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"Statement of assets and liabilities
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"Financial highlights
"Notes to financial statements
"Report of independent registered public accounting firm
"Other information
"List of abbreviations
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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-09253

 

 

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

525 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

C. David Messman

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

525 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-222-8222

Date of fiscal year end: January 31

Registrant is making a filing for 8 of its series:

Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund, Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund, and Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund.

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2017

 

 

 


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Annual Report

January 31, 2017

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    12  

Statement of operations

    13  

Statement of changes in net assets

    14  

Financial highlights

    15  

Notes to financial statements

    20  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    24  

Other information

    25  

List of abbreviations

    28  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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2   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.

As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.

Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.

U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global

 

 

 

1  The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

2  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

3  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     3  

growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.

Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.

Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.

During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.

Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.

    

 


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4   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

Investor optimism continued into January 2017.

January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.

Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.

Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.

Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.

Sincerely,

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

 

 

Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.

 

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


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6   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income exempt from most state and local individual income taxes, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171

 

                          Expense ratios2 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net3  
Class A (WFTXX)   11-8-1999     0.01       0.00       0.49       0.79       0.65  
Administrator Class (WTRXX)   6-30-2010     0.07       0.01       0.52       0.52       0.30  
Institutional Class (WOTXX)   10-31-2014     0.17       0.04       0.53       0.40       0.20  
Service Class (NWTXX)   12-3-1990     0.01       0.00       0.52       0.69       0.50  
Sweep Class   6-30-2010     0.01       0.00       0.52       0.95       0.95  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173

 

    Class A  

Administrator

Class

   

Institutional

Class

   

Service

Class

   

Sweep

Class

 
7-day current yield   0.00     0.24       0.34       0.04       0.00  
7-day compound yield   0.00     0.24       0.34       0.04       0.00  
30-day simple yield   0.00     0.23       0.33       0.03       0.00  
30-day compound yield   0.00     0.23       0.33       0.03       0.00  

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.

Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

For government money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     7  
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174

 

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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175

46 days

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176

70 days

Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174
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1  Historical performance shown for Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Service Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Service Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Institutional Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Sweep Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Service Class shares, and has not been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Sweep Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be lower.

 

2  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

 

3  The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 0.65% for Class A, 0.30% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.50% for Service Class, and 1.00% for Sweep Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been (0.25)%, 0.02%, 0.14%, (0.15)%, and (0.41)% for Class A, Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Service Class, and Sweep Class, respectively.

 

4  Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

5  Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

6  Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

7  The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index reflects the daily average of the interest rates negotiated between buyers and sellers for repurchase transactions involving particular collateral types where BNY Mellon acts as agent and intermediary for the buyer and seller. This index specifically reflects the interest rate for repurchase agreement transactions collateralized by U.S. Treasuries excluding Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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8   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

The majority of the Fund’s fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was characterized by steady interest rates that were higher than the near-zero rates prevailing for the several preceding years but still low by historical standards. Rates were higher in the last one and a half months of the period due to an increase of 0.25% in the federal funds rate by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) on December 14, 2016, to a new target range of 0.50% to 0.75%. Interest rates on all categories of government money market securities moved higher shortly before the Fed’s move and generally maintained those levels after the official increase. This past year also saw the full implementation of amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values.

That action by the Fed came almost exactly one year after its previous interest-rate hike of 0.25% on December 16, 2015. At that time, after seven years with interest rates set near zero, the Fed’s projections showed further gradual interest-rate increases throughout 2016. Economic developments, including international ones, led the Fed to delay those plans for higher interest rates, and it ultimately was able to produce the lone December 2016 hike.

Three-month Treasury bill (T-bill) yields averaged 30 basis points (bps; 100 bps equals 1.00%) during the first 10.5 months of the reporting period preceding the Fed’s interest-rate hike. In the last one and a half months of the reporting period, after the Fed hike, 3-month T-bills yielded an average of 50 bps. For the entire year that ended January 31, 2017, 3-month T-bill yields averaged 33 bps, compared with 6 bps in the preceding 12-month period.

Although the increase in T-bill yields from year to year roughly matched the Fed’s moves, there were several underlying factors affecting interest rates that tended to offset each other over the year. Changes in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules regarding money market funds (MMFs) that became effective in October 2016 resulted in approximately $1 trillion of money moving from prime MMFs to U.S. government MMFs in the second half of 2016, adding to the demand for government securities, including T-bills. On the other hand, the U.S. Treasury increased the supply of T-bills by $284 billion in the year that ended January 31, 2017, partially offsetting the increased demand.

The yields on repurchase agreements (repos) generally followed the same path and were also heavily influenced by the Fed’s decisions. Overnight repo rates, as measured by the BNY Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index,7 averaged 29 bps in the first 10.5 months of the reporting period, before the Fed’s interest-rate hike, then rose to 51 bps on average over the balance of the reporting period that ended January 31, 2017. Overall, the average repo yield for the fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was 32 bps, compared with 10 bps in the prior 12-month period.

Our investment strategy remained consistent. We invested in T-bills and U.S. Treasury notes, including floating-rate notes, while taking into account the Fund’s overall level of liquidity and average maturity and seeking to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.

Strategic outlook

In spite of having recently raised the federal funds rate, the Fed projects that it will continue to raise rates throughout the coming year. A year ago, the situation was nearly identical, but the Fed was able to raise rates only once, near the end of the year, which may cast doubt on its projections again this year. The economy has continued its solid, if unspectacular, performance, with a stronger labor market and very gradually rising, but still below target, inflation. The Fed has signaled that it will continue to proceed cautiously, weighing incoming economic data and other factors and modifying its interest-rate path accordingly. Added to the usual uncertainty this year are the changes in U.S. leadership resulting from the election in November 2016, with a Republican sweep of the presidency and both houses of Congress suggesting possible significant changes in economic policy. It’s possible that changes in fiscal policy could in turn affect the Fed’s interest-rate decisions. In the face of this heightened uncertainty, we believe that our investment strategy, with its focus on capital preservation and liquidity, will enable the Fund to continue to meet its objectives.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Fund expenses (unaudited)   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     9  

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2016
    

Ending
account value

1-31-2017

     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
    

Annualized net

expense ratio

 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.05      $ 2.02        0.40

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.11      $ 2.05        0.40

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.57      $ 1.51        0.30

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.63      $ 1.53        0.30

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.07      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.13      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.08      $ 1.99        0.39

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.15      $ 2.01        0.39

Sweep Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.05      $ 2.00        0.40

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.13      $ 2.03        0.40

 

 

1 Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period).


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10   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Treasury Debt: 101.54%

         

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.14     3-2-2017      $ 413,820,000      $ 413,660,868  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.47       2-9-2017        394,660,000        394,618,817  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.47       2-23-2017            1,246,730,000        1,246,370,095  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.47       2-2-2017        620,765,000        620,756,842  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.49       3-9-2017        550,000,000        549,732,125  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.51       4-13-2017        250,000,000        249,751,007  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.51       4-27-2017        200,000,000        199,761,528  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.51       2-16-2017        668,835,000        668,693,271  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.51       5-4-2017        300,000,000        299,608,194  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.52       3-23-2017        200,000,000        199,856,944  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.53       4-20-2017        820,000,000        819,064,433  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.53       4-6-2017        300,000,000        299,716,000  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.54       3-16-2017        500,000,000        499,680,784  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.54       5-11-2017        25,000,000        24,963,219  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.55       3-30-2017        550,000,000        549,521,897  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.62       7-27-2017        40,000,000        39,879,538  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)%%

    0.62       8-3-2017        45,000,000        44,857,813  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.62       6-1-2017        40,000,000        39,917,200  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.63       5-18-2017        10,000,000        9,981,583  

U.S. Treasury Bond

    8.75       5-15-2017        40,000,000        40,926,646  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.50       4-30-2017        30,000,000        29,997,031  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.58       4-30-2017        50,000,000        49,999,750  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.58       7-31-2017        130,000,000        129,977,179  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       2-15-2017        45,000,000        45,000,667  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       5-31-2017        40,000,000        40,007,167  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       8-31-2017        65,000,000        64,989,316  

U.S. Treasury Note ±##

    0.65       1-31-2019        45,000,000        45,000,000  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.67       10-31-2017        200,000,000        199,913,227  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.68       10-31-2018        150,000,000        149,996,940  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.68       7-31-2018        200,000,000        200,012,757  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.70       4-30-2018        110,000,000        110,002,930  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       3-15-2017        20,000,000        20,005,613  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       10-31-2017        10,000,000        9,990,792  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.78       1-31-2018        180,000,000        180,043,291  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       2-28-2017        165,000,000        165,042,524  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       4-15-2017        40,000,000        40,025,350  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       4-30-2017        125,000,000        125,096,774  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       5-15-2017        20,000,000        20,021,642  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       10-15-2017        20,000,000        20,001,032  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       11-15-2017        10,000,000        10,001,285  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       1-15-2018        5,000,000        4,993,419  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       3-31-2017        10,000,000        10,006,381  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       9-15-2017        5,000,000        5,007,035  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.88       9-30-2017        60,000,000        60,446,751  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.88       10-31-2017        10,000,000        10,072,917  

U.S. Treasury Note

    2.25       11-30-2017        50,000,000        50,577,428  

U.S. Treasury Note

    2.75       5-31-2017        9,200,000        9,265,116  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.00       2-28-2017        90,000,000        90,167,930  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.25       11-15-2017        20,000,000        20,527,572  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.50       5-15-2017        20,000,000        20,220,771  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     11  

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Treasury Debt (continued)

         

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.63     2-15-2017      $     150,000,000      $ 150,239,760  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.75       8-15-2017        10,000,000        10,213,514  

Total Treasury Debt (Cost $9,308,182,665)

            9,308,182,665        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $9,308,182,665) *     101.54        9,308,182,665  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (1.54        (141,491,390
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 9,166,691,275  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(z) Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity.

 

%% The security is issued on a when-issued basis.

 

± Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

## All or a portion of this security is segregated for when-issued securities.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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12   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

  $ 9,308,182,665  

Cash

    2,876  

Receivable for investments sold

    498,572,430  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    368,970  

Receivable for interest

    8,019,756  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    223,141  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    9,815,369,838  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Dividends payable

    551,142  

Payable for investments purchased

    644,352,840  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    648,144  

Management fee payable

    696,888  

Distribution fee payable

    197,400  

Administration fees payable

    764,755  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    1,467,394  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    648,678,563  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 9,166,691,275  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 9,166,661,866  

Undistributed net investment income

    3,235  

Accumulated net realized gains on investments

    26,174  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 9,166,691,275  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 363,638,994  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    363,612,922  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 1,226,946,980  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    1,226,861,687  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 3,566,677,739  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    3,566,514,568  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 3,337,171,658  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    3,336,952,658  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Sweep Class

  $ 672,255,904  

Shares outstanding – Sweep Class1

    672,209,579  

Net asset value per share – Sweep Class

    $1.00  

 

 

1  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     13  
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 33,608,912  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    28,554,520  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    816,368  

Administrator Class

    1,741,614  

Institutional Class

    1,803,023  

Service Class

    4,847,808  

Sweep Class

    1,375,177  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    927,691  

Administrator Class

    1,695,896  

Service Class

    10,063,006  

Sweep Class

    1,876,763  

Distribution fee

 

Sweep Class

    2,627,468  

Custody and accounting fees

    448,043  

Professional fees

    52,869  

Registration fees

    317,830  

Shareholder report expenses

    157,997  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    14,073  

Other fees and expenses

    129,455  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    57,449,601  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (29,216,844
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    28,232,757  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    5,376,155  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    347,696  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 5,723,851  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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14   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2017
    Year ended
January 31, 2016
 

Operations

     

Net investment income

    $ 5,376,155       $ 99,433  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

      347,696         (107,610
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

      5,723,851         (8,177
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from

     

Net investment income

       

Class A

      (126       (277

Administrator Class

      (973,968       (1,368

Institutional Class

      (4,084,009       (38,488

Service Class

      (93,373       (2,109

Sweep Class

      (247       (178

Net realized gains

       

Class A

      (18,882       (1,925

Administrator Class

      (89,010       (8,547

Institutional Class

      (152,769       (1,259

Service Class

      (187,100       (22,628

Sweep Class

      (40,594       (1,852
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (5,640,078       (78,631
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    1,428,760,310       1,428,760,310       1,901,446,024       1,901,446,024  

Administrator Class

    4,591,892,019       4,591,892,019       6,440,523,252       6,440,523,252  

Institutional Class

    9,527,835,743       9,527,835,743       1,469,373,290       1,469,373,290  

Service Class

    20,737,559,430       20,737,559,430       25,698,628,836       25,698,628,836  

Sweep Class

    4,245,101,740       4,245,101,740       3,327,666,111       3,327,666,111  
 

 

 

 
      40,531,149,242         38,837,637,513  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    18,985       18,985       2,185       2,185  

Administrator Class

    442,842       442,842       4,720       4,720  

Institutional Class

    3,183,842       3,183,842       34,826       34,826  

Service Class

    56,832       56,832       7,952       7,952  

Sweep Class

    40,841       40,841       2,030       2,030  
 

 

 

 
      3,743,342         51,713  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (1,529,334,437     (1,529,334,437     (2,446,890,666     (2,446,890,666

Administrator Class

    (5,311,366,601     (5,311,366,601     (7,151,322,142     (7,151,322,142

Institutional Class

    (6,596,772,428     (6,596,772,428     (837,240,706     (837,240,706

Service Class

    (23,014,751,727     (23,014,751,727     (27,046,883,461     (27,046,883,461

Sweep Class

    (4,046,160,962     (4,046,160,962     (3,282,195,419     (3,282,195,419
 

 

