fund invests can be expected to charge fees for operating expenses, such as investment advisory and administration fees, that would be in addition to those charged by the Fund. Other investment companies may include exchange-traded funds ("ETFs"), which are shares of publicly traded unit investment trusts, open-end funds or depositary receipts that seek to track the performance of specific indexes or companies in related industries. ETFs generally are subject to the same risks as the underlying securities the ETFs are designed to track and to the risks of the specific sector or industry tracked by the ETF. ETFs also are subject to the risk that their prices may not totally correlate to the prices of the underlying securities the ETFs are designed to track and the risk of possible trading halts due to market conditions or for other reasons. Although ETFs that track broad market indexes are typically large and their shares are fairly liquid, ETFs that track more specific indexes tend to be newer and smaller, and all ETFs have limited redemption features. Pursuant to certain exemptive relief granted by the SEC, the Fund's investments in certain ETFs may exceed certain of the limits described above.

Under the 1940 Act and rules and regulations thereunder, a Fund may purchase shares of other affiliated Funds, including the money market Funds, subject to certain conditions. Investing in affiliated Funds may present certain actual or potential conflicts of interest.

iShares. iShares Trust and iShares, Inc. ("iShares") are registered investment companies that consist of numerous separate series (each, an "iShares Fund"), each of which seeks investment results similar to the performance of a single stock market or of a group of stock markets in a single geographic location. iShares combine characteristics of stocks with those of index funds. Like stocks, iShares are liquid and can be traded in any number of shares; like index funds, they provide diversification and market tracking. iShares trade on the American Stock Exchange, the Chicago Board of Options Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange in the same way as shares of a publicly held company.

Private Placement and Other Restricted Securities

Private placement securities are not registered under the 1933 Act. Private placements often may offer attractive opportunities for investment not otherwise available on the open market. However, private placement and other "restricted" securities typically cannot be resold without registration under the 1933 Act or the availability of an exemption from registration (such as Rules 144 or 144A (a "Rule 144A Security")), and may not be readily marketable.

Private placement and other restricted securities typically may be resold only to qualified institutional buyers, or in a privately negotiated transaction, or to a limited number of purchasers, or in limited quantities after they have been held for a specified period of time and other conditions are met for an exemption from registration. Investing in private placement and other restricted securities is subject to certain additional risks. They may be considered illiquid securities as they typically are subject to restrictions on resale as a matter of contract or under federal securities laws. Because there may be relatively few potential purchasers for such securities, especially under adverse market or economic conditions or in the event of adverse changes in the financial condition of the issuer, a Fund could find it more difficult to sell such securities when it may be advisable to do so or it may be able to sell such securities only at prices lower than if such securities were more widely held and traded. At times, it also may be more difficult to determine the fair value of such securities for purposes of computing a Fund's net asset value due to the absence of an active trading market. Delay or difficulty in selling such securities may result in a loss to a Fund. Restricted securities, including Rule 144A Securities, that are "illiquid" are subject to a Fund's policy of not investing or holding more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. The manager will evaluate the liquidity characteristics of each Rule 144A Security proposed for purchase by a Fund on a case-by-case basis and will consider the following factors, among others, in its evaluation: (i) the frequency of trades and quotes for the Rule 144A Security; (ii) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the Rule 144A Security and the number of other potential purchasers; (iii) dealer undertakings to make a market in the Rule 144A Security; and (iv) the nature of the Rule 144A Security and the nature of the marketplace trades (e.g., the time needed to dispose of the Rule 144A Security, the method of soliciting offers and the mechanics of transfer). The manager will apply a similar process to evaluating the liquidity characteristics of other restricted securities. There can be no assurance that a restricted security that is deemed to be liquid when purchased will continue to be liquid for as long as it is held by a Fund.

Repurchase Agreements

Repurchase agreements are agreements wherein the seller of a security to a Fund agrees to repurchase that security from a Fund at a mutually agreed upon time and price. All repurchase agreements will be  "collateralized fully," as defined under the 1940 Act. A Fund may enter into repurchase agreements only with respect to securities that could otherwise be purchased by such Fund. The maturities of the underlying securities in a repurchase agreement transaction may be greater than twelve months, although the maximum term of a repurchase agreement will always be less than twelve months. Repurchase agreements generally are subject to counterparty risk. If the seller defaults and the value of the underlying securities has declined, a Fund may incur a loss. In addition, if bankruptcy proceedings are commenced with respect to the seller of the security, a Fund's disposition of the underlying securities may be delayed or limited.

A Fund may not enter into a repurchase agreement with a maturity of more than seven days, if, as a result, more than 15% of the market value of such Fund's net assets would be invested in repurchase agreements with maturities of more than seven days, and other illiquid securities. A Fund will only enter into repurchase agreements with broker-dealers and commercial banks that meet guidelines established by the Board and that are not affiliated with the Fund's manager. The Funds may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by the manager.

Restricted Securities Certain Funds may invest in certain restricted securities, including those which may be resold only in accordance with Rule 144A under the 1933 Act ("Rule 144A Securities") and commercial paper issued in reliance on Section 4(a)(2) of the 1933 Act ("4(a)(2) Paper"). Rule 144A Securities and 4(a)(2) Paper ("Restricted Securities") are not publicly traded, and thus the liquidity of the market for such securities may vary. Delay or difficulty in selling such securities may result in a loss to a Fund. Restricted Securities that are "illiquid" are subject to the Funds' policy of not investing or holding more than 5% of net assets in illiquid securities. The manager, under guidelines approved by the Board, will evaluate the liquidity characteristics of each Restricted Security proposed for purchase by a Fund on a case-by-case basis and will consider the following factors, among others, in their evaluation: (1) the frequency of trades and quotes for the Restricted Security; (2) the number of dealers willing to purchase or sell the Restricted Security and the number of other potential purchasers; (3) dealer undertakings to make a market in the Restricted Security; and (4) the nature of the Restricted Security and the nature of the marketplace trades (e.g., the time needed to dispose of the Restricted Security, the method of soliciting offers and the mechanics of transfer). In order for the manager to determine that 4(a)(2) Paper is liquid, the manager must find that, in addition to satisfying the factors identified above, the following conditions are met: (1) the 4(a)(2) Paper must not be traded flat or be in default as to principal or interest; and (2) the 4(a)(2) Paper must be rated in one of the two highest rating categories by requisite NRSROs.

Reverse Repurchase Agreements

A reverse repurchase agreement is an agreement under which a Fund sells a portfolio security and agrees to repurchase it at an agreed-upon date and price. At the time a Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, it will place in a segregated custodial account liquid assets such as U.S. Government securities or other liquid high-grade debt securities having a value equal to or greater than the repurchase price (including accrued interest) and will subsequently monitor the account to ensure that such value is maintained. Reverse repurchase agreements involve the risk that the market value of the securities sold by a Fund may decline below the price at which a Fund is obligated to repurchase the securities. In the event the buyer of securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, a Fund's use of proceeds of the agreement may be restricted pending a determination by the other party, or its trustee or receiver, whether to enforce a Fund's obligation to repurchase the securities. Reverse repurchase agreements may be viewed as a form of borrowing.

Short Sales

A short sale is a transaction in which a Fund sells a security it does not own in anticipation of a decline in market price. When a Fund makes a short sale, the proceeds it receives are retained by the broker until a Fund replaces the borrowed security. In order to deliver the security to the buyer, a Fund must arrange through a broker to borrow the security and, in so doing, a Fund becomes obligated to replace the security borrowed at its market price at the time of replacement, whatever that price may be. Short sales "against the box" means that a Fund owns the securities, which are placed in a segregated account until the transaction is closed out, or has the right to obtain securities equivalent in kind and amount to the securities sold short. A Fund's ability to enter into short sales transactions is limited by the requirements of the 1940 Act.

Short sales by a Fund that are not made "against the box" are limited to transactions in futures and options. Such transactions create opportunities to increase a Fund's return but, at the same time, involve special risk considerations and may be considered a speculative technique. Since a Fund in effect profits from a decline in the price of the futures or options sold short without the need to invest the full purchase price of the futures or options on the date of the short sale, a Fund's NAV per share will tend to increase more when the futures or options it has sold short decrease in value, and to decrease more when the futures or options it has sold short increase in value, than would otherwise be the case if it had not engaged in such short sales. Short sales theoretically involve unlimited loss potential, as the market price of futures or options sold short may continuously increase, although a Fund may mitigate such losses by replacing the futures or options sold short before the market price has increased significantly. Under adverse market conditions, a Fund might have difficulty purchasing futures or options to meet its short sale delivery obligations, and might have to sell portfolio securities to raise the capital necessary to meet its short sale obligations at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales.

If a Fund makes a short sale "against the box," a Fund would not immediately deliver the securities sold and would not receive the proceeds from the sale. The seller is said to have a short position in the securities sold until it delivers the securities sold, at which time it receives the proceeds of the sale. A Fund's decision to make a short sale "against the box" may be a technique to hedge against market risks when the investment manager believes that the price of a security may decline, causing a decline in the value of a security owned by the Fund or a security convertible into or exchangeable for such security. In such case, any future losses in the Fund's long position would be reduced by a gain in the short position. Short sale transactions may have adverse tax consequences to the Fund and its shareholders.

In the view of the SEC, a short sale involves the creation of a "senior security" as such term is defined under the 1940 Act, unless the sale is "against the box" and the securities sold are placed in a segregated account (not with the broker), or unless the Fund's obligation to deliver the securities sold short is "covered" by segregating (not with the broker) cash, U.S. Government securities or other liquid debt or equity securities in an amount equal to the difference between the market value of the securities sold short at the time of the short sale and any cash or securities required to be deposited as collateral with a broker in connection with the sale (not including the proceeds from the short sale), which difference is adjusted daily for changes in the value of the securities sold short. The total value of the cash and securities deposited with the broker and otherwise segregated may not at any time be less than the market value of the securities sold short at the time of the short sale.

To avoid limitations under the 1940 Act on borrowing by investment companies, all short sales by a Fund will be "against the box," or the Fund's obligation to deliver the futures or options sold short not "against the box" will be "covered" by segregating cash, U.S. Government securities or other liquid debt or equity securities in an amount equal to the market value of its delivery obligation. A Fund will not make short sales of futures or options not "against the box" or maintain a short position if doing so could create liabilities or require collateral deposits and segregation of assets aggregating more than 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets.

Warrants

Warrants are instruments, typically issued with preferred stock or bonds, that give the holder the right to purchase a given number of shares of common stock at a specified price, usually during a specified period of time. The price usually represents a premium over the applicable market value of the common stock at the time of the warrant's issuance. Warrants have no voting rights with respect to the common stock, receive no dividends and have no rights with respect to the assets of the issuer. Warrants do not pay a fixed dividend. Investments in warrants involve certain risks, including the possible lack of a liquid market for the resale of the warrants, potential price fluctuations as a result of speculation or other factors and failure of the price of the common stock to rise. A warrant becomes worthless if it is not exercised within the specified time period.

Zero-Coupon, Step-Up Coupon, and Pay-in-Kind Securities

These securities are debt securities that do not make regular cash interest payments. Zero-coupon securities are securities that make no periodic interest payments, but are instead sold at discounts from face value. Step-up coupon bonds are debt securities that may not pay interest for a specified period of time and then, after the initial period, may pay interest at a series of different rates. Pay-in-kind securities pay bondholders in more bonds instead of cash interest. If these securities do not pay current cash income, the market prices of these securities would generally be more volatile and likely to respond to a greater degree to changes in interest rates than the market prices of securities that pay cash interest periodically having similar maturities and credit qualities.

OTHER RISKS

Operational and Cyber Security Risks

Our business, financial, accounting, data processing systems or other operating systems and facilities may stop operating properly or become disabled or damaged as a result of a number of factors including events that are wholly or partially beyond our control. For example, there could be sudden increases in shareholder transaction volume; electrical or telecommunications outages; degradation or loss of public internet domain; climate change related impacts and natural disasters such as earthquakes, tornados, and hurricanes; disease pandemics; or events arising from local or larger scale political or social matters, including terrorist acts.

The Funds are also subject to the risk of potential cyber incidents which may include, but are not limited to, the harming of or unauthorized access to digital systems (for example, through "hacking" or infection by computer viruses or other malicious software code), denial-of-service attacks on web sites, and the inadvertent or intentional release of confidential or proprietary information. Cyber incidents may, among other things, harm Fund operations, result in financial losses to a Fund and its shareholders, cause the release of confidential or highly restricted information, and result in regulatory penalties, reputational damage, and/or increased compliance, reimbursement or other compensation costs. Fund operations that may be disrupted or halted due to a cyber incident include trading, the processing of shareholder transactions, and the calculation of a Fund's net asset value.

Issues affecting operating systems and facilities, either through cyber incidents or any of the other scenarios described above, may harm the Funds by affecting a Fund's manager, sub-adviser(s), or other service providers, or issuers of securities in which a Fund invests. Although we have business continuity plans and other safeguards in place, including what we believe to be robust information security procedures and controls, there is no guarantee that these measures will prevent cyber incidents or prevent or ameliorate the effects of significant and widespread disruption to our physical infrastructure or operating systems. Furthermore, we cannot directly control the security or other measures taken by unaffiliated service providers or the issuers of securities in which the Funds invest.

Liquidation Risk

There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain a viable size. To the extent that the Fund does not grow to or maintain a viable size, it may be liquidated, and the expenses, timing and tax consequences of such liquidation may not be favorable to some shareholders. In addition, pursuant to section 619 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and certain rules promulgated thereunder (collectively known as the "Volcker Rule"), if the Manager and/or its affiliates own 25% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund more than one year after the Fund's inception date (or such longer period as may be permitted by the Federal Reserve Board and/or other federal regulatory agencies overseeing the Volcker Rule), the Fund will be subject to restrictions on trading that will adversely impact the Fund's ability to execute its investment strategy. Should this occur, the Fund may be liquidated, or the Manager and/or its affiliates may be required to reduce their ownership interests in the Fund, either of which may result in gains or losses, increased transaction and other costs and adverse tax consequences. In addition, other large shareholders controlling a significant portion of the Fund's shares, such as other funds, institutional investors, financial intermediaries, individuals and other accounts, may elect to redeem a portion or all of their shares at any time, and the Fund may no longer be able to maintain a viable size after meeting the redemption request. In these circumstances, the Fund's board may determine to liquidate the Fund. Other factors and events that may lead to the liquidation of the Fund include changes in laws or regulations governing the Fund or affecting the type of assets in which the Fund invests, or economic developments or trends having a significant adverse impact on the business or operations of the Fund. Under the Declaration of Trust, the Fund's board is authorized to liquidate, dissolve and terminate the Fund or any share class of the Fund without obtaining any authorization or vote of shareholders.

In the event of the Fund's liquidation, shareholders holding Fund shares through tax-deferred accounts would receive a liquidating distribution, and depending on the arrangements with the custodian of account assets, receipt of the distribution may be taxable to the account beneficiary and/or subject to tax penalties.

MANAGEMENT

The following information supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the section in each Prospectus entitled "Management of the Funds."

General

The following table provides basic information about the Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Each of the Trustees and Officers listed below acts in identical capacities for the Wells Fargo Advantage family of funds which consists of, as of February 28, 2014, 133 series comprising the Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the "Fund Complex" or the "Trusts"). The business address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, with the Trustees subject to retirement from service as required pursuant to the Trust's retirement policy at the end of the calendar year in which a Trustee turns 75.

Information for Trustees, all of whom are not "interested" persons of the Trust, as that term is defined under the 1940 Act (each an "Independent Trustee" and collectively, the "Independent Trustees"), appears below. In addition to the Officers listed below, the Funds have appointed an Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer.

Name and Year of Birth

Position Held with Registrant/Length of Service 1

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

Other Public Company or Investment Company Directorships During Past 5 Years

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES

William R. Ebsworth
(Born 1957)

Trustee, since 2015

Retired. Prior thereto, joined Fidelity Management and Research Company in 1984 with assignments including equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director, and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. Served on the boards of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Mr. Ebsworth is an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College and a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Asset Allocation Trust

Jane A. Freeman
(Born 1953)

Trustee, since 2015

Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, served as Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Served as Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014 and Board member and chair of the Audit Committee of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012. Ms. Freeman is a Chartered Financial Analyst (inactive). Chair of Taproot Foundation (non-profit organization) and a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization).

Asset Allocation Trust

Peter G. Gordon
(Born 1942)

Trustee, since 1998, Chairman since 2005

Co-Founder, Retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company. Trustee Emeritus, Colby College.

Asset Allocation Trust

Isaiah Harris, Jr.
(Born 1952)

Trustee, since 2009

Retired. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy. Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant.

CIGNA Corporation; Asset Allocation Trust

Judith M. Johnson
(Born 1949)

Trustee, since 2008
Audit Committee Chairman, since 2008

Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant.

Asset Allocation Trust

David F. Larcker
(Born 1950)

Trustee, since 2009

James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Morgan Stanley Director of the Center for Leadership Development and Research and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.

Asset Allocation Trust

Olivia S. Mitchell
(Born 1953)

Trustee, since 2006

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton's Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993.

Asset Allocation Trust

Timothy J. Penny
(Born 1951)

Trustee, since 1996

President and CEO of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007 and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.

Asset Allocation Trust

Michael S. Scofield
(Born 1943)

Trustee, since 2010

Served on the Investment Company Institute's Board of Governors and Executive Committee from 2008-2011 as well the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council from 2006-2011 and the Independent Directors Council Executive Committee from 2008-2011. Chairman of the IDC from 2008-2010. Institutional Investor (Fund Directions) Trustee of Year in 2007. Trustee of the Evergreen Funds complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010. Chairman of the Evergreen Funds from 2000-2010. Former Trustee of the Mentor Funds. Retired Attorney, Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield.

Asset Allocation Trust

Donald C. Willeke
(Born 1940)

Trustee, since 1996

Principal of the law firm of Willeke & Daniels. General Counsel of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1984 until its consolidation into the Minnesota Public Employees Retirement Association on June 30, 2010. Director and Vice Chair of The Tree Trust (non-profit corporation). Director of the American Chestnut Foundation (non-profit corporation).

Asset Allocation Trust

Length of service dates reflect the Trustee's commencement of service with the Trust's predecessor entities, where applicable.

 

Name and Year of Birth

Position Held with Registrant/Length of Service

Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years

OFFICERS

Karla M. Rabusch
(Born 1959)

President, since 2003

Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2003.

Jeremy DePalma 1
(Born 1974)

Treasurer, since 2012; Assistant Treasurer, since 2009

Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Vice President, Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. from 2004 to 2007. Head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.

Nancy Wiser 2
(Born 1967)

Treasurer, since 2012

Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011. Owned and operated a consulting business providing services to various hedge funds including acting as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for a hedge fund from 2007 to 2008. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of GMN Capital LLC from 2006 to 2007.

C. David Messman
(Born 1960)

Secretary, since 2000; Chief Legal Officer, since 2003

Senior Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2001. Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013. Vice President and Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013.

Debra Ann Early
(Born 1964)

Chief Compliance Officer, since 2007

Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2007 and Chief Compliance Officer from 2007 to 2014. Chief Compliance Officer of Parnassus Investments from 2005 to 2007. Chief Financial Officer of Parnassus Investments from 2004 to 2007.

David Berardi
(Born 1975)

Assistant Treasurer, since 2009

Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Assistant Vice President of Evergreen Investment Services, Inc. from 2004 to 2008. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.

Currently serves as Treasurer to the Allocation Funds, Alternative Funds, Dow Jones Target Date Funds, International Equity Funds, Large Cap Stock Funds, WealthBuilder Portfolios and the International Value Fund. Also serves as Assistant Treasurer for the remaining series of the Trust.
Currently serves as Treasurer to the CoreBuilder Shares, Equity Gateway Funds (except International Value Fund), Income Funds, Money Market Funds, Municipal Income Funds, Small to Mid Cap Stock Funds and Specialty Funds.

The Trust's Declaration of Trust, as amended and restated from time to time (the "Declaration of Trust"), does not set forth any specific qualifications to serve as a Trustee other than that no person shall stand for initial election or appointment as a Trustee if such person has already reached the age of 72. The Charter and the Statement of Governance Principles of the Governance Committee also do not set forth any specific qualifications, but do set forth certain factors that the Governance Committee may take into account in considering Trustee candidates and a process for evaluating potential conflicts of interest, which identifies certain disqualifying conflicts. All of the current Trustees are Independent Trustees. Among the attributes or skills common to all Trustees are their ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the other Trustees, Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC ("Funds Management" or the "Manager"), sub-advisers, other service providers, counsel and the independent registered public accounting firm, and to exercise effective and independent business judgment in the performance of their duties as Trustees. Each Trustee's ability to perform his or her duties effectively has been attained through the Trustee's business, consulting, public service, professional and/or academic positions and through experience from service as a board member of the Trust and the other Trusts in the Fund Complex (and/or in other capacities, including for any predecessor funds), other registered investment companies, public companies, and/or non-profit entities or other organizations. Each Trustee's ability to perform his or her duties effectively also has been enhanced by his or her educational background, professional training, and/or other life experiences. The specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills that led to the conclusion that a Trustee should serve as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex are as set forth below.

William R. Ebsworth. Mr. Ebsworth has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex and Asset Allocation Trust since January 1, 2015. Until his retirement in 2013, Mr. Ebsworth most recently served as the Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc., where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Mr. Ebsworth joined Fidelity Management and Research Company in 1984. His 29 years with Fidelity included assignments as an equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director, and chief investment officer in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong. Mr. Ebsworth has previously served on the boards of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. He also is an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Jane A. Freeman. Ms. Freeman has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex and Asset Allocation Trust since January 1, 2015. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Ms. Freeman served as the Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to joining Scientific Learning, Ms. Freeman was employed as a portfolio manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. She served as a board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. She also served as a board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and as chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman serves as Chair of the Taproot Foundation and as a Board Member of the Ruth Bancroft Garden. Ms. Freeman is a Chartered Financial Analyst (inactive).

Peter G. Gordon . Mr. Gordon has been a Trustee since 1998, Chairman of the Board of Trustees since 2005, Chairman of the Governance Committee since 2005, and was the Lead Independent Trustee from 2001 through 2005, with respect to all of the Trusts in the Fund Complex. He has also served as a Trustee, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Chairman of the Governance Committee of Asset Allocation Trust since 2010. In addition, he has over 30 years of executive and business experience as the co-founder, and retired Chairman, President and CEO of Crystal Geyser Water Company.

Isaiah Harris, Jr . Mr. Harris has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex since 2009 and was an Advisory Board Member from 2008 to 2009. He has also served as a Trustee of Asset Allocation Trust since 2010. He has been the Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and has been a director of CIGNA Corporation since 2005. He served as a director of Deluxe Corporation from 2003 to 2011. As a director of these and other public companies, he has served on board committees, including Governance, Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Harris served in senior executive positions, including as president, chief executive officer, vice president of finance and/or chief financial officer, of operating companies for approximately 20 years.

Judith M. Johnson . Ms. Johnson has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex since 2008 and as Chair of the Audit Committee since 2009. She has also served as a Trustee and Chair of the Audit Committee of Asset Allocation Trust since 2010. She served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund for twelve years until her retirement in 2008. Ms. Johnson is a licensed attorney, as well as a certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant. Ms. Johnson has been determined by the Board to be an audit committee financial expert as such term is defined in the applicable rules of the SEC.

David F. Larcker . Mr. Larcker has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex since 2009 and was an Advisory Board Member from 2008 to 2009. He has also served as a Trustee of Asset Allocation Trust since 2010. Mr. Larcker is the James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business of Stanford University. He is also the Morgan Stanley Director of the Center for Leadership Development and Research and Co-director of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance at Stanford University. He has been a professor of accounting for over 30 years. He has written numerous articles on a range of topics, including managerial accounting, financial statement analysis and corporate governance.

Olivia S. Mitchell . Ms. Mitchell has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex since 2006. She has also served as a Trustee of Asset Allocation Trust since 2010. Ms. Mitchell is the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she is also Professor of Insurance/Risk Management and Business Economics/Policy. She also serves in senior positions with academic and policy organizations that conduct research on pensions, retirement, insurance, risk management, and related topics including as Executive Director of the Pension Research Council and Director of the Boettner Center on Pensions and Retirement Research, both at the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught on and served as a consultant on economics, insurance, and risk management, served as Department Chair, advised numerous governmental entities, and written numerous articles and books on topics including retirement systems, private and social insurance, and health and retirement policy.

Timothy J. Penny . Mr. Penny has been a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex and their predecessor funds since 1996. He has also served as a Trustee of Asset Allocation Trust since 2010. He has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation since 2007 and a Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute Policy Forum at the University of Minnesota since 1995. He also serves as a member of the board of another non-profit organization. Mr. Penny was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 12 years representing Southeastern Minnesota's First Congressional District.

Michael S. Scofield. Mr. Scofield has served as a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex since 2010. He has also served as a Trustee of Asset Allocation Trust since 2005. He previously served on the Investment Company Institute's Board of Governors and Executive Committee. Mr. Scofield previously served as a Trustee of the Evergreen fund complex (and its predecessors) from 1984 to 2010, where he served as Chairman of the Board. He also served as a member and former chairman of the Independent Directors Counsel, an organization dedicated to serving the independent investment company director community, and other leadership positions in the investment company industry. He previously worked as an attorney with the Law Offices of Michael S. Scofield.

Donald C. Willeke
. Mr. Willeke has been a Trustee of the Trusts in the Fund Complex and their predecessor funds since 1996. He has also served as a Trustee of Asset Allocation Trust since 2010. He is an attorney in private practice and served as General Counsel of the Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund for more than 25 years.

Board of Trustees - Leadership Structure and Oversight Responsibilities
Overall responsibility for oversight of the Trust and the Funds rests with the Board of Trustees. The Board has engaged Funds Management to manage the Funds on a day-to day basis. The Board is responsible for overseeing Funds Management and other service providers in the operation of the Trust in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, applicable provisions of Delaware law, other applicable laws and the Declaration of Trust. The Board is currently composed of ten members, each of whom is an Independent Trustee. The Board currently conducts regular in-person meetings five times a year. In addition, the Board may hold special in-person or telephonic meetings or informal conference calls to discuss specific matters that may arise or require action between regular meetings. The Independent Trustees have engaged independent legal counsel to assist them in performing their oversight responsibilities.

The Board has appointed an Independent Trustee to serve in the role of Chairman. The Chairman's role is to preside at all meetings of the Board and to act as a liaison with respect to governance-related matters with service providers, officers, attorneys, and other Trustees generally between meetings. The Chairman may also perform such other functions as may be delegated by the Board from time to time. In order to assist the Chairman in maintaining effective communications with the other Trustees and Funds Management, the Board has appointed a Chair Liaison to work with the Chairman to coordinate Trustee communications and to assure timely responses to Trustee inquiries relating to board governance and fiduciary matters. The Chair Liaison serves for a one-year term, which may be extended with the approval of the Board. Except for any duties specified herein or pursuant to the Trust's charter document, the designation of Chairman or Chair Liaison does not impose on such Independent Trustee any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or liability imposed on such person as a member of the Board generally.

The Board also has established a Governance Committee, an Audit Committee, a Valuation Committee and a Dividend Committee to assist the Board in the oversight and direction of the business and affairs of the Trust, and from time to time may establish informal working groups to review and address the policies and practices of the Trust with respect to certain specified matters. Additionally, the Board has established investment teams to review in detail the performance of each of the Funds, in light of each Fund's investment objectives and strategies, to meet with portfolio managers, and to report back to the full Board. The Board occasionally engages independent consultants to assist it in evaluating initiatives or proposals. The Board believes that the Board's current leadership structure is appropriate because it allows the Board to exercise informed and independent judgment over matters under its purview, and it allocates areas of responsibility among committees of Trustees and the full Board in a manner that enhances effective oversight. The leadership structure of the Board may be changed, at any time and in the discretion of the Board, including in response to changes in circumstances or the characteristics of the Trust.

The Funds and Trusts are subject to a number of risks, including investment, compliance, operational, and valuation risks, among others. Day-to-day risk management functions are subsumed within the responsibilities of Funds Management, the subadvisers and other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk), who carry out the Funds' investment management and business affairs. Each of Funds Management, the sub-advisers and other service providers have their own, independent approach to risk management, and their policies and methods of carrying out risk management functions will depend, in part, on their individual priorities, resources and controls.

Risk oversight forms part of the Board's general oversight of the Funds and Trusts and is addressed as part of various Board and Committee activities. The Board has also informally tasked a subset of its members (the "Task Force") to interact with management between meetings on risk oversight matters. The Board recognizes that it is not possible to identify all of the risks that may affect a Fund or to develop processes and controls to eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects and that it is necessary for the Funds to bear certain risks (such as investment-related risks) to pursue their goals. As part of its regular oversight of the Trusts, the Board, directly or through a Committee or the Task Force, interacts with and reviews reports from, among others, Funds Management, subadvisers, the Chief Compliance Officer of the Funds, the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds, and internal compliance auditors for Funds Management or its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Funds and relevant risk functions. The Board, with the assistance of its investment teams, also reviews investment policies and risks in connection with its review of the Funds' performance. The Board has appointed a Chief Compliance Officer who oversees the implementation and testing of the Funds' compliance program and regularly reports to the Board regarding compliance matters for the Funds and their principal service providers. In addition, as part of the Board's periodic review of the Funds' advisory, subadvisory and other service provider agreements, the Board may consider risk management aspects of their operations and the functions for which they are responsible. With respect to valuation, the Board oversees a management valuation team comprised of officers of Funds Management, has approved and periodically reviews valuation policies and procedures applicable to valuing Fund shares and has established a valuation committee of Trustees. The Board may, at any time and in its discretion, change the manner in which it conducts its risk oversight role.

Committees.

As noted above, the Board has established a standing Governance Committee, a standing Audit Committee, a standing Valuation Committee and a standing Dividend Committee to assist the Board in the oversight and direction of the business and affairs of the Trust. The Governance Committee and Audit Committee operate pursuant to charters approved by the Board. The Valuation Committee's responsibilities are set forth in Valuation Procedures approved by the Board, and the Dividend Committee's responsibilities were set forth by the Board when it established the Committee. Each Independent Trustee is a member of the Trust's Governance Committee, Audit Committee and Valuation Committee. The Dividend Committee is comprised of three Independent Trustees.

(1) Governance Committee. Except with respect to any trustee nomination made by an eligible shareholder or shareholder group as permitted by applicable law, the Committee shall make all nominations for membership on the Board of Trustees of each Trust. The Committee shall evaluate each candidate's qualifications for Board membership and his or her independence from the Funds' manager, sub-adviser(s) and principal underwriter(s) and, as it deems appropriate, other principal service providers. Peter Gordon serves as the chairman of the Governance Committee.

The Governance Committee has adopted procedures by which a shareholder may properly submit a nominee recommendation for the Committee's consideration, which are set forth in Appendix A to the Trusts' Governance Committee Charter. The shareholder must submit any such recommendation (a "Shareholder Recommendation") in writing to the Trust, to the attention of the Trust's Secretary, at the address of the principal executive offices of the Trust. The Shareholder Recommendation must include: (i) a statement in writing setting forth (A) the name, age, date of birth, business address, residence address, and nationality of the person recommended by the shareholder (the "candidate"), (B) the series (and, if applicable, class) and number of all shares of the Trust owned of record or beneficially by the candidate, as reported to such shareholder by the candidate; (C) any other information regarding the candidate called for with respect to director nominees by paragraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of Item 401 of Regulation S-K or paragraph (b) of Item 22 of Rule 14a-101 (Schedule 14A) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), adopted by the SEC (or the corresponding provisions of any regulation or rule subsequently adopted by the SEC or any successor agency applicable to the Trust); (D) any other information regarding the candidate that would be required to be disclosed if the candidate were a nominee in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitation of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (E) whether the recommending shareholder believes that the candidate is or will be an "interested person" of the Trust (as defined in the 1940 Act) and information regarding the candidate that will be sufficient for the Trust to make such determination; (ii) the written and signed consent of the candidate to be named as a nominee and to serve as a Trustee if elected; (iii) the recommending shareholder's name as it appears on the Trust's books; (iv) the series (and, if applicable, class) and number of all shares of the Trust owned beneficially and of record by the recommending shareholder; and (v) a description of all arrangements or understandings between the recommending shareholder and the candidate and any other person or persons (including their names) pursuant to which the recommendation is being made by the recommending shareholder. In addition, the Governance Committee may require the candidate to interview in person or furnish such other information as it may reasonably require or deem necessary to determine the eligibility of such candidate to serve as a Trustee of the Trust. The Governance Committee has full discretion to reject candidates recommended by shareholders, and there is no assurance that any such person properly recommended and considered by the Committee will be nominated for election to the Board.

The Governance Committee may from time-to-time propose nominations of one or more individuals to serve as members of an "advisory board," as such term is defined in Section 2(a)(1) of the 1940 Act.

(2) Audit Committee. The Audit Committee oversees the Funds' accounting and financial reporting policies, including their internal controls over financial reporting; oversees the quality and objectivity of the Funds' financial statements and the independent audit thereof; and interacts with the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm on behalf of the full Board and with appropriate officers of the Trust. Judith M. Johnson serves as the chairperson of the Audit Committee.

(3) Valuation Committee. The Board has delegated to the Valuation Committee the authority to take any action regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of securities between regularly scheduled Board meetings in instances where that determination has not otherwise been delegated to the valuation team ("Management Valuation Team") of Funds Management. The Board considers for ratification at each quarterly meeting any valuation actions taken during the previous quarter by the Valuation Committee or by the Management Valuation Team other than pursuant to Board-approved methodologies. Any one member of the Valuation Committee may constitute a quorum for a meeting of the committee.

(4) Dividend Committee. The Board has delegated to the Dividend Committee the responsibility to review and approve certain dividend amount determinations made by a separate committee composed of representatives from Funds Management and certain sub-advisers ("Management Open-End Dividend Committee"). The Board has delegated to the Management Open-End Dividend Committee the authority to determine periodic dividend amounts subject to certain Board-approved parameters to be paid by each of the Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Emerging Markets Local Bond Fund, International Bond Fund, Inflation-Protected Bond Fund and Strategic Income Fund. Under certain circumsatances, the Dividend Committee must review and consider for approval, as it deems appropriate, recommendations of the Management Open-End Dividend Committee. The Dividend Committee is composed of three Independent Trustees, Messrs. Harris and Scofield and Ms. Johnson.

The committees met the following number of times during the most recently completed fiscal year:

 

Committee Name

Committee Meetings During Last Fiscal Year

Governance Committee

3

Audit Committee

7

Valuation Committee

1

Dividend Committee

0

Compensation.

The Trustees do not receive any retirement benefits or deferred compensation from the Trust or any other member of the Fund Complex. The Trust's Officers are not compensated by the Trust for their services. Listed below is the Trustee compensation that was paid by a Fund and the Fund Complex for the most recently completed fiscal year:

 

Trustee Compensation

Trustee

Aggregate Compensation from each Fund

Total Compensation from the Fund Complex 1

William R. Ebsworth 2

$567.16

$76,000

Jane A. Freeman 2

$567.16

$76,000

Peter G. Gordon

$2,289.18

$306,750

Isaiah Harris, Jr.

$1,858.21

$249,000

Judith M. Johnson

$2,164.18

$290,000

David F. Larcker

$1,944.03

$260,500

Olivia S. Mitchell

$1,944.03

$260,500

Timothy J. Penny

$1,996.27

$267,500

Michael S. Scofield

$1,944.03

$260,500

Donald C. Willeke

$1,944.03

$260,500

As of February 28, 2015, there were 134 series in the Fund Complex.
Mr. Ebsworth and Ms. Freeman were appointed to the Board of Trustees on January 1, 2015.

Beneficial Equity Ownership Information. As of the calendar year ended December 31, 2014, the Trustees and Officers of the Trust, as a group, beneficially owned less than 1% of the outstanding shares of each Fund and each class of each Fund. The table below shows for each Trustee, the dollar value of the Funds' equity securities beneficially owned by the Trustee, and the aggregate value of all investments in equity securities of the Fund Complex, stated as one of the following ranges: $0; $1-$10,000; $10,001- $50,000; $50,001-$100,000; and over $100,000.

 

Beneficial Ownership

Trustee

Fund

Dollar Range of Investment in Fund

Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities of Fund Complex 1

William R. Ebsworth

Target Today Fund

$0

Over $100,000

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

Jane A. Freeman

Target Today Fund

$0

$0

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

Peter G. Gordon

Target Today Fund

Over $100,000

Over $100,000

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

Isaiah Harris, Jr.

Target Today Fund

$0

Over $100,000

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

Judith M. Johnson

Target Today Fund

$0

Over $100,000

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

David F. Larcker

Target Today Fund

$0

Over $100,000

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

Olivia S. Mitchell

Target Today Fund

$0

Over $100,000

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

Timothy J. Penny

Target Today Fund

$0

Over $100,000

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

Michael S. Scofield

Target Today Fund

$0

Over $100,000

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

Donald C. Willeke

Target Today Fund

$0

Over $100,000

Target 2010 Fund

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

Target 2060 Fund

$0

Includes Trustee ownership in shares of funds within the entire Wells Fargo Advantage Fund Complex (consisting of 134 funds) as of December 31, 2014.

Ownership of Securities of Certain Entities. As of the calendar year ended December 31, 2014, none of the Independent Trustees and/or their immediate family members owned securities of the manager, any sub-advisers, or the distributor, or any entity directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the manager, any sub-advisers, or the distributor.

Manager and Class-Level Administrator

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company and an affiliate of Wells Fargo Bank, is the manager and class-level administrator for the Funds. Funds Management provides advisory and Fund-level administrative services to the Funds under an investment management agreement (the "Management Agreement") and provides class-level administrative services to the Funds under a class-level administration agreement (the "Class-Level Administration Agreement"). Under the Management Agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, (i) implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Funds, (ii) supervising the applicable Sub-Adviser(s), (iii) providing Fund-level administrative services in connection with the Funds' operations, (iv) developing and implementing procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds' investment objectives, policies and restrictions, and (v) providing any other Fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are provided by the Funds' transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant. Funds Management also furnishes office space and certain facilities required for conducting the Funds' business together with ordinary clerical and bookkeeping services.

Under the Class-Level Administration Agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, (i) coordinating, supervising and paying the applicable transfer agent and various sub-transfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers, (ii) coordinating the preparation and filing of registration statements, notices, shareholder reports and other information materials, including prospectuses, proxies and other shareholder communications for a class, (iii) receiving and tabulating class-specific shareholder votes, (iv) reviewing bills submitted to a Fund and, upon determining that a bill is appropriate, allocating amounts to the appropriate classes thereof and instructing the Funds' custodian to pay such bills, and (v) assembling and disseminating information concerning class performance, expenses, distributions and administration. Funds Management has agreed to pay all of the Funds' fees and expenses for services provided by the Funds' transfer agent and various sub-transfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers out of the fees it receives pursuant to the Class-Level Administration Agreement.

As compensation for its services under the Management Agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive a monthly fee at the annual rates indicated below of each Fund's average daily net assets:

Management
Fee

First $5 billion

0.20%

Next $5 billion

0.19%

Over $10 billion

0.18%

The advisory fees that Funds Management is entitled to receive from the master portfolios of the Master Trust in which each Fund currently invests are set forth in the table below, as a percentage of each master portfolio's average daily net assets.

 

Portfolio

Advisory Fee

Diversified Stock Portfolio

First $500 million

0.20%

Next $500 million

0.18%

Next $2 billion

0.16%

Next $2 billion

0.14%

Next $3 billion

0.12%

Next $4 billion

0.11%

Over $12 billion

0.10%

Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio

First $500 million

0.20%

Next $500 million

0.18%

Next $2 billion

0.16%

Next $2 billion

0.14%

Next $3 billion

0.12%

Next $4 billion

0.11%

Over $12 billion

0.10%

Short-Term Investment Portfolio

All Asset Levels

0.10%

Advisory Fees Paid . Prior to July 1, 2015, Funds Management provided advisory services to the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement ("Advisory Agreement"). The Management Agreement, which became effective on July 1, 2015, combines the terms of the Advisory Agreement with the terms of the Funds' prior Amended and Restated Administration Agreement (the "Prior Administration Agreement") applicable to Fund-level administrative services. Below are the aggregate advisory fees paid by the Funds pursuant to the Advisory Agreement and the aggregate advisory fees waived by Funds Management for the last three fiscal years. The advisory fees listed below do not include fees paid for Fund-level administrative services previously provided by Funds Management under the Prior Administration Agreement.