 

 
      (40,498,386,155       (40,764,532,394
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      36,506,429         (1,926,843,168
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      36,590,202         (1,926,929,976
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      9,130,101,073         11,057,031,049  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 9,166,691,275       $ 9,130,101,073  
 

 

 

 

Undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income

    $ 3,235       $ (7,079
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00 1      0.00 1,2      (0.00 )1,2      0.00 1      0.00  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.01     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.79     0.79     0.79     0.79     0.77

Net expenses

    0.36     0.08     0.04     0.06     0.09

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00     0.00     (0.00 )%      0.00     0.00

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $363,639       $464,176       $1,009,623       $932,956       $290,743  

 

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1,2      0.00 1      0.00  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.07     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.52     0.51     0.51     0.51     0.52

Net expenses

    0.30     0.08     0.04     0.06     0.09

Net investment income (loss)

    0.06     0.00     (0.00 )%      0.00     0.00

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,226,947       $1,945,991       $2,656,805       $2,754,138       $2,632,074  

 

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2017     2016     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00 2      0.00 2      (0.00 )2,3 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 2      (0.00 )2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

     

Net investment income

    (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return4

    0.17     0.01     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

     

Gross expenses

    0.40     0.40     0.39

Net expenses

    0.20     0.11     0.04

Net investment income (loss)

    0.18     0.01     (0.00 )% 

Supplemental data

     

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $3,566,678       $632,263       $100  

 

 

 

1  For the period from October 31, 2014 (commencement of operations) to January 31, 2015

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

4  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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18   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1,2      0.00 1      0.00  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.01     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.69     0.69     0.68     0.68     0.69

Net expenses

    0.36     0.09     0.05     0.07     0.09

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00     0.00     (0.00 )%      0.00     0.00

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $3,337,172       $5,614,425       $6,962,725       $7,491,653       $7,802,468  

 

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SWEEP CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1,2      0.00 1      0.00  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.01     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    1.11     1.14     1.14     1.14     1.14

Net expenses

    0.36     0.09     0.04     0.06     0.09

Net investment income (loss)

    0.00     0.00     (0.00 )%      0.00     0.00

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $672,256       $473,246       $427,778       $390,560       $447,234  

 

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

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20   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.

During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Securities valuation

As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.

Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.

Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.

When-issued transactions

The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Security transactions and income recognition

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.


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Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Federal and other taxes

The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.

The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. At January 31, 2017, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Undistributed net

investment income

  

Accumulated net

realized gains

on investments

$(214,118)    $214,118

Class allocations

The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.


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22   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
    

Other significant
observable inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Treasury debt

   $ 0      $ 9,308,182,665      $ 0      $ 9,308,182,665  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 9,308,182,665      $ 0      $ 9,308,182,665  

The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.35% and declining to 0.23% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.31% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.

Administration fees

Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:

 

    

Class-level

administration fee

 

Class A

     0.22

Administrator Class

     0.10  

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  

Sweep Class

     0.03

 

* Prior to November 17, 2016, the class-level administration fee for Sweep Class shares was 0.22% of its average daily net assets.

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.65% for Class A shares, 0.30% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.50% for Service Class shares, and 1.00% for Sweep Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.


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During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $12,179 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $9,699 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.

Distribution fee

The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Sweep Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. A distribution fees is charged to Sweep Class shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily net assets of Sweep Class shares.

Shareholder servicing fees

The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Service Class, and Sweep Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class. Administrator Class is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of its average daily net assets.

A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016 were as follows:

 

     Year ended January 31  
     2017      2016  

Ordinary income

   $ 5,614,968      $ 78,631  

Long-term capital gain

     25,110        0  

As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed

ordinary

income

  

Undistributed

long-term

gain

$565,267    $19,586

6. INDEMNIFICATION

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.

8. REGULATORY CHANGES

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.


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24   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Report of independent registered public accounting firm

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

March 24, 2017


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TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $25,110 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $4,603,591 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $463,245 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, 100% of the dividends distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.


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26   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Other information (unaudited)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or

investment company

directorships

William R. Ebsworth

(Born 1957)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member 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. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College.   Asset Allocation Trust

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst.   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. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. 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 (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   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, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative 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


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Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or

investment company

directorships

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 Chief Executive Officer 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

 

* Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable.

 

** Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017.

Officers

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(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.    

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. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013.    

Michael Whitaker

(Born 1967)

 

Chief Compliance

Officer, since 2016

  Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

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. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  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 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1 Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2 The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com.


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28   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   List of abbreviations

The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.

 

ACA —  ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation
ADR —  American depositary receipt
ADS —  American depositary shares
AGC —  Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM —  Assured Guaranty Municipal
Ambac —  Ambac Financial Group Incorporated
AMT —  Alternative minimum tax
AUD —  Australian dollar
BAN —  Bond anticipation notes
BHAC —  Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation
BRL —  Brazilian real
CAB —  Capital appreciation bond
CAD —  Canadian dollar
CCAB —  Convertible capital appreciation bond
CDA —  Community Development Authority
CDO —  Collateralized debt obligation
CHF —  Swiss franc
COP —  Colombian peso
CLP —  Chilean peso
DKK —  Danish krone
DRIVER —  Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts
DW&P —  Department of Water & Power
DWR —  Department of Water Resources
ECFA —  Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
EDA —  Economic Development Authority
EDFA —  Economic Development Finance Authority
ETF —  Exchange-traded fund
EUR —  Euro
FDIC —  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFCB —  Federal Farm Credit Banks
FGIC —  Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FHA —  Federal Housing Administration
FHLB —  Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC —  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FICO —  The Financing Corporation
FNMA —  Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA —  Farm Service Agency
GBP —  Great British pound
GDR —  Global depositary receipt
GNMA —  Government National Mortgage Association
GO —  General obligation
HCFR —  Healthcare facilities revenue
HEFA —  Health & Educational Facilities Authority
HEFAR —  Higher education facilities authority revenue
HFA —  Housing Finance Authority
HFFA —  Health Facilities Financing Authority
HKD —  Hong Kong dollar
HUD —  Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUF —  Hungarian forint
IDA —  Industrial Development Authority
IDAG —  Industrial Development Agency
IDR —  Indonesian rupiah
IEP —  Irish pound
JPY —  Japanese yen
KRW —  Republic of Korea won
LIBOR —  London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFER —  Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts
LIQ —  Liquidity agreement
LLC —  Limited liability company
LLLP —  Limited liability limited partnership
LLP —  Limited liability partnership
LOC —  Letter of credit
LP —  Limited partnership
MBIA —  Municipal Bond Insurance Association
MFHR —  Multifamily housing revenue
MSTR —  Municipal securities trust receipts
MTN —  Medium-term note
MUD —  Municipal Utility District
MXN —  Mexican peso
MYR —  Malaysian ringgit
National —  National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NGN —  Nigerian naira
NOK —  Norwegian krone
NZD —  New Zealand dollar
PCFA —  Pollution Control Financing Authority
PCL —  Public Company Limited
PCR —  Pollution control revenue
PFA —  Public Finance Authority
PFFA —  Public Facilities Financing Authority
PFOTER —  Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts
plc —  Public limited company
PLN —  Polish zloty
PUTTER —  Puttable tax-exempt receipts
R&D —  Research & development
Radian —  Radian Asset Assurance
RAN —  Revenue anticipation notes
RDA —  Redevelopment Authority
RDFA —  Redevelopment Finance Authority
REIT —  Real estate investment trust
ROC —  Reset option certificates
RON —  Romanian lei
RUB —  Russian ruble
SAVRS —  Select auction variable rate securities
SBA —  Small Business Authority
SDR —  Swedish depositary receipt
SEK —  Swedish krona
SFHR —  Single-family housing revenue
SFMR —  Single-family mortgage revenue
SGD —  Singapore dollar
SPA —  Standby purchase agreement
SPDR —  Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
SPEAR —  Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts
STRIPS —  Separate trading of registered interest and
           principal securities
TAN —  Tax anticipation notes
TBA —  To be announced
THB —  Thai baht
TIPS —  Treasury inflation-protected securities
TRAN —  Tax revenue anticipation notes
TRY —  Turkish lira
TTFA —  Transportation Trust Fund Authority
TVA —  Tennessee Valley Authority
ZAR —  South African rand
 


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January 31, 2017

 

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  Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund

 

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Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    10  

Portfolio of investments

    11  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    17  

Statement of operations

    18  

Statement of changes in net assets

    19  

Financial highlights

    20  

Notes to financial statements

    24  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    29  

Other information

    30  

List of abbreviations

    33  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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2   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.

As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.

Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.

U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global

 

 

 

1  The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

2  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

3  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund     3  

growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.

Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.

Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.

During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.

Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.


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4   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

Investor optimism continued into January 2017.

January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.

Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.

Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.

Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.

Sincerely,

 

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Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


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6   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadvisers

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Wells Capital Management Singapore

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171

 

              Expense ratios(%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net3  
Administrator Class (WFAXX)   7-31-2003     0.33       0.08       0.81       0.35       0.35  
Institutional Class (WFIXX)   10-14-1987     0.46       0.13       0.89       0.23       0.20  
Select Class (WFQXX)   6-29-2007     0.53       0.20       0.96       0.19       0.13  
Service Class (NWIXX)   10-14-1987     0.17       0.04       0.74       0.52       0.50  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173

 

    Administrator
Class
  Institutional
Class
    Select
Class
    Service
Class
 
7-day current yield   0.62     0.75       0.82       0.45  
7-day compound yield   0.63     0.76       0.83       0.46  
30-day simple yield   0.59     0.72       0.79       0.42  
30-day compound yield   0.59     0.72       0.79       0.42  

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.

Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

For floating NAV money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Because the share price of the Fund will fluctuate, when you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you originally paid for them. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

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Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174

 

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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175  

21 days

        

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176  

36 days

        
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174
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1  Historical performance shown for Select Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher.

 

2  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

 

3  The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.58%, 0.70%, 0.74%, and 0.41%, for Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Select Class, and Service Class, respectively.

 

4  Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

5  Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

6  Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.


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8   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Interest rates were fairly steady throughout the Fund’s reporting period, which ended January 31, 2017. The reporting period began just after the first U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening in 10 years, which occurred in December 2015, and expectations for further increases were quickly tempered due to concerns about the domestic economy, the Chinese economy, and slumping oil prices. Confirmation of economic softening followed in March when the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) Summary of Economic Projections (also known as the dot plot) was revised to show only two increases expected for the year, down from the four implied by the previous dot plot release. The Fed used its April minutes to reopen the door to a possible hike during the summer months, but once again, the U.K.’s vote to exit the European Union at the end of June 2016 dashed those hopes. Using three-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) as a proxy, rates in the prime space bumped along near 0.60% for the entire first half of the year.

The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)

The highlight for money market funds during the reporting period was the full implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) new rules in October 2016, including floating net asset values on institutional funds, and liquidity fees and redemption gates on all non-government funds. April 2016 was a milestone of sorts with the first set of rule changes being implemented. The April rule changes included enhanced stress testing, aggregation of affiliated issuers for diversification purposes, requiring the issuers of asset-backed commercial paper to be treated as guarantors subject to the 10% guarantor limit, and enhanced portfolio disclosures on each fund’s website to provide greater transparency to investors.

Midyear, the focus shifted from the economy and the Fed, usually the most important driver of money market rates, to the implementation of the new SEC rules. While many expected assets to shift out of prime money market funds and into government money market funds (and other asset classes), no one knew when these shifts might occur and how large they would be. By the second quarter of 2016, portfolio managers were shortening weighted average maturities of prime money market funds and increasing liquidity to prepare for the asset shift. That trend accelerated through the summer, with investors shunning trades in securities with a maturity date longer than October 14, 2016. At the same time, the pace of rotation out of prime funds and into government funds increased.

In the weeks leading up to implementation day, the intentions of direct-purchase money market fund holders was still a mystery and their assets were consequently stubbornly sticky. In contrast, most sponsor- and intermediary-driven flows resulting from prime money market shareholders converting to government money market funds or prime fund liquidations, had already occurred or were well communicated as to timing and amount. Consequently, most institutional prime fund managers, including us, chose to be extremely liquid. By the end of September 2016, prime assets had declined from $1.3 trillion at the end of 2015 to $583 billion, or about a 55% decline, and yields on short-term securities rapidly adjusted higher as demand dried up.

Leading into implementation, we repositioned a large portion of our holdings into variable-rate demand notes because they offered two advantages over very short-term time deposits or repurchase agreements (repos): daily or weekly liquidity and a significant yield advantage over taxable securities due to the reform-related asset outflows from tax-exempt money market products. As assets stabilized toward the end of the reporting period, we were then able to take advantage of a steep yield curve by opportunistically buying floating-rate notes and longer-dated securities. The steep money market curve reflected not only the marketplace’s efforts to find equilibrium between much-reduced demand and supply but also a belief that focus could once again revert back to economic expectations. Indeed, the Fed raised rates again at its December 2016 FOMC meeting, targeting the federal funds rate to between 0.50% and 0.75%.


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Strategic outlook

Now that we, as an industry, are past money market reform, a bit of normalcy is returning. With a new president seeming to promise fiscal stimulus to prod the economy into renewed growth, the Fed is likely to become a bigger influence this year than it has been in the recent past. The yield spread between government and prime securities is wide and widening. While demand from the increase in government money market funds as well as other factors, such as worries about the approaching U.S. debt ceiling, should keep a lid on government yields, the yield curve in the prime space should maintain its positive slope as the Fed maintains its intention to continue to raise the federal funds rate during 2017. As the yield differential increases, we might see a shift from government funds back to prime funds. In any case, we remain ever mindful of our investment philosophy and strategy of preservation of principal and liquidity and continue to emphasize high-credit and highly liquid securities in the portfolios.