 

Advisory Fees Paid

Fund/Fiscal Year or Period

Advisory Fees Paid

Advisory Fees Waived

February 28, 2015

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

$

353,751

$

1,569,337

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

$

415,511

$

1,227,801

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

$

659,336

$

1,598,449

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

$

3,074,179

$

3,318,539

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

$

2,430,384

$

2,908,850

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

$

3,426,267

$

3,088,885

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

$

1,631,191

$

1,529,484

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

$

2,661,783

$

2,149,225

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

$

844,538

$

986,260

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

$

1,568,710

$

1,582,534

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

$

45,975

$

309,255

February 28, 2014

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

$

355,776

$

1,740,902

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

$

537,133

$

1,362,265

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

$

726,580

$

1,611,307

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

$

2,916,127

$

3,133,726

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

$

2,217,027

$

2,874,287

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

$

2,962,533

$

2,774,286

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

$

1,293,606

$

1,548,928

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

$

2,192,601

$

1,931,792

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

$

596,647

$

982,659

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

$

1,220,584

$

1,400,691

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

$

0

$

190,182

February 28, 2013

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

$

462,164

$

1,877,197

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

$

779,086

$

1,292,972

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

$

648,864

$

1,485,928

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

$

2,633,969

$

2,676,023

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

$

1,710,344

$

2,750,108

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

$

2,314,649

$

2,304,783

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

$

1,293,606

$

1,431,691

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

$

1,617,443

$

1,561,268

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

$

289,118

$

847,328

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

$

862,202

$

1,150,982

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

$

0

$

55,512

For providing class-level administrative services to the Funds pursuant to the Class-Level Administration Agreement, including paying the Funds' fees and expenses for services provided by the Funds' transfer agent and various sub-transfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual fee at the rates indicated below, as a percentage of the total net assets of each Class:

 

Class-Level Administrative Services Fee

Share Class

% of Total Net Assets of each Class

Class A, Class B, Class C, and Class R

0.21%

Administrator Class

0.13%

Investor
Class

0.32%

Class R4

0.08%

Class R6

0.03%

Administrative Service Fees Paid . The Class-Level Administration Agreement became effective July 1, 2015. Prior to July 1, 2015, Funds Management provided both Fund-level and class-level administrative services to the Funds pursuant to the Prior Administration Agreement. Below are the aggregate administrative services fees paid by the Funds pursuant to the Prior Administration Agreement and the aggregate administrative services fees waived by Funds Management for the last three fiscal years. Because the fees reflected below were paid pursuant to the Prior Administration Agreement, the fees include fees paid for both Fund-level and class-level administrative services provided to the Funds by Funds Management.

 

Administration Service Fees Paid

Fund/Fiscal Year or Period

Administrative Service Fees Paid

Administrative Service Fees Waived

February 28, 2015

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

$

1,136,054

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

$

999,053

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

$

1,324,434

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

$

3,975,982

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

$

3,061,919

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

$

4,046,861

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

$

1,989,065

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

$

3,004,796

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

$

1,109,631

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

$

1,591,187

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

$

152,628

$

0

February 28, 2014

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

$

1,315,501

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

$

1,179,496

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

$

1,505,658

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

$

3,909,928

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

$

3,214,452

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

$

3,687,596

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

$

1,994,841

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

$

2,660,786

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

$

1,098,989

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

$

1,351,756

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

$

16,197

$

68,648

February 28, 2013

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund

$

1,605,030

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

$

1,383,779

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

$

1,627,411

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

$

3,729,525

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

$

3,422,222

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

$

3,209,951

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

$

1,878,928

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

$

2,203,813

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

$

952,459

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

$

1,182,412

$

0

Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

$

0

$

30,963

General. Each Fund's Management Agreement will continue in effect provided the continuance is approved annually (i) by the holders of a majority of the respective Fund's outstanding voting securities or by the Board and (ii) by a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Management Agreement or "interested persons" (as defined under the 1940 Act) of any such party. The Management Agreement may be terminated at any time by vote of the Board or by vote of a majority of a Fund's outstanding voting securities, or by Funds Management on 60 days' written notice. It will terminate automatically if assigned.

For each Fund, the Class-Level Administration Agreement will continue in effect provided the continuance is approved annually by the Board, including a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons" (as defined under the 1940 Act) of any party to the Class-Level Administration Agreement. The Class-Level Administration Agreement may be terminated on 60 days' written notice by either party.

Conflicts of Interest . Wells Fargo & Company is a diversified financial services company providing banking, insurance, investment, mortgage and consumer financial services. The involvement of various subsidiaries of Wells Fargo & Company, including Funds Management, in the management and operation of the Fund and in providing other services or managing other accounts gives rise to certain actual and potential conflicts of interest.

For example, certain investments may be appropriate for a Fund and also for other clients advised by Funds Management and its affiliates, and there may be market or regulatory limits on the amount of such investments, which may cause competition for limited positions. Also, various clients and proprietary accounts of Funds Management and its affiliates may at times take positions that are adverse to a Fund. Funds Management applies various policies to address these situations, but a Fund may nonetheless incur losses or underperformance during periods when Wells Fargo & Company, its affiliates and their clients achieve gains or outperformance.

Wells Fargo & Company may have interests in or provide services to portfolio companies or Fund shareholders or intermediaries that may not be fully aligned with the interests of all investors. Funds Management and its affiliates serve in multiple roles, including as manager and, for most Wells Fargo Advantage Funds, sub-adviser, as well as class-level administrator and principal underwriter.

These are all considerations of which an investor should be aware and which may cause conflicts that could disadvantage a Fund. Funds Management has instituted business and compliance policies, procedures and disclosures that are designed to identify, monitor and mitigate such conflicts of interest.

Sub-Adviser

Funds Management has engaged Global Index Advisors, Inc. ("GIA") to serve as a sub-adviser to the Funds (the "Sub-Adviser"). Subject to the direction of the Trust's Board and the overall supervision and control of Funds Management and the Trust, the Sub-Adviser provides day-to-day portfolio management services to the Funds. Funds Management may, from time to time and with the approval of the Board of Trustees, allocate and reallocate services provided by and fees paid to GIA.

For providing investment sub-advisory services to each Fund, the Sub-Adviser is entitled to receive monthly fees at the annual rates indicated below of each Fund's average daily net assets. These fees may be paid by Funds Management or directly by a Fund. If a sub-advisory fee is paid directly by a Fund, the compensation paid to Funds Management for advisory fees will be reduced accordingly.

Sub-Advisory Fee

First $300 million

0.06%

Next $200 million

0.05%

Over $500 million

0.04%

Unaffiliated Sub-Advisers. The Funds listed below paid the following aggregate dollar amount of sub-advisory fees to the following unaffiliated sub-advisers for the fiscal periods indicated below:

 

Sub-Advisory Fees Paid to GIA

Fiscal Period Ended

Fees Paid

Fees Waived/Reimbursed

February 28, 2015

Target Today Fund

$398,051

$0

Target 2010 Fund

$349,430

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$456,434

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$1,243,896

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$1,042,469

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$1,267,465

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$626,312

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$941,427

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$381,704

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$624,390

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$85,309

$0

February 28, 2014

Target Today Fund

$425,374

$0

Target 2010 Fund

$391,215

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$467,261

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$1,168,579

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$987,169

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$1,109,029

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$561,142

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$803,668

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$335,642

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$519,233

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$45,295

$0

February 28, 2013

Target Today Fund

$468,377

$0

Target 2010 Fund

$421,996

$0

Target 2015 Fund

$432,913

$0

Target 2020 Fund

$1,031,944

$0

Target 2025 Fund

$870,506

$0

Target 2030 Fund

$900,715

$0

Target 2035 Fund

$448,248

$0

Target 2040 Fund

$626,914

$0

Target 2045 Fund

$256,058

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$411,798

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$13,296

$0

Sub-Advisers - Master Portfolios

Funds Management has engaged SSgA Funds Management, Inc. ("SSgA FM") and Wells Capital Management, Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management" or "WCM") to serve as sub-advisers to the master portfolios of Master Trust in which the Funds invest, as listed in the chart below. Subject to the direction of the Master Trust's Board, and the overall supervision and control of Funds Management and the Master Trust, SSgA FM and Wells Capital Management make recommendations regarding the investment and reinvestment of the Master Portfolios' assets. SSgA FM and Wells Capital Management furnish to Funds Management periodic reports on the investment activity and performance of the Master Portfolios. SSgA FM and Wells Capital Management also furnish such additional reports and information as Funds Management and the Master Trust's Board and officers may reasonably request. Funds Management may, from time to time and in its sole discretion, allocate and reallocate services provided by and fees paid to Wells Capital Management. The sub-advisory fees currently charged to the Master Portfolios in which the Funds invest are listed in the chart below.

 

Portfolio

Sub-Adviser

Sub-Advisory Fee

Diversified Stock Portfolio

SSgA FM

First $500 million

0.070%

Next $1.5 billion

0.055%

Next $2 billion

0.045%

Next $2 billion

0.035%

Over $6 billion

0.025%

Diversified Fixed Income Portfolio

SSgA FM

First $500 million

0.070%

Next $1.5 billion

0.055%

Next $2 billion

0.045%

Next $2 billion

0.035%

Over $6 billion

0.025%

Short-Term Investment Portfolio

Wells Capital Management

First $1 billion

0.05%

Next $2 billion

0.03%

Next $3 billion

0.02%

Over $6 billion

0.01%

Portfolio Managers

The following information supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the section in each Prospectus entitled "Portfolio Managers." The information in this section is provided as of February 28, 2015, the most recent fiscal year end for the Funds managed by the portfolio managers listed below (each a "Portfolio Manager" and together, the "Portfolio Managers"). The Portfolio Managers manage the investment activities of the Funds on a day-to-day basis as follows.

Sub-Adviser

Portfolio Managers

GIA

Rodney H. Alldredge
James P. Lauder
Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Management of Other Accounts . The following table(s) provide information relating to other accounts managed by the Portfolio Manager(s). The table(s) do not include the Funds or any personal brokerage accounts of the Portfolio Manager(s) and their families.

 

Rodney H. Alldredge

Registered Investment Companies

Number of Accounts

0

Total Assets Managed

$0

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

Number of Accounts

17

Total Assets Managed

$6.07 Billion

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Other Accounts

Number of Accounts

2

Total Assets Managed

$14.81 Million

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

 

James P. Lauder

Registered Investment Companies

Number of Accounts

0

Total Assets Managed

$0

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

Number of Accounts

17

Total Assets Managed

$6.07 Billion

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Other Accounts

Number of Accounts

2

Total Assets Managed

$14.81 Million

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

 

Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Registered Investment Companies

Number of Accounts

0

Total Assets Managed

$0

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Other Pooled Investment Vehicles

Number of Accounts

17

Total Assets Managed

$6.07 Billion

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Other Accounts

Number of Accounts

2

Total Assets Managed

$14.81 Million

Number of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

0

Assets of Accounts Subject to Performance Fee

$0

Material Conflicts of Interest. The Portfolio Managers face inherent conflicts of interest in their day-to-day management of the Funds and other accounts because the Funds may have different investment objectives, strategies and risk profiles than the other accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers. For instance, to the extent that the Portfolio Managers manage accounts with different investment strategies than the Funds, they may from time to time be inclined to purchase securities, including initial public offerings, for one account but not for the Funds. Additionally, some of the accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers may have different fee structures, including performance fees, which are or have the potential to be higher or lower, in some cases significantly higher or lower, than the fees paid by the Funds. The differences in fee structures may provide an incentive to the Portfolio Managers to allocate more favorable trades to the higher-paying accounts.

To minimize the effects of these inherent conflicts of interest, the Sub-Adviser has adopted and implemented policies and procedures, including brokerage and trade allocation policies and procedures, that it believes address the potential conflicts associated with managing portfolios for multiple clients and are designed to ensure that all clients are treated fairly and equitably. Accordingly, security block purchases are allocated to all accounts with similar objectives in a fair and equitable manner. Furthermore, the Sub-Adviser has adopted a Code of Ethics under Rule 17j-1 of the 1940 Act and Rule 204A-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (the "Advisers Act") to address potential conflicts associated with managing the Funds and any personal accounts the Portfolio Managers may maintain.

GIA . GIA, as a fiduciary, has an affirmative duty of care, loyalty, honesty, and good faith to act in the best interests of its clients. Compliance with this duty can be achieved by trying to avoid conflicts of interest and by fully disclosing all material facts concerning any conflict that does arise with respect to any client. None of the Portfolio Managers of GIA have experienced material conflicts of interest in managing multiple accounts.

Conflicts of interest may arise where the firm or its supervised persons have reason to favor the interests of one client over another client (e.g., larger accounts over smaller accounts, accounts compensated by lower ticket charges to the Investment Adviser. Representative over accounts not so compensated, accounts in which employees have made material personal investments, accounts of close friends or relatives of supervised persons). GIA specifically prohibits inappropriate favoritism of one client over another client that would constitute a breach of fiduciary duty.

GIA prohibits access persons from using knowledge about pending or currently considered securities transactions for clients to profit personally, directly or indirectly, as a result of such transactions. In order to avoid any potential conflict of interest between GIA and its clients, securities transactions for the accounts of access persons in the same security as that purchased/sold for advisory accounts are restricted by GIA's Code of Ethics.

GIA specifically prohibits supervised persons from knowingly selling to or purchasing from a client any security or other property, except securities issued by the client.

Compensation. The Portfolio Managers were compensated by the Sub-Adviser from the fees the Funds Management paid the Sub-Adviser using the following compensation structure:

GIA Compensation . As Portfolio Managers of index products, compensation for the Portfolio Managers is not based on performance of the Funds. Salaries are fixed and based on the roles and responsibilities within GIA. Bonuses may be awarded based on contributions to GIA meeting its corporate goals and profitability.

Beneficial Ownership in the Funds. The following table shows for each Portfolio Manager the dollar value of Fund equity securities beneficially owned by the Portfolio Manager, stated as one of the following ranges:

$0;
$1 - $10,000;
$10,001 - $50,000;
$50,001 - $100,000;
$100,001 - $500,000;
$500,001 - $1,000,000; and
over $1,000,000.

 

Portfolio Manager Fund Holdings

Portfolio Manager

Fund

Dollar Range of Holdings in Fund

Rodney H. Alldredge

Target Today Fund
Target 2010 Fund
Target 2015 Fund
Target 2020 Fund
Target 2025 Fund
Target 2030 Fund
Target 2035 Fund
Target 2040 Fund
Target 2045 Fund
Target 2050 Fund
Target 2055 Fund
Target 2060 Fund

$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0

James P. Lauder

Target Today Fund
Target 2010 Fund
Target 2015 Fund
Target 2020 Fund
Target 2025 Fund
Target 2030 Fund
Target 2035 Fund
Target 2040 Fund
Target 2045 Fund
Target 2050 Fund
Target 2055 Fund
Target 2060 Fund

$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$100,001- $500,000
$0
$0

Paul T. Torregrosa, PhD

Target Today Fund
Target 2010 Fund
Target 2015 Fund
Target 2020 Fund
Target 2025 Fund
Target 2030 Fund
Target 2035 Fund
Target 2040 Fund
Target 2045 Fund
Target 2050 Fund
Target 2055 Fund
Target 2060 Fund

$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$0
$100,001- $500,000
$0

Distributor

Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (the "Distributor"), an affiliate of Funds Management located at 525 Market Street, San Francisco, California 94105, serves as the distributor to the Funds.

The Funds that offer Class B, Class C and Class R shares have adopted a distribution plan (a "Plan") under Section 12(b) of the 1940 Act and Rule 12b-1 thereunder (the "Rule") for their Class B, Class C and Class R shares. The Plan was adopted by the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees who had no direct or indirect financial interest in the operation of the Plan or in any agreement related to the Plan.

Under the Plan and pursuant to the related Distribution Agreement, the Class B, Class C and Class R shares of these Funds pay the Distributor, on a monthly basis, an annual fee of up to 0.75%, 0.75% and 0.25%, respectively, of the average daily net assets attributable to each class as compensation for distribution-related services or as reimbursement for distribution-related expenses.

The actual fee payable to the Distributor by these Funds and classes is determined, within such limit, from time to time by mutual agreement between the Trust and the Distributor and will not exceed the maximum sales charges payable by mutual funds sold by members of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority ("FINRA") under the Conduct Rules of the National Association of Securities Dealers. The Distributor may enter into selling agreements with one or more broker-dealers under which such broker-dealers may receive compensation for distribution-related services from the Distributor, including, but not limited to, commissions or other payments to such agents based on the average daily net assets of Fund shares attributable to their customers. The Trustees believe that these relationships and distribution channels provide potential for increased Fund assets and ultimately corresponding economic efficiencies (i.e., lower per-share transaction costs and fixed expenses) that are generated by increased assets under management. While Class B shares are closed to new investors and additional investments (except in connection with reinvestment of distributions and permitted exchanges), the Distributor may use the fees payable by such shares under the Plan to make payments to selling or servicing agents for past sales and distribution efforts. In addition to payments received from the Fund, selling or servicing agents may receive significant additional payments directly from Funds Management in connection with the sale of Fund shares. The Distributor may retain any portion of the total distribution fee payable thereunder to compensate it for distribution-related services provided by it or to reimburse it for other distribution-related expenses.

For the fiscal year ended February 28, 2015, the Funds indicated paid the Distributor the following fees for distribution-related services. The Distributor's distribution-related revenues from the Plan may be more or less than distribution-related expenses incurred during the period. As a result, the compensation paid to broker/dealers by the Distributor may exceed the compensation paid to the Distributor by the Fund.

Distribution Fees

Fund

Total Distribution Fee Paid by Fund

Compensation Paid to Distributor

Compensation to Broker/Dealers

Other 1

Target Today Fund

Class B

$209

$0

$0

$209

Class C

$28,860

$3,525

$25,335

$0

Class R

$66

$66

$0

$0

Target 2010 Fund

Class B

$375

$0

$0

$375

Class C

$21,487

$3,490

$17,997

$0

Class R

$70

$70

$0

$0

Target 2015 Fund

Class R

$72

$72

$0

$0

Target 2020 Fund

Class B

$1,195

$0

$0

$1,195

Class C

$40,326

$10,039

$30,287

$0

Class R

$226

$226

$0

$0

Target 2025 Fund

Class R

$254

$254

$0

$0

Target 2030 Fund

Class B

$1,337

$0

$0

$1,337

Class C

$34,237

$8,205

$26,032

$0

Class R

$186

$186

$0

$0

Target 2035 Fund

Class R

$73

$73

$0

$0

Target 2040 Fund

Class B

$1,320

$0

$0

$1,320

Class C

$40,457

$10,653

$29,804

$0

Class R

$102

$102

$0

$0

Target 2045 Fund

Class R

$74

$74

$0

$0

Target 2050 Fund

Class C

$3,262

$3,262

$0

$0

Class R

$74

$74

$0

$0

Target 2055 Fund

Class R

$74

$74

$0

$0

The Distributor had entered into an arrangement whereby sales commissions payable to broker-dealers with respect to sales of Class B shares of the Funds were financed by an unaffiliated third party lender. Under this financing arrangement, the Distributor may have assigned certain amounts that it was entitled to receive pursuant to the Plan to the third party lender, as reimbursement and consideration for these payments. Funds Management purchased the rights and title to all payments due to the third party lender and is now entitled to receive payments under the Plan.

Shareholder Servicing Agent

The Funds have approved a Shareholder Servicing Plan and have entered into a related Shareholder Servicing Agreement with the Distributor and Funds Management. Under this agreement, the Distributor and Funds Management are authorized to perform services for customers, or to engage third parties to perform services for customers under Administrative and Shareholder Services Agreements. Under these agreements, third parties agree to perform, as agents for their customers, administrative services, with respect to Fund shares, which include aggregating and transmitting shareholder orders for purchases, exchanges and redemptions; maintaining shareholder accounts and records; and providing such other related services as the Trust or a shareholder may reasonably request. For providing these services, an agent is entitled to an annual fee from the applicable Fund of up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Administrator Class and Investor Class shares and up to 0.10% of the average daily net assets of the Class R4 shares owned of record or beneficially by the customers of the agent during the period for which payment is being made. The Shareholder Servicing Plan, related Shareholder Servicing Agreement, and form of Administrative and Shareholder Services Agreement were approved by the Trustees and provide that a Fund shall not be obligated to make any payments under such plans or related agreements that exceed the maximum amounts payable under the Conduct Rules enforced by FINRA.

General . The Shareholder Servicing Plan will continue in effect from year to year if such continuance is approved by a majority vote of the Trustees and the Independent Trustees. Any form of Shareholder Servicing Agreement related to the Shareholder Servicing Plan also must be approved by such vote of the Trustees and the Independent Trustees. Shareholder Servicing Agreements may be terminated at any time, without payment of any penalty, by a vote of a majority of the Board, including a majority of the Independent Trustees. No material amendment to the Shareholder Servicing Plan or related Shareholder Servicing Agreements may be made except by a majority of both the Trustees of the Trust and the Independent Trustees.

The Shareholder Servicing Plan requires that the Administrator of the Trust shall provide to the Trustees, and the Trustees shall review, at least quarterly, a written report of the amounts expended (and purposes therefore) under the Shareholder Servicing Plan.

Transfer and Distribution Disbursing Agent

Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. ("BFDS"), located at Two Thousand Crown Colony Drive, Quincy, Massachusetts 02169, acts as transfer and distribution disbursing agent for the Fund. For providing such services, BFDS is entitled to receive fees from the Administrator.

Underwriting Commissions

The Distributor serves as the principal underwriter distributing securities of the Funds on a continuous basis.

For the fiscal periods listed below, the aggregate amounts of underwriting commissions paid to and retained by the Distributor are as follows:

Underwriting Commissions

Fund/Fiscal Year End

Aggregate Total Underwriting Commissions

Underwriting Commissions Retained

February 28, 2015

Target Today Fund

$966

$966

Target 2010 Fund

$2,113

$2,113

Target 2015 Fund

$1,411

$1,411

Target 2020 Fund

$4,242

$4,242

Target 2025 Fund

$2,293

$2,293

Target 2030 Fund

$10,975

$10,946

Target 2035 Fund

$1,765

$1,765

Target 2040 Fund

$4,517

$4,498

Target 2045 Fund

$1,523

$1,523

Target 2050 Fund

$4,673

$4,673

Target 2055 Fund

$549

$549

February 28, 2014

Target Today Fund

$651

$651

Target 2010 Fund

$1,263

$1,046

Target 2015 Fund

$184

$184

Target 2020 Fund

$3,535

$3,484

Target 2025 Fund

$1,747

$1,747

Target 2030 Fund

$3,555

$3,525

Target 2035 Fund

$105

$105

Target 2040 Fund

$7,680

$6,468

Target 2045 Fund

$557

$557

Target 2050 Fund

$247

$247

Target 2055 Fund

$18

$18

February 28, 2013

Target Today Fund

$662

$606

Target 2010 Fund

$1,471

$640

Target 2015 Fund

$22

$22

Target 2020 Fund

$1,855

$1,151

Target 2025 Fund

$678

$678

Target 2030 Fund

$1,452

$1,266

Target 2035 Fund

$8

$8

Target 2040 Fund

$3,712

$2,905

Target 2045 Fund

$0

$0

Target 2050 Fund

$0

$0

Target 2055 Fund

$0

$0

Custodian and Fund Accountant

State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street"), located at State Street Financial Center, One Lincoln Street Boston, Massachusetts 02111, acts as Custodian and fund accountant for the Funds. As Custodian, State Street, among other things, maintains a custody account or accounts in the name of each Fund, handles the receipt and delivery of securities, selects and monitors foreign sub custodians as the Fund's global custody manager, determines income and collects interest on each Fund's investments and maintains certain books and records. As fund accountant, State Street is responsible for calculating each Fund's daily net asset value per share and for maintaining its portfolio and general accounting records. For its services, State Street is entitled to receive certain transaction fees, asset-based fees and out-of-pocket costs, except that for the Funds custody charges are assessed at the master portfolio level only.

Code of Ethics

The Fund Complex, the Manager, the Distributor and the Sub-Adviser each has adopted a code of ethics which contains policies on personal securities transactions by "access persons" as defined in each of the codes. These policies comply with Rule 17j-1 under the 1940 Act and Rule 204A-1 under the Advisers Act, as applicable. Each code of ethics, among other things, permits access persons to invest in certain securities, subject to various restrictions and requirements. More specifically, each code of ethics either prohibits its access persons from purchasing or selling securities that may be purchased or held by a Fund or permits such access persons to purchase or sell such securities, subject to certain restrictions. Such restrictions do not apply to purchases or sales of certain types of securities, including shares of open-end investment companies that are unaffiliated with the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds family, money market instruments and certain U.S. Government securities. To facilitate enforcement, the codes of ethics generally require that an access person, other than "disinterested" directors or trustees, submit reports to a designated compliance person regarding transactions involving securities which are eligible for purchase by a Fund. The codes of ethics for the Fund Complex, the Manager, the Distributor and the Sub-Adviser are on public file with, and are available from, the SEC.

DETERMINATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

The NAV per share for each Fund is determined as of the close of regular trading (generally 4:00 p.m. (Eastern time)) on each day the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is open for business. Expenses and fees, including advisory fees, are accrued daily and are taken into account for the purpose of determining the NAV of each Fund's shares.

Each Fund's investments are generally valued at current market prices. Securities are generally valued based on the last sales price during the regular trading session if the security trades on an exchange ("closing price"). Securities that are not traded primarily on an exchange generally are valued using latest quoted bid prices obtained by an independent pricing service. Securities listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., however, are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price ("NOCP"), and if no NOCP is available, then at the last reported sales price. A Fund is required to depart from these general valuation methods and use fair value pricing methods to determine the value of certain investments if it is determined that the closing price or the latest quoted bid price of a security, including securities that trade primarily on a foreign exchange, does not accurately reflect its current value when the Fund calculates its NAV. In addition, we also use fair value pricing to determine the value of investments in securities and other assets, including illiquid securities, for which current market quotations are not readily available. The closing price or the latest quoted bid price of a security may not reflect its current value if, among other things, a significant event occurs after the closing price or latest quoted bid price but before a Fund calculates its NAV that materially affects the value of the security. We use various criteria, including a systematic evaluation of U.S. market moves after the close of foreign markets, in deciding whether a foreign security's market price is still reliable and, if not, what fair market value to assign to the security. With respect to any portion of a Fund's assets that are invested in other mutual funds, the Fund's NAV is calculated based upon the net asset values of the other mutual funds in which the Fund invests, and the prospectuses for those companies explain the circumstances under which those companies will use fair value pricing and the effects of using fair value pricing. In light of the judgment involved in fair value decisions, there can be no assurance that a fair value assigned to a particular security is accurate. Such fair value pricing may result in NAVs that are higher or lower than NAVs based on the closing price or latest quoted bid price.

Money market instruments and debt instruments maturing in 60 days or less generally are valued at amortized cost. Futures contracts will be marked to market daily at their respective settlement prices determined by the relevant exchange. Prices may be furnished by a reputable independent pricing service. Prices provided by an independent pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices and may take into account appropriate factors such as institutional-size trading in similar groups of securities, yield, quality, coupon rate, maturity, type of issue, trading characteristics and other market data.

For a Fund that invests directly in foreign securities, portfolio securities are generally valued on the basis of quotations from the primary market in which they are traded. However, if, in the judgment of the Board, a security's value has been materially affected by events occurring after the close of the exchange or the market on which the security is principally traded (for example, a foreign exchange or market), that security may be valued by another method that the Board believes accurately reflects fair value. A security's valuation may differ depending on the method used to determine its value.

ADDITIONAL PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION INFORMATION

Shares of the Funds may be purchased on any day a Fund is open for business. Generally, each Fund is open for business each day the NYSE is open for trading (a "Business Day"). The NYSE is currently scheduled to be closed in observance of New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Washington's Birthday, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day (each a "Holiday"). When any Holiday falls on a weekend, the NYSE typically is closed on the weekday immediately before or after such Holiday.

Purchase orders for a Fund received before such Fund's NAV calculation time, generally are processed at such time on that Business Day. Purchase orders received after a Fund's NAV calculation time generally are processed at such Fund's NAV calculation time on the next Business Day. Selling Agents may establish earlier cut-off times for processing your order. Requests received by a Selling Agent after the applicable cut-off time will be processed on the next Business Day. On any day the NYSE closes early, the Funds will close early. On these days, the NAV calculation time and the distribution, purchase and redemption cut-off times for the Funds may be earlier than their stated NAV calculation time described above.

Payment for shares may, in the discretion of the Manager, be made in the form of securities that are permissible investments for the Fund. For further information about this form of payment, please contact the Distributor. In connection with an in-kind securities payment, the Funds will require, among other things, that the securities be valued on the day of purchase in accordance with the pricing methods used by a Fund and that such Fund receives satisfactory assurances that (i) it will have good and marketable title to the securities received by it; (ii) that the securities are in proper form for transfer to the Fund; and (iii) adequate information will be provided concerning the basis and other matters relating to the securities.

Each Fund reserves the right to reject any purchase orders, and under the 1940 Act, may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment upon redemption for any period during which the NYSE is closed (other than customary weekend and holiday closings), or during which trading is restricted, or during which, as determined by SEC rule, regulation or order, an emergency exists as a result of which disposal or valuation of portfolio securities is not reasonably practicable, or for such periods as the SEC may permit. The Fund may also redeem shares involuntarily or make payment for redemption in securities or other property if it appears appropriate to do so in light of the Fund's responsibilities under the 1940 Act. In addition, the Fund may redeem shares involuntarily to reimburse the Fund for any losses sustained by reason of the failure of a shareholder to make full payment for shares purchased or to collect any charge relating to a transaction effected for the benefit of a shareholder which is applicable to shares of the Fund as provided from time to time in the Prospectuses.

The Dealer Reallowance for Purchases of Class A Shares is as Follows:

Amount of Purchase

Front-End Sales Charge as %
of Public Offering Price

Front-End Sales Charge as %
of Net Amount Invested

Dealer
Reallowance
as % of
Public
Offering
Price

Less than $50,000

5.75%

6.10%

5.00%

$50,000 - $99,999

4.75%

4.99%

4.00%

$100,000 - $249,999

3.75%

3.90%

3.00%

$250,000 - $499,999

2.75%

2.83%

2.25%

$500,000 - $999,999

2.00%

2.04%

1.75%

$1,000,000 and over 1

0.00%

0.00%

1.00%

We will assess a 1.00% CDSC on Class A share purchases of $1,000,000 or more if they are redeemed within eighteen months from the date of purchase. Certain exceptions apply (see "CDSC Waivers"). The CDSC percentage you pay is applied to the NAV of the shares on the date of
original purchase.

Computation Of Class A Offering Price. Class A shares are sold at their NAV plus a sales charge. Below is an example of the method of computing the offering price of Class A shares of each Fund. The example assumes a purchase of Class A shares of each Fund aggregating less than $50,000 based upon the NAV of each Fund's Class A shares as of its most recent fiscal year end.

 

Computation of Class A Offering Price

Fund

Net Asset Value Per Share

Sales Charge Per Share 1

Offering Price Per Share

Target 2010 (A)

$13.16

5.75%

$13.96

Target 2015 (A)

$10.40

5.75%

$11.03

Target 2020 (A)

$15.24

5.75%

$16.17

Target 2025 (A)

$10.69

5.75%

$11.34

Target 2030 (A)

$16.97

5.75%

$18.01

Target 2035 (A)

$11.32

5.75%

$12.01

Target 2040 (A)

$19.53

5.75%

$20.72

Target 2045 (A)

$11.85

5.75%

$12.57

Target 2050 (A)

$11.34

5.75%

$12.03

Target 2055 (A)

$13.28

5.75%

$14.09

Target Today (A)

$10.81

5.75%

$11.47

The sales charge you pay may differ slightly from the amounts listed here due to rounding calculations.

Online Purchases and Redemptions for Existing Wells Fargo Advantage Funds Account Holders . All shareholders with an existing Wells Fargo Advantage Funds account may purchase additional shares of funds or classes of funds within the Wells Fargo Advantage family of funds that they already own and redeem existing shares online. For purchases, such account holders must have a bank account linked to their Wells Fargo Advantage Funds account. Redemptions may be deposited into a linked bank account or mailed via check to the shareholder's address of record. Online account access is available for institutional clients. Shareholders should contact Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 or log on at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com for further details. Shareholders who hold their shares in a brokerage account should contact their selling agent.

Extraordinary Circumstances Affecting Redemptions . Under the extraordinary circumstances discussed under Section 22(e) under the 1940 Act, we may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the date of payment of a redemption for longer than seven days for each Fund. Generally, those extraordinary circumstances are when: (i) the NYSE is closed or trading thereon is restricted; (ii) an emergency exists which makes the disposal by a Fund of securities it owns, or the fair determination of the value of the Fund's net assets not reasonable or practical; or (iii) the SEC, by order, permits the suspension of the right of redemption for the protection of shareholders.

Purchases and Redemptions Through Brokers and/or Their Affiliates . A broker may charge transaction fees on the purchase and/or sale of Fund shares in addition to those fees described in the Prospectuses in the Summary of Expenses. The Trust has authorized one or more brokers to receive on its behalf purchase and redemption orders, and such brokers are authorized to designate other intermediaries to receive purchase and redemption orders on the Trust's behalf. The Trust will be deemed to have received a purchase or redemption order for Fund shares when an authorized broker or, if applicable, a broker's authorized designee, receives the order, and such orders will be priced at the Fund's NAV next calculated after they are received by the authorized broker or the broker's designee.

Waiver of Minimum Initial Investment Amount for Investor Class Shares for Eligible Investors . An eligible investor (as defined below) may purchase Investor Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds without meeting the minimum initial investment amount if the eligible investor participates in a $50 monthly automatic investment purchase plan. Eligible investors include: Current and retired employees, directors/trustees and officers of: (i) Wells Fargo Advantage Funds (including any predecessor funds) and (ii) Wells Fargo & Company and its affiliates; and Family members, as defined in the prospectus, of any of the above.

Reduced Sales Charges for Former C&B Portfolio Shareholders . Shareholders who purchased shares of the C&B Portfolios directly from the C&B Portfolios, and who became Wells Fargo Advantage Fund shareholders in the reorganization between the Advisors' Inner Circle Fund and the Trust effective July 26, 2004 may purchase Class A shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund and any unnamed shares of WealthBuilder Portfolios at NAV. However, beginning on July 1, 2013, this privilege will only be available to those former C&B Portfolio shareholders whose shares are held directly with the Fund. Please see your account representative for details.

Reduced Sales Charges for Former Montgomery Fund Shareholders . Former Montgomery Fund Class P and Class R shareholders who purchased their shares directly from the Montgomery Funds and became Wells Fargo Advantage Fund shareholders in the reorganization, may purchase Class A shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund, and any unnamed shares of WealthBuilder Portfolios at NAV. However, beginning on July 1, 2013, this privilege will only be available to those former Montgomery Fund shareholders whose shares are held directly with the Fund. Shareholders who did not purchase such shares directly from the Montgomery Funds may purchase additional shares in the respective acquiring Wells Fargo Advantage Fund at NAV. However, beginning on July 1, 2013, this privilege will only be available to those former Montgomery Fund shareholders whose shares are held directly with the Fund.

Reduced Sales Charges for Certain Former Advisor Class Shareholders. Investors who held Advisor Class shares of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund at the close of business on June 20, 2008 (the "Eligibility Time"), so long as the following conditions are met: (1) any purchases at NAV are limited to Class A shares of the same Fund in which the investor held Advisor Class shares at the Eligibility Time; (2) share purchases are made in the same account through which the investor held Advisor Class shares at the Eligibility Time; (3) the owner of the account remains the same as the account owner at the Eligibility Time; and (4) following the Eligibility Time, the account maintains a positive account balance at some time during a period of at least six months in length. Investors who held Advisor Class shares at the Eligibility Time are also eligible to exchange their Class A shares for Class A shares of another Wells Fargo Advantage Fund without imposition of any Class A sales charges and would be eligible to make additional purchases of Class A shares of such other Fund at NAV in the account holding the shares received in exchange. The eligibility of such investors that hold Fund shares through an account maintained by a financial institution is also subject to the following additional limitation. In the event that such an investor's relationship with and/or the services such investor receives from the financial institution subsequently change, such investor shall thereafter no longer be eligible to purchase Class A shares at NAV. Please consult with your financial representative for further details.

Reduced Sales Charges for Certain Former Evergreen Fund Shareholders . Former Evergreen Class IS shareholders who received Class A shares of a Fund as a result of a reorganization can continue to purchase Class A shares of that Fund and any other Wells Fargo Advantage Fund purchased subsequently by exchange at NAV, without paying the customary sales load, after which subsequent purchases of shares of the subsequent Fund may also be made at NAV. However, beginning on July 31, 2012, this privilege will only be available to those former Evergreen Fund shareholders whose shares are held directly with the Fund.

Former Evergreen Class R shareholders who received Class A shares of a Fund as a result of a reorganization can continue to purchase Class A shares of that Fund and any other Wells Fargo Advantage Fund purchased subsequently by exchange at NAV, without paying the customary sales load, after which subsequent purchases of shares of the subsequent Fund may also be made at NAV. However, beginning on July 31, 2012, this privilege will only be available to those former Evergreen Fund shareholders whose shares are held directly with the Fund.

Certain investors in acquired funds who became investors in the Evergreen Funds and subsequently became Wells Fargo Advantage Fund shareholders in a reorganization, including former Class IS shareholders of Evergreen Strategic Value Fund and Evergreen Limited Duration Fund, former Investor Class shareholders of Undiscovered Managers Funds, former shareholders of the GMO Global Balanced Allocation Fund, the GMO Pelican Fund and America's Utility Fund, former shareholders of an Atlas Fund and shareholders of record on October 12, 1990 (and members of their immediate families) in any series of the Salem Funds in existence on that date, may purchase Class A shares of any Wells Fargo Advantage Fund, and any unnamed shares of WealthBuilder Portfolios at NAV. However, beginning on July 1, 2013, this privilege will only be available to those former Evergreen Fund shareholders whose shares are held directly with the Fund.

Reduced Sales Charges for Affiliated Funds . Any affiliated fund that invests in a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund may purchase Class A shares of such Fund at NAV.

Reduced Sales Charges for Certain Holders of Class C Shares . No CDSC is imposed on redemptions of Class C shares where a Fund did not pay a sales commission at the time of purchase.

Investors Eligible to Acquire Class B Shares . Class B shares are closed to new investors and additional investments from existing shareholders, except that existing shareholders of Class B shares may reinvest any distributions into Class B shares and exchange their Class B shares for Class B shares of other Wells Fargo Advantage Funds (as permitted by current exchange privilege rules, except specified persons may acquire Class B shares of a Fund in connection with the closing of a reorganization and except specified persons may acquire Class B shares of a Fund in connection with the closing of a reorganization). No new or subsequent investments, including through automatic investment plans, will be allowed in Class B shares of the Funds, except through a distribution reinvestment or permitted exchange, or in connection with the closing of a reorganization.

Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charge for certain Class B Shareholders . For Class B shares purchased after May 18, 1999, for former Norwest Advantage Funds shareholders and after July 17, 1999 for former Stagecoach Funds shareholders, for all Class B shares purchased after November 8, 1999, no CDSC is imposed on withdrawals that meet both of the following circumstances:

withdrawals are made by participating in the Systematic Withdrawal Plan; and

withdrawals do not exceed 10% of your Fund assets (limit for Class B shares calculated annually based on your anniversary date in the Systematic Withdrawal Plan).

Elimination of Minimum Initial Investment Amount for Administrator Class Shares for Eligible Investors. An "Eligible Investor" (as defined below) may purchase Administrator Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds without meeting the minimum initial investment amount. Eligible Investors include:

Clients of sub-advisers to those Funds which offer an Administrator Class who are clients of such subadvisers at the time of their purchase of such Administrator Class shares;

Clients of Wells Capital Management who are clients of Wells Capital Management at the time of their purchase of Administrator Class shares; and

Clients of Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement Trust (IRT) who are clients of IRT at the time of their purchase of Administrator Class shares.

Related shareholders or shareholder accounts may be aggregated in order to meet the minimum initial investment requirement for Administrator Class shares. The following are examples of relationships that may qualify for aggregation:

Related business entities, including: (i) corporations and their subsidiaries; (ii) general and limited partners; and (iii) other business entities under common ownership or control.

Shareholder accounts that share a common tax-id number.