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10   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2016
     Ending
account value
1-31-2017
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.20      $ 1.66        0.33

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.48      $ 1.68        0.33

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.86      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.13      $ 1.02        0.20

Select Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,003.21      $ 0.65        0.13

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.48      $ 0.66        0.13

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.45      $ 2.52        0.50

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.62      $ 2.54        0.50

 

 

 

1  Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period).


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund     11  

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Agency Securities: 1.06%

         

FHLMC Series M021 Class A ±§

    0.69     6-15-2036      $ 20,545,000      $ 20,545,004  
         

 

 

 

Total Agency Securities (Cost $20,545,000)

            20,545,004  
         

 

 

 

Certificates of Deposit: 17.81%

         

Banco del Estado de Chile

    1.10       4-18-2017        10,000,000        10,003,320  

Bank of Montreal

    1.08       4-4-2017        15,000,000        15,009,118  

Bank of Montreal

    1.16       6-7-2017        10,000,000        10,002,610  

Bank of Nova Scotia ±

    1.31       5-11-2017        10,000,000        10,008,256  

Bank of Nova Scotia ±

    1.32       4-6-2017        20,000,000        20,015,427  

Chiba Bank Limited

    1.10       3-13-2017        30,000,000        30,004,241  

Chiba Bank Limited

    1.10       3-23-2017        20,000,000        20,001,958  

Cooperatieve Centrale ±

    1.14       7-10-2017        20,000,000        20,000,759  

Credit Suisse (New York) ±

    1.47       5-12-2017        11,000,000        11,010,545  

Credit Suisse (New York) ±

    1.47       7-10-2017        10,000,000        10,001,718  

Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG ±144A

    1.12       3-14-2017        30,000,000        30,011,228  

HSBC Bank plc

    0.60       2-1-2017        23,000,000        23,000,000  

HSBC Bank plc ±144A

    1.19       6-7-2017        12,000,000        12,003,886  

KBC Bank

    0.58       2-1-2017        12,000,000        12,000,000  

Mizuho Bank Limited ±

    1.52       3-7-2017        12,000,000        12,008,550  

National Bank of Kuwait

    0.58       2-1-2017        28,000,000        28,000,000  

NBAD Americas NV

    0.58       2-1-2017        28,000,000        28,000,000  

Norinchukin Bank

    0.90       2-15-2017        8,000,000        8,000,587  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ±

    1.42       4-18-2017        12,000,000        12,010,036  

Svenska Handelsbanken NY ±

    1.17       8-7-2017        14,000,000        14,001,900  

Swedbank ±

    1.12       5-22-2017        10,000,000        10,002,190  

Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $345,026,541)

            345,096,329  
         

 

 

 

Commercial Paper: 39.32%

         
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 21.80%          

Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z)

    1.00       2-2-2017        6,000,000        5,999,889  

Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z)

    1.02       2-10-2017        4,000,000        3,999,281  

Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z)

    1.18       3-21-2017        9,000,000        8,989,644  

Anglesea Funding LLC ±144A

    1.00       6-30-2017        18,000,000        17,999,439  

Antalis SA 144A(z)

    0.85       2-13-2017        12,820,000        12,816,846  

Antalis SA 144A(z)

    1.00       2-2-2017        7,000,000        6,999,870  

Antalis SA 144A(z)

    1.15       4-7-2017        15,000,000        14,974,812  

Atlantic Asset Securitization Corporation 144A(z)

    1.05       3-6-2017        8,000,000        7,993,305  

Barton Capital Corporation 144A(z)

    0.95       3-8-2017        3,000,000        2,997,527  

Barton Capital Corporation 144A(z)

    0.97       3-9-2017        13,000,000        12,988,872  

Cancara Asset Security Limited (z)

    0.91       3-13-2017        3,000,000        2,997,210  

Cedar Spring Capital Company 144A(z)

    1.08       2-9-2017        9,000,000        8,998,076  

Chesham Finance Limited 144A(z)

    0.73       2-1-2017        20,000,000        20,000,000  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    0.85       2-9-2017        15,000,000        14,997,627  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    0.85       2-13-2017        15,000,000        14,996,310  

Gotham Funding Corporation 144A(z)

    0.94       3-8-2017        11,000,000        10,991,231  

Kells Funding LLC 144A(z)

    0.78       2-14-2017        10,000,000        9,997,422  

Kells Funding LLC 144A(z)

    0.79       2-21-2017        10,000,000        9,995,889  

Kells Funding LLC 144A(z)

    0.95       2-7-2017        9,000,000        8,998,995  

Kells Funding LLC ±144A

    1.22       5-2-2017            12,000,000        12,004,607  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (continued)          

Lexington Parker Capital Company LLC 144A(z)

    1.15     4-20-2017      $ 20,000,000      $ 19,956,883  

LMA Amercias LLC 144A(z)

    0.95       2-8-2017        12,000,000        11,998,353  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    1.05       3-7-2017        11,000,000        10,991,512  

Manhattan Asset Funding Company LLC 144A(z)

    0.94       3-3-2017        15,000,000        14,989,962  

Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z)

    0.95       3-9-2017        9,000,000        8,991,873  

Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z)

    1.02       3-7-2017        9,000,000        8,992,375  

Mont Blanc Capital Corporation 144A(z)

    0.90       3-27-2017        14,772,000        14,752,434  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z)

    0.87       3-13-2017        15,000,000        14,986,050  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z)

    0.88       2-3-2017        7,000,000        6,999,738  

Regency Markets No.1 LLC 144A(z)

    0.80       2-8-2017        15,000,000        14,997,941  

Ridgefield Funding Company 144A(z)

    1.07       4-3-2017        33,000,000        32,949,116  

Starbird Funding Corporation 144A(z)

    1.02       3-7-2017        9,000,000        8,992,375  

Versailles Commercial Paper LLC ±144A

    1.02       6-1-2017        24,000,000        24,000,000  

Victory Receivables 144A(z)

    0.94       3-3-2017        19,000,000        18,984,119  
            422,319,583  
         

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper: 17.07%          

Banco de Credito e Inversiones 144A(z)

    1.10       2-15-2017        8,000,000        7,996,494  

Bank of Nova Scotia ±144A

    1.21       8-4-2017        10,000,000        10,000,626  

Barclays Bank plc 144A(z)

    0.97       2-15-2017        15,000,000        14,994,417  

BPCE 144A(z)

    1.16       5-1-2017        16,000,000        15,958,862  

Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec 144A(z)

    0.95       3-8-2017        16,000,000        15,986,000  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia ±144A

    1.17       8-4-2017        10,000,000        9,998,780  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia ±144A

    1.41       4-19-2017        18,000,000        18,018,732  

DBS Bank Limited 144A(z)

    1.04       4-4-2017        15,000,000        14,980,418  

ING Funding LLC ±

    1.22       5-30-2017        15,000,000        15,007,020  

Macquarie Bank Limited 144A(z)

    0.90       3-7-2017        10,000,000        9,992,029  

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation (z)

    1.10       4-21-2017        22,000,000        21,953,653  

Nationwide Building Society 144A(z)

    1.10       4-3-2017        33,000,000        32,946,767  

Nationwide Buliding Society 144A(z)

    0.90       2-2-2017        10,000,000        9,999,759  

NV Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 144A(z)

    0.82       2-9-2017            40,000,000        39,993,671  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A(z)

    1.05       4-6-2017        7,000,000        6,990,044  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A(z)

    1.05       4-10-2017        13,000,000        12,979,766  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation ±144A

    1.17       7-19-2017        20,000,000        20,000,078  

Sumitomo Trust & Bankng Corporation 144A(z)

    1.01       4-5-2017        23,000,000        22,967,237  

United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z)

    0.93       2-9-2017        7,000,000        6,998,955  

United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z)

    1.04       4-5-2017        10,000,000        9,986,630  

United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z)

    1.05       4-24-2017        13,000,000        12,974,001  
            330,723,939  
         

 

 

 

Other Commercial Paper: 0.45%

         

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt 144A(z)

    1.04       4-25-2017        8,750,000        8,732,772  
         

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $761,661,085)

            761,776,294  
         

 

 

 

Municipal Obligations: 35.19%

         

Arizona: 0.67%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.67%          

Arizona Agricultural Improvement & Power District Salt River Project Series D1 (Utilities Revenue) (z)

    1.00       2-16-2017        13,000,000        12,994,397  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

California: 2.88%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.88%          

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Palomar Pomerado Health Series XG0017 (GO Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    0.96     8-1-2037      $ 6,850,000      $ 6,850,000  

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.74       7-1-2024        24,910,000        24,910,000  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Water District Series E (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       4-5-2019        24,000,000        24,000,000  
            55,760,000  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 5.24%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.24%          

Colorado HFA Catholic Health Initiatives (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.80       10-1-2037        3,800,000        3,800,000  

Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB LIQ)

    0.72       10-1-2036            11,930,000        11,930,000  

Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.75       10-1-2034        4,430,000        4,430,000  

Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.85       10-1-2033        9,000,000        9,000,000  

Colorado HFA MFHR Class II Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.80       5-1-2052        40,000,000        40,000,000  

Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.71       11-1-2031        16,000,000        16,000,000  

Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    0.80       1-1-2027        16,430,000        16,430,000  
            101,590,000  
         

 

 

 

Connecticut: 3.70%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 3.70%          

Puttable Floating Option Taxable Series TNP-1013 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.30       4-15-2046        71,770,000        71,770,000  
         

 

 

 

Georgia: 0.72%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.72%          

Greene County GA Development Authority Reynolds Lodges Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.74       4-1-2027        13,900,000        13,900,000  
         

 

 

 

Idaho: 0.74%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.74%          

Idaho HFA Series A3 Class II (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA)

    0.85       7-1-2034        7,860,000        7,860,000  

Idaho HFA Series A4 Class II (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ)

    0.85       1-1-2036        6,540,000        6,540,000  
            14,400,000  
         

 

 

 

Maine: 0.52%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.52%          

Maine Housing Authority Mortgage Series D (Housing Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada SPA)

    0.80       11-15-2039        10,000,000        10,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Maryland: 3.38%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.38%          

Maryland CDA Housing & Community Residential Series B (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA)

    0.70       9-1-2033        30,000,000        30,000,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Maryland CDA Housing & Community Residential Series F (Housing Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company SPA)

    0.73     9-1-2044      $ 24,555,000      $ 24,555,000  

Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority Occidental Pete Corporation (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.80       3-1-2030        11,000,000        11,000,000  
            65,555,000  
         

 

 

 

Michigan: 0.87%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87%          

Michigan Housing Development Authority AMT Series C (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.72       4-1-2042        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Michigan Housing Development Authority AMT Series E (Housing Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi SPA)

    0.80       12-1-2038        13,835,000        13,835,000  
            16,835,000  
         

 

 

 

Nebraska: 0.56%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.56%          

Nebraska Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Omaha Packaging Facilities Corporation Series SGT13 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ) 144A

    0.91       3-1-2033            10,795,000        10,795,000  
         

 

 

 

New York: 8.47%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.47%          

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5012 (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67       11-1-2019        30,000,000        30,000,000  

New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.13       5-1-2048        55,630,000        55,630,000  

New York HFA Biltmore Tower Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.68       5-15-2034        12,000,000        12,000,000  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B-1 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.14       11-1-2049        5,000,000        5,000,000  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.12       11-1-2049        3,000,000        3,000,000  

New York Housing Finance Agency 222 East 44TH Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.12       5-1-2050        25,000,000        25,000,000  

New York Municipal Water Finance Authority Series T-30001-I (Water & Sewer Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.79       6-15-2044        7,000,000        7,000,000  

New York Taxable Trust Floater Series Yeshiva University (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.80       9-1-2024        17,500,000        17,500,000  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-51 for Invesco Van Kampen New York Value Income Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A(i)

    1.28       7-1-2017        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Westchester County NY Healthcare Corporation Series D (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    0.79       11-1-2034        2,000,000        2,000,000  
            164,130,000  
         

 

 

 

North Dakota: 0.94%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.94%          

North Dakota HFA Mortgage Finance Program Series F (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.75       1-1-2047        18,130,000        18,130,000  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Ohio: 1.33%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.33%          

Columbus OH Regional Airport Authority Flight Safety International Incorporated Project (Airport Revenue)

    0.68     4-1-2044      $ 6,000,000      $ 6,000,000  

Middletown OH Hospital Facility Premier Health Partners Obligation Group Series A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    0.80       11-15-2045        15,000,000        15,000,000  

Ohio HFA Residential Management Series J (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.73       3-1-2036        4,875,000        4,875,000  
            25,875,000  
         

 

 

 

Oklahoma: 0.70%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.70%          

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-77 (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       7-13-2017            13,495,000        13,495,000  
         

 

 

 

Rhode Island: 1.14%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.14%          

Providence RI St. Joseph Health Obligation (Health Care Providers & Services) ±

    0.72       10-1-2047        22,000,000        22,000,000  
         

 

 

 

South Carolina: 1.46%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 1.46%          

South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue)

    0.84       2-3-2017        9,000,000        9,000,090  

South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue)

    0.84       2-7-2017        10,000,000        10,000,116  

South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue)

    0.84       2-21-2017        9,356,000        9,356,065  
            28,356,271  
         

 

 

 

Tennessee: 0.26%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.26%          

Montgomery County TN Industrial Development Hankook Bonds Tire Manufacturing Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC) 144A

    1.10       12-1-2024        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Texas: 0.26%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.26%          

Port Arthur TX Navigation District Industrial Development Corporation Total Petrochemicals USA Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.69       6-1-2041        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Utah: 0.88%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.88%          

Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.69       10-1-2037        17,000,000        17,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 0.47%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.47%          

Wisconsin Housing & EDA Series F (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.78       5-1-2030        9,180,000        9,180,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $681,765,583)

            681,765,668  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Other: 0.41%

         

Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 5 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±§144A

    0.79     8-1-2040      $ 8,000,000      $ 8,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Other (Cost $8,000,000)

            8,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Other Notes: 3.44%

         
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 3.44%          

ANZ New Zealand International Limited of London 144A

    1.40       4-27-2017        5,728,000        5,732,056  

Hartford Healthcare Corporation ±§

    0.73       7-1-2049        14,000,000        14,000,000  

Providence Health & Services ±§

    0.73       10-1-2042        18,000,000        18,000,000  

Racetrac Capital LLC ±§

    0.73       9-1-2020        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Smithsonian Institution ±§

    0.77       9-1-2018        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series A ±§

    0.75       2-1-2056        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series B ±§

    0.75       2-1-2056        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Suncorp Metway Limited ±144A

    1.70       3-28-2017        11,000,000        11,007,085  

Total Other Notes (Cost $66,738,719)

            66,739,141  
         

 

 

 
Repurchase Agreements: 2.43%          

GX Clarke & Company, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $47,000,914 ^^

    0.70       2-1-2017            47,000,000        47,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $47,000,000)

            47,000,000        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $1,930,736,928) *     99.66        1,930,922,436  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    0.34          6,641,483  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 1,937,563,919  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

± Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

§ The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity.

 

144A The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

(z) Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity.

 

ø Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

(i) Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited.

 

^^ Collateralized by U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 6.00%, 5-1-2023 to 10-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $48,410,340.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is $1,930,736,928 and unrealized gains (losses) consists of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 188,899  

Gross unrealized losses

     (3,391
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized gains

   $ 185,508  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund     17  
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $1,930,736,928)

  $ 1,930,922,436  

Receivable from broker

    23,000,000  

Receivable for investments sold

    26,000,477  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    634,050  

Receivable for interest

    1,187,473  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    182,259  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    1,981,926,695  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

    20,002,126  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    781,066  

Due to custodian bank

    22,997,318  

Management fee payable

    133,499  

Administration fees payable

    109,917  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    338,850  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    44,362,776  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 1,937,563,919  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 1,939,643,967  

Undistributed net investment income

    5,935  

Accumulated net realized losses on investments

    (2,271,491

Net unrealized gains on investments

    185,508  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 1,937,563,919  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 118,548,198  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    118,498,631  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.0004  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 756,217,568  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    755,881,530  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.0004  

Net assets – Select Class

  $ 873,166,542  

Shares outstanding – Select Class1

    872,795,907  

Net asset value per share – Select Class

    $1.0004  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 189,631,611  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    189,533,531  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.0005  

 

 

 

 

1  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 42,333,742  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    10,650,499  

Administration fees

 

Administrator Class

    205,040  

Institutional Class

    2,591,169  

Select Class

    1,302,062  

Service Class

    816,144  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Administrator Class

    205,040  

Service Class

    1,699,647  

Custody and accounting fees

    445,070  

Professional fees

    42,116  

Registration fees

    36,681  

Shareholder report expenses

    34,891  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    11,756  

Other fees and expenses

    137,374  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    18,177,489  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (3,392,672
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    14,784,817  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    27,548,925  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains on investments

    11,508  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    185,508  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    197,016  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 27,745,941  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statement of changes in net assets   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund     19  
     Year ended
January 31, 2017
   

Year ended

January 31, 2016

 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 27,548,925       $ 13,841,135  

Net realized gains on investments

      11,508         10,433  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      185,508         0  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      27,745,941         13,851,568  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from

       

Net investment income

       

Administrator Class

      (540,997       (91,605

Institutional Class

      (12,049,723       (4,409,426

Select Class

      (14,446,130       (9,195,148

Service Class

      (510,333       (144,956
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (27,547,183       (13,841,135
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Administrator Class

    381,529,877       381,550,428       645,846,405       645,846,405  

Institutional Class

    14,830,401,000       14,830,752,281       27,914,859,441       27,914,859,441  

Select Class

    38,831,892,502       38,832,055,838       72,307,425,692       72,307,425,692  

Service Class

    2,792,738,152       2,792,906,014       5,421,993,054       5,421,993,054  
 

 

 

 
      56,837,264,561         106,290,124,592  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Administrator Class

    440,268       440,327       67,458       67,458  

Institutional Class

    8,689,256       8,689,862       2,435,991       2,435,991  

Select Class

    11,765,023       11,765,707       7,672,917       7,672,917  

Service Class

    326,656       326,731       67,355       67,355  
 

 

 

 
      21,222,627         10,243,721  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Administrator Class

    (560,835,735     (560,853,047     (744,857,486     (744,857,486

Institutional Class

    (19,109,952,121     (19,110,543,296     (27,210,565,293     (27,210,565,293

Select Class

    (43,566,130,581     (43,566,338,024     (72,609,180,413     (72,609,180,413

Service Class

    (3,840,448,957     (3,840,626,360     (5,623,383,040     (5,623,383,040
 

 

 

 
      (67,078,360,727       (106,187,986,232
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      (10,219,873,539       112,382,081  
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      (10,219,674,781       112,392,514  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      12,157,238,700         12,044,846,186  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 1,937,563,919       $ 12,157,238,700  
 

 

 

 

Undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income

    $ 5,935       $ (125
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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20   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0029       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0004       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0033       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0029     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0004       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.33     0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.36     0.35     0.35     0.35     0.34

Net expenses

    0.33     0.26     0.19     0.22     0.26

Net investment income

    0.26     0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $118,548       $297,396       $396,339       $493,087       $549,744  

 

 

 

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0043       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0003       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0046       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0042     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0004       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.46     0.09     0.01     0.03     0.07

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.23     0.23     0.23     0.23     0.23

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.19     0.20     0.20

Net investment income

    0.37     0.10     0.01     0.03     0.07

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $756,218       $5,027,125       $4,320,392       $5,127,034       $7,186,632  

 

 

 

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SELECT CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0049       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0004       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0053       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0049     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0004       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.53     0.16     0.07     0.10     0.14

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.19     0.19     0.19     0.19     0.19

Net expenses

    0.13     0.13     0.13     0.13     0.13

Net investment income

    0.44     0.16     0.07     0.10     0.14

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $873,167       $5,595,704       $5,889,779       $7,650,810       $6,407,032  

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0011       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0006       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0017       0.00 2      0.00       0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0012     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0005       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.17     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.52     0.52     0.52     0.52     0.52

Net expenses

    0.50     0.28     0.19     0.22     0.26

Net investment income

    0.08     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $189,632       $1,237,014       $1,438,336       $1,448,713       $1,594,389  

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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24   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.

During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Securities valuation

Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.

Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.

Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadvisers. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to- market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.


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When-issued transactions

The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Security transactions and income recognition

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.

Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Federal and other taxes

The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.

The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. At January 31, 2017, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Paid-in capital   

Undistributed net

investment income

$(4,318)    $4,318

As of January 31, 2017, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future net realized capital gains in the amount of $2,271,491 expiring in 2018.

Class allocations

The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in shareholder servicing and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value


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26   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
unobservable inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Agency securities

   $ 0      $ 20,545,004      $ 0      $ 20,545,004  

Certificates of deposit

     0        345,096,329        0        345,096,329  

Commercial paper

     0        761,776,294        0        761,776,294  

Municipal obligations

     0        681,765,668        0        681,765,668  

Other

     0        8,000,000        0        8,000,000  

Other notes

     0        66,739,141        0        66,739,141  

Repurchase agreements

     0        47,000,000        0        47,000,000  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 1,930,922,436      $ 0      $ 1,930,922,436  

The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER FEES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadvisers, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.14% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Funds Management has retained the services of certain subadvisers to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Wells Capital Management Singapore, a separately identifiable department of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., an affiliate of Funds Management and wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is also a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from WellsCap at an annual rate starting at 0.0025% and declining to 0.0005% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.

Administration fees

Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus


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account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Administrator Class

     0.10

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Select Class

     0.04  

Service Class

     0.12  

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.13% for Select Class shares, and 0.50% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional class specific expenses to maintain a positive yield.

During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $1,742 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $3,279 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.

Shareholder servicing fees

The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents. Administrator Class and Service Class of the Fund are each charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% and 0.25%, respectively, of their average daily net assets.

A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $27,547,183 and $13,841,135 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.

As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Unrealized

gains

   Capital loss
carryforward
$185,508    $(2,271,491)

6. INDEMNIFICATION

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.


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8. REGULATORY CHANGES

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $20,706,617 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships

William R. Ebsworth

(Born 1957)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member 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. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College.   Asset Allocation Trust

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst.   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. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. 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 (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   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, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative 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


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Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships

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 Chief Executive Officer 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

 

* Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable.

 

** Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017.

Officers

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and length
of service
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(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.    

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. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013.    

Michael Whitaker

(Born 1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

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. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  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 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1 Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2 The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com.


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The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.

 

ACA —  ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation
ADR —  American depositary receipt
ADS —  American depositary shares
AGC —  Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM —  Assured Guaranty Municipal
Ambac —  Ambac Financial Group Incorporated
AMT —  Alternative minimum tax
AUD —  Australian dollar
BAN —  Bond anticipation notes
BHAC —  Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation
BRL —  Brazilian real
CAB —  Capital appreciation bond
CAD —  Canadian dollar
CCAB —  Convertible capital appreciation bond
CDA —  Community Development Authority
CDO —  Collateralized debt obligation
CHF —  Swiss franc
COP —  Colombian peso
CLP —  Chilean peso
DKK —  Danish krone
DRIVER —  Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts
DW&P —  Department of Water & Power
DWR —  Department of Water Resources
ECFA —  Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
EDA —  Economic Development Authority
EDFA —  Economic Development Finance Authority
ETF —  Exchange-traded fund
EUR —  Euro
FDIC —  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFCB —  Federal Farm Credit Banks
FGIC —  Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FHA —  Federal Housing Administration
FHLB —  Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC —  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FICO —  The Financing Corporation
FNMA —  Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA —  Farm Service Agency
GBP —  Great British pound
GDR —  Global depositary receipt
GNMA —  Government National Mortgage Association
GO —  General obligation
HCFR —  Healthcare facilities revenue
HEFA —  Health & Educational Facilities Authority
HEFAR —  Higher education facilities authority revenue
HFA —  Housing Finance Authority
HFFA —  Health Facilities Financing Authority
HKD —  Hong Kong dollar
HUD —  Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUF —  Hungarian forint
IDA —  Industrial Development Authority
IDAG —  Industrial Development Agency
IDR —  Indonesian rupiah
IEP —  Irish pound
JPY —  Japanese yen
KRW —  Republic of Korea won
LIBOR —  London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFER —  Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts
LIQ —  Liquidity agreement
LLC —  Limited liability company
LLLP —  Limited liability limited partnership
LLP —  Limited liability partnership
LOC —  Letter of credit
LP —  Limited partnership
MBIA —  Municipal Bond Insurance Association
MFHR —  Multifamily housing revenue
MSTR —  Municipal securities trust receipts
MTN —  Medium-term note
MUD —  Municipal Utility District
MXN —  Mexican peso
MYR —  Malaysian ringgit
National —  National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NGN —  Nigerian naira
NOK —  Norwegian krone
NZD —  New Zealand dollar
PCFA —  Pollution Control Financing Authority
PCL —  Public Company Limited
PCR —  Pollution control revenue
PFA —  Public Finance Authority
PFFA —  Public Facilities Financing Authority
PFOTER —  Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts
plc —  Public limited company
PLN —  Polish zloty
PUTTER —  Puttable tax-exempt receipts
R&D —  Research & development
Radian —  Radian Asset Assurance
RAN —  Revenue anticipation notes
RDA —  Redevelopment Authority
RDFA —  Redevelopment Finance Authority
REIT —  Real estate investment trust
ROC —  Reset option certificates
RON —  Romanian lei
RUB —  Russian ruble
SAVRS —  Select auction variable rate securities
SBA —  Small Business Authority
SDR —  Swedish depositary receipt
SEK —  Swedish krona
SFHR —  Single-family housing revenue
SFMR —  Single-family mortgage revenue
SGD —  Singapore dollar
SPA —  Standby purchase agreement
SPDR —  Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
SPEAR —  Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts
STRIPS —  Separate trading of registered interest and
           principal securities
TAN —  Tax anticipation notes
TBA —  To be announced
THB —  Thai baht
TIPS —  Treasury inflation-protected securities
TRAN —  Tax revenue anticipation notes
TRY —  Turkish lira
TTFA —  Transportation Trust Fund Authority
TVA —  Tennessee Valley Authority
ZAR —  South African rand
 


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Boston, MA 02266-8266

Email: fundservice@wellsfargo.com

Website: wellsfargofunds.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275

Institutional investment professionals: 1-866-765-0778

 

This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. If this report is used for promotional purposes, distribution of the report must be accompanied or preceded by a current prospectus. Before investing, please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the investment. For a current prospectus and, if available, a summary prospectus, containing this information, call 1-800-222-8222 or visit the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.