Accounts over which the shareholder has individual or shared authority to buy or sell shares on behalf of the account (i.e., a trust account or a solely owned business account).

Any of the minimum initial investment waivers listed above may be modified or discontinued at any time.

Elimination of Minimum Initial Investment Amount for Institutional Class Shares for Eligible Investors. An "Eligible Investor" (as defined below) may purchase Institutional Class shares of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds without meeting the minimum initial investment amount. Eligible Investors include:

Clients of sub-advisers to those Funds which offer an Institutional Class who are clients of such sub-advisers at the time of their purchase of such Institutional Class shares;

Clients of Wells Capital Management who are clients of Wells Capital Management at the time of their purchase of Institutional Class shares; and

Clients of Wells Fargo Institutional Retirement Trust (IRT) who are clients of IRT at the time of their purchase of Institutional Class shares.

Related shareholders or shareholder accounts may be aggregated in order to meet the minimum initial investment requirement for Institutional Class shares. The following are examples of relationships that may qualify for aggregation:

Related business entities, including: (i) corporations and their subsidiaries; (ii) general and limited partners; and (iii) other business entities under common ownership or control.

Shareholder accounts that share a common tax-id number.

Accounts over which the shareholder has individual or shared authority to buy or sell shares on behalf of the account (i.e., a trust account or a solely owned business account). 

Former Institutional Class shareholders of an Evergreen Fund (including former Class Y shareholders of an Evergreen Fund, former SouthTrust shareholders and former Vestaur Securities Fund shareholders who became Institutional Class shareholders of an Evergreen Fund) who received Institutional Class shares of a Wells Fargo Advantage Fund in connection with the reorganization of their Evergreen Fund. Such investors may purchase Institutional Class shares at their former minimum investment amount.

Any of the minimum initial investment waivers listed above may be modified or discontinued at any time.

Waiver of Minimum Initial and Subsequent Investment Amounts for All Share Classes for Special Operational Accounts . Shares of any and all share classes of the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds may be acquired in special operational accounts (as defined below) without meeting the applicable minimum initial or subsequent investment amounts. Special operational accounts are designated accounts held by Funds Management or its affiliate that are used exclusively for addressing operational matters related to shareholder accounts, such as testing of account functions.

Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents. Set forth below is a list of the member firms of FINRA to which the Manager, the Distributor or their affiliates made payments out of their revenues in connection with the sale and distribution of shares of the Funds or for services to the Funds and their shareholders in the year ending December 31, 2014 ("Additional Payments"). (Such payments are in addition to any amounts paid to such FINRA firms in the form of dealer reallowances or fees for shareholder servicing or distribution. The payments are discussed in further detail in the Prospectuses under the title "Compensation to Dealers and Shareholder Servicing Agents"). Any additions, modifications, or deletions to the member firms identified in this list that have occurred since December 31, 2014, are not reflected:

FINRA member firms

Academy Securities, Inc.

ADP Broker-Dealer, Inc.

Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc.

Barclays Capital, Inc.

BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC

Boenning & Scattergood, Inc.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Charles Schwab & Co., Inc.

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Commonwealth Equity Services, Inc.

DWS Investments Distributors, Inc.

Edward D. Jones & Co., L.P.

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC

Fifth Third Securities, Inc.

Goldman, Sachs & Co.

GWFS Equities, Inc.

Hartford Securities Distribution Company, Inc.

H.D. Vest Investment Securities, Inc.

Hewitt Financial Services, LLC

Hightower Securities, LLC

ING Investment Advisors LLC

Investacorp, Inc.

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC

J.J.B. Hilliard, W. L. Lyons, LLC

J.P. Morgan Clearing Corp

Lincoln Investment Planning, Inc.

LPL Financial LLC

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Incorporated

Merriman Capital, Inc.

Mid Atlantic Capital Corporation

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

MSCS Financial Services, LLC

Nationwide Investment Services, Corporation

Oak Tree Securities, Inc.

Oppenheimer & Co. Inc.

Pershing LLC

PNC Capital Markets LLC

Raymond James & Associates, Inc.

Raymond James Financial Services, Inc.

RBC Capital Markets, LLC

Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated

Ross, Sinclaire & Associates, LLC

Securities America, Inc.

Security Distributors, Inc.

State Street Global Markets, LLC

Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated

TD Ameritrade, Inc.

Treasury Curve, LLC

Triad Advisors, Inc.

UBS Financial Services, Inc.

VALIC Financial Advisors, Inc.

Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Wells Fargo Securities, LLC

Wells Fargo Investments, LLC

In addition to member firms of FINRA, Additional Payments are also made to other selling and shareholder servicing agents, and to affiliates of selling and shareholder servicing agents that sell shares of or provide services to the Funds and their shareholders, such as banks, insurance companies and plan administrators. These firms are not included on the list above, although they may be affiliated with companies on the above list.

Also not included on the list above are other subsidiaries of Wells Fargo & Company who may receive revenue from the Manager, the Distributor or their affiliates through intra-company compensation arrangements and for financial, distribution, administrative and operational services.

PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS

The Trust has no obligation to deal with any broker-dealer or group of broker-dealers in the execution of transactions in portfolio securities. Subject to the supervision of the Board and the supervision of the Manager, the Sub-Advisers are responsible for the Funds' portfolio decisions and the placing of portfolio transactions. In placing orders, it is the policy of the Sub-Advisers to obtain the best overall results taking into account various factors, including, but not limited to, the size and type of transaction involved; the broker-dealer's risk in positioning the securities involved; the nature and character of the market for the security; the confidentiality, speed and certainty of effective execution required for the transaction, the general execution and operational capabilities of the broker-dealer; the reputation, reliability, experience and financial condition of the firm, the value and quality of the services rendered by the firm in this and other transactions; and the reasonableness of the spread or commission. While the Sub-Advisers generally seek reasonably competitive spreads or commissions, the Funds will not necessarily be paying the lowest spread or commission available.

Purchases and sales of equity securities on a securities exchange are effected through broker-dealers who charge a negotiated commission for their services. Orders may be directed to any broker-dealer including, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, affiliated broker-dealers. However, the Funds and Funds Management have adopted a policy pursuant to Rule 12b- 1(h) under the 1940 Act that prohibits the Funds from directing portfolio brokerage to brokers who sell Fund shares as compensation for such selling efforts. In the over-the-counter market, securities are generally traded on a "net" basis with broker-dealers acting as principal for their own accounts without a stated commission, although the price of the security usually includes a profit to the broker-dealer. In underwritten offerings, securities are purchased at a fixed price that includes an amount of compensation to the underwriter, generally referred to as the underwriter's concession or discount.

In placing orders for portfolio securities of the Fund, the Fund's Sub-Adviser is required to give primary consideration to obtaining the most favorable price and efficient execution. This means that the Sub-Adviser will seek to execute each transaction at a price and commission, if any, that provide the most favorable total cost or proceeds reasonably attainable in the circumstances. Commission rates are established pursuant to negotiations with the broker-dealer based, in part, on the quality and quantity of execution services provided by the broker-dealer and in the light of generally prevailing rates. Furthermore, the Manager oversees the trade execution procedures of the Sub-Adviser to ensure that such procedures are in place, that they are adhered to, and that adjustments are made to the procedures to address ongoing changes in the marketplace.

The Sub-Adviser may, in circumstances in which two or more broker-dealers are in a position to offer comparable results for a portfolio transaction, give preference to a broker-dealer that has provided statistical or other research services to the Sub-Adviser. In selecting a broker-dealer under these circumstances, the Sub-Adviser will consider, in addition to the factors listed above, the quality of the research provided by the broker-dealer.

The Sub-Adviser may pay higher commissions than those obtainable from other broker-dealers in exchange for such research services. The research services generally include: (1) furnishing advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of investing in, purchasing, or selling securities, and the advisability of securities or purchasers or sellers of securities; (2) furnishing analyses and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and trends, portfolio strategy, and the performance of accounts; and (3) effecting securities transactions and performing functions incidental thereto. By allocating transactions in this manner, a Sub-Adviser is able to supplement its research and analysis with the views and information of securities firms. Information so received will be in addition to, and not in lieu of, the services required to be performed by the Sub-Adviser under the advisory contracts, and the expenses of the Sub-Adviser will not necessarily be reduced as a result of the receipt of this supplemental research information. Furthermore, research services furnished by broker-dealers through which a sub-adviser places securities transactions for a Fund may be used by the Sub-Adviser in servicing its other accounts, and not all of these services may be used by the Sub-Adviser in connection with advising the Funds.

Portfolio Turnover . The portfolio turnover rate is not a limiting factor when a Sub-Adviser deems portfolio changes appropriate. Changes may be made in the portfolios consistent with the investment objectives and policies of the Fund's whenever such changes are believed to be in the best interests of the Funds and their shareholders. The portfolio turnover rate is calculated by dividing the lesser of purchases or sales of portfolio securities by the average monthly value of a Fund's portfolio securities. For purposes of this calculation, portfolio securities exclude all securities having a maturity when purchased of one year or less. Portfolio turnover generally involves some expenses to the Funds, including brokerage commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and the reinvestment in other securities. Portfolio turnover may also result in adverse tax consequences to a Fund's shareholders.

The table below shows each Fund's portfolio turnover rates for the two most recent fiscal years:

Fund

February 28, 2015

February 28, 2014

Target Today Fund

42%

40%

Target 2010 Fund

41%

40%

Target 2015 Fund

39%

38%

Target 2020 Fund

36%

35%

Target 2025 Fund

31%

32%

Target 2030 Fund

26%

29%

Target 2035 Fund

22%

26%

Target 2040 Fund

18%

25%

Target 2045 Fund

16%

24%

Target 2050 Fund

16%

23%

Target 2055 Fund

16%

23%

Brokerage Commissions . The Funds did not pay any brokerage commissions for the past three fiscal years. Because the Funds invest a portion or substantially all of their respective assets in one or more master portfolios, they do not incur brokerage commissions. All brokerage commissions are incurred at the master portfolio level in connection with the master portfolio's purchase of individual portfolio securities.

FUND EXPENSES

From time to time, Funds Management may waive fees from a Fund in whole or in part. Any such waiver will reduce expenses and, accordingly, have a favorable impact on a Fund's performance.

Except for the expenses borne by Funds Management, the Trust bears all costs of its operations, including the compensation of the Independent Trustees; advisory, shareholder servicing and administration fees; payments pursuant to any Plan; interest charges; taxes; fees and expenses of its independent auditors, legal counsel, transfer agent and distribution disbursing agent; expenses of redeeming shares; expenses of preparing and printing prospectuses (except the expense of printing and mailing prospectuses used for promotional purposes, unless otherwise payable pursuant to a Plan), shareholders' reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to regulatory agencies; insurance premiums and certain expenses relating to insurance coverage; trade association membership dues (including membership dues in the Investment Company Institute allocable to a Fund); brokerage and other expenses connected with the execution of portfolio transactions; fees and expenses of its custodian, including those for keeping books and accounts and calculating the NAV per share of a Fund; expenses of shareholders' meetings; expenses relating to the issuance, registration and qualification of a Fund's shares; pricing services, organizational expenses and any extraordinary expenses. Expenses attributable to a Fund are charged against the Fund's assets. General expenses of the Trust are allocated among all of the series of the Trust, including the Funds, in a manner proportionate to the net assets of each Fund, on a transactional basis, or on such other basis as the Board deems equitable.

U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

The following information supplements and should be read in conjunction with the section in each Prospectus entitled "Taxes." Each Prospectus generally describes the U.S. federal income tax treatment of distributions by the Funds. This section of the SAI provides additional information concerning U.S. federal income taxes. It is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"), applicable Treasury Regulations, judicial authority, and administrative rulings and practice, all as of the date of this SAI and all of which are subject to change, including changes with retroactive effect. Except as specifically set forth below, the following discussion does not address any state, local or foreign tax matters.

A shareholder's tax treatment may vary depending upon the shareholder's particular situation. This discussion applies only to shareholders holding Fund shares as capital assets within the meaning of the Code. A shareholder may also be subject to special rules not discussed below if they are a certain kind of shareholder, including, but not limited to: an insurance company; a tax-exempt organization; a financial institution or broker-dealer; a person who is neither a citizen nor resident of the United States or entity that is not organized under the laws of the United States or political subdivision thereof; a shareholder who holds Fund shares as part of a hedge, straddle or conversion transaction; or an entity taxable as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and investors in such an entity.

The Trust has not requested and will not request an advance ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") as to the U.S. federal income tax matters described below. The IRS could adopt positions contrary to those discussed below and such positions could be sustained. In addition, the following discussion and the discussions in each Prospectus applicable to each shareholder address only some of the U.S. federal income tax considerations generally affecting investments in the Funds. Prospective shareholders are urged to consult their own tax advisers and financial planners regarding the U.S. federal tax consequences of an investment in a Fund, the application of state, local or foreign laws, and the effect of any possible changes in applicable tax laws on their investment in the Funds.

Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company. It is intended that each Fund qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") under Subchapter M of Subtitle A, Chapter 1 of the Code. Each Fund will be treated as a separate entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Thus, the provisions of the Code applicable to RICs generally will apply separately to each Fund even though each Fund is a series of the Trust. Furthermore, each Fund will separately determine its income, gains, losses and expenses for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

In order to qualify as a RIC under the Code, each Fund must, among other things, derive at least 90% of its gross income each taxable year generally from (i) dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, and other income attributable to its business of investing in such stock, securities or foreign currencies (including, but not limited to, gains from options, futures or forward contracts) and (ii) net income derived from an interest in a qualified publicly traded partnership, as defined in the Code. Future U.S. Treasury regulations may (possibly retroactively) exclude from qualifying income foreign currency gains that are not directly related to a Fund's principal business of investing in stock, securities or options and futures with respect to stock or securities. In general, for purposes of this 90% gross income requirement, income derived from a partnership, except a qualified publicly traded partnership, will be treated as qualifying income only to the extent such income is attributable to items of income of the partnership which would be qualifying income if realized by the RIC.

Each Fund must also diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter of the Fund's taxable year: (i) at least 50% of the fair market value of its assets consists of (A) cash and cash items (including receivables), U.S. government securities and securities of other RICs, and (B) securities of any one issuer (other than those described in clause (A)) to the extent such securities do not exceed 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets and do not exceed 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer, and (ii) not more than 25% of the value of the Fund's total assets consists of the securities of any one issuer (other than those described in clause (i)(A)), the securities of two or more issuers the Fund controls and which are engaged in the same, similar or related trades or businesses, or the securities of one or more qualified publicly traded partnerships. In addition, for purposes of meeting this diversification requirement, the term "outstanding voting securities of such issuer" includes the equity securities of a qualified publicly traded partnership. The qualifying income and diversification requirements applicable to a Fund may limit the extent to which it can engage in transactions in options, futures contracts, forward contracts and swap agreements.

If a Fund fails to satisfy the qualifying income or diversification requirements in any taxable year, such Fund may be eligible for relief provisions if the failures are due to reasonable cause and not willful neglect and if a penalty tax is paid with respect to each failure to satisfy the applicable requirements. Additionally, relief is provided for certain de minimis failures of the diversification requirements where the Fund corrects the failure within a specified period. If the applicable relief provisions are not available or cannot be met, such Fund will be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation, described below.

In addition, with respect to each taxable year, each Fund generally must distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its investment company taxable income, which generally includes its ordinary income and the excess of any net short-term capital gain over net long- term capital loss, and at least 90% of its net tax-exempt interest income earned for the taxable year. If a Fund meets all of the RIC qualification requirements, it generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any of the investment company taxable income and net capital gain (i.e., the excess of net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) it distributes to its shareholders. For this purpose, a Fund generally must make the distributions in the same year that it realizes the income and gain, although in certain circumstances, a Fund may make the distributions in the following taxable year. Shareholders generally are taxed on any distributions from a Fund in the year they are actually distributed. However, if a Fund declares a distribution to shareholders of record in October, November or December of one year and pays the distribution by January 31 of the following year, the Fund and its shareholders will be treated as if the Fund paid the distribution by December 31 of the first taxable year. Each Fund intends to distribute its net income and gain in a timely manner to maintain its status as a RIC and eliminate fund-level U.S. federal income taxation of such income and gain. However, no assurance can be given that a Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income taxation.

Moreover, the Funds may retain for investment all or a portion of their net capital gain. If a Fund retains any net capital gain, it will be subject to a tax at regular corporate rates on the amount retained, but may report the retained amount as undistributed capital gain in a written statement furnished to its shareholders, who (i) will be required to include in income for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as long-term capital gain, their shares of such undistributed amount, and (ii) will be entitled to credit their proportionate shares of the tax paid by the Fund on such undistributed amount against their U.S. federal income tax liabilities, if any, and to claim refunds to the extent the credit exceeds such liabilities. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, the tax basis of shares owned by a shareholder of the Fund will be increased by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of undistributed capital gain included in the shareholder's gross income and the tax deemed paid by the shareholder under clause (ii) of the preceding sentence. A Fund is not required to, and there can be no assurance that it will, make this designation if it retains all or a portion of its net capital gain in a taxable year.

If, for any taxable year, a Fund fails to qualify as a RIC, and is not eligible for relief as described above, it will be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation without any deduction for its distributions to shareholders, and all distributions from the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits (including any distributions of its net tax-exempt income and net long-term capital gain) to its shareholders will be taxable as dividend income. To re-qualify to be taxed as a RIC in a subsequent year, the Fund may be required to distribute to its shareholders its earnings and profits attributable to non-RIC years reduced by an interest charge on 50% of such earnings and profits payable by the Fund to the IRS. In addition, if a Fund initially qualifies as a RIC but subsequently fails to qualify as a RIC for a period greater than two taxable years, the Fund generally would be required to recognize and pay tax on any net unrealized gain (the excess of aggregate gain, including items of income, over aggregate loss that would have been realized if the Fund had been liquidated) or, alternatively, to be subject to tax on such unrealized gain recognized for a period of ten years, in order to re-qualify as a RIC in a subsequent year.

Equalization Accounting. Each Fund may use the so-called "equalization method" of accounting to allocate a portion of its "earnings and profits," which generally equals a Fund's undistributed investment company taxable income and net capital gain, with certain adjustments, to redemption proceeds. This method permits a Fund to achieve more balanced distributions for both continuing and redeeming shareholders. Although using this method generally will not affect a Fund's total returns, it may reduce the amount that the Fund would otherwise distribute to continuing shareholders by reducing the effect of redemptions of Fund shares on Fund distributions to shareholders. However, the IRS may not have expressly sanctioned the particular equalization method used by a Fund, and thus a Fund's use of this method may be subject to IRS scrutiny.

Capital Loss Carry-Forwards. For net capital losses realized in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, a Fund is permitted to carry forward a net capital loss to offset its capital gain, if any, realized during the eight years following the year of the loss, and such capital loss carry-forward is treated as a short-term capital loss in the year to which it is carried. For net capital losses realized in taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2011, a Fund is permitted to carry forward a net capital loss to offset its capital gain indefinitely. For capital losses realized in taxable years beginning after January 1, 2011, the excess of a Fund's net short-term capital loss over its net long-term capital gain is treated as a short-term capital loss arising on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year and the excess of a Fund's net long-term capital loss over its net short-term capital gain is treated as a long-term capital loss arising on the first day of the Fund's next taxable year. If future capital gain is offset by carried-forward capital losses, such future capital gain is not subject to fund-level U.S. federal income tax, regardless of whether it is distributed to shareholders. Accordingly, the Funds do not expect to distribute any such offsetting capital gain. The Funds cannot carry back or carry forward any net operating losses.

If a Fund engages in a reorganization, either as an acquiring fund or acquired fund, its capital loss carry-forwards (if any), its unrealized losses (if any), and any such losses of other funds participating in the reorganization may be subject to severe limitations that could make such losses, in particular losses realized in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011, substantially unusable. The Funds have engaged in reorganizations in the past and/or may engage in reorganizations in the future.

Excise Tax. If a Fund fails to distribute by December 31 of each calendar year at least the sum of 98% of its ordinary income for that year (excluding capital gains and losses), 98.2% of its capital gain net income (adjusted for certain net ordinary losses) for the 12-month period ending on October 31 of that year, and any of its ordinary income and capital gain net income from previous years that was not distributed during such years, the Fund will be subject to a nondeductible 4% U.S federal excise tax on the undistributed amounts (other than to the extent of its tax-exempt interest income, if any). For these purposes, a Fund will be treated as having distributed any amount on which it is subject to corporate level U.S. federal income tax for the taxable year ending within the calendar year. Each Fund generally intends to actually, or be deemed to, distribute substantially all of its ordinary income and capital gain net income, if any, by the end of each calendar year and thus expects not to be subject to the excise tax. However, no assurance can be given that a Fund will not be subject to the excise tax. Moreover, each Fund reserves the right to pay an excise tax rather than make an additional distribution when circumstances warrant (for example, the amount of excise tax to be paid by a Fund is determined to be de minimis).

Investment through Master Portfolio. A Fund that invests its assets through one or more master portfolios will seek to continue to qualify as a RIC. Each master portfolio will be treated as a non-publicly traded partnership (or, in the event that a Fund is the sole investor in the corresponding master portfolio, as disregarded from the Fund) for U.S. federal income tax purposes rather than as a RIC or a corporation under the Code. Under the rules applicable to a non-publicly traded partnership (or disregarded entity), a proportionate share of any interest, dividends, gains and losses of a master portfolio will be deemed to have been realized (i.e., "passed-through") to its investors, including the corresponding Fund, regardless of whether any amounts are actually distributed by the master portfolio. Each investor in a master portfolio will be taxed on such share, as determined in accordance with the governing instruments of the particular master portfolio, the Code and U.S. Treasury regulations, in determining such investor's U.S. federal income tax liability. Therefore, to the extent a master portfolio were to accrue but not distribute any income or gains, the corresponding Fund would be deemed to have realized its proportionate share of such income or gains without receipt of any corresponding distribution. However, each of the master portfolios will seek to minimize recognition by its investors (such as a corresponding Fund) of income and gains without a corresponding distribution. Furthermore, each master portfolio intends to manage its assets, income and distributions in such a way that an investor in a master portfolio will be able to continue to qualify as a RIC by investing its assets through the master portfolio.

Taxation of Investments. In general, realized gains or losses on the sale of securities held by a Fund will be treated as capital gains or losses, and long-term capital gains or losses if the Fund has held the disposed securities for more than one year at the time of disposition.

If a Fund purchases a debt obligation with original issue discount ("OID") (generally, a debt obligation with a purchase price at original issuance less than its principal amount, such as a zero-coupon bond), which generally includes "payment-in-kind" or "PIK" bonds, the Fund generally is required to annually include in its taxable income a portion of the OID as ordinary income, even though the Fund may not receive cash payments attributable to the OID until a later date, potentially until maturity or disposition of the obligation. A portion of the OID includible in income with respect to certain high-yield corporate discount obligations may be treated as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Similarly, if a Fund purchases a debt obligation with market discount (generally a debt obligation with a purchase price after original issuance less than its principal amount (reduced by any OID)), the Fund generally is required to annually include in its taxable income a portion of the market discount as ordinary income, even though the Acquiring Fund may not receive cash payments attributable to the market discount until a later date, potentially until maturity or disposition of the obligation. A Fund generally will be required to make distributions to shareholders representing the OID or market discount income on debt obligations that is currently includible in income, even though the cash representing such income may not have been received by a Fund. Cash to pay such distributions may be obtained from sales proceeds of securities held by the Fund which a Fund otherwise might have continued to hold; obtaining such cash might be disadvantageous for the Fund.

If a Fund invests in debt obligations that are in the lowest rating categories or are unrated, including debt obligations of issuers not currently paying interest or who are in default, special tax issues may exist for the Fund. U.S. federal income tax rules are not entirely clear about issues such as when a Fund may cease to accrue interest, OID, or market discount, when and to what extent deductions may be taken for bad debts or worthless securities, and how payments received on obligations in default should be allocated between principal and income. These and other related issues will be addressed by a Fund when, as, and if it invests in such securities, in order to seek to ensure that it distributes sufficient income to preserve its status as a RIC and does not become subject to U.S. federal income or excise tax.

If an option granted by a Fund is sold, lapses or is otherwise terminated through a closing transaction, such as a repurchase by the Fund of the option from its holder, the Fund will realize a short-term capital gain or loss, depending on whether the premium income is greater or less than the amount paid by the Fund in the closing transaction. Some capital losses realized by a Fund in the sale, exchange, exercise, or other disposition of an option may be deferred if they result from a position that is part of a "straddle," discussed below. If securities are sold by a Fund pursuant to the exercise of a covered call option granted by it, the Fund generally will add the premium received to the sale price of the securities delivered in determining the amount of gain or loss on the sale. If securities are purchased by a Fund pursuant to the exercise of a put option granted by it, the Fund generally will subtract the premium received from its cost basis in the securities purchased.

Some regulated futures contracts, certain foreign currency contracts, and non-equity, listed options used by a Fund will be deemed "Section 1256 contracts." A Fund will be required to "mark-to-market" any such contracts held at the end of the taxable year by treating them as if they had been sold on the last day of that year at market value. Sixty percent of any net gain or loss realized on all dispositions of Section 1256 contracts, including deemed dispositions under the "mark-to-market" rule, generally will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and the remaining 40% will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss, although certain foreign currency gains and losses from such contracts may be treated as ordinary income or loss (as described below). These provisions may require a Fund to recognize income or gains without a concurrent receipt of cash. Transactions that qualify as designated hedges are exempt from the mark-to-market rule and the "60%/40%" rule and may require the Fund to defer the recognition of losses on certain futures contracts, foreign currency contracts and non-equity options.

Foreign currency gains and losses realized by a Fund in connection with certain transactions involving foreign currency- denominated debt obligations, certain options, futures contracts, forward contracts, and similar instruments relating to foreign currency, foreign currencies, or payables or receivables denominated in a foreign currency are subject to Section 988 of the Code, which generally causes such gains and losses to be treated as ordinary income or loss and may affect the amount and timing of recognition of the Fund's income. Under future U.S. Treasury regulations, any such transactions that are not directly related to a Fund's investments in stock or securities (or its options contracts or futures contracts with respect to stock or securities) may have to be limited in order to enable the Fund to satisfy the 90% income test described above. If the net foreign currency loss exceeds a Fund's net investment company taxable income (computed without regard to such loss) for a taxable year, the resulting ordinary loss for such year will not be deductible by the Fund or its shareholders in future years.

Offsetting positions held by a Fund involving certain derivative instruments, such as financial forward, futures, and options contracts, may be considered, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, to constitute "straddles." "Straddles" are defined to include "offsetting positions" in actively traded personal property. The tax treatment of "straddles" is governed by Section 1092 of the Code which, in certain circumstances, overrides or modifies the provisions of Section 1256. If a Fund is treated as entering into a "straddle" and at least one (but not all) of the Fund's positions in derivative contracts comprising a part of such straddle is governed by Section 1256 of the Code, described above, then such straddle could be characterized as a "mixed straddle." A Fund may make one or more elections with respect to "mixed straddles." Depending upon which election is made, if any, the results with respect to a Fund may differ. Generally, to the extent the straddle rules apply to positions established by a Fund, losses realized by the Fund may be deferred to the extent of unrealized gain in any offsetting positions. Moreover, as a result of the straddle rules, short-term capital loss on straddle positions may be recharacterized as long-term capital loss, and long-term capital gain may be characterized as short-term capital gain. In addition, the existence of a straddle may affect the holding period of the offsetting positions. As a result, the straddle rules could cause distributions that would otherwise constitute qualified dividend income (defined below) to fail to satisfy the applicable holding period requirements (described below) and therefore to be taxed as ordinary income. Furthermore, the Fund may be required to capitalize, rather than deduct currently, any interest expense and carrying charges applicable to a position that is part of a straddle, including any interest expense on indebtedness incurred or continued to purchase or carry any positions that are part of a straddle. Because the application of the straddle rules may affect the character and timing of gains and losses from affected straddle positions, the amount which must be distributed to shareholders, and which will be taxed to shareholders as ordinary income or long-term capital gain, may be increased or decreased substantially as compared to the situation where a Fund had not engaged in such transactions.

If a Fund enters into a "constructive sale" of any appreciated financial position in stock, a partnership interest, or certain debt instruments, the Fund will be treated as if it had sold and immediately repurchased the property and must recognize gain (but not loss) with respect to that position. A constructive sale of an appreciated financial position occurs when a Fund enters into certain offsetting transactions with respect to the same or substantially identical property, including: (i) a short sale; (ii) an offsetting notional principal contract; (iii) a futures or forward contract; or (iv) other transactions identified in future U.S. Treasury regulations. The character of the gain from constructive sales will depend upon a Fund's holding period in the appreciated financial position. Losses realized from a sale of a position that was previously the subject of a constructive sale will be recognized when the position is subsequently disposed of. The character of such losses will depend upon a Fund's holding period in the position and the application of various loss deferral provisions in the Code. Constructive sale treatment does not apply to certain closed transactions, including if such a transaction is closed on or before the 30th day after the close of the Fund's taxable year and the Fund holds the appreciated financial position unhedged throughout the 60-day period beginning with the day such transaction was closed.

The amount of long-term capital gain a Fund may recognize from certain derivative transactions with respect to interests in certain pass-through entities is limited under the Code's constructive ownership rules. The amount of long-term capital gain is limited to the amount of such gain a Fund would have had if the Fund directly invested in the pass-through entity during the term of the derivative contract. Any gain in excess of this amount is treated as ordinary income. An interest charge is imposed on the amount of gain that is treated as ordinary income.

In addition, a Fund's transactions in securities and certain types of derivatives (e.g., options, futures contracts, forward contracts, and swap agreements) may be subject to other special tax rules, such as the wash sale rules or the short sale rules, the effect of which may be to accelerate income to the Fund, defer losses to the Fund, cause adjustments to the holding periods of the Fund's securities, convert long-term capital gains into short-term capital gains, and/or convert short-term capital losses into long- term capital losses. These rules could therefore affect the amount, timing, and character of distributions to shareholders.

Rules governing the U.S. federal income tax aspects of derivatives, including swap agreements, are in a developing stage and are not entirely clear in certain respects, particularly in light of IRS revenue rulings that held that income from a derivative contract with respect to a commodity index is not qualifying income for a RIC. Accordingly, while each Fund intends to account for such transactions in a manner it deems appropriate, the IRS might not accept such treatment. If it did not, the status of a Fund as a RIC might be jeopardized. Certain requirements that must be met under the Code in order for each Fund to qualify as a RIC may limit the extent to which a Fund will be able to engage in derivatives transactions.

A Fund may invest in real estate investment trusts ("REITs"). Investments in REIT equity securities may require a Fund to accrue and distribute income not yet received. To generate sufficient cash to make the requisite distributions, the Fund may be required to sell securities in its portfolio (including when it is not advantageous to do so) that it otherwise would have continued to hold. A Fund's investments in REIT equity securities may at other times result in the Fund's receipt of cash in excess of the REIT's earnings if the Fund distributes these amounts, these distributions could constitute a return of capital to Fund shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Dividends received by the Fund from a REIT generally will not constitute qualified dividend income and will not qualify for the dividends-received deduction.

A Fund may invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in real estate mortgage investment conduits ("REMICs") or in other interests that may be treated as taxable mortgage pools ("TMPs") for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Under IRS guidance, a Fund must allocate "excess inclusion income" received directly or indirectly from REMIC residual interests or TMPs to its shareholders in proportion to dividends paid to such shareholders, with the same consequences as if the shareholders had invested in the REMIC residual interests or TMPs directly.

In general, excess inclusion income allocated to shareholders (i) cannot be offset by net operating losses (subject to a limited exception for certain thrift institutions), (ii) constitutes unrelated business taxable income to Keogh, 401(k) and qualified pension plans, as well as investment retirement accounts and certain other tax exempt entities, thereby potentially requiring such an entity, which otherwise might not be required to file a tax return, to file a tax return and pay tax on such income, and (iii) in the case of a foreign shareholder, does not qualify for any reduction, by treaty or otherwise, in the 30% U.S. federal withholding tax. In addition, if at any time during any taxable year a "disqualified organization" (as defined in the Code) is a record holder of a share in a Fund, then the Fund will be subject to a tax equal to that portion of its excess inclusion income for the taxable year that is allocable to the disqualified organization, multiplied by the highest federal corporate income tax rate. To the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, a Fund may elect to specially allocate any such tax to the applicable disqualified organization, and thus reduce such shareholder's distributions for the year by the amount of the tax that relates to such shareholder's interest in the Fund. The Funds have not yet determined whether such an election will be made.

"Passive foreign investment companies" ("PFICs") are generally defined as foreign corporations with respect to which at least 75% of their gross income for their taxable year is income from passive sources (such as interest, dividends, certain rents and royalties, or capital gains) or at least 50% of their assets on average produce such passive income. If a Fund acquires any equity interest in a PFIC, the Fund could be subject to U.S. federal income tax and interest charges on "excess distributions" received from the PFIC or on gain from the sale of such equity interest in the PFIC, even if all income or gain actually received by the Fund is timely distributed to its shareholders. Excess distributions will be characterized as ordinary income even though, absent the application of PFIC rules, some excess distributions may have been classified as capital gain.

A Fund will not be permitted to pass through to its shareholders any credit or deduction for taxes and interest charges incurred with respect to PFICs. Elections may be available that would ameliorate these adverse tax consequences, but such elections could require a Fund to recognize taxable income or gain without the concurrent receipt of cash. Investments in PFICs could also result in the treatment of associated capital gains as ordinary income. The Funds may attempt to limit and/or manage their holdings in PFICs to minimize their tax liability or maximize their returns from these investments but there can be no assurance that they will be able to do so. Moreover, because it is not always possible to identify a foreign corporation as a PFIC in advance of acquiring shares in the corporation, a Fund may incur the tax and interest charges described above in some instances. Dividends paid by PFICs will not be eligible to be treated as qualified dividend income.

In addition to the investments described above, prospective shareholders should be aware that other investments made by the Funds may involve complex tax rules that may result in income or gain recognition by the Funds without corresponding current cash receipts. Although the Funds seek to avoid significant non-cash income, such non-cash income could be recognized by the Funds, in which case the Funds may distribute cash derived from other sources in order to meet the minimum distribution requirements described above. In this regard, the Funds could be required at times to liquidate investments prematurely in order to satisfy their minimum distribution requirements.

Taxation of Distributions. Except for exempt-interest dividends (defined below) paid out by "Tax-Free Funds", distributions paid out of a Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits (as determined at the end of the year), whether paid in cash or reinvested in the Fund, generally are deemed to be taxable distributions and must be reported by each shareholder who is required to file a U.S. federal income tax return. Dividends and distributions on a Fund's shares are generally subject to U.S. federal income tax as described herein to the extent they do not exceed the Fund's realized income and gains, even though such dividends and distributions may economically represent a return of a particular shareholder's investment. Such distributions are likely to occur in respect of shares acquired at a time when the Fund's net asset value reflects gains that are either unrealized, or realized but not distributed. For U.S. federal income tax purposes, a Fund's earnings and profits, described above, are determined at the end of the Fund's taxable year and are allocated pro rata to distributions paid over the entire year. Distributions in excess of a Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits will first be treated as a return of capital up to the amount of a shareholder's tax basis in the shareholder's Fund shares and then as capital gain. A Fund may make distributions in excess of its earnings and profits, from time to time.

For U.S. federal income tax purposes, distributions of investment income are generally taxable as ordinary income, and distributions of gains from the sale of investments that a Fund owned for one year or less will be taxable as ordinary income. Distributions properly designated by a Fund as capital gain dividends will be taxable to shareholders as long-term capital gain (to the extent such distributions do not exceed the Fund's net capital gain for the taxable year), regardless of how long a shareholder has held Fund shares, and do not qualify as dividends for purposes of the dividends-received deduction or as qualified dividend income. Each Fund will report capital gain dividends, if any, in a written statement furnished to its shareholders after the close of the Fund's taxable year.

Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates may result in foreign exchange gain or loss on transactions in foreign currencies, foreign currency-denominated debt obligations, and certain foreign currency options, futures contracts and forward contracts. Such gains or losses are generally characterized as ordinary income or loss for tax purposes. The Fund must make certain distributions in order to qualify as a Regulated Investment Company, and the timing of and character of transactions such as foreign currency-related gains and losses may result in the fund paying a distribution treated as a return of capital. Such distribution is nontaxable to the extent of the recipient's basis in its shares.

Some states will not tax distributions made to individual shareholders that are attributable to interest a Fund earned on direct obligations of the U.S. government if the Fund meets the state's minimum investment or reporting requirements, if any. Investments in GNMA or FNMA securities, bankers' acceptances, commercial paper and repurchase agreements collateralized by U.S. government securities generally do not qualify for tax-free treatment. This exemption may not apply to corporate shareholders.

Sales and Exchanges of Fund Shares. If a shareholder sells, pursuant to a cash or in-kind redemption, or exchanges the shareholder's Fund shares, subject to the discussion below, the shareholder generally will recognize a taxable capital gain or loss on the difference between the amount received for the shares (or deemed received in the case of an exchange) and the shareholder's tax basis in the shares. This gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the shareholder has held such Fund shares for more than one year at the time of the sale or exchange, and short-term otherwise.

If a shareholder sells or exchanges Fund shares within 90 days of having acquired such shares and if, before January 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year of the sale or exchange, as a result of having initially acquired those shares, the shareholder subsequently pays a reduced sales charge on a new purchase of shares of the Fund or a different RIC, the sales charge previously incurred in acquiring the Fund's shares generally shall not be taken into account (to the extent the previous sales charges do not exceed the reduction in sales charges on the new purchase) for the purpose of determining the amount of gain or loss on the disposition, but generally will be treated as having been incurred in the new purchase. Also, if a shareholder recognizes a loss on a disposition of Fund shares, the loss will be disallowed under the "wash sale" rules to the extent the shareholder purchases substantially identical shares within the 61-day period beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the disposition. Any disallowed loss generally will be reflected in an adjustment to the tax basis of the purchased shares.

If a shareholder receives a capital gain dividend with respect to any Fund share and such Fund share is held for six months or less, then (unless otherwise disallowed) any loss on the sale or exchange of that Fund share will be treated as a long-term capital loss to the extent of the capital gain dividend. If such loss is incurred from the redemption of shares pursuant to a periodic redemption plan then U.S. Treasury regulations may permit an exception to this six-month rule. No such regulations have been issued as of the date of this SAI.

In addition, if a shareholder of a Tax-Free Fund holds such Fund shares for six months or less, any loss on the sale or exchange of those shares will be disallowed to the extent of the amount of exempt-interest dividends (defined below) received with respect to the shares. If such loss is incurred from the redemption of shares pursuant to a periodic redemption plan then U.S. Treasury regulations may permit an exception to this six-month rule. Such a loss will also not be disallowed where the loss is incurred with respect to shares of a Fund that declares exempt-interest dividends on a daily basis in an amount equal to at least 90% of its net-tax exempt interest and distributes such dividends on a monthly, or more frequent, basis. Additionally, where a Fund regularly distributes at least 90% of its net tax-exempt interest, if any, the Treasury Department is authorized to issue regulations reducing the six month holding period requirement to a period of not less than the greater of 31 days or the period between regular distributions. No such regulations have been issued as of the date of this filing.

Foreign Taxes. Amounts realized by a Fund from sources within foreign countries may be subject to withholding and other taxes imposed by such countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes. If more than 50% of the value of a Fund's total assets at the close of its taxable year consists of securities of foreign corporations, the Fund will be eligible to file an annual election with the IRS pursuant to which the Fund may pass-through to its shareholders on a pro rata basis certain foreign income and similar taxes paid by the Fund, and such taxes may be claimed, subject to certain limitations, either as a tax credit or deduction by the shareholders. However, even if a Fund qualifies for the election for any year, it may not make the election for such year. If a Fund does not so elect, then shareholders will not be entitled to claim a credit or deduction with respect to foreign taxes paid or withheld. If a Fund does elect to "pass through" its foreign taxes paid in a taxable year, the Fund will furnish a written statement to its shareholders reporting such shareholders proportionate share of the Funds' foreign taxes paid.

Even if a Fund qualifies for the election, foreign income and similar taxes will only pass through to the Fund's shareholders if the Fund and its shareholders meet certain holding period requirements. Specifically, (i) the shareholders must have held the Fund shares for at least 16 days during the 31-day period beginning 15 days prior to the date upon which the shareholders became entitled to receive Fund distributions corresponding with the pass through of such foreign taxes paid by the Fund, and (ii) with respect to dividends received by the Fund on foreign shares giving rise to such foreign taxes, the Fund must have held the shares for at least 16 days during the 31-day period beginning 15 days prior to the date upon which the Fund became entitled to the dividend. These holding periods increase for certain dividends on preferred stock. A Fund may choose not to make the election if the Fund has not satisfied its holding requirement.