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January 31, 2017

 

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Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    29  

Statement of operations

    30  

Statement of changes in net assets

    31  

Financial highlights

    32  

Notes to financial statements

    38  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    42  

Other information

    43  

List of abbreviations

    46  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.

As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.

Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.

U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global

 

 

 

1  The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

2  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

3  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.

Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.

Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.

During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.

Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.

    

 


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4   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

Investor optimism continued into January 2017.

January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.

Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.

Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.

Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


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6   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171

 

                          Expense ratios2 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net3  
Class A (WFGXX)   11-8-1999     0.01       0.01       0.60       0.61       0.61  
Administrator Class (WGAXX)   7-31-2003     0.10       0.03       0.66       0.34       0.34  
Institutional Class (GVIXX)   7-28-2003     0.24       0.06       0.72       0.22       0.20  
Select Class (WFFXX)   6-30-2015     0.30       0.07       0.73       0.18       0.16  
Service Class (NWGXX)   11-16-1987     0.02       0.01       0.62       0.51       0.50  
Sweep Class   6-30-2010     0.01       0.01       0.62       0.77       0.77  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173

 

    Class A  

Administrator

Class

   

Institutional

Class

   

Select

Class

   

Service

Class

   

Sweep

Class

 
7-day current yield   0.01     0.29       0.40       0.46       0.11       0.01  
7-day compound yield   0.01     0.29       0.41       0.47       0.11       0.01  
30-day simple yield   0.01     0.27       0.40       0.46       0.10       0.01  
30-day compound yield   0.01     0.27       0.40       0.46       0.10       0.01  

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.

Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

For government money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund     7  
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174
LOGO
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174
LOGO
 

 

Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175  

42 days

        

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176

100 days

    

 

 

 

1  Historical performance shown for the Select Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, and has not been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Sweep Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Service Class shares, and has not been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Sweep Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be lower.

 

2  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

 

3  The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 0.65% for Class A, 0.35% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.16% for Select Class, 0.50% for Service Class, and 1.00% for the Sweep Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.00%, 0.27%, 0.39% 0.43%, 0.10% and (0.16)% for Class A, Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Select Class, Service Class, and Sweep Class, respectively.

 

4  Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

5  Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes.WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

6  Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

7  The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index reflects the daily average of the interest rates negotiated between buyers and sellers for repurchase transactions involving particular collateral types where BNY Mellon acts as agent and intermediary for the buyer and seller. This index specifically reflects the interest rate for repurchase agreement transactions collateralized by U.S. Treasuries excluding Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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8   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

The majority of the Fund’s fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was characterized by steady interest rates that were higher than the near-zero rates prevailing for the several preceding years but still low by historical standards. Rates were higher in the last one and a half months of the period due to an increase of 0.25% in the federal funds rate by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) on December 14, 2016, to a new target range between 0.50% and 0.75%. Interest rates on all categories of government money market securities moved higher shortly before the Fed’s move and generally maintained those levels after the official increase. This past year also saw the full implementation of amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values.

That action by the Fed came almost exactly one year after its previous interest-rate hike of 0.25% on December 16, 2015. At that time, after seven years with the federal funds rate set near zero, the Fed’s projections showed further gradual interest-rate increases throughout 2016. Economic developments, including international ones, led the Fed to delay those plans for higher interest rates, and it ultimately was able to produce the lone December 2016 hike.

Three-month Treasury bill (T-bill) yields averaged 30 basis points (bps; 100 bps equals 1.00%) during the first 10.5 months of the reporting period, preceding the Fed’s interest-rate hike. In the last 1.5 months of the reporting period, after the Fed hike, 3-month T-bills yielded an average of 50 bps. For the entire year that ended January 31, 2017, 3-month T-bill yields averaged 33 bps, compared with 6 bps in the preceding 12-month period.

Although the increase in T-bill yields from year to year roughly matched the Fed’s moves, there were several underlying factors affecting interest rates that tended to offset each other over the year. Changes in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules regarding money market funds (MMFs) that became effective in October 2016 resulted in approximately $1 trillion of money moving from prime MMFs to U.S. government MMFs in the second half of 2016, adding to the demand for government securities, including T-bills. On the other hand, the U.S. Treasury increased the supply of T-bills by $284 billion in the year that ended January 31, 2017, partially offsetting the increased demand.

The yields on repurchase agreements (repos) generally followed the same path and were also heavily influenced by the Fed’s interest-rate hike. Overnight repo rates, as measured by the BNY Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index,7 averaged 29 bps in the first 10.5 months of the reporting period, before the Fed’s interest-rate hike, then rose to 51 bps on average over the balance of the reporting period that ended January 31, 2017. Overall, the average repo yield for the fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was 32 bps, compared with 10 bps in the prior 12-month period.

Similarly, yields on government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) discount notes were modestly higher throughout the year, before moving notably higher as the Fed’s interest-rate increase approached. Average GSE discount note yields for 3-, 6-, and 12-month tenors were 13 bps, 21 bps, and 26 bps, respectively, in the prior reporting period. The yields moved to averages of 34 bps, 42 bps, and 60 bps, respectively, over the next approximately 10.5 months, before the Fed’s December 14, 2016, interest-rate hike, and then to 52 bps, 56 bps, and 78 bps, respectively, over the remainder of the 12-month term that ended January 31, 2017. Overall, for the fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, the discount note yield averages were 36 bps, 44 bps, and 62 bps, respectively, for 3-, 6-, and 12-month tenors.

Our portfolio strategy continued to emphasize maintaining both a stable $1.00 net asset value and adequate liquidity to meet shareholder redemptions. Accordingly, we invested in T-bills, U.S. Treasury notes, GSE discount notes and other securities, and repos collateralized by Treasury securities and GSE obligations.

Strategic outlook

In spite of having recently raised the federal funds rate, the Fed projects that it will continue to raise rates throughout the coming year. A year ago, the situation was nearly identical, but the Fed was able to raise rates only once near the end of the year, which may cast doubt on its projections for this year. The economy has continued its solid, if unspectacular, performance, with a stronger labor market and very gradually rising, but still below target, inflation. The Fed has signaled that it will continue to proceed cautiously, weighing incoming economic data and other factors and modifying its interest-rate path accordingly. Added to the usual uncertainty this year are the changes in U.S. leadership resulting from the November 2016 election, with a Republican sweep of the presidency and both houses of Congress suggesting possible significant changes in economic policy. It’s possible that changes in fiscal policy could in turn affect the Fed’s interest-rate decisions. In the face of this heightened uncertainty, we believe that our investment strategy, with its focus on capital preservation and liquidity, will enable the Fund to continue to meet its objectives.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Fund expenses (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund     9  

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

    

Beginning
account value

8-1-2016

    

Ending
account value

1-31-2017

     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.05      $ 2.26        0.45

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.87      $ 2.29        0.45

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.80      $ 1.50        0.30

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.64      $ 1.51        0.30

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.48      $ 0.83        0.16

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.31      $ 0.83        0.16

Select Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.79      $ 0.53        0.11

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.61      $ 0.54        0.11

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.14      $ 2.17        0.43

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.97      $ 2.19        0.43

Sweep Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.05      $ 2.08        0.41

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.05      $ 2.11        0.41

 

 

1  Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period).


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10   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt: 43.36%

         

FFCB (z)

    0.40     2-1-2017      $ 25,000,000      $ 25,000,000  

FFCB (z)

    0.46       2-15-2017        20,000,000        19,996,422  

FFCB (z)

    0.46       2-16-2017        50,000,000        49,990,417  

FFCB (z)

    0.46       2-2-2017        15,000,000        14,999,808  

FFCB (z)

    0.47       2-23-2017        35,000,000        34,989,947  

FFCB (z)

    0.50       3-6-2017        20,000,000        19,990,833  

FFCB (z)

    0.51       3-30-2017        35,000,000        34,971,738  

FFCB (z)

    0.51       4-13-2017        155,000,000        154,843,504  

FFCB (z)

    0.52       5-9-2017        100,000,000        99,859,889  

FFCB (z)

    0.52       4-28-2017        50,000,000        49,937,889  

FFCB (z)

    0.54       2-3-2017        50,000,000        49,998,500  

FFCB (z)

    0.55       5-18-2017            250,000,000        249,595,139  

FFCB (z)

    0.55       5-17-2017        5,000,000        4,991,979  

FFCB (z)

    0.56       3-8-2017        25,000,000        24,986,389  

FFCB (z)

    0.56       3-10-2017        25,000,000        24,985,611  

FFCB (z)

    0.56       5-10-2017        40,000,000        39,938,750  

FFCB (z)

    0.59       5-31-2017        90,000,000        89,824,475  

FFCB (z)

    0.59       6-5-2017        45,000,000        44,908,550  

FFCB (z)

    0.59       6-7-2017        50,000,000        49,896,750  

FFCB (z)

    0.59       4-3-2017        25,000,000        24,975,007  

FFCB (z)

    0.60       6-12-2017        25,000,000        24,945,417  

FFCB (z)

    0.60       6-9-2017        40,000,000        39,914,667  

FFCB (z)

    0.60       6-13-2017        50,000,000        49,890,000  

FFCB (z)

    0.61       4-4-2017        50,000,000        49,947,473  

FFCB (z)

    0.62       7-5-2017        55,000,000        54,854,128  

FFCB

    0.63       4-28-2017        10,000,000        10,002,363  

FFCB

    0.65       5-8-2017        8,000,000        8,000,876  

FFCB (z)

    0.65       5-4-2017        150,000,000        149,752,111  

FFCB (z)

    0.67       3-24-2017        100,000,000        99,905,083  

FFCB ±

    0.67       1-11-2018        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FFCB (z)

    0.69       8-16-2017        50,000,000        49,812,167  

FFCB

    0.70       2-23-2017        16,074,000        16,074,067  

FFCB ±

    0.74       9-11-2017        175,000,000        174,997,844  

FFCB ±

    0.74       10-30-2017        25,000,000        24,999,437  

FFCB ±

    0.75       4-16-2018        68,000,000        67,998,619  

FFCB ±

    0.75       11-14-2018        27,550,000        27,551,593  

FFCB ±

    0.76       5-25-2017        5,000,000        5,001,926  

FFCB ±

    0.76       8-25-2017        200,000,000        199,988,756  

FFCB ±

    0.76       9-25-2017        80,000,000        79,991,269  

FFCB ±

    0.76       6-1-2018        25,000,000        24,998,615  

FFCB ±

    0.76       7-10-2018        200,000,000        199,970,649  

FFCB ±

    0.78       2-23-2017        100,000,000        99,998,776  

FFCB ±

    0.79       11-27-2017        5,120,000        5,119,166  

FFCB ±

    0.79       10-3-2018        75,000,000        75,006,751  

FFCB ±

    0.80       5-8-2017        14,500,000        14,506,669  

FFCB ±

    0.80       3-29-2017        35,000,000        35,002,467  

FFCB ±

    0.80       5-15-2017        50,000,000        50,003,980  

FFCB ±

    0.80       7-14-2017        100,000,000        100,004,794  

FFCB ±

    0.80       7-26-2017        35,000,000        34,998,285  

FFCB ±

    0.80       12-8-2017        35,000,000        34,989,526  

 

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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

         

FFCB ±

    0.80     7-25-2017      $ 84,000,000      $ 84,013,317  

FFCB ±

    0.80       8-22-2018        250,000,000        249,983,680  

FFCB ±

    0.80       2-26-2018        137,735,000        137,568,981  

FFCB ±

    0.81       3-22-2018        21,115,000        21,130,980  

FFCB ±

    0.81       9-15-2017        150,000,000        149,991,766  

FFCB ±

    0.81       4-9-2018        9,505,000        9,504,508  

FFCB (z)

    0.82       9-11-2017        50,000,000        49,750,250  

FFCB ±

    0.82       4-16-2018        7,830,000        7,836,512  

FFCB ±

    0.82       11-15-2018            250,000,000        249,991,012  

FFCB ±

    0.82       4-17-2017        11,500,000        11,500,989  

FFCB ±

    0.82       1-3-2019        50,000,000        50,000,000  

FFCB ±

    0.84       2-8-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FFCB ±

    0.84       1-8-2019        125,000,000        125,000,000  

FFCB ±

    0.84       11-29-2018        100,000,000        99,990,813  

FFCB ±

    0.84       2-16-2018        150,000,000        149,996,852  

FFCB ±

    0.85       10-11-2018        375,000,000        374,966,910  

FFCB (z)

    0.86       10-30-2017        50,000,000        49,680,069  

FFCB ±

    0.86       9-19-2018        300,000,000        299,985,231  

FFCB ±

    0.86       10-19-2018        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FFCB ±

    0.87       1-29-2018        150,000,000        149,978,751  

FFCB ±

    0.87       10-3-2018        249,000,000        248,976,351  

FFCB ±

    0.87       9-6-2018        175,000,000        175,000,000  

FFCB ±

    0.88       5-25-2018        50,000,000        49,997,497  

FFCB ±

    0.88       6-19-2017        200,000,000        199,995,903  

FFCB ±

    0.89       5-4-2018        250,000,000        249,990,703  

FFCB ±

    0.90       6-20-2018        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FFCB ±

    0.90       7-19-2018        50,000,000        50,037,239  

FFCB ±

    0.90       12-4-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FFCB (z)

    0.91       10-12-2017        50,000,000        49,683,750  

FFCB ±

    0.91       8-1-2018        69,000,000        69,005,268  

FFCB ±

    0.92       7-21-2017        40,000,000        39,999,971  

FFCB ±

    0.93       10-10-2017        100,000,000        99,970,373  

FFCB ±

    0.93       3-26-2018        20,220,000        20,248,464  

FFCB ±

    0.96       8-8-2018        40,000,000        40,030,675  

FFCB ±

    0.98       4-9-2018        25,000,000        25,007,893  

FFCB ±

    1.00       4-23-2018        100,000,000        100,025,245  

FFCB

    1.13       9-22-2017        10,000,000        10,016,072  

FFCB

    5.05       3-8-2017        10,000,000        10,044,907  

FHLB (z)

    0.43       2-3-2017        450,000,000        449,989,250  

FHLB (z)

    0.45       2-6-2017        100,000,000        99,993,750  

FHLB (z)

    0.46       3-29-2017        50,000,000        49,964,222  

FHLB (z)

    0.46       3-24-2017        348,500,000        348,271,423  

FHLB (z)

    0.47       2-8-2017        429,200,000        429,160,848  

FHLB ±

    0.48       8-3-2017        470,000,000        469,892,556  

FHLB (z)

    0.48       2-17-2017        485,000,000        484,897,267  

FHLB (z)

    0.48       2-2-2017        350,000,000        349,995,361  

FHLB (z)

    0.48       2-10-2017        303,000,000        302,963,648  

FHLB (z)

    0.50       2-16-2017        100,000,000        99,979,375  

FHLB (z)

    0.50       2-22-2017        414,700,000        414,579,163  

FHLB (z)

    0.50       4-21-2017        108,666,000        108,546,769  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

         

FHLB (z)

    0.51     2-24-2017      $ 500,000,000      $ 499,837,946  

FHLB (z)

    0.51       3-22-2017        30,000,000        29,979,175  

FHLB (z)

    0.51       3-1-2017        128,000,000        127,949,113  

FHLB (z)

    0.51       2-15-2017        586,450,000        586,332,856  

FHLB (z)

    0.52       2-28-2017        75,000,000        74,971,031  

FHLB (z)

    0.52       4-5-2017        200,000,000        199,816,775  

FHLB (z)

    0.53       3-8-2017        500,000,000        499,744,695  

FHLB (z)

    0.53       3-13-2017        197,150,000        197,034,996  

FHLB (z)

    0.53       3-3-2017        350,000,000        349,846,208  

FHLB (z)

    0.53       3-17-2017            230,000,000        229,851,744  

FHLB (z)

    0.53       5-5-2017        30,000,000        29,959,003  

FHLB (z)

    0.53       2-13-2017        50,000,000        49,991,167  

FHLB (z)

    0.53       2-27-2017        100,000,000        99,961,722  

FHLB (z)

    0.54       2-21-2017        155,000,000        154,953,930  

FHLB (z)

    0.54       3-15-2017        250,000,000        249,841,917  

FHLB (z)

    0.55       3-31-2017        150,000,000        149,868,292  

FHLB (z)

    0.55       3-10-2017        742,900,000        742,481,919  

FHLB (z)

    0.55       4-28-2017        185,000,000        184,757,373  

FHLB (z)

    0.57       5-10-2017        50,000,000        49,923,233  

FHLB

    0.57       2-24-2017        10,000,000        10,000,881  

FHLB

    0.57       4-21-2017        100,000,000        99,989,571  

FHLB (z)

    0.58       3-16-2017        100,000,000        99,931,319  

FHLB

    0.58       4-25-2017        70,000,000        69,993,113  

FHLB

    0.60       5-19-2017        100,000,000        99,992,396  

FHLB (z)

    0.61       5-12-2017        156,000,000        155,737,805  

FHLB

    0.63       5-30-2017        56,000,000        56,000,187  

FHLB (z)

    0.63       6-2-2017        25,000,000        24,947,651  

FHLB (z)

    0.63       6-7-2017        100,000,000        99,781,250  

FHLB (z)

    0.63       5-31-2017        150,000,000        149,688,121  

FHLB ±

    0.63       7-14-2017        500,000,000        500,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    0.64       5-19-2017        100,000,000        99,811,264  

FHLB ±

    0.64       8-18-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    0.64       7-21-2017        100,000,000        99,698,250  

FHLB (z)

    0.64       7-26-2017        300,000,000        299,068,125  

FHLB (z)

    0.64       7-28-2017        129,500,000        129,093,055  

FHLB (z)

    0.64       5-17-2017        100,000,000        99,813,334  

FHLB ±

    0.64       10-10-2017        400,000,000        400,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    0.65       8-2-2017        176,000,000        175,423,424  

FHLB (z)

    0.65       5-23-2017        50,000,000        49,899,792  

FHLB (z)

    0.66       6-21-2017        50,000,000        49,871,667  

FHLB (z)

    0.68       6-15-2017        50,000,000        49,873,444  

FHLB ±

    0.69       11-2-2018        91,400,000        91,342,509  

FHLB ±

    0.71       9-6-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.71       11-22-2017        64,500,000        64,497,468  

FHLB ±

    0.72       7-12-2018        200,000,000        200,074,308  

FHLB ±

    0.73       4-12-2018        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.74       8-17-2017        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.74       3-8-2018        100,000,000        99,998,559  

FHLB ±

    0.75       2-7-2017        150,000,000        149,999,502  

FHLB

    0.75       9-8-2017        75,000,000        74,972,780  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

         

FHLB

    0.75     11-16-2017      $ 72,050,000      $ 71,976,103  

FHLB ±

    0.75       2-14-2017        135,000,000        134,998,705  

FHLB (z)

    0.75       10-18-2017        300,000,000        298,381,250  

FHLB ±

    0.76       6-25-2018        70,000,000        69,961,396  

FHLB ±

    0.77       3-17-2017        50,000,000        49,999,695  

FHLB ±

    0.77       2-26-2018        50,000,000        50,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.77       2-17-2017        63,250,000        63,248,680  

FHLB ±

    0.77       2-17-2017        32,000,000        31,998,924  

FHLB ±

    0.77       2-5-2018        30,000,000        30,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.77       6-1-2018        70,000,000        70,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.77       6-1-2018        335,000,000        334,997,712  

FHLB ±

    0.79       8-22-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.79       6-12-2018        250,000,000        249,982,878  

FHLB ±

    0.79       5-1-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.79       11-6-2017        14,400,000        14,399,513  

FHLB ±

    0.79       11-10-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.82       2-8-2017        50,000,000        49,999,954  

FHLB ±

    0.83       6-28-2017        15,000,000        15,001,277  

FHLB ±

    0.83       2-10-2017        50,000,000        49,999,938  

FHLB ±

    0.83       3-16-2017        20,000,000        20,006,708  

FHLB ±

    0.83       1-18-2019        300,000,000        300,024,854  

FHLB (z)

    0.85       9-20-2017        100,000,000        99,461,000  

FHLB ±

    0.85       8-9-2017        62,270,000        62,367,016  

FHLB ±

    0.85       8-25-2017        21,000,000        20,991,330  

FHLB ±

    0.86       8-1-2017        50,000,000        50,076,251  

FHLB

    0.88       3-10-2017        50,570,000        50,587,557  

FHLB ±

    0.88       10-5-2018        50,000,000        49,998,577  

FHLB ±

    0.88       8-21-2017        66,200,000        66,308,235  

FHLB ±

    0.88       12-7-2017            100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.90       4-28-2017        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB ±

    0.90       8-28-2017        21,000,000        21,034,707  

FHLB ±

    0.91       9-1-2017        25,000,000        25,042,886  

FHLB ±

    0.93       9-11-2017        25,000,000        24,999,235  

FHLB ±

    0.94       9-11-2017        70,500,000        70,495,283  

FHLB ±

    0.96       10-27-2017        50,000,000        49,997,389  

FHLB ±

    0.97       10-25-2017        80,000,000        80,000,000  

FHLB

    1.13       6-9-2017        4,000,000        4,006,830  

FHLB

    5.00       11-17-2017        72,935,000        75,276,255  

FHLMC (z)

    0.37       2-14-2017        50,000,000        49,993,319  

FHLMC (z)

    0.42       2-1-2017        237,920,000        237,920,000  

FHLMC (z)

    0.50       4-24-2017        100,000,000        99,886,111  

FHLMC (z)

    0.50       4-25-2017        100,000,000        99,884,722  

FHLMC (z)

    0.50       5-16-2017        300,000,000        299,566,668  

FHLMC

    0.75       7-14-2017        235,725,000        235,814,699  

FHLMC ±

    0.78       4-20-2017        100,000,000        99,996,732  

FHLMC ±

    0.82       4-27-2017        150,000,000        149,992,888  

FHLMC ±

    0.85       10-15-2045        19,113,050        19,113,050  

FHLMC

    0.88       2-22-2017        139,405,000        139,434,383  

FHLMC

    0.90       9-15-2017        35,000,000        35,040,778  

FHLMC ±

    0.91       7-21-2017        150,000,000        149,992,808  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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14   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

         

FHLMC ±

    0.91     12-21-2017      $ 50,000,000      $ 50,000,000  

FHLMC ±

    0.98       1-8-2018        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLMC

    1.00       3-8-2017        627,674,000        627,964,561  

FHLMC

    1.00       6-29-2017        33,300,000        33,355,494  

FHLMC

    1.00       7-25-2017        5,175,000        5,182,383  

FHLMC

    1.00       7-28-2017        34,456,000        34,510,106  

FHLMC

    1.00       9-27-2017        50,237,000        50,265,637  

FHLMC

    1.25       5-12-2017        67,520,000        67,643,187  

FHLMC

    5.00       2-16-2017        30,025,000        30,079,852  

FHLMC

    5.13       11-17-2017        20,051,000        20,714,652  

FNMA (z)

    0.41       2-1-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FNMA (z)

    0.66       6-1-2017        25,000,000        24,945,156  

FNMA

    0.75       3-14-2017        275,000,000        275,052,907  

FNMA

    0.75       4-20-2017        347,163,000        347,268,137  

FNMA ±

    0.78       9-8-2017        100,000,000        99,993,939  

FNMA ±

    0.78       10-5-2017        130,000,000        129,986,623  

FNMA ±

    0.80       7-20-2017        50,000,000        49,998,810  

FNMA

    0.88       8-28-2017        70,121,000        70,155,400  

FNMA

    0.88       12-20-2017        300,000,000        299,867,168  

FNMA ±

    0.94       3-21-2018        150,000,000        150,006,961  

FNMA ±

    0.98       1-11-2018        175,000,000        175,000,000  

FNMA

    1.00       9-20-2017        10,700,000        10,708,602  

FNMA

    1.00       9-27-2017        81,510,000        81,582,386  

FNMA

    1.05       9-5-2017        13,610,000        13,629,092  

FNMA

    1.13       4-27-2017        406,133,000        406,591,913  

FNMA

    5.00       2-13-2017        20,700,000        20,730,339  

FNMA

    5.00       5-11-2017        234,501,000        237,313,457  

FNMA

    5.38       6-12-2017        213,460,000        217,109,342  

National Credit Union Administration Guaranteed Notes Program Series A3

    2.35       6-12-2017        60,341,000        60,700,529  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.65       10-15-2032        26,007,692        26,007,692  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.65       6-15-2034        20,810,684        20,810,684  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.66       4-30-2026        23,500,000        23,500,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.66       9-2-2031        11,755,000        11,755,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.66       9-30-2031        12,202,160        12,202,160  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.66       5-15-2033        5,747,781        5,747,781  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.67       8-15-2019        22,000,000        22,000,001  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.67       11-20-2019        7,500,000        7,500,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.67       9-20-2022        11,000,000        11,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.67       11-15-2022        21,700,000        21,700,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.67       7-9-2026        89,238,250        89,238,250  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.67       6-28-2028        37,440,000        37,440,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.67       1-15-2030        19,622,642        19,622,642  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.67       10-15-2033        11,000,000        11,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.67       7-7-2040            27,500,000.00        27,500,000.00  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation ±§

    0.72       12-15-2019        33,264,000        33,264,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 1 ±§

    0.66       8-15-2026        17,600,000        17,600,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 1 ±§

    0.66       9-30-2031        4,804,000        4,804,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 2 ±§

    0.66       9-30-2031        11,241,360        11,241,360  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 2 ±§

    0.67       10-10-2025        8,316,270        8,316,270  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 3 ±§

    0.66       7-15-2026        6,351,840        6,351,840  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

         

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 3 ±§

    0.67     10-10-2025      $ 10,811,151      $ 10,811,151  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 4 ±§

    0.65       11-15-2033            27,623,932        27,623,932  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 4 ±§

    0.66       9-30-2031        6,533,440        6,533,440  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 5 ±§

    0.66       9-30-2031        6,725,600        6,725,600  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 6 ±§

    0.66       9-30-2031        6,725,600        6,725,600  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 7 ±§

    0.66       9-30-2031        3,843,200        3,843,200  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 8 ±§

    0.66       9-30-2031        14,412,000        14,412,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 9 ±§

    0.65       5-15-2030        29,376,000        29,376,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 9 ±§

    0.66       9-30-2031        4,515,760        4,515,760  

Total Government Agency Debt (Cost $28,592,427,797)

 

     28,592,427,797  
         

 

 

 

Municipal Obligations: 5.92%

         

Alabama: 0.01%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.01%          

Mobile AL IDA Board High Providence LLC Project Series 2006 (Industrial Development Revenue, Whitney National Bank LOC)

    0.69       8-1-2031        6,000,000        6,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Arizona: 0.05%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.05%          

Maricopa County AZ IDA MFHR Las Gardenias Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       4-15-2033        14,175,000        14,175,000  