If a Fund makes the election, the Fund will not be permitted to claim a credit or deduction for foreign taxes paid in that year, and the Fund's dividends-paid deduction will be increased by the amount of foreign taxes paid that year. Fund shareholders that have satisfied the holding period requirements and certain other requirements shall include their proportionate share of the foreign taxes paid by the Fund in their gross income and treat that amount as paid by them for the purpose of the foreign tax credit or deduction. If the shareholder claims a credit for foreign taxes paid, the credit will be limited to the extent it exceeds the shareholder's federal income tax attributable to foreign source taxable income. If the credit is attributable, wholly or in part, to qualified dividend income (as defined below), special rules will be used to limit the credit in a manner that reflects any resulting dividend rate differential.

In general, an individual with $300 or less of creditable foreign taxes may elect to be exempt from the foreign source taxable income and qualified dividend income limitations if the individual has no foreign source income other than qualified passive income. This $300 threshold is increased to $600 for joint filers. A deduction for foreign taxes paid may only be claimed by shareholders that itemize their deductions.

U.S. Federal Income Tax Rates. Noncorporate Fund shareholders (i.e., individuals, trusts and estates) are taxed at a maximum rate of 39.6% on ordinary income and 20% on long-term capital gain for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012.

In general, "qualified dividend income" realized by noncorporate Fund shareholders is taxable at the same rate as net capital gain. Generally, qualified dividend income is dividend income attributable to certain U.S. and foreign corporations, as long as certain holding period requirements are met. After this date, all dividend income generally will be taxed at the same rate as ordinary income. If 95% or more of a Fund's gross income (excluding net long-term capital gain over net short-term capital loss) constitutes qualified dividend income, all of its distributions (other than capital gain dividends) will be generally treated as qualified dividend income in the hands of individual shareholders, as long as they have owned their Fund shares for at least 61 days during the 121-day period beginning 60 days before the Fund's ex-dividend date (or, in the case of certain preferred stock, 91 days during the 181-day period beginning 90 days before such date). In general, if less than 95% of a Fund's income is attributable to qualified dividend income, then only the portion of the Fund's distributions that is attributable to qualified dividend income and designated as such in a timely manner will be so treated in the hands of individual shareholders. Payments received by a Fund from securities lending, repurchase, and other derivative transactions ordinarily will not qualify. The rules attributable to the qualification of Fund distributions as qualified dividend income are complex, including the holding period requirements. Individual Fund shareholders therefore are urged to consult their own tax advisers and financial planners. Income and bond Funds typically do not distribute significant amounts of "qualified dividend income" eligible for reductions in individual U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to certain dividend income.

The maximum stated corporate U.S. federal income tax rate applicable to ordinary income and net capital gain is 35%. Actual marginal tax rates may be higher for some shareholders, for example, through reductions in deductions. Distributions from an Income Fund generally will not qualify for the "dividends-received deduction" applicable to corporate shareholders with respect to certain dividends. Distributions from an Equity Fund may qualify for the "dividends-received deduction" applicable to corporate shareholders with respect to certain dividends. Naturally, the amount of tax payable by any taxpayer will be affected by a combination of tax laws covering, for example, deductions, credits, deferrals, exemptions, sources of income and other matters. U.S. federal income tax rates are set to increase in future years under various "sunset" provisions of U.S. federal income tax laws.

Under recently enacted legislation, for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, noncorporate Fund shareholders generally will be subject to a 3.8% tax on their "net investment income," which ordinarily includes taxable distributions received from the Funds and taxable gain on the disposition of Fund shares.

For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2012, a U.S. withholding tax at a 30% rate will be imposed on dividends and proceeds of sales in respect of Fund shares received by Fund shareholders who own their shares through foreign accounts or foreign intermediaries if certain disclosure requirements related to U.S. accounts or ownership are not satisfied. The Funds will not pay any additional amounts in respect to any amounts withheld.

Backup Withholding. A Fund is generally required to withhold and remit to the U.S. Treasury, subject to certain exemptions (such as for certain corporate or foreign shareholders), an amount equal to 28% of all distributions and redemption proceeds (including proceeds from exchanges and redemptions in-kind) paid or credited to a Fund shareholder if (i) the shareholder fails to furnish the Fund with a correct "taxpayer identification number" ("TIN"), (ii) the shareholder fails to certify under penalties of perjury that the TIN provided is correct, (iii) the shareholder fails to make certain other certifications, or (iv) the IRS notifies the Fund that the shareholder's TIN is incorrect or that the shareholder is otherwise subject to backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional tax imposed on the shareholder. The shareholder may apply amounts withheld as a credit against the shareholder's U.S. federal income tax liability and may obtain a refund of any excess amounts withheld, provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS. If a shareholder fails to furnish a valid TIN upon request, the shareholder can also be subject to IRS penalties. A shareholder may generally avoid backup withholding by furnishing a properly completed IRS Form W-9. State backup withholding may also be required to be withheld by the Funds under certain circumstances.

Corporate Shareholders. Subject to limitation and other rules, a corporate shareholder of a Fund may be eligible for the dividends received deduction on Fund distributions attributable to dividends received by the Fund from domestic corporations, which, if received directly by the corporate shareholder, would qualify for such a deduction. For eligible corporate shareholders, the dividends-received deduction may be subject to certain reductions, and a distribution by a Fund attributable to dividends of a domestic corporation will be eligible for the deduction only if certain holding period and other requirements are met. These requirements are complex; therefore, corporate shareholders of the Funds are urged to consult their own tax advisers and financial planners.

Foreign Shareholders. For purposes of this discussion, "foreign shareholders" include: (i) nonresident alien individuals, (ii) foreign trusts (i.e., a trust other than a trust with respect to which a U.S. court is able to exercise primary supervision over administration of that trust and one or more U.S. persons have authority to control substantial decisions of that trust), (iii) foreign estates (i.e., the income of which is not subject to U.S. tax regardless of source), and (iv) foreign corporations.

Generally, subject to certain exceptions described below, distributions made to foreign shareholders will be subject to non- refundable U.S. federal income tax withholding at a 30% rate (or such lower rate provided under an applicable income tax treaty) even if they are funded by income or gains (such as portfolio interest, short-term capital gain, or foreign-source dividend and interest income) that, if paid to a foreign person directly, would not be subject to withholding. However, with respect to certain distributions made to foreign shareholders in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2014, no withholding will be required and the distributions generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax if (i) the distributions are reported as "interest related dividends" or "short term capital gain dividends" in a written statement furnished to shareholders (ii) the distributions are derived from sources specified in the Code for such dividends and (iii) certain other requirements are satisfied. No assurance can be given that a Fund would designate any of its distributions as interest related dividends or short term capital gain dividends, even if it is permitted to do so. In the case of shares held through an intermediary, even if a Fund makes a designation with respect to a payment, no assurance can be made that the intermediary will respect such a designation. Capital gains dividends and gains recognized by a foreign shareholder on the redemption of Fund shares generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax withholding, provided that certain requirements are satisfied. Tax-exempt dividends (described below) paid by a Tax-Free Fund to a foreign shareholders also should be exempt from U.S. federal income tax withholding.

With respect to payments made after December 31, 2013, a withholding tax of 30% will be imposed on dividends from, and the gross proceeds of a disposition of, Fund shares paid to certain foreign entities unless various information reporting requirements are satisfied. Such withholding tax will generally apply to non-U.S. financial institutions, which are generally defined for this purpose as non-U.S. entities that (i) accept deposits in the ordinary course of a banking or similar business, (ii) are engaged in the business of holding financial assets for the account of others, or (iii) are engaged or hold themselves out as being engaged primarily in the business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities, partnership interests, commodities, or any interest in such assets. Prospective foreign shareholders are encouraged to consult their tax advisors regarding the implications of this legislation on their investment in a Fund.

Before investing in a Fund's shares, a prospective foreign shareholder should consult with its own tax advisors, including whether the shareholder's investment can qualify for benefits under an applicable income tax treaty.

Tax-Deferred Plans. Shares of the Funds may be available for a variety of tax-deferred retirement and other tax-advantaged plans and accounts. However, shares of a Tax-Free Fund may not be suitable for tax-deferred, retirement and other tax-advantaged plans and accounts, since such plans and accounts are generally tax-exempt and, therefore, would not benefit from the tax-exempt status of certain distributions from the Tax-Free Fund (discussed below). Such distributions may ultimately be taxable to the beneficiaries when distributed to them. Prospective investors should contact their tax advisers and financial planners regarding the tax consequences to them of holding Fund shares through such plans and/or accounts.

Tax-Exempt Shareholders. Shares of a Tax-Free Fund may not be suitable for tax-exempt shareholders since such shareholders generally would not benefit from the tax-exempt status of distributions from the Tax-Free Funds (discussed below). Tax-exempt shareholders should contact their tax advisers and financial planners regarding the tax consequences to them of an investment in the Funds.

Any investment in residual interests of a collateralized mortgage obligation that has elected to be treated as a REMIC can create complex U.S. federal income tax consequences, especially if a Fund has state or local governments or other tax-exempt organizations as shareholders.

Special tax consequences apply to charitable remainder trusts ("CRTs") (as defined in Section 664 of the Code) that invest in RICs that invest directly or indirectly in residual interests in REMICs or equity interests in TMPs. CRTs are urged to consult their own tax advisers and financial planners concerning these special tax consequences.

Tax Shelter Reporting Regulations. Generally, under U.S. Treasury regulations, if an individual shareholder recognizes a loss of $2 million or more or if a corporate shareholder recognizes a loss of $10 million or more, the shareholder must file with the IRS a disclosure statement on Form 8886. Direct shareholders of securities are in many cases exempt from this reporting requirement, but under current guidance, shareholders of a RIC are not exempt. Future guidance may extend the current exemption from this reporting requirement to shareholders of most or all RICs. The fact that a loss is reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal determination of whether the taxpayer's treatment of the loss is proper. Shareholders should consult their own tax advisers to determine the applicability of these regulations in light of their individual circumstances.

Additional Considerations for the Tax-Free Funds . If at least 50% of the value of a Fund's total assets at the close of each quarter of its taxable years consists of debt obligations that generate interest exempt from U.S. federal income tax under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code, then the Fund may qualify to pass through to its shareholders the tax-exempt character of its income from such debt obligations by paying exempt-interest dividends. The Tax-Free Funds intend to so qualify and are designed to provide shareholders with income exempt from U.S. federal income tax in the form of exempt-interest dividends. "Exempt-interest dividends" are dividends (other than capital gain dividends) paid by a RIC that are properly reported as such in a written statement furnished to shareholders.

Each Tax-Free Fund will report to its shareholders the portion of the distributions for the taxable year that constitutes exempt-interest dividends. The designated portion cannot exceed the excess of the amount of interest excludable from gross income under Section 103 of the Internal Revenue Code received by a Tax-Free Fund during the taxable year over any amounts disallowed as deductions under Sections 265 and 171(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code. Interest on indebtedness incurred to purchase or carry shares of the Tax-Free Funds will not be deductible to the extent that the Tax-Free Funds' distributions are exempt from U.S. federal income tax. In addition, an investment in a Tax-Free Fund may result in liability for U.S. federal alternative minimum tax ("AMT"). Certain deductions and exemptions have been designated "tax preference items" which must be added back to taxable income for purposes of calculating the U.S. federal AMT. Tax preference items include tax-exempt interest on certain "private activity bonds." To the extent a Tax-Free Fund invests in certain private activity bonds, its shareholders will be required to report that portion of the Fund's distributions attributable to income from the bonds as a tax preference item in determining their U.S. federal AMT, if any. Shareholders will be notified of the tax status of distributions made by a Tax-Free Fund.

Persons who may be "substantial users" (or "related persons" of substantial users) of facilities financed by private activity bonds should consult their tax advisers before purchasing shares in a Tax-Free Fund. Furthermore, shareholders will not be permitted to deduct any of their share of a Tax-Free Fund's expenses in computing their U.S. federal AMT. In addition, exempt-interest dividends paid by a Tax-Free Fund to a corporate shareholder are included in the shareholder's "adjusted current earnings" as part of its U.S. federal AMT calculation, and may also affect its U.S. federal "environmental tax" liability. As of the date of this filing, individuals are subject to the U.S. federal AMT at a maximum rate of 28% and corporations are subject to the U.S. federal AMT at a maximum rate of 20%. Shareholders with questions or concerns about the U.S. federal AMT should consult own their own tax advisers.

The IRS is paying increased attention to whether debt obligations intended to produce interest exempt from U.S. federal income tax in fact meet the requirements for such exemption. Ordinarily, the Tax-Free Funds rely on opinions from the issuer's bond counsel that interest on the issuer's debt obligation will be exempt from U.S. federal income tax. However, no assurance can be given that the IRS will not successfully challenge such exemption, which could cause interest on the debt obligation to be taxable and could jeopardize a Tax-Free Fund's ability to pay any exempt-interest dividends. Similar challenges may occur as to state-specific exemptions.

A shareholder who receives Social Security or railroad retirement benefits should consult the shareholder's own tax adviser to determine what effect, if any, an investment in a Tax-Free Fund may have on the U.S. federal taxation of such benefits. Exempt-interest dividends are included in income for purposes of determining the amount of benefits that are taxable.

Distributions of a Tax-Free Fund's income other than exempt-interest dividends generally will be taxable to shareholders. Gains realized by a Tax-Free Fund on the sale or exchange of investments that generate tax-exempt income will also be taxable to shareholders.

Although exempt-interest dividends are generally exempt from U.S. federal income tax, there may not be a similar exemption under the laws of a particular state or local taxing jurisdiction. Thus, exempt-interest dividends may be subject to state and local taxes. You should consult your own tax advisor to discuss the tax consequences of your investment in a Tax-Free Fund.

Legislative Proposals. Prospective shareholders should recognize that the present U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Funds and their shareholders may be modified by legislative, judicial or administrative actions at any time, which may be retroactive in effect. The rules dealing with U.S. federal income taxation are constantly under review by Congress, the IRS and the Treasury Department, and statutory changes as well as promulgation of new regulations, revisions to existing statutes, and revised interpretations of established concepts occur frequently. You should consult your advisors concerning the status of legislative proposals that may pertain to holding Fund shares.

Cost Basis Reporting

The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and provisions from the Energy Improvement and Extension Act of 2008 require each Fund or its delegate to report cost basis information to shareholders and the Internal Revenue Service for 1099-B reportable redemptions of covered Fund shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012. Shares purchased on or after January 1, 2012 are generally treated as covered shares. Shares purchased before January 1, 2012 or shares without complete cost basis information are generally treated as noncovered shares.

Fund shareholders should consult their tax advisors to obtain more information about how the new cost basis rules apply to them and determine which cost basis method allowed by the Internal Revenue Service is best for their tax situation. Methods allowed by the IRS include, but are not limited to:

Average Cost . The cost per share is determined by dividing the aggregate cost amount by the total shares in the account. The basis of the shares redeemed is determined by multiplying the shares redeemed by the cost per share. Starting in 2012, accounts may maintain two separate average costs: one average for covered shares and a separate average for noncovered shares. Under the Average Cost method, noncovered shares are generally depleted first.

First in first out (FIFO) . Shares acquired first in the shareholder's account are the first shares depleted and determine the shareholder's cost basis. The basis of the shares redeemed is determined by the adjusted purchase price of each date the shares were acquired.

Specific Identification . A shareholder selects the shares to be redeemed from any of the purchase lots that still have shares remaining. The basis of the shares redeemed is determined by the adjusted purchase price of each date the shares were acquired.

In the absence of a shareholder method election, the Fund will apply its default method, Average Cost. If the Average Cost method is applied either by default or at the shareholder's election, the shareholder's ability to change such election once a sale occurs will be limited under the IRS rules. After an election has been made, but before a disposition of shares occurs, a shareholder may make a retroactive change to an alternate method. The cost basis method a shareholder elects may not be changed with respect to a redemption of shares after the settlement date of the redemption. At any time, a shareholder may designate a new election for future purchases.

Redemptions of noncovered shares (shares acquired prior to January 1, 2012) will continue to be reported using the Average Cost method, if available, and will not be reported to the IRS.

PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

The Trusts and Funds Management have adopted policies and procedures ("Proxy Voting Procedures") that are used to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Funds of the Trusts. The Proxy Voting Procedures are designed to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interests of Fund shareholders, without regard to any relationship that any affiliated person of the Fund (or an affiliated person of such affiliated person) may have with the issuer of the security.

The responsibility for voting proxies relating to the Funds' portfolio securities has been delegated to Funds Management. In accordance with the Proxy Voting Procedures, Funds Management exercises its voting responsibility with the goal of maximizing value to shareholders consistent with governing laws and the investment policies of each Fund. While each Fund does not purchase securities to exercise control or to seek to effect corporate change through share ownership, it supports sound corporate governance practices within companies in which it invests and reflects that support through its proxy voting process.

Funds Management has established a Proxy Voting Committee (the "Proxy Committee") that is responsible for overseeing the proxy voting process and ensuring that the voting process is implemented in conformance with the Proxy Voting Procedures. Funds Management has retained an independent, unaffiliated nationally recognized proxy voting company as proxy voting agent. The Proxy Committee monitors the proxy voting agent and the voting process and, in certain situations, votes proxies or directs the proxy voting agent how to vote.

The Proxy Voting Procedures set out guidelines regarding how Funds Management and the proxy voting agent will vote proxies. Where the guidelines specify a particular vote on a particular matter, the proxy voting agent handles the proxy, generally without further involvement by the Proxy Committee. Where the guidelines specify a case-by-case determination, the proxy voting agent forwards the proxy to the Proxy Committee for a vote determination by the Proxy Committee. To the extent the guidelines do not address a proxy voting proposal, Funds Management will vote pursuant to the proxy voting agent's current U.S. and International proxy voting guidelines. In addition, even where the guidelines specify a particular vote, the Proxy Committee may exercise a discretionary vote if it determines that a case-by-case review of a particular matter is warranted. As a general matter, proxies are voted consistently in the same matter when securities of an issuer are held by multiple Funds of the Trusts.

The Proxy Voting Procedures set forth Funds Management's general position on various proposals, such as: 

Routine Items – Funds Management will generally vote for uncontested director or trustee nominees, changes in company name, and other procedural matters related to annual meetings. 

Corporate Governance – Funds Management will generally vote for charter and bylaw amendments proposed solely to conform with modern business practices or for purposes of simplification or to comply with what management's counsel interprets as applicable law. 

Anti-Takeover Matters – Funds Management generally will vote for proposals that require shareholder ratification of poison pills, and on a case-by-case basis on proposals to redeem a company's poison pill. 

Mergers/Acquisitions and Corporate Restructurings – Funds Management's Proxy Committee will examine these items on a case-by-case basis. 

Shareholder Rights – Funds Management will generally vote against proposals that may restrict shareholder rights.

Capital Structure Changes - Funds Management will follow the proxy voting agent's capital structure model in evaluating requested increases in authorized common stock. In addition, even if capital requests of less than or equal to 300% of outstanding shares fail the calculated allowable cap, Funds Management will vote for proposals to increase the number of authorized common shares where the primary purpose of the increase is to issue shares in connection with a transaction on the same ballot that warrants support.

Executive and Director Compensation Plans - Funds Management will analyze on a case-by-case basis proposals on executive or director compensation plans, with the view that viable compensation programs reward the creation of shareholder wealth by having high payout sensitivity to increases in shareholder value.

Disclosure on Executive or Director Compensation Cap or Restrict Executive or Director Compensation - Funds Management will generally vote for shareholder proposals requiring companies to report on their executive retirement benefits (deferred compensation, split-dollar life insurance, SERPs, and pension benefits. Funds Management will generally vote for shareholder proposals requesting to put extraordinary benefits contained in SERP agreements to a shareholder vote, unless the company's executive pension plans do not contain excessive benefits beyond what is offered under employee-wide plans. Funds Management will generally vote against proposals that seek to limit executive and director pay.

In all cases where the Proxy Committee makes the decision regarding how a particular proxy should be voted, the Proxy Committee exercises its voting discretion in accordance with the voting philosophy of the Funds and in the best interests of Fund shareholders. In deciding how to vote, the Proxy Committee may rely on independent research, input and recommendations from third parties including independent proxy services, other independent sources, sub-advisers, company managements and shareholder groups as part of its decision-making process.

In most cases, any potential conflicts of interest involving Funds Management or any affiliate regarding a proxy are avoided through the strict and objective application of the Fund's voting guidelines. However, when the Proxy Committee is aware of a material conflict of interest regarding a matter that would otherwise be considered on a case-by-case basis by the Proxy Committee, the Proxy Committee shall address the material conflict by using any of the following methods: (i) instructing the proxy voting agent to vote in accordance with the recommendation it makes to its clients; (ii) disclosing the conflict to the Board and obtaining their consent before voting; (iii) submitting the matter to the Board to exercise its authority to vote on such matter; (iv) engaging an independent fiduciary who will direct the Proxy Committee on voting instructions for the proxy; (v) consulting with outside legal counsel for guidance on resolution of the conflict of interest; (vi) erecting information barriers around the person or persons making voting decisions; (vii) voting in proportion to other shareholders; or (viii) voting in other ways that are consistent with each Fund's obligation to vote in the best interests of its shareholders. Additionally, the Proxy Committee does not permit its votes to be influenced by any conflict of interest that exists for any other affiliated person of the Funds (such as a subadviser or principal underwriter) and the Proxy Committee votes all such matters without regard to the conflict. The Proxy Voting Procedures may reflect voting positions that differ from practices followed by other companies or subsidiaries of Wells Fargo & Company.

While Funds Management uses its best efforts to vote proxies, in certain circumstances it may be impractical or impossible for Funds Management to vote proxies (e.g., limited value or unjustifiable costs). For example, in accordance with local law or business practices, many foreign companies prevent the sales of shares that have been voted for a certain period beginning prior to the shareholder meeting and ending on the day following the meeting ("share blocking"). Due to these restrictions, Funds Management must balance the benefits to its clients of voting proxies against the potentially serious portfolio management consequences of a reduced flexibility to sell the underlying shares at the most advantageous time. As a result, Funds Management will generally not vote those proxies in the absence of an unusual, significant vote or compelling economic importance. Additionally, Funds Management may not be able to vote proxies for certain foreign securities if Funds Management does not receive the proxy statement in time to vote the proxies due to custodial processing delays.

As a general matter, securities on loan will not be recalled to facilitate proxy voting (in which case the borrower of the security shall be entitled to vote the proxy). However, if the Proxy Committee is aware of an item in time to recall the security and has determined in good faith that the importance of the matter to be voted upon outweighs the loss in lending revenue that would result from recalling the security (i.e., if there is a controversial upcoming merger or acquisition, or some other significant matter), the security will be recalled for voting.

Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities held during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 may be obtained on the Funds' Web site at wellsfargoadvantagefunds.com or by accessing the SEC's Web site at sec.gov.

POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR DISCLOSURE OF FUND PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

Set forth below are the policies and procedures that govern the disclosure of portfolio holdings by the Funds. Please note that Funds Management, the Sub-Advisers, or certain of their affiliates may provide investment advisory services to various other entities, including, but not limited to, registered investment companies, non-U.S. investment vehicles, separate accounts and various other unregistered investment products, many of which may have substantially similar, or in some cases nearly identical, portfolio holdings as the Funds (collectively, "Other Investment Products"). Other Investment Products may be subject to portfolio holdings disclosure policies that are different from those of the Funds, and as a result, may disclose portfolio holdings more frequently or at different times than the Funds.

I. Scope of Policies and Procedures. The following policies and procedures (the "Procedures") govern the disclosure of portfolio holdings and any ongoing arrangements to make available information about portfolio holdings for the separate series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust ("Funds Trust"), Wells Fargo Master Trust ("Master Trust"), Wells Fargo Variable Trust ("Variable Trust") and Asset Allocation Trust (each of Funds Trust, Master Trust, Variable Trust and Asset Allocation Trust referred to collectively herein as the "Funds" or individually as the "Fund") now existing or hereafter created.

II. Disclosure Philosophy. The Funds have adopted these Procedures to ensure that the disclosure of a Fund's portfolio holdings is accomplished in a manner that is consistent with a Fund's fiduciary duty to its shareholders. For purposes of these Procedures, the term "portfolio holdings" means the stock, bonds and derivative positions held by a non-money market Fund and does not include the cash investments held by the Fund. For money market funds, the term "portfolio holdings" includes cash investments, such as investments in repurchase agreements.

Under no circumstances shall Funds Management or the Funds receive any compensation in return for the disclosure of information about a Fund's portfolio securities or for any ongoing arrangements to make available information about a Fund's portfolio securities.

III. Disclosure of Fund Portfolio Holdings. The complete portfolio holdings and top ten holdings information referenced below (except for the Funds of Master Trust, Variable Trust and Asset Allocation Trust) will be available on the Funds' website until updated for the next applicable period. Funds Management may withhold any portion of a Fund's portfolio holdings from online disclosure when deemed to be in the best interest of the Fund. Once holdings information has been posted on the website, it may be further disseminated without restriction.

A. Complete Holdings. The complete portfolio holdings for each Fund (except for money market funds, funds that operate as fund of funds and the specified Alternative Funds as defined below) shall be made publicly available monthly on the Funds' website (wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds), on a one-month delayed basis. Money market Fund portfolio holdings shall be made publicly available on the Fund's website, on a 1-day delayed basis. In addition to the foregoing, each money market Fund shall post on its website, for a period of not less than six months, beginning no later than the fifth business day of the month, a schedule of its investments, as of the last business day of the prior month, that includes the following information required by rule 2a-7(c)(12) under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The categories of information included on the website may differ slightly from what is included in the Funds' Statement of Investments.

B. Top Ten Holdings. Top ten holdings information (excluding derivative positions) for each Fund (except for money market funds and specified alternative funds) shall be made publicly available on the Funds' website on a monthly, seven-day or more delayed basis.

C. Fund of Funds Structures.
1. The underlying funds held by a Fund that operates as a fund of funds and invests exclusively in unaffiliated underlying funds or exclusively in a combination of affiliated and unaffiliated underlying funds (in both cases, an "unaffiliated fund of funds") shall be posted to the Funds' website on a monthly, one-month delayed basis.
2. The individual holdings of the underlying funds held by a Fund that operates as a fund of funds and invests exclusively in affiliated underlying funds (an "affiliated fund of funds") shall be posted to the Funds' website on a monthly, one-month delayed basis.
3. A change to the underlying funds held by an affiliated or unaffiliated fund of funds or changes in an affiliated or unaffiliated fund of funds' target allocations between or among its fixed-income and/or equity investments may be posted to the Funds' website simultaneous with the occurrence of the change.

D. Specified Alternative Funds.
The following holdings disclosure policy provisions apply to the Wells Fargo Advantage Alternative Strategies Fund and the Wells Fargo Advantage Global Long/Short Fund (each, an "Alternative Fund" and together, the "Alternative Funds"):
1. Complete Holdings as of Fiscal Quarter Ends. As of each fiscal quarter end, the Alternative Funds' complete portfolio holdings shall be made publicly available quarterly on the Funds' website, on a one-month delayed basis.
2. Holdings as of Other Month Ends. As of each month end other than a month end that coincides with a fiscal quarter end, each Alternative Fund shall make publicly available monthly on the Fund's website, on a one-month delayed basis, the following: (i) all portfolio holdings held long other than any put options on equity securities; (ii) portfolio holdings held short other than short positions in equity securities of single issuers; and (iii) the aggregate dollar value of each of the following: (a) equity securities of single issuers held short, and (b) any put options on equity securities held long.
3. Top Ten Holdings. Each Alternative Fund shall make publicly available on the Fund's website on a monthly, seven-day or more delayed basis information about its top ten holdings information, provided that the following holdings shall be excluded: (i) derivative positions; and (ii) short positions (other than any Publicly Disclosed Short Positions).

Furthermore, as required by the SEC, each Fund shall file its complete portfolio holdings schedule in public filings made with the SEC on a quarterly basis. Each Fund is required to file its complete portfolio schedules for the second and fourth fiscal quarter on Form N-CSR, and each Fund is required to file its complete portfolio schedules for the first and third fiscal quarters on From N-Q, in each instance within 60 days of the end of the Fund's fiscal quarter. Through Form N-CSR and Form N-Q filings made with the SEC, the Funds' full portfolio holdings will be publicly available to shareholders on a quarterly basis. Such filings shall be made on or shortly before the 60th day following the end of a fiscal quarter. In addition, each money market Fund is required to file with the SEC by the fifth business day of each month, a report on Form N-MFP of portfolio holdings that is current as of the last business day of the previous month; the SEC makes each Form N-MFP publicly available on a delayed basis (presently 60 days after the end of the month to which the information in the report relates).

Each Fund's complete portfolio schedules for the second and fourth fiscal quarter, required to be filed on Form N-CSR, shall be delivered to shareholders in the Fund's semi- annual and annual reports. Each Fund's complete portfolio schedule for the first and third fiscal quarters, required to be filed on Form N-Q, will not be delivered to shareholders. Each Fund, however, shall include appropriate disclosure in its semi-annual and annual reports as to how a shareholder may obtain holdings information for the Fund's first and third fiscal quarters.

IV. List of Approved Recipients . The following list describes the limited circumstances in which a Fund's portfolio holdings may be disclosed to select third parties in advance of the monthly release on the Funds' website. In each instance, a determination will be made by Funds Management that such advance disclosure is supported by a legitimate business purpose and that the recipients, where feasible, are subject to an independent duty not to disclose or trade on the nonpublic information.

A. Sub-Advisers . Sub-advisers shall have full daily access to fund holdings for the Fund(s) for which they have direct management responsibility. Sub-advisers may also release and discuss portfolio holdings with various broker/dealers for purposes of analyzing the impact of existing and future market changes on the prices, availability/demand and liquidity of such securities, as well as for the purpose of assisting portfolio managers in the trading of such securities.

A new Fund sub-adviser may periodically receive full portfolio holdings information for such Fund from the date of Board approval through the date upon which they take over day-to- day investment management activities. Such disclosure will be subject to confidential treatment.

To perform investment risk management oversight functions, the investment risk management team (the "Team"), whose members are employees of the investment advisers affiliated with Wells Fargo & Co. ("Wells Fargo"), shall have full daily access to portfolio holdings of the Fund(s) managed by any sub-adviser that is an affiliated person of Wells Fargo whose portfolio management teams' investment risks are monitored by the Team.

B. Money Market Portfolio Management Team . The money market portfolio management team at Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management") shall have full daily access to daily transaction information across the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds for purposes of anticipating money market sweep activity which in turn helps to enhance liquidity management within the money market funds.

C. Funds Management/Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC .
1. Funds Management personnel that deal directly with the processing, settlement, review, control, auditing, reporting, and/or valuation of portfolio trades shall have full daily access to Fund portfolio holdings through access to the fund accountant's system.
2. Funds Management personnel that deal directly with investment review and analysis of the Funds shall have full daily access to Fund portfolio holdings. through FactSet, a program that is used to, among other things, evaluate portfolio characteristics against available benchmarks.
3. Funds Management and Distributor personnel may be given advance disclosure of any changes to the underlying funds in a fund of funds structure or changes in a Fund's target allocations that result in a shift between or among its fixed-income and/or equity investments.

D. External Servicing Agents . Appropriate personnel employed by entities that assist in the review and/or processing of Fund portfolio transactions, employed by the fund accounting agent, the custodian and the trading settlement desk at Wells Capital Management (only with respect to the Funds that Wells Capital Management sub-advises), shall have daily access to all Fund portfolio holdings. In addition, certain of the sub-advisers utilize the services of software provider Advent to assist with portfolio accounting and trade order management. In order to provide the contracted services to the sub-adviser, Advent may receive full daily portfolio holdings information directly from the Funds' accounting agent however, only for those Funds in which such sub-adviser provides investment advisory services. Funds Management also utilizes the services of Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") to assist with proxy voting. ISS may receive full Fund portfolio holdings on a weekly basis for the Funds for which it provides services.

E. Rating Agencies . Nationally Recognized Statistical Ratings Organizations ("NRSRO's") may receive full Fund holdings for rating purposes.

F. Reorganizations . Entities hired as trading advisors that assist with the analysis and trading associated with transitioning portfolios may receive full portfolio holdings of both the target fund and the acquiring fund. In addition, the portfolio managers of the target fund and acquiring fund may receive full portfolio holdings of the acquiring fund and target fund, respectively, in order to assist with aligning the portfolios prior to the closing date of the reorganization.

G. Investment Company Institute . The Investment Company Institute may receive information about full money market Fund holdings concurrently at the time each money market Fund files with the SEC a report on Form N-MFP.

V. Additions to List of Approved Recipients . Any additions to the list of approved recipients requires approval by the President, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of the Funds based on a review of: (i) the type of fund involved; (ii) the purpose for receiving the holdings information; (iii) the intended use of the information; (iv) the frequency of the information to be provided; (v) the length of the lag, if any, between the date of the information and the date on which the information will be disclosed; (vi) the proposed recipient's relationship to the Funds; (vii) the ability of Funds Management to monitor that such information will be used by the proposed recipient in accordance with the stated purpose for the disclosure; (viii) whether a confidentiality agreement will be in place with such proposed recipient; and (ix) whether any potential conflicts exist regarding such disclosure between the interests of Fund shareholders, on the one hand, and those of the Fund's investment adviser, principal underwriter, or any affiliated person of the Fund.

VI. Funds Management Commentaries . Funds Management may disclose any views, opinions, judgments, advice or commentary, or any analytical, statistical, performance or other information in connection with or relating to a Fund or its portfolio holdings (including historical holdings information), or any changes to the portfolio holdings of a Fund. The portfolio commentary and statistical information may be provided to members of the press, shareholders in the Funds, persons considering investment in the Funds or representatives of such shareholders or potential shareholders. The content and nature of the information provided to each of these persons may differ.

Certain of the information described above will be included in periodic fund commentaries (e.g., quarterly, monthly, etc.) and will contain information that includes, among other things, top contributors/detractors from fund performance and significant portfolio changes during the relevant period (e.g., calendar quarter, month, etc.). This information will be posted contemporaneously with their distribution on the Funds' website.

No person shall receive any of the information described above if, in the sole judgment of Funds Management, the information could be used in a manner that would be harmful to the Funds.

VII. Board Approval . The Board shall review and reapprove these Procedures, including the list of approved recipients, as often as they deem appropriate, but not less often than annually, and making any changes that they deem appropriate.

VIII. Education Component . In order to promote strict compliance with these Procedures, Funds Management has informed its employees, and other parties possessing Fund portfolio holdings information (such as sub-advisers, the fund accounting agent and the custodian), of the limited circumstances in which the Funds' portfolio holdings may be disclosed in advance of the monthly disclosure on the Funds' website and the ramifications, including possible dismissal, if disclosure is made in contravention of these Procedures.

CAPITAL STOCK

The Funds are twelve series of the Trust in the Wells Fargo Advantage family of funds. The Trust was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on March 10, 1999.

Most of the Trust's series are authorized to issue multiple classes of shares, one class generally subject to a front-end sales charge and, in some cases, classes subject to a CDSC, that are offered to retail investors. Certain of the Trust's series also are authorized to issue other classes of shares, which are sold primarily to institutional investors. Each share in a series represents an equal, proportionate interest in the series with all other shares. Shareholders bear their pro rata portion of a series' operating expenses, except for certain class-specific expenses (e.g., any state securities registration fees, shareholder servicing fees or distribution fees that may be paid under Rule 12b-1) that are allocated to a particular class. Please contact Investor Services at 1-800-222-8222 if you would like additional information about other series or classes of shares offered.

With respect to matters affecting one class but not another, shareholders vote as a class; for example, the approval of a Plan. Subject to the foregoing, all shares of a Fund have equal voting rights and will be voted in the aggregate, and not by series, except where voting by a series is required by law or where the matter involved only affects one series. For example, a change in a Fund's fundamental investment policy affects only one series and would be voted upon only by shareholders of the Fund involved. Additionally, approval of an advisory agreement, since it affects only one Fund, is a matter to be determined separately by each series. Approval by the shareholders of one series is effective as to that series whether or not sufficient votes are received from the shareholders of the other series to approve the proposal as to those series.

As used in the Prospectus(es) and in this SAI, the term "majority," when referring to approvals to be obtained from shareholders of a class of shares of a Fund means the vote of the lesser of (i) 67% of the shares of the class represented at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the class are present in person or by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the class of the Fund. The term "majority," when referring to approvals to be obtained from shareholders of the Fund, means the vote of the lesser of (i) 67% of the shares of the Fund represented at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund are present in person or by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. The term "majority," when referring to the approvals to be obtained from shareholders of the Trust as a whole, means the vote of the lesser of (i) 67% of the Trust's shares represented at a meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the Trust's outstanding shares are present in person or by proxy, or (ii) more than 50% of the Trust's outstanding shares.

Gateway blended Funds and gateway feeder Funds are interestholders of the Master Trust master portfolios in which they invest and may be asked to approve certain matters by vote or by written consent pursuant to the Master Trust's Declaration of Trust. Gateway blended Funds, Funds that invest substantially all of their assets in two or more master portfolios of Master Trust, are not required to pass through their voting rights to their shareholders. Gateway feeder Funds, Funds that invest substantially all of their assets in one master portfolio of Master Trust, are not required to, but may, pass through their voting rights to their shareholders. Specifically, a gateway feeder Fund must either (i) seek instructions from its shareholders with regard to the voting of all proxies with respect to a security and vote such proxies only in accordance with such instructions, or (ii) vote the shares held by it in the same proportion as the vote of all other holders of such security.

Shareholders are not entitled to any preemptive rights. All shares are issued in uncertificated form only, and, when issued will be fully paid and non-assessable by the Trust. The Trust may dispense with an annual meeting of shareholders in any year in which it is not required to elect Trustees under the 1940 Act.

Each share of a class of a Fund represents an equal proportional interest in the Fund with each other share of the same class and is entitled to such dividends and distributions out of the income earned on the assets belonging to the Fund as are declared in the discretion of the Trustees. In the event of the liquidation or dissolution of the Trust, shareholders of a Fund are entitled to receive the assets attributable to that Fund that are available for distribution, and a distribution of any general assets not attributable to a particular Fund that are available for distribution in such manner and on such basis as the Trustees in their sole discretion may determine.

Set forth below as of June 5, 2015, is the name, address and share ownership of each person with record ownership of 5% or more of a class of a Fund and each person known by the Trust to have beneficial ownership of 25% or more of the voting securities of the Fund as a whole. Except as identified below, no person with record ownership of 5% or more of a class of a Fund is known by the Trust to have beneficial ownership of such shares.

Principal Fund Holders

Target Today Fund
Class A

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

58.92%

Target Today Fund
Class B

First Clearing LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

100.00%

Target Today Fund
Class C

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

83.34%

American Enterprise Investment Svc
707 2nd Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2405

7.28%

Target Today Fund
Administrator Class

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

31.78%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

27.96%

Wells Fargo Bank West TTEE FBO
Various Fascore LLC Record Kept Pla
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Vlg CO 80111-5002

5.50%

Wells Fargo Bank, NA
Omnibus Acct. For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

27.00%

Target Today Fund
Investor Class

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

18.73%

Target Today Fund
Class R

FIIOC FBO
DEE Sign USA LLC
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

6.45%

Wells Fargo Funds Seeding Account
c/o Wells Fargo Investments Grp Inc
525 Market St, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2779

93.55%

Target Today Fund
Class R4

c/o Fascore LLC
Texa Avers 401K Plan
Employee Retirement System of Texas
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

56.90%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

18.85%

c/o Fascore LLC
Texa Avers 457 Plan
Employee Retirement System of Texas
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

16.29%

Target Today Fund
Class R6

Well Fargo Bank NA FO
WFC DCP Custody Account
PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480-1533

5.07%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401(k) Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

55.12%

Wells Fargo Bank, NA
Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

14.22%

Target 2010 Fund
Class A

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

58.58%

Target 2010 Fund
Class B

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

100.00%

Target 2010 Fund
Class C

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of its Customers
ATTN Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E FL 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

5.27%

LPL Financial
Omnibus Customer Account
ATTN Mutual Fund Trading
4707 Executive Dr
San Diego, CA 92121-3091

5.29%

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

51.11%

American Enterprise Investment Services
707 2nd Ave. South
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2405

19.29%

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

6.57%

Target 2010 Fund
Administrator Class

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

42.22%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

31.57%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

12.16%

Wells Fargo Bank West TTEE FBO
Various Fascore, LLC Record Kept Plan
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5022

5.84%

Target 2010 Fund
Investor Class

Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE F
Employee Benefits Clients 401K
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-50002

5.27%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

27.30%

Target 2010 Fund
Class R

FIIOC FBO
DEE Sign USA LLC
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

49.15%

Wells Fargo Funds Seeding Account
c/o Wells Fargo Investments Grp Inc
525 Market St, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2779

50.85%

Target 2010 Fund
Class R4

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

83.08%

Target 2010 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401(k) Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

31.05%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

25.76%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

10.66%

Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO
WFC DCP Custody Account
PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480-1533

6.12%

Matrix Trust Co as TTEE FBO
Greenheck Fan Corp 401k & Savings
PO Box 521129
Phoenix, AZ 85072-2129

7.91%

Target 2015 Fund
Class A

ING National Trust
As Trustee or Custodian for
Core Market Retirement Plans
1 Heritage Dr
North Quincy, MA 02171-2105

35.85%

FIIOC FBO
Tenable Network Security Inc
401(K) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

18.03%

First Clearing LLC
Special Custody Acct for the
Exclusive Benefit of Customer
2801 Market St
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

17.11%

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit
of its Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

18.61%

Target 2015 Fund
Administrator Class

National Financial Services LLC
For Exclusive Benefit of our Customers
ATTN Mutual Fund Dept 4th FL
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

73.03%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

13.20%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

5.50%

Target 2015 Fund
Investor Class

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

24.18%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

7.56%

Target 2015 Fund
Class R

FIIOC FBO
DEE Sign USA LLC
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

45.44%

Wells Fargo Funds Seeding Account
c/o Wells Fargo Investments Grp Inc
525 Market St, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2779

54.56%

Target 2015 Fund
Class R4

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

29.35%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co
1295 State St #C105
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

19.99%

NFS LLC FEBO
FIIOC as Agent for
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401K Finops-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way #KW1C
Covington, KY 41015-1987

13.89%

c/o Fascore, LLC
Texa$avers 401k Plan
Employee Retirment System of Texas
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

9.49%

NFS LLC FEBO
State Street Bank & Trust Co
TTEE Various Retirement Plans
440 Mamaroneck Ave
Harrison, NY 10528-2418

7.90%

c/o Fascore, LLC
Texa$avers 457 Plan
Employee Retirment System of Texas
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

6.32%

Target 2015 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

46.63%

NFS, LLC FEBO
FIIOC As Agent For
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401k FINOPS-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way
Covington, KY 41015-1987

9.79%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

12.93%

Wells Fargo Bank NA FBO
WFC DCP Custody Account
PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480-1533

8.21%

Target 2020 Fund
Class A

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

55.70%

Saxon & Co
FBO VI Omnibus Account VICA
PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182-0001

6.83%

Target 2020 Fund
Class B

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

100.00%

Target 2020 Fund
Class C

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

68.28%

MLPF & S For The Sole Benefit
Of Its Customers
Attn: Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr. East, 2nd Floor
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

8.71%

American Enterprise Investment Services
707 2nd Ave S
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2405

7.39%

Target 2020 Fund
Administrator Class

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

44.67%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

32.67%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

8.79%

Target 2020 Fund
Investor Class

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

22.87%

Target 2020 Fund
Class R

FIIOC FBO
DEE Sign USA LLC
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

94.44%

Target 2020 Fund
Class R4

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1151

74.55%

Target 2020 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

40.42%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

21.06%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

8.11%

NFS LLC FEBO
FIIOC as Agent for
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401K FINOPS - IC Funds
100 Magellan Way KW1C
Covington, KY 41015-1987

5.14%

Target 2025 Fund
Fund Level

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

42.72%

Target 2025 Fund
Class A

First Clearing LLC
Special Custody Acct for the
Exclusive Benefit of Customer
2801 Market St
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

28.08%

Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE
Employee Benefits Clients 401K
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

6.62%

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit
of Its Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

22.34%

FIIOC FBO
Tenable Network Security Inc
401(K) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

22.09%

Target 2025 Fund
Administrator Class

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

69.22%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

15.06%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

5.31%

Target 2025 Fund
Investor Class

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

27.56%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

10.78%

Target 2025 Fund
Class R

FIIOC FBO
DEE Sign USA LLC
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

96.68%

Target 2025 Fund
Class R4

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1151

31.70%

Taynik & Co
c/o Investors Bank & Trust Co
Attn Mutual Fund Processing
200 Clarendon St FPG 90
Boston, MA 02116-5097

7.03%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co
1295 State St #C105
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

12.90%

Reliance Trust Co Custodian
FBO Mass Mutual Omnibus PLL/SML
PO Box 48529
Atlanta, GA 30362-1529

6.22%

c/o Fascore, LLC
Texa$avers 401k Plan
Employee Retirment System of Texas
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

8.49%

ING National Trust
As Trustee or Custodian for
Core Market Retirement Plans
1 Heritage Dr
North Quincy, MA 02171-2105

6.11%

NFS LLC FEBO
State Street Bank Trust Co
TTEE Various Retirement Plans
440 Mamaroneck Ave
Harrison, NY 10528-2418

8.04%

NFS LLC FEBO
FIIOC as Agent for
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401K Finops-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way #KW1C
Covington, KY 41015-1987

13.19%

Target 2025 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

7.11%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

69.45%

NFS, LLC FEBO
FIIOC As Agent For
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401k FINOPS-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way
Covington, KY 41015-1987

5.83%

Target 2030 Fund
Class A

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

54.30%

Saxon & Co
FBO VI Omnibus Account VICA
PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182-0001

11.32%

Target 2030 Fund
Class B

Charles Schwarb & Co Inc
Special Custody Acct FBO Customers
ATTN Mutual Funds
101 Montgomery Street
San Francisco CA 94104-4151

10.37%

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

62.01%

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Floor
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

25.39%

Target 2030 Fund
Class C

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

71.35%

American Enterprise Investment Services
707 2nd Ave South
Minneapolis, MN 55402-2405

6.09%

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of Its Customers:
ATTN Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

5.92%

Target 2030 Fund
Administrator Class

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

36.02%

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

36.72%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

11.92%

Wells Fargo Bank West TTEE FBO
Various Fascore, LLC Record Kept Plan
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5022

5.09%

Target 2030 Fund
Investor Class

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

20.66%

Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE
Employee Benefits Clients 401K
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

6.23%

Target 2030 Fund
Class R

FIIOC FBO
DEE Sign USA LLC
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

92.72%

Target 2030 Fund
Class R4

NFS LLC FEBO
FIIOC As Agent for
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401K FINOPS-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way #KW1C
Covington, KY 41015-1987

5.24%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1151

74.18%

Target 2030 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

45.60%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

21.61%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

6.72%

Target 2035 Fund
Fund Level

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401(K) Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

25.75%

Target 2035 Fund
Class A

FIIOC FBO
Tenable Network Security Inc
401(K) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

53.62%

MLP&S for the Sole Benefit of its Customers
ATTN Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

13.71%

First Clearing LLC
Special Custody Acct for the
Exclusive Benefit of Customer
2801 Market St
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

21.93%

Target 2035 Fund
Administrator Class

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

67.53%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

17.12%

Wells Fargo Bank, NA
Omnibus Acct. For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

5.95%

Target 2035 Fund
Investor Class

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

27.02%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

11.35%

Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE
Employee Benefits Clients 401K
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

5.10%

Target 2035 Fund
Class R

FIIOC FBO
DEE Sign USA LLC
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

16.89%

Wells Fargo Funds Seeding Account
c/o Wells Fargo Investments Grp Inc
525 Market St, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2779

82.09%

Target 2035 Fund
Class R4

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1151

34.25%

Reliance Trust Co Custodian
FBO Mass Mutual Omnibus PLL/SML
PO Box 48529
Atlanta, GA 30362-1529

5.32%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co
1295 State St #C105
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

13.73%

Taynik & Co
c/o Investors Bank & Trust Co
Attn Mutual Fund Processing
200 Clarendon St FPG 90
Boston, MA 02116-5097

6.03%

NFS LLC FEBO
FIIOC as Agent for
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401K Finops-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way #KW1C
Covington, KY 41015-1987

14.51%

c/o Fascore, LLC
Texa$avers 401k Plan
Employee Retirment System of Texas
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

8.08%

NFS LLC FEBO
State Street Bank Trust Co
TTE Various Retirement Plans
440 Mamaroneck Ave
Harrison, NY 10528-2418

7.46%

ING National Trust
As Trustee Or Custodian For
Core Market Retirement Plans
1 Heritage Dr.
North Quincy, MA 02171-2105

5.78%

Target 2035 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

51.16%

NFS, LLC FEBO
FIIOC As Agent For
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401k FINOPS-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way
Covington, KY 41015-1987

8.01%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

15.94%

Target 2040 Fund
Class A

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

61.82%

Saxon & Co
FBO VI Omnibus Account VICA
PO Box 7780-1888
Philadelphia, PA 19182-0001

6.37%

Target 2040 Fund
Class B

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

70.45%

Pershing LLC
1 Pershing Plz
Jersey City, NJ 07399-0002

29.45%

Target 2040 Fund
Class C

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of its Customers
ATTN Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3
Jacksonville, Fl 32246-6484

6.61%

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

47.47%

Pershing LLC
1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399-0002

24.08%

Target 2040 Fund
Administrator Class

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

39.79%

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

32.65%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

11.02%

Wells Fargo Bank West TTEE FBO
Various Fascore, LLC Record Kept Plan
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5022

5.46%

Target 2040 Fund
Investor Class

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

20.04%

Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE
Employee Benefits Clients 401K
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

6.63%

Target 2040 Fund
Class R

Mid Atlantic Trust Company FBO
Katopody LLC 401(K) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
1251 Waterfront Place Suite 525
Pittsburgh, PA 15222-4228

12.69%

FIIOC FBO
DEE Sign USA LLC
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

64.98%

Wells Fargo Funds Seeding Account
c/o Wells Fargo Investments Grp Inc
525 Market St, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2779

21.86%

Target 2040 Fund
Class R4

NFS LLC FEBO
FIIOC As Agent For
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401k FINOPS-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way
Covington, KY 41015-1987

5.01%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1151

76.89%

Target 2040 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

45.98%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

23.48%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

7.53%

Target 2045 Fund
Class A

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of Its Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

5.64%

First Clearing LLC
Special Custody Acct for the
Exclusive Benefit of Customer
2801 Market St
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

14.76%

FIIOC FBO
Tenable Network Security Inc
401(K) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

76.40%

Target 2045 Fund
Administrator Class

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

59.11%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

22.15%

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

7.20%

Target 2045 Fund
Investor Class

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

12.65%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

35.98%

Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE
Employee Benefits Clients 401K
8515 E Orchard Rd 2T2
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

5.42%

Target 2045 Fund
Class R

Wells Fargo Funds Seeding Account
c/o Wells Fargo Investments Grp Inc
525 Market St, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2779

99.39%

Target 2045 Fund
Class R4

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1151

37.23%

c/o Fascore, LLC
Texa$avers 401k Plan
Employee Retirment System of Texas
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

13.62%

Taynik & Co
c/o Investors Bank & Trust Co
Attn Mutual Fund Processing
200 Clarendon St FPG 90
Boston, MA 02116-5097

7.25%

NFS LLC FEBO
FIIOC as Agent for
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401K Finops-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way #KW1C
Covington, KY 41015-1987

13.21%

NFS LLC FEBO
State Street Bank Trust Co
TTEE Various Retirement Plans
440 Mamaroneck Ave
Harrison, Ny 10528-2418

7.56%

ING National Trust
As Trustee or Custodian for
Core Market Retirement Plans
1 Heritage Dr
North Quincy, MA 02171-2105

5.46%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co
1295 State St #C105
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

9.19%

Target 2045 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

47.20%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

19.83%

NFS, LLC FEBO
FIIOC As Agent For
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401k FINOPS-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way
Covington, KY 41015-1987

6.50%

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

5.72%

Target 2050 Fund
Fund Level

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

39.43%

Target 2050 Fund
Class A

First Clearing LLC
Special Custody Acct for the
Exclusive Benefit of Customer
2801 Market St
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

46.70%

FIIOC FBO
Tenable Network Security Inc
401(K) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Convington, KY 41015-1987

34.17%

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of Its Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

8.57%

Target 2050 Fund
Class C

First Clearing LLC
Special Custody Acct for the
Exclusive Benefit of Customer
2801 Market St
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

32.13%

Pershing LLC
1 Pershing Plaza
Jersey City, NJ 07399-0002

53.83%

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit
of Its Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

8.83%

Target 2050 Fund
Administrator Class

Wells Fargo Bank NA
Omnibus Acct For Various Ret Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

38.99%

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

31.49%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

12.61%

Wells Fargo Bank West TTEE FBO
Various Fascore, LLC Record Kept Plan
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5022

5.33%

Target 2050 Fund
Investor Class

Massachusetts Mutual Insurance Co.
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

16.90%

Great-West Trust Company LLC TTEE
Employee Benefits Clients 401(k)
8515 E Orchard Rd
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

9.72%

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

5.96%

Target 2050 Fund
Class R

Wells Fargo Funds Seeding Account
c/o Wells Fargo Investments Grp Inc
525 Market St, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2779

99.33%

Target 2050 Fund
Class R4

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1151

74.40%

c/o Fascore, LLC
Texa$avers 401k Plan
Employee Retirment System of Texas
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

7.91%

Attn: NPIO Trade Desk
DCGT As TTEE and/or Custodian
FBO Prinicpal Financial Group
Qualified Prin Advtg Omnibus
711 High Street
Des Moines, IA 50392-0001

5.97%

Target 2050 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
A Wells Fargo Company
FBO Wells Fargo 401k Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

69.75%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

12.22%

Target 2055 Fund
Fund Level

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Wells Fargo & Company 401 K Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd
Charlotte, NC 28288-1151

45.22%

Target 2055 Fund
Class A

First Clearing LLC
Special Custody Acct for the
Exclusive Benefit of Customer
2801 Market St
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

72.87%

MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of Its Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Administration
4800 Deer Lake Dr E Fl 3
Jacksonville, FL 32246-6484

8.66%

FIIOC FBO
Tenable Network Security Inc
401(K) Profit Sharing Plan & Trust
100 Magellan Way (KWIC)
Covington, KY 41015-1987

14.64%

Target 2055 Fund
Administrator Class

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

77.31%

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

16.68%

Target 2055 Fund
Investor Class

Massachusett Mutual Insurance Co
1295 State Street
Springfield, MA 01111-0001

24.23%

National Financial Services LLC for
Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers
Attn Mutual Fund Dept, 4th Fl
499 Washington Blvd
Jersey City, NJ 07310-2010

10.87%

Target 2055 Fund
Class R

Wells Fargo Funds Seeding Account
c/o Wells Fargo Investments Grp Inc
525 Market St, 9th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-2779

97.53%

Target 2055 Fund
Class R4

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

40.54%

NFS LLC FEBO
State Street Bank Trust Co
TTEE Various Retirement Plans
440 Mamaroneck Ave
Harrison, Ny 10528-2418

7.13%

c/o Fascore, LLC
Texa$avers 401k Plan
Employee Retirment System of Texas
8515 E Orchard Rd.
Greenwood Village, CO 80111-5002

25.84%

NFS LLC FEBO
FIIOC As Agent For
Qualified Employee Benefit
Plans 401k FINOPS-IC Funds
100 Magellan Way
Covington, KY 41015-1987

5.19%

Attn NPIO Trade Desk
DCGT as TTEE and/or Cust
FBO Principal Financial Group
Qualified Prin Advtg Omnibus
711 High St
Des Moines, IA 50392-0001

10.16%

Target 2055 Fund
Class R6

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Wells Fargo & Company 401K Plan
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28262-8522

62.98%

Wells Fargo Bank FBO
Various Retirement Plans
1525 West WT Harris Blvd.
Charlotte, NC 28288-1076

14.91%

First Clearing, LLC
Special Custody Account For The
Exclusive Benefit Of Customers
2801 Market Street
Saint Louis, MO 63103-2523

7.15%

Wells Fargo Bank, NA FBO
WFC DCP Custody Account
PO Box 1533
Minneapolis, MN 55480-1533

6.26%

For purposes of the 1940 Act, any person who owns directly or through one or more controlled companies more than 25% of the voting securities of a company is presumed to "control" such company. Accordingly, to the extent that a person identified in the foregoing table is identified as the beneficial owner of more than 25% of a Fund, or is identified as the record owner of more than 25% of a Fund and has voting and/or investment powers, it may be presumed to control such Fund. A controlling person's vote could have a more significant effect on matters presented to shareholders for approval than the vote of other Fund shareholders.

OTHER INFORMATION

The Trust's Registration Statement, including the Prospectus(es) and SAI for the Funds and the exhibits filed therewith, may be examined at the office of the SEC, located at 100 "F" Street NE, in Washington, D.C., 20549-0102. Statements contained in the Prospectus(es) or the SAI as to the contents of any contract or other document referred to herein or in the Prospectus(es) are not necessarily complete, and, in each instance, reference is made to the copy of such contract or other document filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement, each such statement being qualified in all respects by such reference.

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

KPMG LLP has been selected as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Trust. KPMG LLP provides audit services, tax return preparation and assistance and consultation in connection with review of certain SEC filings. KPMG LLP's address is Two Financial Center, 60 South Street, Boston, MA 02111.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Audited financial statements for the Funds, which include the portfolio of investments and report of the independent registered public accounting firm, are hereby incorporated into this document by reference to the Funds' Annual Report dated as of February 28, 2015.

APPENDIX A

The ratings of Standard & Poor's ("S&P"), Moody's Investors Services ("Moody's"), Fitch Investor Services ("Fitch"), represent their opinion as to the quality of debt securities. It should be emphasized, however, that ratings are general and not absolute standards of quality, and debt securities with the same maturity, interest rate and rating may have different yields while debt securities of the same maturity and interest rate with different ratings may have the same yield. Subsequent to purchase by the Funds, an issue of debt securities may cease to be rated or its rating may be reduced below the minimum rating required for purchase by the Funds. The manager will consider such an event in determining whether the Fund involved should continue to hold the obligation.

The following is a description of the ratings given by S&P, Fitch, and Moody's to corporate and municipal bonds and corporate and municipal commercial paper and variable rate demand obligations.

Corporate Bonds

S&P

S&P rates the long-term debt obligations issued by various entities in categories ranging from "AAA" to "D," according to quality, as described below. The first four ratings denote investment-grade securities. The ratings from AA to CCC may be modified by the addition of a plus or minus sign to show relative standing within the major rating categories.

AAA - This is the highest rating assigned by S&P to a debt obligation and indicates an extremely strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal.

AA - Debt rated AA is considered to have a very strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal and differs from AAA issues only in a small degree.

A - Debt rated A has a strong capacity to pay interest and repay principal although it is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than debt in higher-rated categories.

BBB - Debt rated BBB is regarded as having an adequate capacity to pay interest and repay principal. Whereas it normally exhibits adequate protection parameters, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity to pay interest and repay principal for debt in this category than for those in higher-rated categories.

BB - Debt rated BB has less near-term vulnerability to default than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to inadequate capacity to meet timely interest and principal payments.

B - Debt rated B has greater vulnerability to default but currently has the capacity to meet interest payments and principal repayments. Adverse business, financial, or economic conditions will likely impair capacity or willingness to pay interest and repay principal.

CCC - Debt CCC is currently vulnerable and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions to meet timely interest and principal payments.

CC - Debt rated CC is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. Debt rated CC is subordinate to senior debt rated CCC.

C - Debt rated C is currently highly vulnerable to nonpayment. Debt rated C is subordinate to senior debt rated CCC-. The C rating may be used to cover a situation where a bankruptcy petition has been filed or similar action taken, but payments on this obligation are being continued. Debt rated C also will be assigned to a preferred stock issue in arrears on dividends or sinking fund payments, but that is currently paying.

D - Debt rated D is currently in default, where payment of interest and/or repayment of principal is in arrears.

Moody's

Moody's rates the long-term debt obligations issued by various entities in categories ranging from "Aaa" to "C," according to quality, as described below. The first four denote investment-grade securities.

Aaa - Bonds rated Aaa are judged to be of the best quality. They carry the smallest degree of investment risk, and interest payments are protected by a large or by an exceptionally stable margin and principal is secure. While the various protective elements are likely to change, such changes as can be visualized are most unlikely to impair the fundamentally strong position of such issues.

Aa - Bonds rated Aa are judged to be of high quality by all standards. Together with the Aaa group, such bonds comprise what are generally known as high grade bonds. They are rated lower than the best bonds because margins of protection may not be as large as in Aaa securities or fluctuation of protective elements may be of greater amplitude or there may be other elements present which make the long-term risks appear somewhat larger than in Aaa securities.

A - Bonds rated A possess many favorable investment attributes and are to be considered upper to medium investment-grade obligations. Factors giving security to principal and interest are considered adequate, but elements may be present which suggest a susceptibility to impairment sometime in the future.

Baa - Bonds rated Baa are considered medium-grade (and still investment-grade) obligations, i.e., they are neither highly protected nor poorly secured. Interest payments and principal security appear adequate for the present but certain protective elements may be lacking or may be characteristically unreliable over any great length of time. Such bonds lack outstanding investment characteristics and in fact have speculative characteristics as well.

Ba - Bonds rated Ba are judged to have speculative elements; their future cannot be considered as well assured. Often the protection of interest and principal payments may be very moderate and thereby not as well safeguarded during both good times and bad times over the future. Uncertainty of position characterizes bonds in this class.

B - Bonds rated B generally lack characteristics of a desirable investment. Assurance of interest and principal payments or of maintenance of other terms of the contract over any long period of time may be small.

Caa - Bonds rated Caa are of poor standing. Issues may be in default or there may be present elements of danger with respect to principal or interest.

Ca - Bonds rated Ca are speculative in a high degree. Such bonds are often in default or have other marked shortcomings.

C - Bonds rated C are the lowest rated class of bonds. Such bonds can be regarded as having extremely poor prospects of ever attaining any real investment standing.

Moody's applies numerical modifiers (1, 2 and 3) to rating categories. The modifier 1 indicates that the bond being rated ranks in the higher end of its generic rating category; the modifier 2 indicates a mid-range ranking; and the modifier 3 indicates that the bond ranks in the lower end of its generic rating category. With regard to municipal bonds, those bonds in the Aa, A and Baa groups which Moody's believes possess the strongest investment attributes are designated by the symbols Aal, A1 or Baal, respectively.

Fitch

National Long-Term Credit Ratings. A special identifier for the country concerned will be added at the end of all national ratings. For illustrative purposes, (xxx) has been used, below.

AAA(xxx) - 'AAA' national ratings denote the highest rating assigned in its national rating scale for that country. This rating is assigned to the "best" credit risk relative to all other issuers or issues in the same country and will normally be assigned to all financial commitments issued or guaranteed by the sovereign state.

AA(xxx) - 'AA' national ratings denote a very strong credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. The credit risk inherent in these financial commitments differs only slightly from the country's highest rated issuers or issues.

A(xxx) - 'A' national ratings denote a strong credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. However, changes in circumstances or economic conditions may affect the capacity for timely repayment of these financial commitments to a greater degree than for financial commitments denoted by a higher rated category.

BBB(xxx) - 'BBB' national ratings denote an adequate credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. However, changes in circumstances or economic conditions are more likely to affect the capacity for timely repayment.

BB(xxx) - 'BB' national ratings denote a fairly weak credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Within the context of the country, payment of these financial commitments is uncertain to dome degree and capacity for timely repayment remains more vulnerable to adverse economic change over time.

B(xxx) - 'B' national ratings denote a significantly weak credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Financial commitments are currently being met but a limited margin of safety remains and capacity for continued timely payment is contingent upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

CCC(xxx), CC(xxx), C(xxx) - These categories of national ratings denote an extremely weak credit risk relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Capacity for meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon sustained, favorable business or economic developments.

DDD(xxx), DD(xxx), D(xxx) - These categories of national ratings are assigned to entities or financial commitments which are currently in default.

Short-Term Issue Credit Ratings (including Commercial Paper)

S&P:

A-1 - Debt rated A-1 is rated in the highest category by S&P. The obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is strong. Within this category, certain obligations are designated with a plus sign (+). This indicates that the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on these obligations is extremely strong.

A-2 - Debt rated A-2 is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher rating categories. However, the obligor's capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is satisfactory.

A-3 - Debt rated A-3 exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

B - Debt rated B is regarded as having significant speculative characteristics. The obligor currently has the capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation; however, it faces major ongoing uncertainties which could lead to the obligor's inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

C - Debt rated C is currently vulnerable to nonpayment and is dependent upon favorable business, financial, and economic conditions for the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation.

D - Debt rated D is in payment default. The D rating category is used when payments on an obligation are not made on the date due even if the applicable grace period has not expired, unless S&P believes that such payments will be made during such grace period. The D rating also will be used upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition or the taking of a similar action if payments on an obligation are jeopardized.

Moody's:

Prime-1: Issuers rated Prime-1 have a superior ability for repayment of senior short-term debt obligations.

Prime-2: Issuers rated Prime-2 have a strong ability to repay senior short-term debt obligations, but earnings trends, while sound, will be subject to more variation.

Prime-3: Issuers rated Prime-3 have acceptable credit quality and an adequate capacity for timely payment of shortterm deposit obligations.

Not Prime: Issuers rated Not Prime have questionable to poor credit quality and an uncertain capacity for timely payment of short-term deposit obligations.

Fitch

National Short -Term Credit Ratings. A special identifier for the country concerned will be added at the end of all national ratings. For illustrative purposes, (xxx) has been used, below.

F1(xxx) - Indicates the strongest capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Under their national rating scale, this rating is assigned to the"best" credit risk relative to all others in the same country and is normally assigned to all financial commitments issued or guaranteed by the sovereign state. Where the credit risk is particularly strong , a "+" is added to the assigned rating.

F2(xxx) - Indicates a satisfactory capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. However, the margin of safety is not as great as in the case of the higher ratings.

F3(xxx) - Indicates an adequate capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. However, such capacity is more susceptible to near-term adverse changes than for financial commitments in higher rated categories.

B(xxx) - Indicates an uncertain capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Such capacity is highly susceptible to near-term adverse changes in financial and economic conditions.

C(xxx) - Indicates a highly uncertain capacity for timely payment of financial commitments relative to other issuers or issues in the same country. Capacity or meeting financial commitments is solely reliant upon a sustained, favorable business and economic environment.

D(xxx) - Indicates actual or imminent payment default.

Note to National Short-Term ratings: In certain countries, regulators have established credit rating scales, to be used within their domestic markets, using specific nomenclature. In these countries, our National Short-Term Ratings definitions for F1+(xxx), F1(xxx), F2(xxx) and F3(xxx) may be substituted by those regulatory scales, e.g. A1+, A1, A2 and A3.

Variable Rate Demand Obligations

S&P:

SP-1 - Strong capacity to pay principal and interest. An issue determined to possess a very strong capacity to pay debt service is given a plus (+) designation.

SP-2 - Satisfactory capacity to pay principal and interest, with some vulnerability to adverse financial and economic changes over the term of the notes.

SP-3 - Speculative capacity to pay principal and interest.

Moody's:

VMIG 1: This designation denotes superior credit quality. Excellent protection is afforded by the superior short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.

VMIG 2: This designation denotes strong credit quality. Good protection is afforded by the strong short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.

VMIG 3: This designation denotes acceptable credit quality. Adequate protection is afforded by the satisfactory short-term credit strength of the liquidity provider and structural and legal protections that ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.

SG: This designation denotes speculative-grade credit quality. Demand features rated in this category may be supported by a liquidity provider that does not have an investment grade short-term rating or may lack the structural and/or legal protections necessary to ensure the timely payment of purchase price upon demand.

APPENDIX B

The following is a description of the underlying Indexes as listed in the "Index Methodology" section of the Funds' Prospectuses:

Equity Component Indexes

Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index SM

The Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Growth Index SM is part of a series of six unmanaged indexes representing large, mid and small-cap companies within the growth and value segments of the U.S. stock market. The large, mid and small indexes include only companies with these respective sizes. Dow Jones defines large cap as those companies that make up 70% of what it considers to be the total float-adjusted market capitalization; mid-cap is the next 20%; and small-cap is the next 5%. The growth and value indexes include only companies with these respective style classifications, which Dow Jones determines using six criteria: projected price-to-earnings ratio (P/E), projected earnings growth, price-to book ratio (P/B), dividend yield, trailing P/E and trailing earnings growth. The index is weighted by float adjusted market capitalization.

Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index SM

The Dow Jones U.S. Large-Cap Value Index SM is part of a series of six unmanaged indexes representing large, mid and small-cap companies within the growth and value segments of the U.S. stock market. The large, mid and small indexes include only companies with these respective sizes. Dow Jones defines large cap as those companies that make up 70% of what it considers to be the total float-adjusted market capitalization; mid-cap is the next 20%; and small-cap is the next 5%. The growth and value indexes include only companies with these respective style classifications, which Dow Jones determines using six criteria: projected price-to-earnings ratio (P/E), projected earnings growth, price-to-book ratio (P/B), dividend yield, trailing P/E and trailing earnings growth. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization.

Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index SM

The Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Growth Index SM is part of a series of six unmanaged indexes representing large, mid and small-cap companies within the growth and value segments of the U.S. stock market. The large, mid and small indexes include only companies with these respective sizes. Dow Jones defines large cap as those companies that make up 70% of what it considers to be the total float-adjusted market capitalization; mid-cap is the next 20%; and small-cap is the next 5%. The growth and value indexes include only companies with these respective style classifications, which Dow Jones determines using six criteria: projected price-to-earnings ratio (P/E), projected earnings growth, price-to-book ratio (P/B), dividend yield, trailing P/E and trailing earnings growth. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization.

Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index SM

The Dow Jones U.S. Mid-Cap Value Index SM is part of a series of six unmanaged indexes representing large, mid and small-cap companies within the growth and value segments of the U.S. stock market. The large, mid and small indexes include only companies with these respective sizes. Dow Jones defines large cap as those companies that make up 70% of what it considers to be the total float-adjusted market capitalization; mid-cap is the next 20%; and small-cap is the next 5%. The growth and value indexes include only companies with these respective style classifications, which Dow Jones determines using six criteria: projected price-to-earnings ratio (P/E), projected earnings growth, price-to-book ratio (P/B), dividend yield, trailing P/E and trailing earnings growth. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization.

Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index SM

The Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Growth Index SM is part of a series of six unmanaged indexes representing large, mid and small-cap companies within the growth and value segments of the U.S. stock market. The large, mid and small indexes include only companies with these respective sizes. Dow Jones defines large cap as those companies that make up 70% of what it considers to be the total float-adjusted market capitalization; mid-cap is the next 20%; and small-cap is the next 5%. The growth and value indexes include only companies with these respective style classifications, which Dow Jones determines using six criteria: projected price-to-earnings ratio (P/E), projected earnings growth, price-to-book ratio (P/B), dividend yield, trailing P/E and trailing earnings growth. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization.

Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index SM

The Dow Jones U.S. Small-Cap Value Index SM is part of a series of six unmanaged indexes representing large, mid and small-cap companies within the growth and value segments of the U.S. stock market. The large, mid and small indexes include only companies with these respective sizes. Dow Jones defines large cap as those companies that make up 70% of what it considers to be the total float-adjusted market capitalization; mid-cap is the next 20%; and small-cap is the next 5%. The growth and value indexes include only companies with these respective style classifications, which Dow Jones determines using six criteria: projected price-to-earnings ratio (P/E), projected earnings growth, price-to-book ratio (P/B), dividend yield, trailing P/E and trailing earnings growth. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization.

Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index SM

The Dow Jones Asia/Pacific Developed Index SM is an unmanaged index containing all stocks that are both components of the Dow Jones Global Index, which represents approximately 95% of the market capitalization of 65 countries, and headquartered in the developed markets of the Asia/Pacific region (Australia/New Zealand, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore as of March 2011). The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. The index composition is reviewed quarterly; buffers are employed during the review process to reduce turnover.

Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index SM

The Dow Jones Europe/Canada/Middle East Developed Index SM is an unmanaged index containing all stocks that are components of the Dow Jones Canada Index, which represents approximately 95% of the market capitalization of Canada, and all stocks that are components of the Dow Jones Europe Index, which represents approximately 95% of the market capitalization of the European region (defined to include 17 countries as of March 2011). Currently the Developed Middle East region is represented by Israel only. The index is weighted by float-adjusted market capitalization. The index composition is reviewed quarterly; buffers are employed during the review process to reduce turnover.

Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index SM

The Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Specialty Index SM is an unmanaged index that is a sub-set of the Dow Jones Global Total Stock Market Index SM . This index is the bottom-up aggregate of 40 Emerging Markets country indexes. Within each country index the market cap of the company that brought the cumulative market cap to 85% of the total market cap of the index becomes the bottom cutoff target for the Large-Cap Index. The country indexes are maintained at and can be aggregated into a variety of market segment indexes including regional, size (large-cap, mid-cap and small-cap) and sector/industry groups. Countries are categorized as either developed or emerging for the purpose of stock selection based on the stocks' International Monetary Fund (IMF) classifications. However, the "Specialty Index" categorizes 3 of the 32 country indexes as Emerging Markets that are classified as Developed Markets in the Non-Specialty Dow Jones Emerging Markets Large-Cap Total Stock Market (TSM) Index. The countries are Korea, Taiwan, and Cyprus.

Fixed Income Component Indexes

Barclays U.S. Government Bond Index

The Barclays Government Bond Index includes treasuries (i.e., public obligations of the U.S. Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year) and agencies (i.e., publicly issued debt of U.S. Government agencies, quasi-federal corporations, and corporate or foreign debt guaranteed by the U.S. Government).

Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index

The Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index includes publicly issued U.S. corporate debentures and secured notes that meet specified maturity, liquidity and quality requirements. To qualify, bonds must be SEC-registered. The index is the corporate sector of the U.S. Credit Index. Index sectors are Industrial, Utility and Finance, including both U.S. and non-U.S. corporations.

Barclays U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index

The Barclays U.S. Mortgage Backed Securities Index covers the fixed-rate agency mortgage backed pass-through securities of Ginnie Mae (GNMA), Fannie Mae (FNMA), and Freddie Mac (FHLMC). The index is formed by grouping the universe of over 1,000,000 individual fixed-rate MBS pools into approximately 5,500 generic aggregates (although only a subset meet the index criteria due to liquidity constraints). Introduced in 1986, the GNMA, FHLMC, and FNMA indices for 30- and 15-year securities have been backdated to January 1976, May 1977, and November 1982, respectively. The index is a subset of the U.S. Aggregate Index.

Barclays Global Treasury: Majors Ex US Index

The Barclays Global Treasury: Majors Ex US Index consists of securities in the following Global Treasury indices: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. To be included in the index have at least one year to maturity; and must meet specified liquidity requirements that vary by country and which are recalculated annually.

Money Market Component Index

Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index

The Barclays U.S. Treasury Bills: 1-3 Months Index includes U.S. Treasury bills with a remaining maturity of one month up to less than three months. The index excludes zero coupon strips. To be included in the index, an issue must be a publicly-issued U.S. Treasury bill and must have a remaining maturity of one month up to less than three months.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST
FILE NOS. 333-74295; 811-09253

PART C

OTHER INFORMATION

Item 28. Exhibits

Unless otherwise indicated, each of the Exhibits listed below is filed herewith.

Number

Exhibit Description

Location

(a)

Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 274, filed December 26, 2012.

(b)

Not applicable

(c)

Not applicable

(d)(1)

Investment Management Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Filed herewith.

(d)(2)

Investment Management Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (Asset Allocation Fund)

Filed herewith.

(d)(3)

Investment Management Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (Absolute Return Fund)

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 235, filed February 29, 2012; Schedule A, filed herewith.

(d)(4)

Amended and Restated Fee and Expense Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Filed herewith.

(d)(5)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 20, filed May 1, 2001; Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 83, filed April 11, 2005.

(d)(6)

Amended and Restated Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 266, filed November 16, 2012; Appendix A and Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(d)(7)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with RCM Capital Management LLC (formerly Dresdner RCM Global Investors, LLC) and Novation of Sub-Advisory Agreement substituting Allianz Global Investors, U.S. LLC for RCM Capital Management LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 32, filed February 8, 2002; Appendix A and Schedule A, filed herewith; Novation of Sub-Advisory Agreement, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 307, filed July 26, 2013.

(d)(8)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Global Index Advisors, Inc.

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 347, filed May 30, 2014; Appendix A and Appendix B, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 391, filed March 31, 2015.

(d)(9)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with LSV Asset Management

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 147, filed January 28, 2010; Appendix A and Appendix B, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 156, filed April 30, 2010.

(d)(10)

Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with Cooke & Bieler, L.P.

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 74, filed July 26, 2004; Appendix A and Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 295, filed April 23, 2013.

(d)(11)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Phocas Financial Corporation

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 122, filed March 21, 2008.

(d)(12)

Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement with First International Advisors, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 266, filed November 16, 2012.

(d)(13)

Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement with Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 266, filed November 16, 2012.

(d)(14)

Amended and Restated Sub-Advisory Agreement with Golden Capital Management, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 266, filed November 16, 2012.

(d)(15)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Crow Point Partners, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 169, filed July 16, 2010.

(d)(16)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Artisan Partners, LP

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(d)(17)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with The Rock Creek Group, LP

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014. Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(d)(18)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Chilton Investment Company, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(d)(19)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Mellon Capital Management Corporation

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(d)(20)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Passport Capital, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(d)(21)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with River Canyon Fund Management LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(d)(22)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Sirios Capital Management, L.P.

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(d)(23)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Wellington Management Company, LLP

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(d)(24)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Pine River Capital Management L.P.

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(d)(25)

Sub-Advisory Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. d/b/a Wells Capital Management Singapore

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(e)

Distribution Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 335, filed February 25, 2014; Schedule I, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(f)

Not applicable

(g)(1)

Securities Lending Agency Agreement by and among Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Goldman Sachs Bank USA

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 163, filed June 28, 2010; Fifth Amendment incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 174, filed October 27, 2010; Schedule 2, First Amendment, Second Amendment, Third Amendment, Fourth Amendment and Sixth Amendment incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 177, filed January 28, 2011; Seventh Amendment, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 200, filed June 24, 2011; Eighth Amendment incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 237 filed March 16, 2012; Ninth Amendment incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 274, filed December 26, 2012; Tenth Amendment, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015; Eleventh Amendment, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015. Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(g)(2)

Master Custodian Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 139, filed September 28, 2009; Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(h)(1)

Class-Level Administration Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Filed herewith.

(h)(2)

Transfer Agency and Service Agreement with Boston Financial Data Services, Inc.

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 92, filed May 1, 2006; Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(h)(3)

Shareholder Servicing Plan

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 335, filed February 25, 2014; Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(h)(4)

Administrative and Shareholder Servicing Agreement, Form of Agreement

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 335, filed February 25, 2014. Schedule 1, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(h)(5)

Shareholder Servicing Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 391, filed March 31, 2015.

(i)

Legal Opinion

Filed herewith.

(j)(A)

Consent of Independent Auditors

Filed herewith.

(j)(1)

Power of Attorney, Peter G. Gordon

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 172, filed September 28, 2010.

(j)(2)

Power of Attorney, Timothy J. Penny

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 172, filed September 28, 2010.

(j)(3)

Power of Attorney, Donald C. Willeke

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 172, filed September 28, 2010.

(j)(4)

Power of Attorney, Karla M. Rabusch

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 72, filed June 30, 2004.

(j)(5)

Power of Attorney, Olivia S. Mitchell

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 172, filed September 28, 2010.

(j)(6)

Power of Attorney, Judith M. Johnson

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 172, filed September 28, 2010.

(j)(7)

Power of Attorney, Isaiah Harris, Jr.

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 172, filed September 28, 2010.

(j)(8)

Power of Attorney, David F. Larcker

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 172, filed September 28, 2010.

(j)(9)

Power of Attorney, Michael S. Scofield

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 172, filed September 28, 2010.

(j)(10)

Power of Attorney, Nancy Wiser

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 254, filed September 4, 2012.

(j)(11)

Power of Attorney, Jeremy DePalma

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 266, filed November 16, 2012.

(j)(12)

Power of Attorney, William R. Ebsworth

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 383, filed January 23, 2015.

(j)(13)

Power of Attorney, Jane A. Freeman

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 383, filed January 23, 2015.