Maricopa County AZ IDA Villas Solanas Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       11-15-2032        8,500,000        8,500,000  

Phoenix AZ IDA Del Mar Terrace Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.68       10-1-2029        11,520,000        11,520,000  
     34,195,000  
         

 

 

 

California: 1.19%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.19%          

Anaheim CA Housing Authority Cobblestone Apartments Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       3-15-2033        3,580,000        3,580,000  

Anaheim CA Housing Authority Park Vista Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.60       7-1-2033        23,580,000        23,580,000  

Anaheim CA Housing Authority Sage Park Apartments Projects Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       11-15-2028        5,500,000        5,500,000  

Association of Bay Area Governments Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporation California Crossing Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2037        64,450,000        64,450,000  

Association of Bay Area Governments Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporation California Lakeside Village Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.58       10-1-2046        59,160,000        59,160,000  

Association of Bay Area Governments Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corporation California MFHR Fine Arts Building Projects Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.69       7-15-2035        6,100,000        6,100,000  

Association of Bay Area Governments Finance Authority Housing Gaia Building Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.72       9-15-2032        260,000        260,000  

California CDA Aegis Pleasant Hill Series H (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       7-1-2027        6,270,000        6,270,000  

California CDA MFHR Bay Vista Meadow Park Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2037        29,320,000        29,320,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

California CDA MFHR Desert Palms Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC)

    0.74     8-1-2045      $ 7,000,000      $ 7,000,000  

California CDA MFHR Imperial Park Apartments Series OO (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC)

    0.70       11-1-2040        6,620,000        6,620,000  

California CDA Oakmont Senior Living Series Y (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       8-1-2031            14,340,000        14,340,000  

California CDA Sunrise of Danville Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       5-1-2027        6,165,000        6,165,000  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Saddleback Valley Christian Schools Project Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, East West Bank LOC) 144A

    0.66       12-1-2040        14,250,000        14,250,000  

California Municipal Finance Authority Copper Square Apartments Series A2 (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC)

    0.64       2-1-2046        4,000,000        4,000,000  

California Municipal Finance Authority Copper Square Apartments Series A2 (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC)

    0.72       2-1-2046        3,000,000        3,000,000  

California Statewide CDA Creekside at Meadow Park Apartments Series HH (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       4-15-2036        7,995,000        7,995,000  

California Statewide CDA Dublin Ranch Senior Apartments Series G (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2037        5,010,000        5,010,000  

California Statewide CDA Emerald Gardens Apartments Series E (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       3-15-2033        7,320,000        7,320,000  

California Statewide CDA Fairway Family Apartments Series H (Miscellaneous Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2037        7,000,000        7,000,000  

California Statewide CDA Grande Apartments Series TT (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2034        1,925,000        1,925,000  

California Statewide CDA Heritage Oaks Apartments Series YY (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       2-15-2035        6,900,000        6,900,000  

California Statewide CDA Martin Luther Tower Series D (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       7-15-2035        6,850,000        6,850,000  

California Statewide CDA Oak Centers Towers Projects Series L (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2037        3,320,000        3,320,000  

California Statewide CDA Valley Palms Apartments Series C (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.70       5-15-2035        880,000        880,000  

California Statewide Communities Concord Green Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC)

    0.70       6-1-2028        8,700,000        8,700,000  

California Statewide Communities Various Housing Hermosa Vista Apartments Series XX (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       5-15-2036        3,500,000        3,500,000  

Chula Vista CA Teresina Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.54       5-15-2036        10,000,000        10,000,000  

Contra Costa County CA MFHR (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.54       10-15-2033        60,000,000        60,000,000  

Escondido CA Via Robles Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       11-15-2036        6,900,000        6,900,000  

Los Angeles CA Community RDA Academy Village Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.54       10-1-2019        19,800,000        19,800,000  

Los Angeles CA Community Redevelopment Agency MFHR (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.57       4-15-2042        90,900,000        90,900,000  

Los Angeles County CA Housing Authority Castaic Senior Apartments Project Series C (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       7-15-2036        9,300,000        9,300,000  

Martinez CA Muirwood Garden Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.65       12-15-2033        6,800,000        6,800,000  

Modesto CA MFHR Live Oak Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.69       9-15-2024        1,330,000        1,330,000  

Mountain View CA Multifamily Housing Villa Mariposa Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.65       2-15-2017        15,300,000        15,300,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Oxnard CA Housing Authority SeaWind Senior Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.60     12-1-2020      $ 3,175,000      $ 3,175,000  

Riverside County CA Tyler Springs Apartments Series C (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       1-15-2027        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Sacramento County CA Housing Authority Lofts at Natomas Apartments Series F (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       6-15-2036        10,190,000        10,190,000  

Sacramento County CA Housing Authority Logan Park Apartments Series E (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC)

    0.70       5-1-2042        10,000,000        10,000,000  

Sacramento County CA Housing Authority MFHR Normandy Park Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       2-15-2033        6,000,000        6,000,000  

Sacramento County CA Housing Authority River Terrace Apartments Series C (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       7-15-2029        3,740,000        3,740,000  

Sacramento County CA Housing Authority Shadowood Apartments Project Issue A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       12-1-2022        18,500,000        18,500,000  

Sacramento County CA Housing Authority St. Anton Building Apartments Series I (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2036        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Sacramento County CA Housing Authority Valencia Point Apartments Series I (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       11-15-2039        5,150,000        5,150,000  

San Bernardino County CA Housing Authority Mountain View Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       2-15-2027        8,860,000        8,860,000  

San Bernardino County CA Housing Authority Evergreen Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       5-15-2029        16,600,000        16,600,000  

San Bernardino County CA MFHR Green Valley Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       5-15-2029        3,640,000        3,640,000  

San Bernardino County CA MFHR Sycamore Terrace Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       5-15-2029        1,600,000        1,600,000  

San Bernardino County CA Parkview Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       2-15-2027        5,220,000        5,220,000  

San Francisco CA City & County RDA (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.54       6-15-2034            52,150,000        52,150,000  

San Francisco CA RDA Fillmore Center 1999 Issue B1 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.68       12-1-2017        44,000,000        44,000,000  

San Francisco CA Redevelopment Agency Mercy Terrace Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       6-15-2035        12,100,000        12,100,000  

San Jose CA MFHR Raintree Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.70       2-1-2038        10,600,000        10,600,000  

San Jose CA Multifamily Housing Las Ventanas Apartments Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.60       7-1-2038        23,100,000        23,100,000  
     782,950,000  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 0.04%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.04%          

Adams County CO Housing Authority Semper Village Apartments Project Series A (Education Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       7-15-2037        14,000,000        14,000,000  

Lafayette CO Traditions at Lafayette Projects Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.64       10-1-2044        12,240,000        12,240,000  
     26,240,000  
         

 

 

 

Florida: 0.08%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.08%          

Florida Housing Finance Corporation Lee Vista Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       12-1-2034        14,710,000        14,710,000  

Florida Housing Finance Corporation Maitland Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       12-1-2034        16,275,000        16,275,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Manatee County FL HFA Village at Cortez Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.68     1-15-2037      $ 10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  

Orange County FL HFA Glenn Apartments Series D (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC)

    0.73       7-15-2034        240,000        240,000  

Orange County FL HFA Post Fountains Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       6-1-2025        13,040,000        13,040,000  
     54,265,000  
         

 

 

 

Hawaii: 0.03%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.03%          

Hawaii Housing Finance & Development Corporation Lokahi Kau Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.61       12-1-2041        19,830,000        19,830,000  
         

 

 

 

Illinois: 0.07%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.07%          

Glendale Heights MFHR Glendale Lakes Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       3-1-2030        14,845,000        14,845,000  

Illinois Housing Development Foxview I & II Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.61       1-1-2041        29,000,000        29,000,000  
     43,845,000  
         

 

 

 

Indiana: 0.06%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.06%          

Elkhart County IN Ashton Pines Apartments II Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    0.65       9-1-2043        7,750,000        7,750,000  

Indianapolis IN Capital Place Covington Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.62       5-15-2038            24,100,000        24,100,000  

Indianapolis IN Nora Pines Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       10-15-2031        8,775,000        8,775,000  
     40,625,000  
         

 

 

 

Louisiana: 0.02%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.02%          

Louisiana HFA Canterbury House Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC)

    0.66       9-15-2040        15,470,000        15,470,000  
         

 

 

 

Maryland: 0.01%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.01%          

Maryland Community Development Administration Department Housing & Community Development Multifamily Kirkwood Housing Series G (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.65       12-1-2038        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Maryland Community Development Administration Housing and Community Center (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.56       12-1-2037        4,750,000        4,750,000  
     9,750,000  
         

 

 

 

Michigan: 0.02%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.02%          

Michigan Housing Development Authority Jackson Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    0.69       6-1-2037        10,775,000        10,775,000  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Minnesota: 0.10%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.10%          

Bloomington MN Presbyterian Homes Project Series 2008 (Health Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66     7-1-2038      $ 15,500,000      $ 15,500,000  

Edina MN Edina Park Plaza Project Series 1999 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       12-1-2029        13,200,000        13,200,000  

Inver Grove Heights MN Inver Grove Incorporated Project Series 2005 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       5-15-2035        11,935,000        11,935,000  

Oak Park Heights MN Boutwells Landing Project Series 2005 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       11-1-2035        16,200,000        16,200,000  

Roseville MN Senior Housing Various Refunding Bonds Eaglecrest Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC)

    0.66       7-1-2039        4,340,000        4,340,000  

St. Louis Park MN MFHR Parkshore Senior Campus Project Series 2004 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.74       8-1-2034        5,865,000        5,865,000  
     67,040,000  
         

 

 

 

Missouri: 0.07%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.07%          

Blue Springs MO IDA Autumn Place Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       8-15-2037        7,400,000        7,400,000  

St. Charles County MO IDA Country Club Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       7-15-2032        25,000,000        25,000,000  

St. Charles County MO IDA Remington Apartments Project (Industrial Development Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       2-1-2029        12,500,000        12,500,000  
     44,900,000  
         

 

 

 

Nebraska: 0.12%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.12%          

Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Series B (Housing Revenue, GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC Insured, FHLB SPA)

    0.64       9-1-2038        15,180,000        15,180,000  

Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Single Family Housing Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.67       9-1-2038        33,415,000        33,415,000  

Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Single Family Housing Series F (Housing Revenue, GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC Insured, FHLB SPA)

    0.67       3-1-2038        31,650,000        31,650,000  
     80,245,000  
         

 

 

 

New Mexico: 0.01%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.01%          

New Mexico Mortgage Financial Authority Multifamily Housing Villas San Ignacio Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC)

    0.65       11-1-2043        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

New York: 2.57%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.57%          

New York Dormitory Authority Series A (Health Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.54       11-15-2036        136,825,000        136,825,000  

New York HFA 10 Barclay Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.65       11-15-2037        72,000,000        72,000,000  

New York HFA 10 Liberty Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.54       5-1-2035        83,235,000        83,235,000  

New York HFA 101 West End Avenue (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.57       5-15-2031        62,000,000        62,000,000  

New York HFA 101 West End Avenue Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.57       5-15-2031            63,500,000.00        63,500,000.00  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

New York HFA 150 East 44th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.57     5-15-2032      $ 11,000,000      $ 11,000,000  

New York HFA 150 East 44th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ)

    0.57       5-15-2032        81,000,000        81,000,000  

New York HFA 1500 Lex Avenue Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.62       5-15-2034        15,000,000        15,000,000  

New York HFA 20 River Terrace Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       5-15-2034        20,500,000        20,500,000  

New York HFA 316 11th Avenue Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       5-15-2041        25,000,000        25,000,000  

New York HFA 363 West 30th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.56       11-1-2032        10,150,000        10,150,000  

New York HFA 38th Street Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ)

    0.59       5-15-2033        4,400,000        4,400,000  

New York HFA 55 West 25th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       11-15-2038        53,000,000        53,000,000  

New York HFA 600 West 42nd Street Series 2012-A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.69       5-15-2041        50,000,000        50,000,000  

New York HFA Capitol Greens Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.60       5-15-2036        10,900,000        10,900,000  

New York HFA Chelsea Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.62       11-15-2036        60,500,000        60,500,000  

New York HFA East 39th Street Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.68       11-15-2031        21,700,000        21,700,000  

New York HFA MFHR Second Mortgage Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       5-1-2029        87,005,000        87,005,000  

New York HFA Parkledge Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.76       11-1-2035        32,600,000        32,600,000  

New York HFA Saville Housing 2002 Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.56       11-1-2035        27,000,000        27,000,000  

New York HFA Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.59       11-1-2037        67,930,000        67,930,000  

New York HFA Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       11-15-2036        35,200,000        35,200,000  

New York HFA Shore Hill Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       5-1-2045        19,500,000        19,500,000  

New York HFA Union Square South Housing (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       11-1-2024            46,050,000        46,050,000  

New York HFA Warren Knolls Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.67       5-15-2037        5,000,000        5,000,000  

New York HFA West 17th Street (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.65       5-15-2039        20,000,000        20,000,000  

New York HFA West 23rd Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.57       5-15-2033        26,000,000        26,000,000  

New York HFA West 37th Street Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.65       5-1-2042        30,900,000        30,900,000  

New York HFA West Haverstraw Senior Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.67       5-15-2037        5,000,000        5,000,000  