(k)

Not applicable

(l)

Not applicable

(m)

Distribution Plan

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 335, filed February 25, 2014; Appendix A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(n)

Rule 18f-3 Multi-Class Plan

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 255, filed September 12, 2012; Appendices A and B, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 393, filed April 28, 2015.

(o)

Not applicable

(p)(1)

Joint Code of Ethics for Asset Allocation Trust, Wells Fargo Advantage Global Dividend Opportunity Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Income Opportunities Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Multi-Sector Income Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Utilities & High Income Fund, Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust, and Wells Fargo Variable Trust

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 304, filed June 26, 2013.

(p)(2)

Joint Code of Ethics for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 304, filed June 26, 2013.

(p)(3)

Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (formerly RCM Capital Management, LLC) Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 355, filed August 27, 2014.

(p)(4)

Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 373, filed November 21, 2014.

(p)(5)

Joint Code of Ethics of Wells Capital Management Incorporated, Wells Fargo Bank N.A. (dba Wells Capital Management Singapore) and Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 391, filed March 31, 2015.

(p)(6)

LSV Asset Management Code of Ethics and Personal Trading Policy

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 304, filed June 26, 2013.

(p)(7)

Cooke & Bieler, L.P. Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 335, filed February 25, 2014.

(p)(8)

Artisan Partners Limited Partnership Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 310 filed on September 24, 2013.

(p)(9)

Global Index Advisors, Inc. Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 200, filed June 24, 2011.

(p)(10)

Phocas Financial Corporation, Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 304, filed June 26, 2013.

(p)(11)

First International Advisors, LLC Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 200, filed June 24, 2011.

(p)(12)

Golden Capital Management, LLC Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 349, filed June 25, 2014.

(p)(13)

Crow Point Partners, LLC Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 349, filed June 25, 2014.

(p)(14)

The Rock Creek Group, LP Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 335, filed February 25, 2014. Schedule A, incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 391, filed March 31, 2015.

(p)(15)

Chilton Investment Company, LLC Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 349, filed June 25, 2014.

(p)(16)

Mellon Capital Management Corporation Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(p)(17)

Passport Capital, LLC Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(p)(18)

River Canyon Fund Management LLC Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 341, filed March 28, 2014.

(p)(19)

Sirios Capital Management, L.P. Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 349, filed June 25, 2014.

(p)(20)

Wellington Management Company, LLP Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 391, filed March 31, 2015.

(p)(21)

Pine River Capital Management L.P. Code of Ethics

Incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 335, filed February 25, 2014.

Item 29. Persons Controlled by or Under Common Control with Registrant.

Registrant believes that no person is controlled by or under common control with Registrant.

Item 30. Indemnification.

Article IX of the Registrant's Declaration of Trust limits the liability and, in certain instances, provides for mandatory indemnification of the Registrant's Trustees, officers, employees, agents and holders of beneficial interests in the Trust. In addition, the Trustees are empowered under Article III, Section 1(t) of the Registrant's Declaration of Trust to obtain such insurance policies as they deem necessary.

Item 31. Business and Other Connections of the Investment Adviser.

(a) To the knowledge of Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature, except that they also hold various positions with and engage in business for Wells Fargo Bank.

(b) Global Index Advisors, Inc. ("GIA"), serves as a sub-adviser to various Funds of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the "Trust"). The descriptions of GIA in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of GIA is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

(c) Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank, serves as sub-adviser to various Funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Wells Capital Management in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Wells Capital Management is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

(d) Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. ("Schroder"), serves as sub-adviser to various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Schroder in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. Schroder Capital Management International Limited ("Schroder Ltd.") is a United Kingdom affiliate of Schroder which provides investment management services to international clients located principally in the United States. Schroder Ltd. and Schroder p.l.c. are located at 31 Gresham St., London ECZV 7QA, United Kingdom. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Schroder is or has been at any time during the last two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

(e) Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC ("Allianz") (formerly RCM Capital Management, LLC), serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Allianz in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Allianz is or has been at any time during the last two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

(f) LSV Asset Management ("LSV") serves as sub-adviser to various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of LSV in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of LSV is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(g) Cooke & Bieler, L.P. ("Cooke & Bieler") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Cooke & Bieler in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Cooke & Bieler is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(h) Artisan Partners Limited Partnership ("Artisan") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Artisan in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Artisan is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(i) Phocas Financial Corporation ("Phocas") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Phocas in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Phocas is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(j) First International Advisors, LLC an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of First International Advisors in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of the sub-adviser is or has been at any time during the last two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

(k) Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC ("MWCM") an indirect subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, serves as sub-adviser various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of MWCM in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of MWCM is or has been at any time during the last two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

(l) Golden Capital Management, LLC ("Golden") an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Golden in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Golden is or has been at any time during the last two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

(m) Crow Point Partners, LLC ("Crow Point") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Crow Point in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Crow Point is or has been at any time during the last two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

(n) The Rock Creek Group, LP ("Rock Creek") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Rock Creek in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Rock Creek is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(o) Chilton Investment Company, LLC ("Chilton Investment Company") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Chilton Investment Company in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Chilton Investment Company is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(p) Mellon Capital Management Corporation ("Mellon Capital") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Mellon Capital in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Mellon Capital is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(q) Passport Capital, LLC ("Passport Capital") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Passport Capital in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Passport Capital is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(r) River Canyon Fund Management LLC ("River Canyon") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of River Canyon in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of River Canyon is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(s) Sirios Capital Management, L.P. ("Sirios") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Sirios in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Sirios is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(t) Wellington Management Company LLP ("Wellington Management") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Wellington Management in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Wellington Management is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(u) Pine River Capital Management L.P. ("Pine River") serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Pine River in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Pine River is or has been at any time during the past two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation, or employment of a substantial nature.

(v) Wells Capital Management Singapore, a separately identifiable division of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., serves as sub-adviser for various funds of the Trust. The descriptions of Wells Capital Management Singapore in Parts A and B of the Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. To the knowledge of the Registrant, none of the directors or officers of Wells Capital Management Singapore is or has been at any time during the last two fiscal years engaged in any other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature.

Item 32. Principal Underwriter.

(a) Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, distributor for the Registrant, also acts as principal underwriter for Wells Fargo Variable Trust, and is the exclusive placement agent for Wells Fargo Master Trust, both of which are registered open-end management investment companies.

(b) The following table provides information for each director and officer of Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC.

 

Name

Positions and Offices with Underwriter

Positions and Offices with Fund

Karla M. Rabusch
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

Chairman of the Board

President

Wayne Badorf
Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

Director, President

None

A. Erdem Cimen
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

Director, Financial Operations Officer (FINOP)

None

Nicole E. Gallo
Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

Chief Compliance Officer, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer

Andrew Owen
Wells Fargo Asset Management Group
525 Market Street, 12th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105

Director

None

Michael H. Koonce
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
200 Berkeley Street, 21st Floor
Boston, MA 02116

Secretary

None

(c) Not applicable.

Item 33. Location of Accounts and Records.

(a) The Registrant maintains accounts, books and other documents required by Section 31(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 and the rules thereunder (collectively, "Records") at the offices of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

(b) Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC maintains all Records relating to its services as investment manager and class-level administrator at 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

(c) Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. maintains all Records relating to its services as transfer agent at Two Heritage Drive, Quincy, Massachusetts 02171.

(d) Global Index Advisors, Inc. maintains all Records relating to their services as sub-adviser at 29 North Park Square NE, Suite 201, Marietta, GA 30060.

(e) Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC maintains all Records relating to its services as distributor at 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

(f) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (formerly Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A.) maintains all Records relating to its services as former custodian at 6th & Marquette, Minneapolis, MN 55479-0040.

(g) Wells Capital Management Incorporated maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 525 Market Street, 10th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105.

(h) Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 875 Third Avenue, 22nd Floor, New York, New York 10022.

(i) Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (formerly RCM Capital Management, LLC) maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 555 Mission Street Suite 1700, San Francisco, CA 94105.

(j) LSV Asset Management maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at One North Wacker Drive, Suite 4000, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

(k) Cooke & Bieler, L.P. maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 1700 Market Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

(l) Artisan Partners Limited Partnership maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 875 East Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800, Milwaukee, WI 53202.

(m) Phocas Financial Corporation maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 980 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 106, Alameda, California 94501.

(n) First International Advisors, LLC maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at One Plantation Place, 30 Fenchurch, London, England, EC3M 3BD.

(o) Metropolitan West Capital Management, LLC maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 610 Newport Center Drive, Suite 1000, Newport Beach, CA 92660.

(p) Golden Capital Management, LLC maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 5 Resource Square, Suite 150, 10715 David Taylor Drive, Charlotte, North Carolina 28262.

(q) Crow Point Partners, LLC maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 25 Recreation Park Drive, Suite 110, Hingham, Massachusetts 02043.

(r) Rock Creek maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 1133 Connecticut Ave., N.W., Suite 810, Washington, DC 20036.

(s) Chilton Investment Company maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 1290 East Main Street, Stamford, CT, 06902.

(t) Mellon Capital maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 50 Fremont Street, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94105.

(u) Passport Capital maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at One Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

(v) River Canyon maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 2000 Avenue of the Stars, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

(w) Sirios maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at One International Place, Boston, MA 02110.

(x) Wellington Management maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 280 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02210.

(y) State Street Bank and Trust Company maintains all Records relating to its services as custodian and fund accountant at 1 Iron Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02210.

(z) Pine River Capital Management L.P. maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 601 Carlson Parkway Suite, 330, Minnetonka, MN 55305.

(aa) Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. d/b/a Wells Capital Management Singapore maintains all Records relating to its services as investment sub-adviser at 26/F, 80 Raffles Place, 20/21, UOB Plaza, Singapore 048624.

Item 34. Management Services.

Other than as set forth under the captions "Management of the Funds" in the Prospectuses constituting Part A of this Registration Statement and "Management" in the Statement of Additional Information constituting Part B of this Registration Statement, the Registrant is not a party to any management-related service contract.

Item 35. Undertakings.

Not applicable.


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 effectiveness of this Amendment to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A, pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, and has duly caused this Amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized in the City of San Francisco, State of California on the 25th day of June, 2015.


WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

By: /s/ C. David Messman
--------------------
C. David Messman
Secretary

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 398 to its Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated:

 

/s/ Peter G. Gordon
Peter G. Gordon*
Trustee

/s/ Isaiah Harris, Jr.
Isaiah Harris, Jr.*
Trustee

/s/ Judith M. Johnson
Judith M. Johnson*
Trustee

/s/ David F. Larcker
David F. Larcker*
Trustee

/s/ Olivia S. Mitchell
Olivia S. Mitchell*
Trustee

/s/ Timothy J. Penny
Timothy J. Penny*
Trustee

/s/ Donald C. Willeke
Donald C. Willeke*
Trustee

/s/ Michael S. Scofield
Michael S. Scofield*
Trustee

/s/ William R. Ebsworth
William R. Ebsworth*
Trustee

/s/ Karla M. Rabusch
Karla M. Rabusch*
President
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Jeremy M. DePalma
Jeremy M. DePalma*
Treasurer
(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ Jane A. Freeman
Jane A. Freeman*
Trustee

*By: /s/ C. David Messman
C. David Messman
As Attorney-in-Fact
June 25, 2015

 

Exhibit No.

Exhibits

(d)(1)

Investment Management Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

(d)(2)

Investment Management Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (Asset Allocation Fund)

(d)(3)

Schedule A to Investment Management Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (Absolute Return Fund)

(d)(4)

Amended and Restated Fee and Expense Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

(d)(7)

Appendix A and Schedule A to Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement with RCM Capital Management LLC (formerly Dresdner RCM Global Investors, LLC) and Novation of Sub-Advisory Agreement substituting Allianz Global Investors, U.S. LLC for RCM Capital Management LLC

(h)(1)

Class-Level Administration Agreement with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

(i)

Legal Opinon

(j)(A)

Consent of Independent Auditors

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

 

            This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT is made as of this 1 st day of July 2015, between Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105 and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (the “Manager”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105.

 

            WHEREAS, the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end management investment company and is authorized to issue interests (as defined in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, as amended and supplemented from time to time), in separate series;

 

            WHEREAS, the Trust desires that the Manager provide investment management services consisting of advisory services and Fund-level (as opposed to class-level) administrative services to each series of the Trust listed on Schedule A hereto as such Schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time by mutual agreement (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), and the Manager is willing to provide those services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

 

            WHEREAS, the Trust has entered into a separate Class-Level Administration Agreement with the Manager for the provision of class-level administrative services (“Class-Level Duties”).

 

            NOW THEREFORE, the Trust and the Manager agree as follows:

 

            Section 1.  Appointment of the Manager.  The Trust is engaged in the business of investing and reinvesting its assets in securities of the type and in accordance with the limitations specified in its Declaration of Trust, as amended and supplemented from time to time, By-Laws (if any) and Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the 1940 Act and the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), including any representations made in the prospectus and statement of additional information relating to the Funds contained therein and as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, all in such manner and to such extent as may from time to time be authorized by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).  The Board is authorized to issue any unissued shares in any number of additional classes or series. 

 

The investment authority granted to the Manager shall include the authority to exercise whatever powers the Trust may possess with respect to any of its assets held by the Funds, including, but not limited to, the power to exercise rights, options, warrants, conversion privileges, redemption privileges, and to tender securities pursuant to a tender offer, and participate in class actions and other legal proceedings on behalf of the Funds.

 

            The Trust hereby appoints the Manager, subject to the direction and control of the Board, to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets in the Funds and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to provide the other services specified in Section 2 hereof.

 

            The Trust hereby appoints the Manger to provide the Fund-level duties and services as set forth in Section 2(b) hereof, for the compensation and on the terms herein provided, and the Manager hereby accepts such appointment. Each new investment portfolio established in the future by the Trust shall automatically become a “Fund” for all purposes hereunder as if it were listed on Schedule A, absent written notification to the contrary by either the Trust or the Manager.

 

            Section 2.  Duties of the Manager.  

 

(a)        Advisory Services.

 

            (i)         The Manager shall make decisions with respect to all purchases and sales of securities and other investment assets for the Funds.  Among other things, the Manager shall make all decisions with respect to the allocation of the Funds’ investments in various securities or other assets, in investment styles and, if applicable, in other investment companies or pooled vehicles in which a Fund may invest.  To carry out such decisions, the Manager is hereby authorized, as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Trust, for the account of, at the risk of and in the name of the Trust, to place orders and issue instructions with respect to those transactions of the Funds.  In all purchases, sales and other transactions in securities for the Funds, the Manager is authorized to exercise full discretion and act for the Trust in the same manner and with the same force and effect as the Trust might or could do with respect to such purchases, sales or other transactions, as well as with respect to all other things necessary or incidental to the furtherance or conduct of such purchases, sales or other transactions.

 

            (ii)        The Manager will report to the Board at each regular meeting thereof regarding the investment performance of the Funds since the prior report, and will also keep the Board informed of important developments affecting the Trust, each Fund and the Manager, and on its own initiative will furnish the Board from time to time with such information as the Manager may believe appropriate, whether concerning the individual companies whose securities are held by a Fund, the industries in which they engage, or the economic, social or political conditions prevailing in each country in which a Fund maintains investments.  The Manager will also furnish the Board with such statistical and analytical information with respect to securities in the Funds as the Manager may believe appropriate or as the Board reasonably may request.

 

            The Manager shall promptly notify the Trust of (A) any changes regarding the Manager that would impact disclosure in the Trust’s Registration Statement, or (B) any violation of any requirement, provision, policy or restriction that the Manager is required to comply with under Section 6 of this Agreement.  The Manager shall immediately notify the Trust of any legal process served upon it in connection with its activities hereunder, including any legal process served upon it on behalf of the Funds or the Trust.

 

            (iii)       The Manager will from time to time employ or sub-contract the services to certain persons as the Manager believes to be appropriate or necessary to assist in the execution of the Manager’s duties hereunder; provided, however, that the employment or sub-contracting with any such person shall not relieve the Manager of its responsibilities or liabilities hereunder and provided further that the Manager shall not have the authority to sub-contract advisory responsibilities without the consent of the Trust.  The cost of performance of such duties will be borne and paid by the Manager.  No obligation may be imposed on the Trust in any such respect.

 

            The Manager shall supervise and monitor the activities of its representatives, personnel, sub-contractors, and agents in connection with the execution of its duties and obligations hereunder.  The appropriate personnel of the Manager will be made available to consult with the Board at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice concerning the business of the Trust.

 

            (iv)       The Manager shall maintain records relating to portfolio transactions and the placing and allocation of brokerage orders as are required to be maintained by the Trust under the 1940 Act.  The Manager shall prepare and maintain, or cause to be prepared and maintained, in such form, for such periods and in such locations as may be required by applicable law, all documents and records relating to the services provided by the Manager pursuant to this Agreement required to be prepared and maintained by the Trust pursuant to the rules and regulations of any national, state, or local government entity with jurisdiction over the Trust, including the Commission and the Internal Revenue Service.  The books and records pertaining to the Trust which are in possession of the Manager shall be the property of the Trust.  The Trust, or the Trust’s authorized representatives, shall have access to such books and records at all times during the Manager’s normal business hours.  Upon the reasonable request of the Trust, copies of any such books and records shall be provided promptly by the Manager to the Trust or the Trust’s authorized representatives.

 

            (v)        With respect to a Fund, the Manager shall have no duties or obligations pursuant to this Agreement other than as specified in Section 2(b) hereof, during any period during which the Fund invests all (or substantially all) of its investment assets in a registered, open-end management investment company, or separate series thereof, in accordance with Section 12(d)(1)(E) under the 1940 Act.

 

(b)        Fund-Level Administrative Services . The Manager shall, at its expense, provide the following Fund-level administrative services in connection with the operations of the Trust and the Funds, to the extent such services are not provided to a Class of a Fund and covered under the Funds’ Class-Level Administration Agreement:

 

coordinate, supervise and make all payments to the Funds’ transfer agent and various sub-transfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers;

 

receive and tabulate shareholder votes;

 

furnish statistical and research data;

 

coordinate (or assist in) the preparation and filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of registration statements, notices, shareholder reports, and other material required to be filed under applicable laws;

 

prepare and file with the states registration statements, notices, reports, and other material required to be filed under applicable laws;

 

prepare and file Form 24F-2s and N-SARs;

 

review bills submitted to the Funds and, upon determining that a bill is appropriate, allocating amounts to the appropriate Funds and instructing the Funds’ custodian to pay such bills;

 

coordinate (or assist in) the preparation of reports and other information materials regarding the Funds, including prospectuses, proxies and other shareholder communications;

 

prepare expense table and performance information for annual updates;

 

provide legal and regulatory advice to the Funds in connection with its other administrative functions, including assignment of matters to outside legal counsel on behalf of the Trust and supervising the work of such counsel;

 

provide office facilities and clerical support for the Funds;

 

develop and implement procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Funds’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions;

 

serve as liaison between the Funds and their independent auditors;

 

prepare and file tax returns;

 

review payments of Fund expenses;

 

prepare expense budgeting and accruals;

 

provide communication, coordination, and supervision services with regard to the Funds’ transfer agent, custodian, fund accountant, any co-administrators, and other service organizations that render recordkeeping or shareholder communication services;

 

provide information to the Funds' distributor concerning fund performance and administration;

 

provide reports to the Funds’ board of directors regarding its activities;

 

assist in the preparation and assembly of meeting materials, including comparable fee information, as required, for the Funds’ board of directors; and

 

provide any other administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Funds other than those services that are to be provided by the Trust’s transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant, provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Funds Management to provide any services that may not be provided by it under applicable banking laws and regulations.

 

In performing all Fund-level administrative services under this Section 2(b), the Manager shall: (a) act in conformity with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust (and By-Laws, if any), the 1940 Act, and any other applicable laws as may be amended from time to time, and all relevant rules thereunder, and with the Trust’s registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the 1940 Act, as may be amended from time to time; (b) consult and coordinate with legal counsel to the Trust as necessary and appropriate; and (c) advise and report to the Trust and its legal counsel, as necessary and appropriate, with respect to any compliance or other matters that come to its attention.

 

            In connection with its duties under this Section 2(b), the Manager may, at its own expense, enter into sub-administration agreements with other service providers, provided that each such service provider agrees with Manager to comply with this Agreement and all relevant provisions of the 1940 Act and any other applicable laws as may be amended from time to time, and all relevant rules thereunder.  Manager will provide the Trust with a copy of each sub-administration agreement it executes relating to the Trust.  Manager will be liable for acts or omissions of any such sub-administrators under the standards of care described herein under Section 11.

 

Section 3.  Delivery of Documents to the Manager.  The Trust has furnished the Manager with true, correct and complete copies of the following documents:

 

The Declaration of Trust, as in effect on the date hereof;

The Registration Statement filed with the Commission under the 1940 Act and the Securities Act; and

Written guidelines, policies and procedures adopted by the Trust.

 

The Trust will furnish the Manager with all future amendments and supplements to the foregoing as soon as practicable after such documents become available.  The Trust shall furnish the Manager with any further documents, materials or information that the Manager may reasonably request in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder. 

 

            Section 4.  Delegation of Responsibilities.   The Manager may carry out any of its obligations under this Agreement (other than under Section 2(b) hereof) by employing, subject to supervision by the Manager, one or more Sub-Manager(s) who are registered as investment advisers pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Sub-Advisers”).  Each Sub-Adviser’s employment will be evidenced by a separate written agreement approved by the Board and, if required under the 1940 Act, by the shareholders of the Fund (unless the Commission or its staff has given authorization or issued an interpretation dispensing with the requirement of shareholder approval).  The Manager shall not be liable hereunder for any act or omission of any Sub-Adviser, except for failure to exercise good faith in the employment of the Sub-Adviser and for failure to exercise appropriate supervision of such Sub-Adviser, and as may otherwise be agreed in writing.  The Manager shall be solely responsible for compensating any Sub-Adviser for services rendered under any Sub-Advisory Agreement.  The Manager may, from time to time and at any time, terminate any Sub-Adviser and reassume the responsibilities assigned to such Sub-Adviser with respect to any Fund without obtaining the approval of the shareholders of the Fund.

 

            Section 5.  Control by Board.  Any investment management activities undertaken by the Manager pursuant to this Agreement, as well as any other activities undertaken by the Manager on behalf of the Funds, shall at all times be subject to the direction and control of the Board. 

 

            Section 6.  Compliance with Applicable Requirements.   In carrying out its obligations under this Agreement, the Manager shall at all times comply with:

 

(a)        all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder;

 

(b)        the Registration Statement of the Trust, as it may be amended from time to time, filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and the 1940 Act;

 

(c)        the provisions of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, as it may be amended from time to time;

 

(d)       the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to the Trust or the Funds, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder; and

 

(e)        any other applicable provisions of state or federal law, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder.

 

                                    Section 7.  Proxies.   The Manager shall have responsibility to vote proxies solicited with respect to issuers of securities in which assets of the Funds are invested in accordance with the Trust’s policies on proxy voting. 

 

            Section 8.  Broker-Dealer Relationships.  In connection with the purchase and sale of securities for the Funds, the Manager is responsible for broker-dealer selection and negotiation of brokerage commission rates.  The Manager’s primary consideration in effecting a security transaction will be to obtain the best price and execution.  In selecting a broker-dealer to execute each particular transaction for a Fund, the Manager will consider among other things:  the best net price available, the reliability, integrity and financial condition of the broker-dealer; the size of and difficulty in executing the order; and the value of the expected contribution of the broker-dealer to the Fund on a continuing basis.  Accordingly, the price to the Fund in any transaction may be less favorable than that available from another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably justified by other aspects of the portfolio execution services offered.  Subject to such policies as the Board may from time to time determine, the Manager shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of having caused a Fund to pay a broker or dealer that provides brokerage and research services to the Manager an amount of commission for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Manager determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities of the Manager with respect to the Fund and to other clients of the Manager.  The Manager is further authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on behalf of the Funds to brokers and dealers who also provide brokerage and research services within the meaning of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and in compliance therewith.  Such allocation shall be in such amounts and proportions as the Manager shall determine and the Manager will report on said allocations regularly to the Board, indicating the brokers to whom such allocations have been made and the basis therefore.

 

            Section 9.  Expenses.  All of the ordinary business expenses incurred in the operations of the Funds and the offering of their shares shall be borne by the Funds unless specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement.  The expenses borne by the Trust include, but are not limited to, brokerage commissions, taxes, legal, auditing or governmental fees, the cost of preparing share certificates, custodian, transfer agent and shareholder service agent costs, expense of issue, sale, redemption and repurchase of shares, expenses of registering and qualifying shares for sale, expenses relating to trustees and shareholder meetings, the cost of preparing and distributing reports and notices to shareholders, the fees and other expenses incurred by the Funds in connection with membership in investment company organizations and the cost of printing copies of prospectuses and statements of additional information distributed to the Funds’ shareholders.   In addition to the fees described in Section 10 of this Agreement, the Trust (or its other service providers, as may be provided pursuant to their respective agreements and contracts with the Trust) shall pay all of its Fund-level expenses which are not expressly assumed by the Manager pursuant to Section 2(b) or otherwise hereunder.  The Fund-level expenses of legal counsel and accounting experts retained by the Manager, after consulting with the Trust’s legal counsel and independent auditors, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate for the performance by the Manager of its duties under this Agreement, shall be deemed to be Fund-level expenses of, and shall be paid for by, the Trust.

 

            The Manager shall pay its own expenses in connection with the services to be provided by it pursuant to this Agreement and shall, at its own expense, provide its own office space, facilities and equipment.  In addition, the Manager shall be responsible for reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Trust: (a) to amend the Trust’s registration statement or supplement the Fund’s prospectus, and circulate the same, to reflect a change in the personnel of the Manager responsible for making investment decisions in relation to a Fund; (b) to obtain shareholder approval of a new sub-advisory agreement as a result of a “change in control” (as such term in defined in Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act) of the Manager, or to otherwise comply with the 1940 Act, the Securities Act, or any other applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, as a result of such change; or (c) to meet other legal or regulatory obligations caused by actions of the Manager.

 

            Section 10.  Compensation.  

 

(a)        As compensation for the investment management services provided under this Agreement, the Trust shall pay the Manager fees, payable monthly, at the annual rates indicated on Schedule A hereto, as such Schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time. The fees payable pursuant to this Paragraph shall be calculated based on the average daily value (as determined on each business day at the time set forth in the Prospectus for determining net asset value per share) of each Fund’s net assets, as appropriate, during the preceding month.  If the fee payable to the Manager pursuant to this Paragraph begins to accrue before the end of any month or if this Agreement terminates before the end of any month, the fee for the period from the effective date to the end of that month or from the beginning of that month to the termination date, respectively, shall be prorated according to the proportion that the period bears to the full month in which the effectiveness or termination occurs.  For purposes of calculating each such monthly fee, the value of each Fund’s net assets shall be computed in the manner specified in that Fund’s registration statement as then on file with the SEC for the computation of the value of the Fund’s net assets in connection with the determination of the net asset value of Fund shares.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “business day” for a Fund is any day that the Fund is open for trading;

 

(b)        No fee, other than the management fee payable monthly, at the annual rates indicated on Schedule A hereto, as such Schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time, payable for the Fund-level administrative services set forth in Section 2(b) of this Agreement, shall be payable hereunder with respect to a Fund during any period in which the Fund invests all (or substantially all) of its investment assets in a single registered, open-end management investment company, or a single separate series thereof, in accordance with Section 12(d)(1)(E) under the 1940 Act (a “Master-Feeder Fund structure”);

 

(c)        The Manager shall receive a fee as   specified below  for investment management services consisting of both Fund-level administrative services and asset allocation services if a Fund invests some of its investment assets in two or more registered, open-end management investment companies, or separate series thereof, in each case, in accordance with Section 12(d)(1)(G) under the Act, the rules thereunder or an exemptive order issued by the Commission exempting the Fund from the provisions of Section 12(d)(1)(A) under the Act (a “Fund of Funds structure”).

 

Dormant Investment Management Fee

as % of  Avg. Daily Net Asset Value

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.30

0.29

0.28

 

 

            Section 11.  Standard of Care.  The Trust will expect of the Manager, and the Manager will give the Trust the benefit of, the Manager’s best judgment and efforts in rendering its services to the Trust, and the Manager shall not be liable hereunder for any mistake in judgment.  In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the Manager or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents, the Manager shall not be subject to liability to the Trust or to any shareholders of the Trust for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security. 

 

            Section 12.  Non-Exclusivity.   The services of the Manager to the Funds are not to be deemed to be exclusive, and the Manager shall be free to render investment management or other services to others (including other investment companies) and to engage in other activities.  It is understood and agreed that officers or directors of the Manager may serve as officers and directors of the Trust, and that officers or directors of the Trust may serve as officers or directors of the Manager, to the extent that such services may be permitted by law, and that the officers and directors of the Manager are not prohibited from engaging in any other business activity or from rendering services to any other person, or from serving as partners, officers, directors or trustees of any other firm or trust, including other investment advisory companies.

 

            Section 13.  Records .  The Manager shall, with respect to orders the Manager places for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities of the Funds, maintain or arrange for the maintenance of the documents and records required pursuant to Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act as well as such records as the Funds’ administrator reasonably requests to be maintained, including, but not limited to, trade tickets and confirmations for portfolio trades.  All such records shall be maintained in a form acceptable to the Trust and in compliance with the provisions of Rule 31a-1 or any successor rule.  All such records will be the property of the Trust and will be made available for inspection and use by the Trust and its authorized representatives. 

 

            Section 14 Term and Approval.   This Agreement shall become effective with respect to a Fund after approved in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act, and executed by the Manager and the Trust, and shall thereafter continue from year to year, provided that the continuation of the Agreement is specifically approved in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act, which currently requires that the continuation be approved at least annually:

 

(a)        by the Board, or by the vote of “a majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the Fund (as defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act), and

 

(b)        by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Trust’s Trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of a party to this Agreement (other than as Trustees of the Trust), by votes cast in person at a meeting specifically called for such purpose.

 

            Section 15.   Termination.   As required under the 1940 Act, this Agreement may be terminated with respect to a Fund at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of the Board or by vote of a majority of a Fund’s outstanding voting securities, or by the Manager, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the other party.  The notice provided for herein may be waived by the party entitled to receipt thereof.  This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment, the term “assignment” for purposes of this paragraph having the meaning defined in Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act, as it may be interpreted by the Commission or its staff in interpretive releases, or by the Commission staff in no-action letters issued under the 1940 Act.

 

            This Agreement may also be terminated immediately by the Trust or the Manager in the event that either party (i) breaches a material term of this Agreement; or (ii) commits a material violation of any governing law or regulation; or (iii) engages in conduct that would have a material adverse effect upon the reputation or business prospects of such other party.

 

            Section 16.  Indemnification by the Manager.   The Trust shall not be responsible for, and the Manager shall indemnify and hold the Trust or any Fund harmless from and against, any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees, payments, expenses and liability arising out of or attributable to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligent acts or reckless disregard of obligations or duties on the part of the Manager or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents.    

 

            Section 17.   Indemnification by the Trust .  In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of duties hereunder on the part of the Manager or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents, the Trust hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Manager against all claims, actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity whether brought by a private party or a governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality of any kind, arising from the advertising, solicitation, sale, purchase or pledge of securities, whether of the Funds or other securities, undertaken by the Funds, their officers, directors, employees or affiliates, resulting from any violations of the securities laws, rules, regulations, statutes and codes, whether federal or of any state, by the Funds, their officers, directors, employees or affiliates.    

 

            Section 18.  Notices.   Any notices under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and delivered or mailed postage paid to the other party at such address as such other party may designate for the receipt of such notice.  Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the Trust shall be 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105, Attention C. David Messman, and that of the Manager shall be 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105, Attention Karla M. Rabusch.

 

            Section 19.   Questions of Interpretation.   Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act shall be resolved by reference to such terms or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretations thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or in the absence of any controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of the Commission, interpretations of the Commission or its staff, or Commission staff no-action letters, issued pursuant to the 1940 Act.  In addition, where the effect of a requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of this Agreement is revised by rule, regulation or order of the Commission, such provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order.  The duties and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware to the extent that state law is not preempted by the provisions of any law of the United States heretofore or hereafter enacted. 

 

            Section 20.  Amendment of this Agreement.   This Agreement supersedes the Amended and Restated Investment Advisory Agreement between the parties hereto dated August 6, 2003, and amended as of October 1, 2005 and March 27, 2009, and combines the Fund-level administrative duties and fees of the Amended and Restated Administration Agreement between the parties hereto dated March 1, 2013 and amended as of March 25, 2011.  No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.  If shareholder approval of an amendment is required under the 1940 Act, no such amendment shall become effective until approved by a vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of the affected Funds.  Otherwise, a written amendment of this Agreement is effective upon the approval of the Board and the Manager.

 

            Section 21.  Wells Fargo Name.  The Manager and the Trust each agree that the name “Wells Fargo,” which comprises a component of the Trust’s name, is a property right of the parent of the Manager. The Trust agrees and consents that: (i) it will use the words “Wells Fargo” as a component of its corporate name, the name of any series or class, or all of the above, and for no other purpose; (ii) it will not grant to any third party the right to use the name “Wells Fargo” for any purpose; (iii) the Manager or any corporate affiliate of the Manager may use or grant to others the right to use the words “Wells Fargo,” or any combination or abbreviation thereof, as all or a portion of a corporate or business name or for any commercial purpose, other than a grant of such right to another registered investment company not advised by the Manager or one of its affiliates; and (iv) in the event that the Manager or an affiliate thereof is no longer acting as investment adviser to any Fund, the Trust shall, upon request by the Manager, promptly take such action as may be necessary to change its corporate name to one not containing the words “Wells Fargo” and following such change, shall not use the words “Wells Fargo,” or any combination thereof, as a part of its corporate name or for any other commercial purpose, and shall use its best efforts to cause its trustees, officers and shareholders to take any and all actions that the Manager may request to effect the foregoing and to reconvey to the Manager any and all rights to such words. 

 

            Section 22.  Risk Acknowledgement.   The Manager does not guarantee the future performance of the Funds or any specific level of performance, the success of any investment decision or strategy that the Manager may use, or the success of the Manager’s overall management of the Funds.  The Trust understands that investment decisions made for the Funds by the Manager are subject to various market, currency, economic and business risks, and that those investment decisions will not always be profitable.  The Manager will manage only the securities, cash and other investments for which management responsibility is delegated to it and which are held in the Funds’ account(s) and, in making investment decisions for the Funds, the Manager will not consider any other securities, cash or other investments owned by the Trust.

 

 


            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in duplicate by their respective officers on the day and year first written above.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

on behalf of the Funds

 

 

                                                               By:   _________________________________

                                                                        C. David Messman

         Secretary

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

By:   _________________________________

         Paul Haast

         Senior Vice President

 


SCHEDULE A

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

 

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Fee as % of Avg. Daily

Net Asset Value

Adjustable Rate Government Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Over 10B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.265

0.255

Alternative Strategies Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

1.75

1.725

1.70

1.675

1.65

1.64

1.63

Asia Pacific Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

1.00

0.95

0.90

0.875

0.85

0.84

0.83

C&B Mid Cap Value Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.75

0.725

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.64

0.63

C&B Large Cap Value Fund ±

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.05

0.04

0.03

California Limited-Term Tax-Free Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40
0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

California Municipal Money Market Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.15

0.14

0.13

California Tax-Free Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40
0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

Capital Growth Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 4B

Over 16B

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.625

0.60

0.59

0.565

0.555

0.53

0.505

Cash Investment Money Market Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.15

0.14

0.13

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40
0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

Common Stock Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.80

0.75

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.64

0.63

Conservative Income Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.25

0.225

0.19

0.18

Core Bond Fund ±

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.05

0.04

0.03

Disciplined U.S. Core Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

Discovery Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.80

0.75

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.64

0.63

Diversified Capital Builder Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.65

0.60

0.55

0.525

0.49

0.48

Diversified Equity Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.30

0.28

0.26

0.24

0.23

0.22

Diversified Income Builder Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

 

0.55

0.525

0.50

0.475

0.44

0.43

Diversified International Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.90

0.85

0.80

0.775

0.75

0.74

0.73

Dow Jones Target Today Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

 

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund 1

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date Today Fund 2

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2015 Fund 3

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2020 Fund 4

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2025 Fund 5

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2030 Fund 6

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2035 Fund 7

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2040 Fund 8

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2045 Fund 9

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2050 Fund 10

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2055 Fund 11

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Dynamic Target Date 2060 Fund 12

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.20

0.19

0.18

Emerging Growth Fund ±

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.05

0.04

0.03

Emerging Markets Equity Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Over 10B

1.15

1.10

1.05

1.025

1.00

0.99

0.965

0.955

Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Over 10B

1.15

1.10

1.05

1.025

1.00

0.99

0.965

0.955

Emerging Markets Equity Select Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

1.05

1.025

1.00

0.975

0.95

0.94

0.93

Emerging Markets Local Bond Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.625

0.59

0.58

Endeavor Select Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 4B

Over 16B

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.625

0.60

0.59

0.565

0.555

0.53

0.505

Enterprise Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.75

0.725

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.64

0.63

Global Long/Short Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

1.30

1.25

1.20

1.175

1.15

1.14

1.13

Global Opportunities Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.95

0.925

0.90

0.875

0.85

0.84

0.83

Government Money Market Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.15

0.14

0.13

Government Securities Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.45

0.425

0.40

0.375

0.34

0.33

Growth Balanced Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.30

0.28

0.26

0.24

0.23

0.22

Growth Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 4B

Over 16B

0.80

0.75

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.64

0.615

0.605

0.58

0.555

Heritage Money Market Fund

 

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.15

0.14

  0.13

High Income Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

 

0.55

0.525

0.50

0.475

0.44

0.43

High Yield Bond Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

 

0.55

0.525

0.50

0.475

0.44

0.43

High Yield Municipal Bond Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.50

0.475

0.45

0.425

0.39

0.38

Income Plus Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.45
0.425

0.40

0.375

0.34

0.33

Index Asset Allocation Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.65

0.60

0.55

0.525

0.49

0.48

Index Fund ±

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.05

0.04

0.03

Intermediate Tax/AMT Free Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40
0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

International Bond Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.60

0.575

0.55

0.525

0.49

0.48

International Equity Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.90

0.85

0.80

0.775

0.75

0.74

0.73

International Value Fund ±

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.05

0.04

0.03

Intrinsic Small Cap Value Fund

First 500M
Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.85
0.825

0.80

0.775

0.75

0.73

0.72

0.71

Intrinsic Value Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 4B

Over 16B

 

 

Next 4B

Over 16B

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.625

0.60

0.59

0.565

0.555

0.53

0.505

Intrinsic World Equity Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.85

0.80

0.75

0.725

0.70

0.69

0.68 

 

Large Cap Core Fund

First 500M     

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 4B

Over 16B

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.625

0.60

0.59

0.565

0.555

0.53

0.505

Large Cap Growth Fund

First 500M     

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 4B

Over 16B

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.625

0.60

0.59

0.565

0.555

0.53

0.505

Large Company Value Fund

First 500M     

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 4B

Over 16B

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.625

0.60

0.59

0.565

0.555

0.53

0.505

Managed Account CoreBuilder Shares Series M

0.00

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40

0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

Moderate Balanced Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.30

0.28

0.26

0.24

0.23

0.22

Money Market Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Next 5B

Next 10B

Over 25B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

0.255

0.23

Municipal Bond Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40

0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.15

0.14

0.13

Municipal Money Market Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Next 5B

Next 10B

Over 25B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

0.255

0.23

National Tax-Free Money Market Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.15

0.14

0.13

North Carolina Tax-Free Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40

0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

Omega Growth Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 4B

Over 16B

0.80

0.75

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.64

0.615

0.605

0.58

0.555

Opportunity Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.75

0.725

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.64

0.63

Pennsylvania Tax-Free Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40

0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

Precious Metals Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.65

0.60

0.55

0.525

0.50

0.49

0.48

Premier Large Company Growth Fund

First 500M     

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 4B

Over 16B

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.625

0.60

0.59

0.565

0.555

0.53

0.505

Real Return Fund ±

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.05

0.04

0.03

Short Duration Government Bond Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Over 10B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.265

0.255

Short-Term Bond Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Over 10B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.265

0.255

Short-Term High Yield Bond Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.50

0.475

0.45

0.425

0.39

0.38

Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Over 10B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.265

0.255

Small Cap Opportunities Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.85

0.825

0.80

0.775

0.75

0.73

0.72

0.71

Small Cap Value Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.85

0.825

0.80

0.775

0.75

0.73

0.72

0.71

Small Company Growth Fund ±

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.05

0.04

0.03

Small Company Value Fund ±

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.05

0.04

0.03

Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.75

0.725

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.64

0.63

Special Mid Cap Value Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.75

0.725

0.70

0.675

0.65

0.64

0.63

Special Small Cap Value Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.85

0.825

0.80

0.775

0.75

0.73

0.72

0.71

Specialized Technology Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.90

0.875

0.85

0.825

0.80

0.79

0.78

Strategic Income Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.525

0.50

0.475

0.45

0.415

0.405

Strategic Municipal Bond Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40

0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

Traditional Small Cap Growth Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.85

0.825

0.80

0.775

0.75

0.73

0.72

0.71

Treasury Plus Money Market Fund

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.15

0.14

0.13

Ultra Short-Term Income Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Over 10B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.265

0.255

Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Over 10B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.265

0.255

Utility & Telecommunications Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 1B

Next 2B

Next 1B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.65

0.60

0.55

0.525

0.50

0.49

0.48

WealthBuilder Conservative Allocation Portfolio

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.25

0.225

0.19

0.18

WealthBuilder Equity Portfolio

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.25

0.225

0.19

0.18

WealthBuilder Growth Allocation Portfolio

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.25

0.225

0.19

0.18

WealthBuilder Growth Balanced Portfolio

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.25

0.225

0.19

0.18

WealthBuilder Moderate Balanced Portfolio

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.25

0.225

0.19

0.18

WealthBuilder Tactical Equity Portfolio

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.25

0.225

0.19

0.18

Wisconsin Tax-Free Fund

First 500M

Next 500M

Next 2B

Next 2B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.40

0.375

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

100% Treasury Money Market Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Next 5B

Next 10B

Over 25B

0.35

0.325

0.29

0.28

0.255

0.23

Approval by the Board of Trustees:   May 20, 2015

 

± As long as the Fund invests all (or substantially all) of its assets in a single, registered, open-end management investment company in accordance with Section 12(d)(1)(E) under the 1940 Act, the Fund pays Funds Management an investment management fee for the Fund-level administrative services set forth in Section 2(b) of the Investment Management Agreement.  At the time the Fund invests some of its assets in two or more registered, open-end management investment companies in accordance with Section 12(d)(1)(G) under the 1940 Act, the Fund shall pay Funds Management an investment management fee for combined asset allocation services and fund-level administrative services at the rates shown in the table that follows.

 

Dormant Investment Management Fee

as % of  Avg. Daily Net Asset Value

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.30

0.29

0.28

 

 


The foregoing fee schedule is agreed to as of July 1, 2015 and shall remain in effect until changed in writing by the parties.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

By:                                                            

     C. David Messman

     Secretary

 

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

By:                                                            
Paul Haast

     Senior Vice President

 

 

1.   On February 19, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

2.   On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target Today Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

3.   On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2015 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

4.   On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2020 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

5.   On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2025 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

6.   On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2030 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

7.   On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2035 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

8.   On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2040 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

9.   On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2045 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

10. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2050 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

11. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2055 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

12. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2060 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

 

 

            This INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT is made as of this 1 st day of July 2015, between Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105 and Wells Fargo Fund Management, LLC (the “Manager”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal place of business at 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California, 94105.

 

            WHEREAS, the Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) as an open-end management investment company and is authorized to issue interests (as defined in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust, as amended and supplemented from time to time), in separate series;

 

            WHEREAS, the Trust desires that the Manager provide investment management services consisting of advisory services and Fund-level (as opposed to class-level) administrative services to the series of the Trust identified on Schedule A hereto, as such Schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time by mutual agreement (the “Fund”), and the Manager is willing to provide those services on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

 

            WHEREAS, the Trust has entered into a separate Class-Level Administration Agreement with the Manager for the provision of class-level administrative services (“Class-Level Duties”).

 

            NOW THEREFORE, the Trust and the Manager agree as follows:

 

            Section 1.  Appointment of the Manager.  The Trust is engaged in the business of investing and reinvesting its assets in securities of the type and in accordance with the limitations specified in its Declaration of Trust, as amended and supplemented from time to time, By-Laws (if any) and Registration Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under the 1940 Act and the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), including any representations made in the prospectus and statement of additional information relating to the Fund contained therein and as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, all in such manner and to such extent as may from time to time be authorized by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”).  The Board is authorized to issue any unissued shares in any number of additional classes or series. 

 

The investment authority granted to the Manager shall include the authority to exercise whatever powers the Trust may possess with respect to any of its assets held by the Fund, including, but not limited to, the power to exercise rights, options, warrants, conversion privileges, redemption privileges, and to tender securities pursuant to a tender offer, and participate in class actions and other legal proceedings on behalf of the Fund.

 

            The Trust hereby appoints the Manager, subject to the direction and control of the Board, to manage the investment and reinvestment of the assets in the Fund and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, to provide the other services specified in Section 2 hereof.

 

The Trust hereby appoints the Manger to provide the Fund-level duties and services as set forth in Section 2(b) hereof, for the compensation and on the terms herein provided, and the Manager hereby accepts such appointment.

 

            Section 2.  Duties of the Manager.  

 

(a)        Advisory Services

 

(i)         The Manager shall make decisions with respect to all purchases and sales of securities and other investment assets for the Fund.  Among other things, the Manager shall make all decisions with respect to the allocation of the Fund’s investments in various securities or other assets, in investment styles and, if applicable, in other investment companies or pooled vehicles in which the Fund may invest. 

 

To the extent the securities of an underlying registered investment company constitute the Fund’s only investment security, in accordance with Section 12(d)(1)(E) of the 1940 Act, the Manager’s responsibilities shall include, but not be limited to, reviewing the investment strategy and performance of the underlying fund, evaluating any proposed changes affecting the underlying fund, and conducting risk management reviews and assessments with respect to the underlying fund and its adviser.

 

To carry out such duties, the Manager is hereby authorized, as agent and attorney-in-fact for the Trust, for the account of, at the risk of and in the name of the Trust, to place orders and issue instructions with respect to transactions of the Fund.  In all purchases, sales and other transactions in securities for the Fund, the Manager is authorized to exercise full discretion and act for the Trust in the same manner and with the same force and effect as the Trust might or could do with respect to such purchases, sales or other transactions, as well as with respect to all other things necessary or incidental to the furtherance or conduct of such purchases, sales or other transactions.

 

(ii)        The Manager will report to the Board at each regular meeting thereof regarding the investment performance of the Fund since the prior report, and will also keep the Board informed of important developments affecting the Trust, the Fund and the Manager, and on its own initiative will furnish the Board from time to time with such information as the Manager may believe appropriate, whether concerning the individual companies whose securities are held by the Fund, the industries in which they engage, or the economic, social or political conditions prevailing in each country in which the Fund maintains investments.  The Manager will also furnish the Board with such statistical and analytical information with respect to securities in the Fund as the Manager may believe appropriate or as the Board reasonably may request.

 

The Manager shall promptly notify the Trust of (A) any changes regarding the Manager that would impact disclosure in the Trust’s Registration Statement, or (B) any violation of any requirement, provision, policy or restriction that the Manager is required to comply with under Section 6 of this Agreement.  The Manager shall immediately notify the Trust of any legal process served upon it in connection with its activities hereunder, including any legal process served upon it on behalf of the Fund or the Trust.

 

(iii)       The Manager will from time to time employ or sub-contract the services to certain persons as the Manager believes to be appropriate or necessary to assist in the execution of the Manager’s duties hereunder; provided, however, that the employment or sub-contracting with any such person shall not relieve the Manager of its responsibilities or liabilities hereunder and provided further that the Manager shall not have the authority to sub-contract advisory responsibilities without the consent of the Trust.  The cost of performance of such duties will be borne and paid by the Manager.  No obligation may be imposed on the Trust in any such respect.

 

The Manager shall supervise and monitor the activities of its representatives, personnel, sub-contractors, and agents in connection with the execution of its duties and obligations hereunder.  The appropriate personnel of the Manager will be made available to consult with the Board at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice concerning the business of the Trust.

 

(iv)       The Manager shall maintain records relating to portfolio transactions and the placing and allocation of brokerage orders as are required to be maintained by the Trust under the 1940 Act.  The Manager shall prepare and maintain, or cause to be prepared and maintained, in such form, for such periods and in such locations as may be required by applicable law, all documents and records relating to the services provided by the Manager pursuant to this Agreement required to be prepared and maintained by the Trust pursuant to the rules and regulations of any national, state, or local government entity with jurisdiction over the Trust, including the Commission and the Internal Revenue Service.  The books and records pertaining to the Trust which are in possession of the Manager shall be the property of the Trust.  The Trust, or the Trust’s authorized representatives, shall have access to such books and records at all times during the Manager’s normal business hours.  Upon the reasonable request of the Trust, copies of any such books and records shall be provided promptly by the Manager to the Trust or the Trust’s authorized representatives.

 

(b)        Fund-Level Administrative Services . The Manager shall, at its expense, provide the following Fund-level administrative services in connection with the operations of the Trust and the Fund, to the extent such services are not provided to a specific Class of the Fund and covered under the Fund’s Class-Level Administration Agreement:

 

coordinate, supervise and make all payments to the Fund’s transfer agent and various sub-transfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers;

 

receive and tabulate shareholder votes;

 

furnish statistical and research data;

 

coordinate (or assist in) the preparation and filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of registration statements, notices, shareholder reports, and other material required to be filed under applicable laws;

 

prepare and file with the states registration statements, notices, reports, and other material required to be filed under applicable laws;

 

prepare and file Form 24F-2s and N-SARs;

 

review bills submitted to the Fund and, upon determining that a bill is appropriate, allocating amounts to the appropriate Funds and instructing the Fund’s custodian to pay such bills;

 

coordinate (or assist in) the preparation of reports and other information materials regarding the Fund, including prospectuses, proxies and other shareholder communications;

 

prepare expense table and performance information for annual updates;

 

provide legal and regulatory advice to the Fund in connection with its other administrative functions, including assignment of matters to outside legal counsel on behalf of the Trust and supervising the work of such counsel;

 

provide office facilities and clerical support for the Fund;

 

develop and implement procedures for monitoring compliance with regulatory requirements and compliance with the Fund’ investment objectives, policies and restrictions;

 

serve as liaison between the Fund and their independent auditors;

 

prepare and file tax returns;

 

review payments of Fund expenses;

 

prepare expense budgeting and accruals;

 

provide communication, coordination, and supervision services with regard to the Fund’ transfer agent, custodian, fund accountant, any co-administrators, and other service organizations that render recordkeeping or shareholder communication services;

 

provide information to the Fund’s distributor concerning fund performance and administration;

 

provide reports to the Fund’s board of directors regarding its activities;

 

assist in the preparation and assembly of meeting materials, including comparable fee information, as required, for the Fund’s board of directors; and

 

provide any other administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund other than those services that are to be provided by the Trust’s transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant, provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Funds Management to provide any services that may not be provided by it under applicable banking laws and regulations.

 

In performing all Fund-level administrative services under this Section 2(b), the Manager shall: (a) act in conformity with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust (and By-Laws, if any), the 1940 Act, and any other applicable laws as may be amended from time to time, and all relevant rules thereunder, and with the Trust’s registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the 1940 Act, as may be amended from time to time; (b) consult and coordinate with legal counsel to the Trust as necessary and appropriate; and (c) advise and report to the Trust and its legal counsel, as necessary and appropriate, with respect to any compliance or other matters that come to its attention.

 

            In connection with its duties under this Section 2(b), the Manager may, at its own expense, enter into sub-administration agreements with other service providers, provided that each such service provider agrees with the Manager to comply with this Agreement and all relevant provisions of the 1940 Act and any other applicable laws as may be amended from time to time, and all relevant rules thereunder.  The Manager will provide the Trust with a copy of each sub-administration agreement it executes relating to the Trust.  The Manager will be liable for acts or omissions of any such sub-administrators under the standards of care described herein under Section 11.

 

Section 3.  Delivery of Documents to the Manager.  The Trust has furnished the Manager with true, correct and complete copies of the following documents:

 

The Declaration of Trust, as in effect on the date hereof;

The Registration Statement filed with the Commission under the 1940 Act and the Securities Act; and

Written guidelines, policies and procedures adopted by the Trust.

 

The Trust will furnish the Manager with all future amendments and supplements to the foregoing as soon as practicable after such documents become available.  The Trust shall furnish the Manager with any further documents, materials or information that the Manager may reasonably request in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder. 

 

            Section 4.  Delegation of Responsibilities.   The Manager may carry out any of its obligations under this Agreement (other than under Section 2(b) hereof) by employing, subject to supervision by the Manager, one or more Sub-Adviser(s) who are registered as investment advisers pursuant to the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (“Sub-Advisers”).  Each Sub-Adviser’s employment will be evidenced by a separate written agreement approved by the Board and, if required under the 1940 Act, by the shareholders of the Fund (unless the Commission or its staff has given authorization or issued an interpretation dispensing with the requirement of shareholder approval).  The Manager shall not be liable hereunder for any act or omission of any Sub-Adviser, except for failure to exercise good faith in the employment of the Sub-Adviser and for failure to exercise appropriate supervision of such Sub-Adviser, and as may otherwise be agreed in writing.  The Manager shall be solely responsible for compensating any Sub-Adviser for services rendered under any Sub-Advisory Agreement.  The Manager may, from time to time and at any time, terminate any Sub-Adviser and reassume the responsibilities assigned to such Sub-Adviser with respect to any Fund without obtaining the approval of the shareholders of the Fund.

 

            Section 5.  Control by Board.  Any investment management activities undertaken by the Manager pursuant to this Agreement, as well as any other activities undertaken by the Manager on behalf of the Fund, shall at all times be subject to the direction and control of the Board. 

 

            Section 6.  Compliance with Applicable Requirements.   In carrying out its obligations under this Agreement, the Manager shall at all times comply with:

 

(a)        all applicable provisions of the 1940 Act, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder;

 

(b)        the Registration Statement of the Trust, as it may be amended from time to time, filed with the Commission under the Securities Act and the 1940 Act;

 

(c)        the provisions of the Declaration of Trust of the Trust, as it may be amended from time to time;

 

(d)       the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to the Trust or the Fund, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder; and

 

(e)        any other applicable provisions of state or federal law, and any rules and regulations adopted thereunder.

 

Section 7.  Proxies.   The Manager shall have responsibility to vote proxies solicited with respect to issuers of securities in which assets of the Fund are invested in accordance with the Trust’s policies on proxy voting. 

 

            Section 8.  Broker-Dealer Relationships.  In connection with the purchase and sale of securities for the Fund, the Manager is responsible for broker-dealer selection and negotiation of brokerage commission rates.  The Manager’s primary consideration in effecting a security transaction will be to obtain the best price and execution.  In selecting a broker-dealer to execute each particular transaction for the Fund, the Manager will consider among other things:  the best net price available, the reliability, integrity and financial condition of the broker-dealer; the size of and difficulty in executing the order; and the value of the expected contribution of the broker-dealer to the Fund on a continuing basis.  Accordingly, the price to the Fund in any transaction may be less favorable than that available from another broker-dealer if the difference is reasonably justified by other aspects of the portfolio execution services offered.  Subject to such policies as the Board may from time to time determine, the Manager shall not be deemed to have acted unlawfully or to have breached any duty created by this Agreement or otherwise solely by reason of having caused the Fund to pay a broker or dealer that provides brokerage and research services to the Manager an amount of commission for effecting a portfolio investment transaction in excess of the amount of commission another broker or dealer would have charged for effecting that transaction, if the Manager determines in good faith that such amount of commission was reasonable in relation to the value of the brokerage and research services provided by such broker or dealer, viewed in terms of either that particular transaction or the overall responsibilities of the Manager with respect to the Fund and to other clients of the Manager.  The Manager is further authorized to allocate the orders placed by it on behalf of the Fund to brokers and dealers who also provide brokerage and research services within the meaning of Section 28(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and in compliance therewith.  Such allocation shall be in such amounts and proportions as the Manager shall determine and the Manager will report on said allocations regularly to the Board, indicating the brokers to whom such allocations have been made and the basis therefore.

 

            Section 9.  Expenses.  All of the ordinary business expenses incurred in the operations of the Fund and the offering of their shares shall be borne by the Fund unless specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement.  The expenses borne by the Trust include, but are not limited to, brokerage commissions, taxes, legal, auditing or governmental fees, the cost of preparing share certificates, custodian, transfer agent and shareholder service agent costs, expense of issue, sale, redemption and repurchase of shares, expenses of registering and qualifying shares for sale, expenses relating to trustees and shareholder meetings, the cost of preparing and distributing reports and notices to shareholders, the fees and other expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with membership in investment company organizations and the cost of printing copies of prospectuses and statements of additional information distributed to the Fund’s shareholders.   In addition to the fees described in Section 10 of this Agreement, the Trust (or its other service providers, as may be provided pursuant to their respective agreements and contracts with the Trust) shall pay all of its Fund-level expenses which are not expressly assumed by the Manager pursuant to Section 2(b) or otherwise hereunder.  The Fund-level expenses of legal counsel and accounting experts retained by the Manager, after consulting with the Trust’s legal counsel and independent auditors, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate for the performance by the Manager of its duties under this Agreement, shall be deemed to be Fund-level expenses of, and shall be paid for by, the Trust.

 

            The Manager shall pay its own expenses in connection with the services to be provided by it pursuant to this Agreement and shall, at its own expense, provide its own office space, facilities and equipment.  In addition, the Manager shall be responsible for reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Trust: (a) to amend the Trust’s registration statement or supplement the Fund’s prospectus, and circulate the same, to reflect a change in the personnel of the Manager responsible for making investment decisions in relation to the Fund; (b) to obtain shareholder approval of a new sub-advisory agreement as a result of a “change in control” (as such term in defined in Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act) of the Manager, or to otherwise comply with the 1940 Act, the Securities Act, or any other applicable statute, law, rule or regulation, as a result of such change; or (c) to meet other legal or regulatory obligations caused by actions of the Manager.

 

            Section 10.  Compensation.  

 

(a)        As compensation for the investment management services provided under this Agreement, the Trust shall pay the Manager fees, payable monthly, at the annual rates indicated on Schedule A hereto, as such Schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time. The fees payable pursuant to this Paragraph shall be calculated based on the average daily value (as determined on each business day at the time set forth in the Prospectus for determining net asset value per share) of each Fund’s net assets, as appropriate, during the preceding month.  If the fee payable to the Manager pursuant to this Paragraph begins to accrue before the end of any month or if this Agreement terminates before the end of any month, the fee for the period from the effective date to the end of that month or from the beginning of that month to the termination date, respectively, shall be prorated according to the proportion that the period bears to the full month in which the effectiveness or termination occurs.  For purposes of calculating each such monthly fee, the value of each Fund’s net assets shall be computed in the manner specified in that Fund’s registration statement as then on file with the SEC for the computation of the value of the Fund’s net assets in connection with the determination of the net asset value of Fund shares.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “business day” for a Fund is any day that the Fund is open for trading;

 

(b)        The Manager shall receive a fee as specified below for investment management services consisting of both Fund-level administrative services and asset allocation services if the Fund invests some of its investment assets in two or more registered, open-end management investment companies, or separate series thereof, in each case, in accordance with Section 12(d)(1)(G) under the Act, the rules thereunder or an exemptive order issued by the Commission exempting the Fund from the provisions of Section 12(d)(1)(A) under the Act (a “Fund of Fund structure”).

 

Dormant Investment Management Fee

as % of  Avg. Daily Net Asset Value

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.30

0.29

0.28

 

            Section 11.  Standard of Care.  The Trust will expect of the Manager, and the Manager will give the Trust the benefit of, the Manager’s best judgment and efforts in rendering its services to the Trust, and the Manager shall not be liable hereunder for any mistake in judgment.  In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of obligations or duties hereunder on the part of the Manager or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents, the Manager shall not be subject to liability to the Trust or to any shareholders of the Trust for any act or omission in the course of, or connected with, rendering services hereunder or for any losses that may be sustained in the purchase, holding or sale of any security. 

 

            Section 12.  Non-Exclusivity.   The services of the Manager to the Fund are not to be deemed to be exclusive, and the Manager shall be free to render investment management or other services to others (including other investment companies) and to engage in other activities.  It is understood and agreed that officers or directors of the Manager may serve as officers and directors of the Trust, and that officers or directors of the Trust may serve as officers or directors of the Manager, to the extent that such services may be permitted by law, and that the officers and directors of the Manager are not prohibited from engaging in any other business activity or from rendering services to any other person, or from serving as partners, officers, directors or trustees of any other firm or trust, including other investment advisory companies.

 

            Section 13.  Records .  The Manager shall, with respect to orders the Manager places for the purchase and sale of portfolio securities of the Fund, maintain or arrange for the maintenance of the documents and records required pursuant to Rule 31a-1 under the 1940 Act as well as such records as the Fund’s administrator reasonably requests to be maintained, including, but not limited to, trade tickets and confirmations for portfolio trades.  All such records shall be maintained in a form acceptable to the Trust and in compliance with the provisions of Rule 31a-1 or any successor rule.  All such records will be the property of the Trust and will be made available for inspection and use by the Trust and its authorized representatives. 

 

            Section 14 Term and Approval.   This Agreement shall become effective with respect to the Fund for an initial two-year term after being approved in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act and executed by the Manager and the Trust, and shall thereafter continue from year to year, provided that the continuation of the Agreement is specifically approved in accordance with the requirements of the 1940 Act, which currently requires that the continuation be approved at least annually:

 

(a)        by the Board, or by the vote of “a majority of the outstanding voting securities” of the Fund (as defined in Section 2(a)(42) of the 1940 Act), and

 

(b)        by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Trust’s Trustees who are not parties to this Agreement or “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) of a party to this Agreement (other than as Trustees of the Trust), by votes cast in person at a meeting specifically called for such purpose.

 

            Section 15.   Termination.   As required under the 1940 Act, this Agreement may be terminated with respect to the Fund at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by vote of the Board or by vote of a majority of the Fund’s outstanding voting securities, or by the Manager, on sixty (60) days’ written notice to the other party.  The notice provided for herein may be waived by the party entitled to receipt thereof.  This Agreement shall automatically terminate in the event of its assignment, the term “assignment” for purposes of this paragraph having the meaning defined in Section 2(a)(4) of the 1940 Act, as it may be interpreted by the Commission or its staff in interpretive releases, or by the Commission staff in no-action letters issued under the 1940 Act.

 

            This Agreement may also be terminated immediately by the Trust or the Manager in the event that either party (i) breaches a material term of this Agreement; or (ii) commits a material violation of any governing law or regulation; or (iii) engages in conduct that would have a material adverse effect upon the reputation or business prospects of such other party.

 

            Section 16.  Indemnification by the Manager.   The Trust shall not be responsible for, and the Manager shall indemnify and hold the Trust or any Fund harmless from and against, any and all losses, damages, costs, charges, counsel fees, payments, expenses and liability arising out of or attributable to the willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligent acts or reckless disregard of obligations or duties on the part of the Manager or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents.    

 

            Section 17.   Indemnification by the Trust .  In the absence of willful misfeasance, bad faith, negligence or reckless disregard of duties hereunder on the part of the Manager or any of its officers, directors, employees or agents, the Trust hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Manager against all claims, actions, suits or proceedings at law or in equity whether brought by a private party or a governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality of any kind, arising from the advertising, solicitation, sale, purchase or pledge of securities, whether of the Fund or other securities, undertaken by the Fund, their officers, directors, employees or affiliates, resulting from any violations of the securities laws, rules, regulations, statutes and codes, whether federal or of any state, by the Fund, their officers, directors, employees or affiliates.    

 

            Section 18.  Notices.   Any notices under this Agreement shall be in writing, addressed and delivered or mailed postage paid to the other party at such address as such other party may designate for the receipt of such notice.  Until further notice to the other party, it is agreed that the address of the Trust shall be 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105, Attention: C. David Messman, and that of the Manager shall be 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, California 94105, Attention:   Karla M. Rabusch.

 

            Section 19.   Questions of Interpretation.   Any question of interpretation of any term or provision of this Agreement having a counterpart in or otherwise derived from a term or provision of the 1940 Act shall be resolved by reference to such terms or provision of the 1940 Act and to interpretations thereof, if any, by the United States Courts or in the absence of any controlling decision of any such court, by rules, regulations or orders of the Commission, interpretations of the Commission or its staff, or Commission staff no-action letters, issued pursuant to the 1940 Act.  In addition, where the effect of a requirement of the 1940 Act reflected in any provision of this Agreement is revised by rule, regulation or order of the Commission, such provision shall be deemed to incorporate the effect of such rule, regulation or order.  The duties and obligations of the parties under this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware to the extent that state law is not preempted by the provisions of any law of the United States heretofore or hereafter enacted. 

 

            Section 20.  Amendment of this Agreement.   This Agreement supersedes the Investment Advisory Agreement between the parties hereto dated July 16, 2010, and combines the Fund-level administrative duties and fees of the Amended and Restated Administration Agreement between the parties hereto dated March 1, 2013 and amended as of March 25, 2011. No provision of this Agreement may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated orally, but only by an instrument in writing signed by the party against which enforcement of the change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.  If shareholder approval of an amendment is required under the 1940 Act, no such amendment shall become effective until approved by a vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of the affected Fund.  Otherwise, a written amendment of this Agreement is effective upon the approval of the Board and the Manager.

 

            Section 21.  Wells Fargo Name.  The Manager and the Trust each agree that the name “Wells Fargo,” which comprises a component of the Trust’s name, is a property right of the parent of the Manager. The Trust agrees and consents that: (i) it will use the words “Wells Fargo” as a component of its corporate name, the name of any series or class, or all of the above, and for no other purpose; (ii) it will not grant to any third party the right to use the name “Wells Fargo” for any purpose; (iii) the Manager or any corporate affiliate of the Manager may use or grant to others the right to use the words “Wells Fargo,” or any combination or abbreviation thereof, as all or a portion of a corporate or business name or for any commercial purpose, other than a grant of such right to another registered investment company not advised by the Manager or one of its affiliates; and (iv) in the event that the Manager or an affiliate thereof is no longer acting as investment adviser to any Fund, the Trust shall, upon request by the Manager, promptly take such action as may be necessary to change its corporate name to one not containing the words “Wells Fargo” and following such change, shall not use the words “Wells Fargo,” or any combination thereof, as a part of its corporate name or for any other commercial purpose, and shall use its best efforts to cause its trustees, officers and shareholders to take any and all actions that the Manager may request to effect the foregoing and to reconvey to the Manager any and all rights to such words. 

 

            Section 22.  Risk Acknowledgement.   The Manager does not guarantee the future performance of the Fund or any specific level of performance, the success of any investment decision or strategy that the Manager may use, or the success of the Manager’s overall management of the Fund.  The Trust understands that investment decisions made for the Fund by the Manager are subject to various market, currency, economic and business risks, and that those investment decisions will not always be profitable.  The Manager will manage only the securities, cash and other investments for which management responsibility is delegated to it and which are held in the Fund’s account(s) and, in making investment decisions for the Fund, the Manager will not consider any other securities, cash or other investments owned by the Trust.

 

 


            IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed in duplicate by their respective officers on the day and year first written above.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

on behalf of the Fund

 

 

                                                               By:  ________________________

                                                                       C. David Messman

        Secretary

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

By:  ________________________

        Paul Haast

        Senior Vice President

 


SCHEDULE A

INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT

FEE SCHEDULE*

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

 

Fund

Fee as % of Average

Daily Net Asset Value

Asset Allocation Fund

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 3B

Next 2B

Over 10B

0.35

0.325

0.28

0.255

0.235

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the time the Fund invests some of its assets in two or more registered, open-end management investment companies in accordance with Section 12(d)(1)(G) under the 1940 Act, the Fund shall pay Funds Management an additional investment management fee for investment management services consisting of Fund-level administrative and asset allocation services, as shown in the following table:

Dormant Investment Management Fee

as % of  Avg. Daily

Net Asset Value

First 5B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.35

0.33

0.31

 

 


The foregoing fee schedule is agreed to as of July 1, 2015 and shall remain in effect until changed in writing by the parties.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

By:                                                            

       C. David Messman

       Secretary

 

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

By:                                                            
  Paul Haast

       Senior Vice President

 

SCHEDULE A

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

FEE SCHEDULE

WELLS FARGO FUND TRUST

 

Fund

Fee as % of Average

Daily Net Asset Value

Absolute Return Fund 1

First 1B

Next 4B

Next 5B

Over 10B

0.225

0.20

0.175

0.165

 

 

Schedule A amended: May 20, 2015

 

 


The foregoing fee schedule is agreed to as of May 20, 2015 and shall remain in effect until changed in writing by the parties.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

By:                                                            

     C. David Messman

     Secretary

 

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

By:                                                            
Paul Haast

     Senior Vice President

 

 

1.  On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an advisory fee change to the Absolute Return Fund.  Effective September 1, 2015, the advisory fees will be:  First 1B 0.225%; Next 4B 0.20%; Next 5B 0.175%; Next 10B 0.165% and Over 20B 0.16%.

AMENDED AND RESTATED FEE AND EXPENSE AGREEMENT

 

 

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT is made as of October 3, 2008, and amended as of May 20, 2015, among Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, for itself and on behalf of its series listed from time to time in Schedule A and B attached hereto (individually referred to as the “Fund” or collectively referred to as the “Funds”), Wells Fargo Master Trust (“Master Trust”) , a Delaware statutory trust, and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management” or the “Adviser”), a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware. 

WHEREAS, each of the Trust and Master Trust is an open-end investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940; and

WHEREAS, Funds Management serves as investment adviser and/or administrator to each of the Funds pursuant to an investment advisory agreement (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) and/or an administration agreement (the “Administration Agreement”);

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows: 

Limitation on Total Operating Expense Ratios .  The Adviser hereby agrees to waive any advisory fees payable to it under the Investment Advisory Agreement, waive any administration fees payable to it under the Administration Agreement, and/or reimburse other expenses of the Funds or a class to the extent necessary to maintain a total operating expense ratio for each class of each Fund that does not exceed its capped operating expense ratio (each, a “Capped Operating Expense Ratio”) as set forth from time to time in Schedule A attached hereto (each, a “Commitment”).   The operating expenses that may not exceed the Capped Operating Expense Ratio do not include expenses that are not included in calculating a fund’s operating expense ratio as reflected in its audited financial highlights (such as brokerage commissions, interest or taxes) and do not include Extraordinary Expenses.  Extraordinary Expenses shall include other expenses as are determined by a vote of the majority of the Trustees to be Extraordinary Expenses for this purpose.

Application of the Commitments to Tiered Funds .  A Fund that invests in shares of a money market Fund need not attribute the money market Fund’s fees to the investing Fund’s operating expenses.  A non-WealthBuilder Fund that invests in shares of a Wells Fargo Master Trust portfolio or in shares of a non-money market Fund shall attribute the portfolio’s or non-money market Fund’s fees to the investing Fund’s operating expenses.  A Dynamic Target Date Fund that invests in securities of any registered investment company other than a money market Fund shall attribute the registered investment company’s fees to the investing Fund’s operating expenses.  A WealthBuilder Fund that invests in shares of a Wells Fargo Master Trust Portfolio or in shares of a non-money market Fund need not attribute the portfolio’s or non-money market Fund’s fees to the investing Fund’s operating expenses.   Except as expressly provided in this Section 2, a Fund that invests in securities of any registered investment company need not attribute the fees of such other registered investment company to the investing Fund’s operating expenses.

Duration of the Commitments

Initial Waiver .  The parties agree that Funds Management will maintain the Capped Operating Expense Ratios until the expiration/renewal date specified in Schedule A (the “Expiration/Renewal Date”). 

Automatic Renewal of the Commitments .  The parties agree that each Commitment will renew automatically for a period of one year from each anniversary of the Expiration/Renewal Date unless, prior to such anniversary date: (i) Funds Management provides notice to the Board to the effect that it has elected not to renew a Commitment for a full year with respect to one or more specified Funds or classes; (ii) Funds Management provides notice to the Board to the effect that it has elected to reduce a listed Capped Operating Expense Ratio with respect to one or more specified Funds or classes; and/or (iii) the Board approves an increase to the listed Capped Operating Expense Ratio with respect to one or more specified Funds or classes.  The notice referred to in subparagraphs (i) and (ii), above, or in subparagraph (i) of Subsection 3(c), may take the form of presentation materials delivered to the Board at or before a meeting of the Board, a presentation to the Board at a meeting that is reflected in the minutes of such meeting, or written notice delivered to the Board

Funds Management’s Obligations Following Non-Renewal of a Commitment .  Following any non-renewal of a Commitment with respect to one or more specified Funds or classes pursuant to Subsection 3(b), Funds Management will nevertheless maintain the listed Capped Operating Expense Ratio of the Fund or class until such time as:  (i) Funds Management provides notice to the Board that it is reinstating the Commitment with respect to the Fund or class at the same or a reduced Capped Operating Expense Ratio, in which case the provisions of Subsection 3(b) shall govern thereafter; (ii) the Board approves an increase in the listed Capped Operating Expense Ratio, in which case the provisions of Subsection 3(d) shall govern; or (iii) the Board approves the elimination of any obligation to maintain a specified ratio. 

Board Approval of an Increase in a Capped Operating Expense Ratio .  If the Board approves an increase in the listed Capped Operating Expense Ratio of a Fund or class, Funds Management’s Commitment to maintain the higher Capped Operating Expenses Ratio will be governed by the renewal and non-renewal provisions of Subsection 3(b).

Funds Management’s Ability to Reduce a Capped Operating Expense Ratio or Extend the Term of a Commitment .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, Funds Management may reduce the Capped Operating Expense Ratio of a Fund or a class, or extend the term of the Commitment to maintain the Capped Operating Expense Ratio of a Fund or a class, without prior approval of the Board .  Funds Management shall inform the Board of any action taken under this Subsection no later than the next regularly scheduled Board meeting.  Unless Funds Management informs the Board that the reduced Capped Operating Expense Ratio will be governed by the renewal and non-renewal provisions of Subsection 3(b), the Capped Operating Expense Ratio of the Fund or class will revert to the Capped Operating Expense Ratio previously in effect at the next Expiration/Renewal Date. 

Modification; Amendment .  No modification or amendment to this Agreement shall be binding unless in writing and executed by Funds Management, the Trust and, if affected thereby, Wells Fargo Master Trust.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereby agree that the Schedules may be amended or supplemented by having Funds Management, the Trust and, if affected thereby, Wells Fargo Master Trust execute updated Schedules, without having such action constitute a modification or amendment to this Agreement.  Among other matters, the parties intend that: (a) Schedule A shall be updated to reflect any additional Funds or classes that are established from time to time by the Trust and as to which a Capped Operating Expense Ratio is established; (b) Schedule A shall be updated to reflect any increases to Capped Operating Expense Ratios that have been approved by the Board or any reductions in Capped Operating Expense Ratios that have been implemented pursuant to the notice provisions of Subsections 3(b) or 3(c), or any reductions implemented by Funds Management pursuant to Subsection 3(e); (c) Schedule A shall be updated to reflect any term extensions implemented by Funds Management pursuant to Section 3(e); and (d) Schedule A shall designate any Funds or classes as to which a Commitment has not been renewed until (i) a Commitment is reinstated pursuant to Subsection 3(c) or 3(d), or (ii) the Board approves the elimination of any obligation to maintain a specified ratio, at which time such Fund or class shall be moved to Schedule B. 

Entire Agreement .  This Amended and Restated Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to its subject matter.  Each provision herein shall be treated as separate and independent from any other provision or agreement herein and shall be enforceable notwithstanding the unenforceability of any such other provision or agreement.  In addition, each provision herein shall be treated as separate and independent with respect to each Fund.


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Amended and Restated Agreement as of May 20, 2015.  

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST, for itself and on

behalf of its series listed from time to time on the

Schedules attached hereto

 

 

By   ________________________________

         C. David Messman

         Secretary

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO MASTER TRUST

 

 

By   ________________________________

         C. David Messman

         Secretary

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

By   ________________________________

         Paul Haast

         Senior Vice President

 

 

 


SCHEDULE A

FEE AND EXPENSE AGREEMENT

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

(Capped Operating Expense Ratios)

 

FUNDS/CLASSES

Capped Operating

Expense Ratio

 

Expiration / Renewal Date

Absolute Return Fund 1

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.76%

1.51%

0.28%

0.57%

0.33%

 

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2016

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2015

Adjustable Rate Government Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.74%

1.49%

1.49%

0.60%

0.46%

 

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

Alternative Strategies Fund 2

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

2.22%

2.97%

2.07%

2.25%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Asia Pacific Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class 3

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.60%

2.35%

1.40%

1.25%

1.65%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

Asset Allocation Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.87%

1.62%

1.62%

1.12%

0.64%

0.44%

 

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2015

August 31, 2015

C&B Large Cap Value Fund 4

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

            Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.15%

1.90%

1.90%

0.95%

0.70%

1.20%

 

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

C&B Mid Cap Value Fund 5

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.20%

1.95%

1.95%

1.15%

0.90%

1.25%

 

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

California Limited-Term Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.80%

1.55%

0.60%

0.50%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2016

California Municipal Money Market Fund

Class A

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.65%

0.30%

0.20%

0.45%

1.00%

 

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

California Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.75%

1.50%

1.50%

0.55%

0.48%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2016

Capital Growth Fund 6

            Class A

Class C

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

            Institutional Class

            Investor Class

 

1.11%

1.86%

0.75%

0.60%

0.90%

0.65%

1.17%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Cash Investment Money Market Fund

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Select Class

Service Class

 

0.35%

0.20%

0.13%

0.50%

 

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

            Administrator Class

 

0.85%

1.60%

0.60%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Common Stock Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class 7

Investor Class

 

1.26%

2.01%

2.01%

0.85%

1.10%

0.90%

1.29%

 

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

Conservative Income Fund

Institutional Class

 

0.27%

 

December 31, 2015

Core Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6         

Administrator Class

            Institutional Class

            Investor Class

 

0.78%

1.53%

1.53%

1.03%

0.52%

0.37%

0.70%

0.42%

0.79%

 

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Disciplined U.S. Core Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.92%

1.67%

0.74%

0.48%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Discovery Fund

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.22%

1.97%

0.84%

1.15%

0.89%

1.28%

 

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

Diversified Capital Builder Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class 8

Institutional Class

 

1.20%

1.95%

1.95%

0.95%

0.78%

 

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

Diversified Equity Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

 

1.25%

2.00%

2.00%

1.00%

 

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Diversified Income Builder Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.08%

1.83%

1.83%

0.90%

0.71%

 

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

Diversified International Fund 9

            Class A

            Class B

            Class C

            Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.41%

2.16%

2.16%

1.25%

0.99%

1.46%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

Dow Jones Target Today Fund 10

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.81%

1.56%

1.56%

1.06%

0.45%

0.30%

0.65%
0.86%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund 11

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.83%

1.58%

1.58%

1.08%

0.47%

0.32%

0.67%
0.88%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund 12

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.84%

1.09%

0.48%

0.33%

0.68%

0.89%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund 13

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.86%

1.61%

1.61%

1.11%

0.50%

0.35%

0.70%
0.91%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund 14

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.86%

1.11%

0.50%

0.35%

0.70%

0.91%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund 15

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.87%

1.62%

1.62%

1.12%

0.51%

0.36%

0.71%
0.92%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund 16

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.88%

1.13%

0.52%

0.37%

0.72%

0.93%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund 17

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.88%

1.63%

1.63%

1.13%

0.52%

0.37%

0.72%
0.93%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund 18

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.88%

1.13%

0.52%

0.37%

0.72%

0.93%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund 19

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.88%

1.63%

1.13%

0.52%

0.37%

0.72%

0.93%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund 20

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.88%

1.13%

0.52%

0.37%

0.72%

0.93%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund 21

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

 

0.88%

1.63%

1.13%

0.52%

0.37%

0.72%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target Today Fund 22

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.98%

1.73%

1.23%

0.67%

0.52%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2015 Fund 23

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.00%

1.75%

1.25%

0.69%

0.54%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2020 Fund 24

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.02%

1.77%

1.27%

0.71%

0.56%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2025 Fund 25

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.04%

1.79%

1.29%

0.73%

0.58%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2030 Fund 26

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.06%

1.81%

1.31%

0.75%

0.60%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2035 Fund 27

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.07%

1.82%

1.32%

0.76%

0.61%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2040 Fund 28

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.08%

1.83%

1.33%

0.77%

0.62%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2045 Fund 29

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.08%

1.83%

1.33%

0.77%

0.62%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2050 Fund 30

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.08%

1.83%

1.33%

0.77%

0.62%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2055 Fund 31

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.08%

1.83%

1.33%

0.77%

0.62%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Dynamic Target 2060 Fund 32

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

1.08%

1.83%

1.33%

0.77%

0.62%

 

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

June 30, 2016

Emerging Growth Fund 33

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.37%

2.12%

1.20%

0.90%

1.40%

 

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Emerging Markets Equity Fund 34

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.67%

2.42%

2.42%

1.18%

1.50%

1.23%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.65%

2.40%

1.45%

1.25%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

Emerging Markets Equity Select Fund 35

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.65%

2.40%

1.15%

1.45%

1.20%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

Emerging Markets Local Bond Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.23%

1.98%

1.10%

0.90%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

Endeavor Select Fund 36

            Class A

            Class B

            Class C

            Administrator Class

            Institutional Class

 

1.25%

2.00%

2.00%

1.00%

0.80%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Enterprise Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.18%

1.93%

1.93%

0.80%

1.10%

0.85%

1.24%

 

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

Global Long/Short Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrative Class

Institutional Class

 

1.75%

2.50%

1.65%

1.45%

 

October 31, 2016

October 31, 2016

October 31, 2016

October 31, 2016

Global Opportunities Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.55%

2.30%

2.30%

1.40%

1.15%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

Government Money Market Fund

Class A

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Select Class 37

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.65%

0.35%

0.20%

0.16%

0.50%

1.00%

 

May 31, 2017

May 31, 2017

May 31, 2017

May 31, 2017

May 31, 2017

May 31, 2017

Government Securities Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.85%

1.60%

1.60%

0.64%

0.48%

0.88%

 

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

Growth Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.21%

1.96%

0.96%

0.75%

1.27%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Growth Balanced Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

 

1.20%

1.95%

1.95%

0.95%

 

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Heritage Money Market Fund

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Select Class

Service Class

 

0.35%

0.20%

0.13%

0.43%

 

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

High Income Fund 38

Class A

Class B

Class C           

Administrator Class

            Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.90%

1.65%

1.65%

0.80%

0.50%

0.93%

 

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

High Yield Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.03%

1.78%

1.78%

0.80%

0.70%

 

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

High Yield Municipal Bond Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.85%

1.60%

0.75%

0.60%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Income Plus Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.84%

1.59%

1.59%

0.72%

0.58%

0.85%

 

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

Index Asset Allocation Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

 

1.15%

1.90%

1.90%

0.90%

 

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

Index Fund 39

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.56%

1.31%

1.31%

0.25%

0.45%

 

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Intermediate Tax/AMT-Free Fund 40

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.70%

1.45%

0.60%

0.42%

0.73%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

International Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.03%

1.78%

1.78%

0.65%

0.85%

0.70%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

International Equity Fund 41

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.09%

1.84%

1.84%

1.34%

1.09%

0.84%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

International Value Fund 42

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.50%

2.25%

2.25%

1.25%

1.05%

 

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Intrinsic Small Cap Value Fund 43

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.40%

2.15%

1.20%

1.00%

1.46%

 

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Intrinsic Value Fund 44

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.16%

1.91%

1.91%

1.41%

0.80%

0.65%

0.95%

0.70%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Intrinsic World Equity Fund 45

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.40%

2.15%

1.15%

0.95%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

Large Cap Core Fund 46

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.14%

1.89%

0.90%

0.66%

1.20%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Large Cap Growth Fund 47

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.07%

1.82%

1.32%

0.75%

0.60%

0.95%

0.65%

1.13%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Large Company Value Fund 48

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.10%

1.85%

0.85%

0.65%

1.16%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

 

0.85%

1.60%

0.60%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Moderate Balanced Fund
Class A
Class B
Class C

Administrator Class

 

1.15%
1.90%
1.90%

0.90%

 

September 30, 2015
September 30, 2015
September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Money Market Fund 49

Class A

Class B

Class C

Daily Class

Investor Class

Service Class

 

0.70%

1.45%

1.45%

1.00%

0.65%

0.50%

 

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

Municipal Bond Fund 50

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.75%

1.50%

1.50%

0.60%

0.48%

0.78%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Service Class

 

0.30%

0.20%

0.45%

 

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

Municipal Money Market Fund

Class A

Institutional Class

Investor Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.65%

0.20%

0.64%

0.45%

1.00%

 

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

National Tax-Free Money Market Fund

Class A

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.65%

0.30%

0.20%

0.45%

1.00%

 

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

North Carolina Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Institutional Class

 

0.85%

1.60%

0.54%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Omega Growth Fund 51

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.30%

2.05%

2.05%

1.55%

1.05%

0.80%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Opportunity Fund 52

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.22%

1.97%

1.97%

1.00%

0.75%

1.23%

 

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

Pennsylvania Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Institutional Class

 

0.74%

1.49%

1.49%

0.49%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Precious Metals Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.09%

1.84%

1.84%

0.95%

0.79%

 

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Premier Large Company Growth Fund 53

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.12%

1.87%

1.87%

0.80%

0.65%

0.95%

0.70%

1.18%

 

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

November 30, 2015

Real Return Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

 

0.85%
1.60%
1.60%
0.60%

 

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Short Duration Government Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6         

Administrator Class

            Institutional Class

 

0.78%

1.53%

1.53%

0.37%

0.60%

0.42%

 

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

Short-Term Bond Fund

Class A

Class C

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.72%

1.47%

0.48%

0.73%

 

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

Short-Term High Yield Bond Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.81%

1.56%

0.65%

0.50%

0.84%

 

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund 54

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.60%

1.35%

0.60%

0.40%

0.63%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Small Cap Opportunities Fund

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.20%

0.95%

 

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2016

Small Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.28%

2.03%

2.03%

0.83%

1.08%

0.88%

1.29%

 

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Small Company Growth Fund 55

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.40%
2.15%
2.15%

0.90%

1.20%

0.95%

 

September 30, 2015
September 30, 2015
September 30, 2015

September 30, 2016
September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Small Company Value Fund 56

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class


1.40%

2.15%

2.15%

1.20%

1.00%

 

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

September 30, 2015

Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.35%

2.10%

1.15%

0.95%

1.41%

 

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Special Mid Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

1.25%

2.00%

0.82%

1.14%

0.87%

1.31%

 

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

January 31, 2016

Specialized Technology Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class 57

Investor Class

 

1.50%

2.25%

2.25%

1.35%

1.53%

 

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Special Small Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class 58

Institutional Class

 

1.34%

2.09%

2.09%

0.89%

1.09%

0.94%

 

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2016

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Strategic Income Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.90%

1.65%

0.75%

0.60%

 

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

February 28, 2016

Strategic Municipal Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.82%

1.57%

1.57%

0.68%

0.48%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Traditional Small Cap Growth Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.33%

2.08%

1.20%

0.98%

 

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

Treasury Plus Money Market Fund

Class A

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.65%

0.35%

0.20%

0.45%

1.00%

 

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

Ultra Short-Term Income Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.70%

1.45%

0.55%

0.35%

0.73%

 

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

December 31, 2015

Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.67%

1.42%

0.60%

0.37%

0.70%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

Utility & Telecommunications Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

1.14%

1.89%

1.89%

0.95%

0.78%

 

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

July 31, 2015

WealthBuilder Conservative Allocation Portfolio

1.50%

September 30, 2015

WealthBuilder Equity Portfolio

1.50%

September 30, 2015

WealthBuilder Growth Allocation Portfolio

1.50%

September 30, 2015

WealthBuilder Growth Balanced Portfolio

1.50%

September 30, 2015

WealthBuilder Moderate Balanced Portfolio

1.50%

September 30, 2015

WealthBuilder Tactical Equity Portfolio

1.50%

September 30, 2015

Wisconsin Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Investor Class

 

0.70%

1.45%

0.73%

 

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

October 31, 2015

100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Class A

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.65%

0.30%

0.20%

0.50%

1.00%

 

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

May 31, 2016

 

Most Recent Annual Approval: June 1, 2015

Schedule A amended: May 20, 2015

 

* On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved: (i) the conversion of Investor Class to Class A shares for all applicable series of Funds Trust (the “Conversion”); (ii) the shares of each such Investor Class for all applicable Funds other than the Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund, C&B Mid Cap Value Fund, and High Income Fund , assume the attributes of shares of each corresponding Class A, including fee structures; (iii) the shares of each Investor Class for the Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund, C&B Mid Cap Value Fund, and High Income Fund  be modified to assume the attributes of shares of the corresponding Class A of each of these Funds, with the exception that Class A shares for these Funds will assume a net operating expense cap equal to that of the pre-existing Investor Class shares of each Fund.  The conversion date is expected to be on or about October 23, 2015.
The foregoing schedule of capped operating expense ratios is agreed to as of May 20, 2015 and shall remain in effect until changed in writing by the parties.

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

By:                                                                        

       C. David Messman

       Secretary

 

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

By:                                                                        
  Paul Haast

  Senior Vice President


As of May 18, 2004

 

Amended and Restated Fee and Expense Agreement

Schedule B

 

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

Not Subject to Capped Operating Expense Ratios

 

Name of Fund/Class

Date of Removal from Schedule A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Absolute Return Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Class A and Class C will be 0.71% and 1.46%, respectively, expiring August 31, 2016.

2.  Reference is made to that certain Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement among the Trust, on behalf of the Alternative Strategies Fund, the Adviser and The Rock Creek Group, LP (“Rock Creek”), as a sub-adviser to the Alternative Strategies Fund, pursuant to which Rock Creek is authorized to invest, from time to time, a portion of the Alternative Strategies Fund’s assets (“Rock Creek Portion”) in shares of registered investment companies (each such company, other than a money market Fund, an “Underlying Fund”).  The provisions of Section 3 of the Amended and Restated Fee Agreement (the “Fee Agreement”) to which this Schedule A relates shall apply to the Capped Operating Expense Ratios of the respective share classes of the Alternative Strategies Fund stated in the table above (the “Baseline Capped Operating Expense Ratios”).  In addition to the foregoing, to the extent that the Rock Creek Portion invests in securities of any Underlying Fund, the Adviser also hereby agrees to additionally waive any advisory fees payable to it under the Investment Advisory Agreement, additionally waive any administration fees payable to it under the Administration Agreement, and/or additionally reimburse other expenses of the Funds or a class in an amount equal to the fees of such Underlying Fund held in the Rock Creek Portion (which shall be calculated based on the net operating expense ratio of the relevant share class of such Underlying Fund contained in the Underlying Fund’s most recently published annual or semi-annual report) (such additional waivers, the “Rock Creek Underlying Fund Waivers”); provided, however, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3 of the Fee Agreement, the amount of the Rock Creek Underlying Fund Waivers, if any,  may increase or decrease from time to time without notice to, or approval by, the Board, so long as: (i) the initial term and renewal of the Adviser’s commitment to make the Rock Creek Underlying Fund Waivers remain subject to the provisions of Section 3 of the Fee Agreement, and (ii) the Baseline Capped Operating Expense Ratios remain subject to the provisions of Section 3 of the Fee Agreement.

3. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratio to the Asia Pacific Fund Administrator Class.  Effective March 1, 2016 the ratio will be 1.50%, expiring February 28, 2017.

4. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the C&B Large Cap Value Fund.  Effective October 1, 2015, the ratios for the Administrator Class and Institutional Class will be 1.00% and 0.80%, respectively, expiring September 30, 2016.

5. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the C&B Mid Cap Value Fund.  Effective February 1, 2016, the ratios for Classes A, B and C will be 1.25%, 2.00% and 2.00%, respectively, expiring January 31, 2017.

6. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Capital Growth Fund.  Effective December 1, 2015, the ratios for the Administrator Class and Institutional Class will be 0.94% and 0.70%, respectively, expiring November 30, 2016.

7. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratio for the Common Stock Fund Institutional Class.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratio will be 0.85%, expiring January 31, 2017.

8. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratio to the Diversified Capital Builder Fund Administrator Class.  Effective February 1, 2016 the ratio will be 1.05%, expiring January 31, 2017.

9. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Diversified International Fund.  Effective March 1, 2016 the ratios for Classes A, B and C will be 1.35%, 2.10% and 2.10%, respectively, expiring February 28, 2017.

10. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target Today Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B, C and R will be 0.76%, 1.51%, 1.51% and 1.01%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

11. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B, C and R will be 0.78%, 1.53%, 1.53% and 1.03%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

12. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Class A and Class R will be 0.79% and 1.04%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

13. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B, C and R will be 0.81%, 1.56%, 1.56% and 1.06%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

14. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Class A and Class R will be 0.81% and 1.06%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

15. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B, C and R will be 0.82%, 1.57%, 1.57% and 1.07%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

16. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Class A and Class R will be 0.83% and 1.08%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

17. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B, C and R will be 0.83%, 1.58%, 1.58% and 1.08%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

18. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Class A and Class R will be 0.83% and 1.08%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

19. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, C and R will be 0.83%, 1.58% and 1.08%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

20. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Class A and Class R will be 0.83% and 1.08%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2016.

21. On February 19, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.   In addition, on May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes.  Upon commencement of operations, the ratios for Classes A, C and R will be 0.83%, 1.58% and 1.08%, respectively, expiring June 30, 2017.

22. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target Today Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

23. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2015 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

24. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2020 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

25. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2025 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

26. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2030 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

27. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2035 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

28. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2040 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

29. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2045 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

30. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2050 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

31. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2055 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

32. On March 26, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2060 Fund.  The Fund is expected to commence operations in the fourth quarter of 2015.

33. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Emerging Growth Fund.  Effective October 1, 2015 the ratios for Class A and Class C will be 1.35% and 2.10%, respectively, expiring September 30, 2016.

34. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Emerging Markets Equity Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B, C, Administrator and Institutional will be 1.61%, 2.36%, 2.36%, 1.49% and 1.22%, respectively, expiring February 28, 2017.

35. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Emerging Markets Equity Select Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Class A and Class C will be 1.60% and 2.35%, respectively, expiring February 28, 2017.

36. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Endeavor Select Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B and C will be 1.20%, 1.95% and 1.95%, respectively, expiring November 30, 2016.

37. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of Select Class shares for the Government Money Market Fund.  The Select Class is expected to commence operations in the third quarter of 2015.

38. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the High Income Fund.  Effective January 1, 2016, the ratios for Classes A, B, C, Administrator and Institutional will be 0.93%, 1.68%, 1.68%, 0.83% and 0.53%, respectively, expiring December 31, 2016.

39. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Index Fund.  Effective upon the conversion of the Investor Class shares to Class A, the ratios for Classes A, B and C will be 0.45%, 1.20% and 1.20%, respectively, expiring one year after the next annual update following the effectiveness of the Investor Class conversion.

40. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratio to the Intermediate Tax/AMT-Free Fund Institutional Class.  Effective November 1, 2015 the ratio for will be 0.45%, expiring October 31, 2016.

41. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the International Equity Fund.  Effective March 1, 2016, the ratios for Classes A, B, C, R, Administrator and Institutional will be 1.35%, 2.10%, 2.10%, 1.41%, 1.23% and 0.93%, respectively, expiring February 28, 2017.

42. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the International Value Fund.  Effective October 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B, C and Institutional will be 1.35%, 2.10%, 2.10% and 1.00%, respectively, expiring September 30, 2016.

43. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Intrinsic Small Cap Value Fund.  Effective August 1, 2015 the ratios for Class A and Class C will be 1.35% and 2.10%, respectively, expiring July 31, 2016.

44. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Intrinsic Value Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B, C and R will be 1.11%, 1.86%, 1.86% and 1.36%, respectively, expiring November 30, 2016.

45. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Intrinsic World Equity Fund.  Effective March 1, 2016 the ratios for Class A and Class C will be 1.35% and 2.10%, respectively, expiring February 28, 2017.  In addition, the Board approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratio for the Administrator Class.  Effective March 1, 2016 the Administrator Class ratio will be 1.25%, expiring February 28, 2017.

46. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Large Cap Core Fund.  Effective December 1, 2015, the ratios for the Administrator Class and Institutional Class will be 1.00% and 0.70%, respectively, expiring November 30, 2016.

47. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Large Cap Growth Fund.  Effective December 1, 2015, the ratios for Classes R4, R6 and Institutional will be 0.80%, 0.65% and 0.75%, respectively, expiring November 30, 2016.

48. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Large Company Value Fund.  Effective December 1, 2015, the ratios for the Administrator Class and Institutional Class will be 0.98% and 0.75%, respectively, expiring November 30, 2016.

49. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Money Market Fund.  Effective upon the conversion of the Investor Class shares to Class A, the ratios for Classes A, B and C will be 0.65%, 1.40% and 1.40%, respectively, expiring one year after the next annual update following the effectiveness of the Investor Class conversion.

50. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for the Municipal Money Market Fund Class A.  Effective upon the conversion of the Investor Class shares to Class A, the ratio for Class A will be 0.64%, expiring one year after the next annual update following the effectiveness of the Investor Class conversion.

51. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Omega Growth Fund.   Effective December 1, 2015, the ratios for the Administrator Class and Institutional Class will be 1.10% and 0.85%, respectively, expiring November 30, 2016.

52. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Opportunity Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B and C will be 1.21%, 1.96% and 1.96%, respectively, expiring January 31, 2017.

53. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Premier Large Company Growth Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B and C will be 1.11%, 1.86% and 1.86% , respectively, expiring November 30, 2016.  In addition, the Board approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratio for the Administrator Class.  Effective July 1, 2015 the Administrator Class ratio will be 1.00%, expiring November 30, 2016.

54. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund.  Effective November 1, 2015, the ratios for Class A and Class C will be 0.63% and 1.38%, respectively, expiring October 31, 2016.

55. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Small Company Growth Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B and C will be 1.35%, 2.10% and 2.10%, respectively, expiring September 30, 2016.

56. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratios for certain share classes of the Small Company Value Fund.  Effective October 1, 2015 the ratios for Classes A, B and C will be 1.35%, 2.10% and 2.10%, respectively, expiring September 30, 2016.

57. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved a reduction to the capped operating expense ratio for the Specialized Technology Fund Administrator Class.  Effective July 1, 2015 the ratio will be 1.33%, expiring July 31, 2016.

58. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an increase to the capped operating expense ratio to the Special Small Cap Value Fund Administrator Class.  Effective August 1, 2015 the ratio for will be 1.20%, expiring July 31, 2016.

APPENDIX A

 

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

Funds Trust Funds

 

Specialized Technology Fund

 

 

 

 

Most recent annual approval by the Board of Trustees:  May 20, 2015

 

Appendix A amended: January 26, 2008

 


SCHEDULE A

 

INVESTMENT SUB-ADVISORY AGREEMENT

 

FEE AGREEMENT

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

            This fee agreement is made as of the 26th day of January, 2008, and is amended as of the 20 th day of May, 2015, by and between Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (the “Adviser”) and Allianz Global Investors U.S. LLC (successor to RCM Capital Management LLC) (the “Sub-Adviser”).

 

            WHEREAS, the parties and Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) have entered into an Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement (“Sub-Advisory Agreement”), dated October 29, 2001, whereby the Sub-Adviser provides investment management advice to each series of the Trust as listed in Appendix A to the Sub-Advisory Agreement (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”); and

 

            WHEREAS, the Sub-Advisory Agreement provides that the fees to be paid to the Sub-Adviser are to be at the annual rates indicated on Schedule A.

 

            NOW THEREFORE, the parties agree that the fees to be paid to the Sub-Adviser under the Sub-Advisory Agreement shall be calculated on a monthly basis by applying the following annual rates to the Fund’s net assets:

                                                                                                                                    

           

Name of Fund

Sub-Advisory Fee

Specialized Technology Fund 1

First 50M          0.90%

Next 50M          0.65%

Over 100M        0.55%

 

           

 

           

           


The foregoing fee schedule is agreed to as of May 20, 2015 and shall remain in effect until changed in writing by the parties.

 

                                                            WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

                                                                 

 

 

                                                            By:                                                                                

                                                                  Paul Haast

                                                                  Senior Vice President

 

 

ALLIANZ GLOBAL INVESTORS U.S. LLC (successor to RCM Capital Management LLC)

                                                                 

 

 

                                                            By:                                                                                          

                                                                  Name:

                                                                  Title:

 

 

 

1. On May 20, 2015, the Board of Trustees of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved an advisory fee change to the Specialized Technology Fund.  Effective July 1, 2015 the sub-advisory fees will be:  First 50M 0.80%; Next 50M 0.65%; Over 100M 0.55%.

CLASS-LEVEL ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

 

            THIS CLASS-LEVEL ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT is made as of this 1 st day of July, 2015, by and between Wells Fargo Funds Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”) and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (“Funds Management”).

 

            WHEREAS, the Trust is registered as an open-end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”);

 

            WHEREAS, the Trust desires to retain Funds Management to render certain administrative services to the share classes  (individually, a “Class” and collectively, the “Classes”) of the Trust’s investment portfolios (individually, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) listed on Appendix A, and Funds Management is willing to render such services; and

 

WHEREAS, the Trust, on behalf of each Fund, has entered into separate investment management agreements (each, an “Investment Management Agreement”) with Funds Management for the provision of advisory services and Fund-level administrative services.

 

            NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained, the parties agree as follows:

 

            1.         Appointment .  The Trust hereby appoints Funds Management to act as Class-level Administrator of the Funds, and Funds Management hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to render such services and duties set forth in Paragraph 3, for the compensation and on the terms herein provided.  Each new investment portfolio and share class thereof established in the future by the Trust shall automatically become a “Fund” or “Class,” respectively, for all purposes hereunder as if it were listed on Appendix A, absent written notification to the contrary by either the Trust or Funds Management.

 

            2.         Delivery of Documents .  The Trust shall furnish to, or cause to be furnished to, Funds Management originals of, or copies of, all books, records, and other documents and papers related in any way to the administration of the Trust.

 

            3.         Duties as Class-Level Administrator .   Funds Management shall, at its expense, provide the following administrative services in connection with the operations of the Trust and the Funds to the degree and extent that such services are provided to a Class, even if that Class is the only Class offered by a Fund, or Classes of a Fund (“Class-Level Duties”): 

 

coordinate, supervise and make all payments to the Funds’ transfer agent and various sub-transfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers;

 

receive and tabulate shareholder votes;

 

furnish statistical and research data;

 

coordinate (or assist in) the preparation and filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) of registration statements, notices, shareholder reports, and other material required to be filed under applicable laws;

 

prepare and file with the states registration statements, notices, reports, and other material required to be filed under applicable laws;

 

prepare and file Form 24F-2s and N-SARs;

 

review bills submitted to the Funds on behalf of specific Classes and, upon determining that a bill is appropriate, allocating amounts to the appropriate Classes and instructing the Funds’ custodian to pay such bills;

 

coordinate (or assist in) the preparation of reports and other information materials regarding the Classes, including prospectuses, proxies and other shareholder communications;

 

prepare expense table and performance information for annual updates;  

 

provide legal and regulatory advice to the Funds in connection with its Class-level administrative functions, including assignment of matters to outside legal counsel and supervising the work of such counsel;

 

provide office facilities and clerical support for the Funds on behalf of specific Classes;

 

develop and implement procedures for monitoring compliance with Class-level regulatory requirements;

 

serve as liaison between the Funds on behalf of specific Classes and their independent auditors;

 

review payments of Class expenses;

 

prepare expense budgeting and accruals;

 

provide communication, coordination, and supervision services with regard to the Funds’ transfer agent, custodian, fund accountant, any co-administrators, and other service organizations that render recordkeeping or shareholder communication services;

 

assemble and disseminate to appropriate parties information concerning Class performance, expenses, distributions and administration;

 

provide reports to the Funds’ board of directors regarding the Classes’ activities;

 

assist in the preparation and assembly of meeting materials, including comparable fee information, as required, for the Funds’ board of directors; and

 

provide any other administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Classes other than those services that are to be provided by the Trust’s transfer and dividend disbursing agent, custodian, and fund accountant, provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Funds Management to provide any services that may not be provided by it under applicable banking laws and regulations.

 

            In performing all of the services under this Agreement, Funds Management shall: (a) act in conformity with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust (and By-Laws, if any), the 1940 Act, and any other applicable laws as may be amended from time to time, and all relevant rules thereunder, and with the Trust’s registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the 1940 Act, as may be amended from time to time; (b) consult and coordinate with legal counsel to the Trust as necessary and appropriate; and (c) advise and report to the Trust and its legal counsel, as necessary and appropriate, with respect to any compliance or other matters that come to its attention.

 

            In connection with its duties under this Paragraph, Funds Management may, at its own expense, enter into sub-administration agreements with other service providers, provided that each such service provider agrees with Funds Management to comply with this Agreement and all relevant provisions of the 1940 Act any other applicable laws as may be amended from time to time, and all relevant rules thereunder.  Funds Management will provide the Trust with a copy of each sub-administration agreement it executes relating to the Trust.  Funds Management will be liable for acts or omissions of any such sub-administrators under the standards of care described herein under Paragraph 5. 

 

            4.         Compensation .  In consideration of the Class-Level Duties rendered by Funds Management under this Agreement for each multi-class Fund and each single class Fund, the Trust shall pay Funds Management a Class-level administrative fee as shown on Appendix A.  The fees payable pursuant to this Paragraph shall be calculated based on the average daily value (as determined on each business day at the time set forth in the prospectus for determining net asset value per share) of each Class’s net assets, as appropriate, during the preceding month.  If the fee payable to Funds Management pursuant to this Paragraph begins to accrue before the end of any month or if this Agreement terminates before the end of any month, the fee for the period from the effective date to the end of that month or from the beginning of that month to the termination date, respectively, shall be prorated according to the proportion that the period bears to the full month in which the effectiveness or termination occurs.  For purposes of calculating each such monthly fee, the value of each Class’s net assets shall be computed in the manner specified in that Class’s registration statement as then on file with the SEC for the computation of the value of the Class’s net assets in connection with the determination of the net asset value of Class shares.  For purposes of this Agreement, a “business day” for a Class is any day that a Fund issuing the Class is open for trading.

 

            5.         Limitation of Liability; Indemnification .

 

Funds Management shall not be liable for any error of judgment or mistake of law or for any loss suffered by the Trust in connection with the performance of its obligations and duties under this Agreement, except a loss resulting from Funds Management’s willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence in the performance of its obligations and duties or that of its agents or sub-administrators, or by reason of its or their reckless disregard thereof.  Any person, even though also an officer, director, employee or agent of Funds Management, shall be deemed, when rendering services to the Trust or acting on any business of the Trust (other than services or business in connection with Funds Management’s duties as Administrator hereunder), to be acting solely for the Trust and not as an officer, director, employee, or agent or one under the control or discretion of Funds Management even though paid by it.

 

The Trust, on behalf of each Fund, will indemnify Funds Management against and hold it harmless from any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) resulting from any claim, demand, action, or suit relating to the particular Fund and not resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence of Funds Management or its agents or sub-administrators in the performance of their obligations and duties hereunder, or by reason of its or their reckless disregard thereof.  Funds Management will not confess any claim or settle or make any compromise in any instance in which the Trust will be asked to provide indemnification, except with the Trust’s prior written consent.  Any amounts payable by the Trust under this Subparagraph shall be satisfied only against the assets of the Fund involved in the claim, demand, action, or suit and not against the assets of any other Fund.

 

Funds Management will indemnify the Trust against and hold it harmless from any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses (including reasonable counsel fees and expenses) resulting from any claim, demand, action, or suit against the Trust or any Fund that resulted from a failure of Funds Management or its agents to act in accordance with the standard of care set forth in Subparagraph (a) above; provided that such loss, claim, damage, liability or expense did not result primarily from willful misfeasance, bad faith, or negligence of the Trust or its agents (other than Funds Management or agents of Funds Management) in the performance of their obligations and duties, or by reason of its or their reckless disregard thereof.  The Trust will not confess any claim or settle or make any compromise in any instance in which Funds Management will be asked to provide indemnification, except with Funds Management’s prior written consent.

 

            6.         Allocation of Expenses .  Funds Management assumes and shall pay for maintaining the staff and personnel necessary to perform its obligations under this Agreement and shall, at its own expense, provide its own office space, facilities and equipment.  In addition to the fees described in Section 4 of this Agreement, the Trust (or its other service providers, as may be provided pursuant to their respective agreements and contracts with the Trust) shall pay all of its Class-level expenses which are not expressly assumed by Funds Management hereunder.  The Class-level expenses of legal counsel and accounting experts retained by Funds Management, after consulting with the Trust’s legal counsel and independent auditors, as may be reasonably necessary or appropriate for the performance by Funds Management of its duties under this Agreement, shall be deemed to be Class-level expenses of, and shall be paid for by, the Trust.

 

            7.         Amendments .   This Agreement supersedes the Amended and Restated Administration Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Trust and Funds Management dated March 1, 2003 and amended as of March 25, 2011, and the Administration Agreement between Wells Fargo Funds Trust and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. dated November 8, 1999. The Fund-level administrative duties and feees of those agreements have been incorporated into each Investment Management Agreement. This Agreement may be amended at any time by mutual agreement in writing of the Trust and Funds Management, provided that the Board of Trustees of the Trust, including a majority of the trustees who are not interested persons of the Trust or any party to this Agreement, as defined by the 1940 Act, approves any such amendment in advance.

            8.         Administrator’s Other Businesses .  Except to the extent necessary to perform Funds Management’s obligations under this Agreement, nothing herein shall be deemed to limit or restrict the right of Funds Management, or any affiliate or employee of Funds Management, to engage in any other business or to devote time and attention to the management or other aspects of any other business, whether of a similar or dissimilar nature, or to render services of any kind to any other corporation, firm, individual or association.

 

            9.         Duration .  This Agreement shall become effective on its execution date and shall remain in full force and effect for one year or until terminated pursuant to the provisions in Paragraph 10, and it may be reapproved at least annually by the Board of Trustees, including a majority of the directors who are not interested persons of the Trust or any party to this Agreement, as defined by the 1940 Act.

 

            10.       Termination of Agreement .  This Agreement may be terminated at any time, without the payment of any penalty, by a vote of a majority of the members of the Trust’s Board of Trustees, on 60 days’ written notice to Funds Management; or by Funds Management on 60 days’ written notice to the Trust. 

 

            11.       Trust not bound to violate its Declaration of Trust .  Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Trust to take any action contrary to any provision of its Declaration of Trust or to any applicable statute or regulation.

 

            12.       Miscellaneous .

 

(a)        Any notice or other instrument authorized or required by this Agreement to be given in writing to the Trust or Funds Management shall be sufficiently given if addressed to that party and received by it at its office set forth below or at such other place as it may from time to time designate in writing.

 

            To the Trust:

            Wells Fargo Funds Trust

            525 Market Street, 12th Floor

            San Francisco, California  94105

            Attention:  C. David Messman

 

            To Funds Management:

            Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

            525 Market Street, 12th Floor

            San Francisco, California  94105

            Attention:  Karla M. Rabusch

 

(b)        This Agreement shall extend to and be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that this Agreement shall not be subject to assignment (as that term is defined under the 1940 Act) without the written consent of the other party.

 

(c)        This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(d)       This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, and which collectively shall be deemed to constitute only one agreement.

 

(e)        The captions of this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and in no way define or delimit any of the provisions hereof or otherwise affect their construction or effect.

 

(f)        If any provision of this Agreement is declared to be prohibited or unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall continue to be valid and fully enforceable.

 

           


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

 

By:  _________________________________      

  C. David Messman

  Secretary

 

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

By:   _________________________________                  

Paul Haast

Senior Vice President

 

 

 


Appendix A

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

CLASS-LEVEL ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

Overview of Fee Structure

The Class-Level Administration Fees listed below are calculated on the total net assets of each Class.  

Fees for Funds Trust Multi-Class Funds

Multi-Class Non-Money Market/Non-Fixed Income Funds

and Classes (Other than Asset Allocation Fund)

Class Level Admin. Fee

Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R

0.21%

Administrator Class

0.13%

Institutional Class

0.13%

Investor Class

0.32%

Class R4

0.08%

Class R6

0.03%

Absolute Return Fund

Class Level Admin. Fee

Class A and Class C

0.21%

Administrator Class

0.13%

Institutional Class

0.13%

Class R6

0.03%

Asset Allocation Fund

Class Level Admin. Fee

Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R

0.21%

Administrator Class

0.13%

Institutional Class

0.13%

Multi-Class Fixed Income (Non-Money Market) Funds and

Classes

Class Level Admin. Fee

Class A, Class B, Class C and Class R

0.16%

Administrator Class

0.10%

Institutional Class and Class R4

0.08%

Investor Class

0.19%

Class R6

0.03%

Multi-Class Money Market Funds and Classes

Class Level Admin. Fee

Class A, Class B and Class C

0.22%

Administrator Class

0.10%

Institutional Class

0.08%

Investor Class

0.25%

Select Class

0.04%

Service Class

0.12%

Sweep Class and Daily Class

0.22%

 


Fees for Funds Trust Single Class Funds

 

Single Class Non-Money Market/Non-Fixed Income Funds

Class Level Admin. Fee

WealthBuilder unnamed Class

0.21%

Retail Class

0.21%

Administrator Class

0.13%

Institutional Class

0.13%

Investor Class

0.32%

Single Class Fixed Income (Non-Money Market) Funds

Class Level Admin. Fee

Retail Class

0.16%

Administrator Class

0.10%

Institutional Class

0.08%

Investor Class

0.19%

Single Class Money Market Funds

Class Level Admin. Fee

Retail Class

0.22%

Service Class

0.12%

Institutional Class

0.08%

Investor Class

0.25%

 

 


Schedule A to Appendix A

Class-Level Administration Agreement

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

List of Funds

 

 

Funds/Classes*

Class-Level

Admin. Fee

Absolute Return Fund

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

Adjustable Rate Government Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

Alternative Strategies Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Asia Pacific Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

  0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Asset Allocation Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

C&B Large Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

C&B Mid Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

California Limited-Term Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

California Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

California Municipal Money Market Fund

Class A

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.22%

0.10%

0.08%

0.12%

0.22%

Capital Growth Fund

Class A

Class C

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Cash Investment Money Market Fund

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Select Class

Service Class

 

0.10%

0.08%

0.04%

0.12%

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

Common Stock Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Conservative Income Fund

Institutional Class

 

0.08%

Core Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6 

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.08%

0.03%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

Disciplined U.S. Core Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Discovery Fund

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Diversified Capital Builder Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Diversified Equity Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

Diversified Income Builder

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Diversified International Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target Today Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund

Class A

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.32%

Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund 1

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

Dynamic Target Today Fund 2

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2015 Fund 3

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2020 Fund 4

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2025 Fund 5

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2030 Fund 6

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2035 Fund 7

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2040 Fund 8

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2045 Fund 9

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2050 Fund 10

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2055 Fund 11

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Dynamic Target 2060 Fund 12

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

Emerging Growth Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Emerging Markets Equity Select Fund

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

Emerging Markets Local Bond Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

Endeavor Select Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Enterprise Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Global Long/Short Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Global Opportunities Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Government Money Market Fund

Class A

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Select Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.22%

0.10%

0.08%

0.04%

0.12%

0.22%

Government Securities Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

Growth Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Growth Balanced Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

Heritage Money Market Fund

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Select Class

Service Class

 

0.10%

0.08%

0.04%

0.12%

High Income Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

High Yield Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

High Yield Municipal Bond Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

Income Plus Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

Index Asset Allocation Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

Index Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.32%

Intermediate Tax/AMT-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

International Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Class R6

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.03%

International Equity Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

International Value Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Intrinsic Small Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Intrinsic Value Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

Instrinsic World Equity Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Large Cap Core Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Large Cap Growth Fund

Class A

Class C

Class R

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Large Company Value Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Managed Account CoreBuilder Shares Series M

0.00%

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

Moderate Balanced Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

Money Market Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Daily Class

Investor Class

Service Class

 

0.22%

0.22%

0.22%

0.22%

0.25%

0.12%

Municipal Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Service Class

 

 

0.10%

0.08%

0.12%

Municipal Money Market Fund

Class A

Institutional Class

Investor Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.22%

0.08%

0.25%

0.12%

0.22%

National Tax-Free Money Market Fund

Class A

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.22%

0.10%

0.08%

0.12%

0.22%

North Carolina Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.08%

Omega Growth Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Opportunity Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Pennsylvania Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.08%

Precious Metals Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Premier Large Company Growth Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R4

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.08%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Real Return Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

Short Duration Government Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.03%

0.10%

0.08%

Short-Term Bond Fund

Class A

Class C

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.08%

0.19%

Short-Term High Yield Bond Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

Short-Term Municipal Bond Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

Small Cap Opportunities Fund

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.13%

0.13%

Small Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Small Company Growth Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

Small Company Value Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Small/Mid Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Specialized Technology Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.32%

Special Mid Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

0.32%

Special Small Cap Value Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Class R6

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.03%

0.13%

0.13%

Strategic Income Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

Strategic Municipal Bond Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

Traditional Small Cap Growth Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Treasury Plus Money Market Fund

Class A

Institutional Class

Administrator Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.22%

0.08%

0.10%

0.12%

0.22%

Utility & Telecommunications Fund

Class A

Class B

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

 

0.21%

0.21%

0.21%

0.13%

0.13%

Ultra Short-Term Income Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

Ultra Short-Term Municipal Income Fund

Class A

Class C

Administrator Class

Institutional Class

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.10%

0.08%

0.19%

WealthBuilder Conservative Allocation Portfolio

0.21%

WealthBuilder Equity Portfolio

0.21%

WealthBuilder Growth Allocation Portfolio

0.21%

WealthBuilder Growth Balanced Portfolio

0.21%

WealthBuilder Moderate Balanced Portfolio

0.21%

WealthBuilder Tactical Equity Portfolio

0.21%

Wisconsin Tax-Free Fund

Class A

Class C

Investor Class

 

0.16%

0.16%

0.19%

100% Treasury Money Market Fund

Class A

Administrative Class

Institutional Class

Service Class

Sweep Class

 

0.22%

0.10%

0.08%

0.12%

0.22%

 

Approval by the Board of Trustees:  June 1, 2015

 

* On May 20, 2015, the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the conversion of Investor Class shares to Class A shares of each corresponding Fund.  The conversion would apply to all Funds and is expected to occur on or about October 23, 2015.


The foregoing fee schedule is agreed to as of July 1, 2015 and shall remain in effect until changed in writing by the parties.

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST

 

 

By:  _________________________________      

  C. David Messman

  Secretary

 

 

WELLS FARGO FUNDS MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

 

By:   _________________________________                  

Paul Haast

Senior Vice President

 

 

1.  On February 19, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dow Jones Target 2060 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

2.   On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target Today Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

3.   On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2015 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

4.   On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2020 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

5.   On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2025 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

6.   On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2030 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

7.  On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2035 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

8.  On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2040 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

9.   On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2045 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

10. On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2050 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

11. On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2055 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

12. On On March 27, 2015 the Board of Wells Fargo Funds Trust approved the establishment of the Dynamic Target 2060 Fund.  The Fund will commence operations in the fourth quarter 2015.

[WELLS FARGO ADVANTAGE FUNDS LETTERHEAD]

 

June 24, 2015

Wells Fargo Funds Trust
525 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94105

Re:  Shares of Beneficial Interest of
Wells Fargo Funds Trust

Ladies/Gentlemen:

I am Senior Counsel of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (the “Company”), adviser and administrator to the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds .  I have acted as Counsel to the Company in connection with the issuance and sale of shares by the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds.

I refer to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A (SEC File Nos. 333-74295 and 811-09253) (the “Registration Statement”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust relating to the registration of an indefinite number of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust (collectively, the “Shares”).

I have been requested by the Trust to furnish this opinion as Exhibit (i) to the Registration Statement.

Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion that:

(a) The issuance and sale of the Shares of the Funds by the Trust has been duly and validly authorized by all appropriate action of the Trust, and assuming delivery by sale or in accord with the Trust’s dividend reinvestment plan in accordance with the description set forth in the Funds’ current prospectuses under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Shares will be legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable by the Trust.

(b) Pursuant to paragraph (b)(4) of Rule 485 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Rule”), as amended, the Registration Statement does not contain disclosures which would render it ineligible to become effective pursuant to paragraph (b) of the Rule.

I consent to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

Sincerely,

/s/ Brian Montana

Brian Montana
Senior Counsel
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

 

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

 

 

We consent to the use of our reports dated April 24, 2015, with respect to the financial statements of Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target Today Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2010 Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2020 Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2025 Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2030 Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2035 Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2040 Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2045 Fund, Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2050 Fund, and Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2055 Fund, eleven of the funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of February 28, 2015, incorporated herein by reference, and to the references to our firm under the headings “Financial Highlights” in the prospectuses and “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm” in the Statement of Additional Information.

 

 

 

/s/ KPMG LLP

 

 

Boston, Massachusetts

June 25, 2015