New York Housing Finance Agency West 23rd Street Series 2002-A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       5-15-2033        10,100,000        10,100,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation 2 Gold Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       4-15-2036        11,300,000        11,300,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation 201 Pearl Street Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       10-15-2041        17,600,000        17,600,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation 89 Murray Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       6-15-2039        34,000,000        34,000,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Atlantic Court Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.56       12-1-2035        38,200,000        38,200,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Brittany Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       6-15-2029        52,500,000        52,500,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation East 124th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       11-1-2046        16,100,000        16,100,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Markham Gardens Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.56     1-1-2040      $ 9,200,000      $ 9,200,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Multifamily Rental Housing Lyric Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       11-15-2031        53,865,000        53,865,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Multifamily Rental Housing The Balton Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.72       9-1-2049        11,700,000        11,700,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Multifamily Rental Housing Westport Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       6-15-2034        41,000,000        41,000,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Nicole Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       11-15-2035        49,600,000        49,600,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Queenswood Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.54       4-1-2031        10,800,000        10,800,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Royal Properties Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.54       4-15-2035        83,200,000        83,200,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation West 26th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       4-1-2045        13,500,000        13,500,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation West 48th Street Development Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       1-15-2034        19,600,000        19,600,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation White Plains Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC)

    0.56       3-1-2038        4,400,000        4,400,000  

New York State East 84th Street (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured) (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       5-15-2033        7,400,000        7,400,000  

New York State HFA Revenue Ocean Park Apartments Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.69       5-15-2035        21,400,000        21,400,000  

Ramapo NY Housing Authority Spring Valley Homes Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2038            10,390,000        10,390,000  
     1,698,750,000  
         

 

 

 

Ohio: 0.02%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.02%          

Franklin County OH Multifamily Housing Ashton Square Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       6-15-2032        5,250,000        5,250,000  

Ohio HFA Mortgage Backed Securities Program Series H (Housing Revenue, GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC Insured, FHLB SPA)

    0.69       3-1-2036        10,535,000        10,535,000  
     15,785,000  
         

 

 

 

Oregon: 0.07%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.07%          

Oregon Facilities Authority Quatama Crossing Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.70       7-15-2035        32,875,000        32,875,000  

Oregon Facilities Authority Vintage at Bend Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2036        5,195,000        5,195,000  

Oregon Housing & Community Services Department Redwood Park Apartments Series F (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       10-15-2038        5,300,000        5,300,000  
     43,370,000  
         

 

 

 

Other: 0.35%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.35%          

Eagle Tax-Exempt Trust Series 0055F (Miscellaneous Revenue, FHLMC Insured, FHLB LIQ) 144A

    0.67       4-15-2049        45,595,000        45,595,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M017 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       9-15-2050        99,973,000        99,973,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

FHLMC MFHR Series M027 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.69     10-15-2029      $ 15,595,000      $ 15,595,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M028 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       9-15-2024        43,400,000        43,400,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M031 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       12-15-2045        19,055,000        19,055,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M033 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       3-15-2049        7,015,000        7,015,000  
     230,633,000  
         

 

 

 

Pennsylvania: 0.02%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.02%          

Montgomery County PA RDA Brookside Manor Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       8-15-2031        14,100,000        14,100,000  
         

 

 

 

Rhode Island: 0.04%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.04%          

Rhode Island Housing and Finance Mortgage Corporation The Groves at Johnson Project Series 2006 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.56       3-1-2040        25,450,000        25,450,000  
         

 

 

 

South Dakota: 0.01%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.01%          

South Dakota Housing Development Authority Multifamily Housing (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.75       2-15-2031        6,495,000        6,495,000  
         

 

 

 

Tennessee: 0.03%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.03%          

Metropolitan Government Nashville & Davidson County TN Industrial Development Board Arbor Crest LP Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       12-1-2025        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Nashville TN Industrial Development Board Arbor Knoll Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ)

    0.66       12-1-2025            13,400,000        13,400,000  
     18,400,000  
         

 

 

 

Texas: 0.23%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.23%          

Galveston County TX Housing Finance Corporation Village By The Sea Apartments Project Series 2004 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.75       2-15-2032        5,090,000        5,090,000  

Harris County TX Housing Finance Corporation Lafayette Village Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       6-15-2038        6,300,000        6,300,000  

Harris County TX Housing Finance Corporation Village at Cornerstone Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       8-15-2037        7,115,000        7,115,000  

Panhandle TX Regional Housing Finance Corporation Jason Avenue Residential Apartments Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC)

    0.66       8-1-2041        14,185,000        14,185,000  

Southeast TX Housing Finance Corporation Multifamily Housing Piedmont Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       8-15-2039        12,835,000        12,835,000  

Southeast TX Housing Finance Corporation Multifamily Housing Wyndham Park Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.59       7-15-2041        8,300,000        8,300,000  

Tarrant County TX Housing Finance Corporation Multifamily Housing Gateway Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       2-15-2036        12,110,000        12,110,000  

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Costa Mariposa Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       5-1-2042        13,165,000        13,165,000  

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Foundation Asmara (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.65       7-1-2033        17,140,000        17,140,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Multifamily Atascocita Pines Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58     4-15-2038      $ 10,690,000      $ 10,690,000  

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Multifamily Lancaster Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       7-15-2040        13,080,000        13,080,000  

Texas Department of Housing & Community Affairs Woodmont Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       6-1-2042            14,290,000        14,290,000  

Texas Housing Finance Corporation Multifamily Housing Encino Pointe Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       5-1-2042        14,970,000        14,970,000  
     149,270,000  
         

 

 

 

Utah: 0.01%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.01%          

Utah Housing Corporation Multifamily Housing Florentine Villas Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC)

    0.66       9-1-2049        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Virginia: 0.05%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.05%          

Alexandria VA Redevelopment & Housing Authority Fairfield Village Square Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       1-15-2039        21,720,000        21,720,000  

Harrisonburg VA RDA Woodman West Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.56       6-15-2043        5,950,000        5,950,000  

Salem VA IDA MFHR Oak Park Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.55       8-15-2043        5,585,000        5,585,000  
     33,255,000  
         

 

 

 

Washington: 0.54%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.54%          

King County Washington Housing Authority Auburn Court Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-1-2027        10,945,000        10,945,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Artspace Everett Lofts Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.69       12-1-2041        3,200,000        3,200,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Ballinger Court Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       9-15-2037        3,400,000        3,400,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Brittany Park Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.90       11-1-2021        510,000        510,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Eagles Landing Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       8-15-2039        6,365,000        6,365,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Eagles Landing Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.65       12-15-2036        2,460,000        2,460,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Highland Park Apartments Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    1.00       7-15-2038        705,000        705,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Inglenook Court Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       7-1-2025        8,300,000        8,300,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Interurban Senior Living Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.68       7-1-2052        14,535,000        14,535,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Kitts Corner Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    0.65       9-1-2049        27,500,000        27,500,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Lake City Senior Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       7-1-2044        15,750,000        15,750,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Meridian Court Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-1-2028        6,700,000        6,700,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Washington Housing Finance Commission MFHR Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.65     8-1-2044      $ 12,630,000      $ 12,630,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission New Haven Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2044            19,000,000        19,000,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Queen Anne Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       9-1-2038        27,180,000        27,180,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Rainier Court Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2036        12,750,000        12,750,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Reserve Renton Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC)

    0.56       8-1-2049        9,300,000        9,300,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Rolling Hills Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       6-15-2037        6,125,000        6,125,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Rolling Hills Apartments Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.65       6-15-2037        1,080,000        1,080,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission The Cambridge Apartments Series 2009A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2044        12,650,000        12,650,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Urban Center Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LOC, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.66       7-1-2047        2,600,000        2,600,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Vintage Burien Senior Living Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       1-15-2038        6,570,000        6,570,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Washington Terrace Senior Apartments Series 2010 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       2-15-2043        11,250,000        11,250,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Woodros Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       6-15-2032        6,750,000        6,750,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission Ballard Landmark Inn Project Series A (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC)

    0.66       12-15-2041        31,590,000        31,590,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission Discovery Heights Apartments (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.69       12-1-2043        11,675,000        11,675,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission Merrill Gardens Tacoma Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC)

    0.58       9-15-2040        13,640,000        13,640,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Anchor Village Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       12-15-2027        10,750,000        10,750,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Brittany Park Phase II Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       11-1-2021        3,480,000        3,480,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Brittany Park Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       11-1-2021        8,930,000        8,930,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Fairwinds Redmond Senior Living Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC)

    0.65       7-1-2041        19,250,000        19,250,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Forest Creek Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       6-15-2040        13,680,000        13,680,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission Multifamily Vintage Chehalis Senior Living Apartments (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.58       6-15-2040        8,190,000        8,190,000  

Washington State Housing Finance Commission The Lodge at Eagle Ridge Senior Living Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC)

    0.65       8-1-2041        9,485,000        9,485,000  
     358,925,000  
         

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 0.10%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.10%          

Wisconsin PFA Affinity At Monterrey Project (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC)

    0.69       8-1-2048        20,900,000        20,900,000  

Wisconsin PFA Multifamily Housing Affinity Covington Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    0.69       12-1-2047        22,500,000        22,500,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Wisconsin PFA Multifamily Housing Affinity Wells Branch Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    0.69     11-1-2047      $ 21,775,000      $ 21,775,000  
     65,175,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $3,905,738,000)

 

     3,905,738,000  
         

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements ^^: 35.99%

         

Bank of America Corporation, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,500,022,917 (1)

    0.55       2-1-2017        1,500,000,000        1,500,000,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,100,016,806 (2)

    0.55       2-1-2017        1,100,000,000        1,100,000,000  

Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,750 (3)

    0.54       2-1-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,001,528 (4)

    0.55       2-1-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-3-2017, maturity value $350,188,417 (5)

    0.57       2-6-2017        350,000,000        350,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-4-2017, maturity value $350,206,500 (6)(i)

    0.59       2-9-2017        350,000,000        350,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-5-2017, maturity value $350,223,708 (7)(i)

    0.59       2-13-2017        350,000,000        350,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-6-2017, maturity value $350,183,556 (8)(i)

    0.59       2-7-2017        350,000,000        350,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,160,017,400 (9)

    0.54       2-1-2017        1,160,000,000        1,160,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,001,528 (10)

    0.55       2-1-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $400,006,222 (11)

    0.56       2-1-2017        400,000,000        400,000,000  

Citibank NA, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,026,736 (12)

    0.55       2-2-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Citibank NA, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,889 (13)

    0.56       2-1-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,542 (14)

    0.51       2-1-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,027,222 (15)(i)

    0.56       2-7-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $500,007,778 (16)

    0.56       2-1-2017        500,000,000        500,000,000  

Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,025,764 (17)

    0.53       2-2-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-27-2017, maturity value $350,036,069 (18)

    0.53       2-3-2017        350,000,000        350,000,000  

Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-27-2017, maturity value $700,074,861 (19)

    0.55       2-3-2017        700,000,000        700,000,000  

Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-30-2017, maturity value $250,025,764 (20)

    0.53       2-6-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $400,006,222 (21)

    0.56       2-1-2017        400,000,000        400,000,000  

Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $500,007,500 (22)

    0.54       2-1-2017        500,000,000        500,000,000  

Credit Suisse Securities, dated 1-11-2017, maturity value $300,160,417 (23)(i)

    0.55       2-15-2017        300,000,000        300,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $650,009,750 (24)

    0.54       2-1-2017        650,000,000        650,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $850,012,986 (25)

    0.55       2-1-2017        850,000,000        850,000,000  

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $3,800,052,778 (26)

    0.50       2-1-2017        3,800,000,000        3,800,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Company, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,001,528 (27)

    0.55       2-1-2017        100,000,000        100,000,000  

HSBC Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $300,004,417 (28)

    0.53       2-1-2017        300,000,000        300,000,000  

JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,000,015,278 (29)

    0.55       2-1-2017            1,000,000,000        1,000,000,000  

JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,889 (30)

    0.56       2-1-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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26   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Repurchase Agreements ^^ (continued)

         

Merrill Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,001,528 (31)

    0.55     2-1-2017      $ 100,000,000      $ 100,000,000  

MetLife Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,005,649 (32)

    0.56       2-1-2017        100,004,094        100,004,094  

Mizuho Bank, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,889 (33)

    0.56       2-1-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Nomura Tri Party, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $2,700,042,750 (34)

    0.57       2-1-2017            2,700,000,000        2,700,000,000  

Prudential, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $177,471,511 (35)

    0.56       2-1-2017        177,468,750        177,468,750  

Prudential, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $500,365,283 (36)

    0.56       2-1-2017        500,357,500        500,357,500  

RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-9-2017, maturity value $500,696,667 (37)§(i)

    0.57       4-7-2017        500,000,000        500,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,225,000 (38)§(i)

    0.54       3-27-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $550,008,097 (39)

    0.53       2-1-2017        550,000,000        550,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, dated 12-12-2016, maturity value $500,483,333 (40)§(i)

    0.58       2-10-2017        500,000,000        500,000,000  

Societe Generale, dated 1-10-2017, maturity value $300,134,333 (41)§(i)

    0.52       2-10-2017        300,000,000        300,000,000  

Societe Generale, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,026,736 (42)(i)

    0.55       2-7-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Societe Generale, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $350,005,347 (43)

    0.55       2-1-2017        350,000,000        350,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $23,737,830,344)

 

     23,737,830,344  
         

 

 

 

Treasury Debt: 13.01%

         

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.48       3-2-2017        150,000,000        149,941,698  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.55       3-30-2017        200,000,000        199,826,150  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.59       7-13-2017        20,000,000        19,946,675  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.60       4-27-2017        50,000,000        49,929,167  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.60       7-20-2017        30,000,000        29,915,500  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.61       5-25-2017        280,000,000        279,468,900  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.63       5-18-2017        40,000,000        39,926,330  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.64       7-6-2017        100,000,000        99,725,736  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.67       6-29-2017        250,000,000        249,311,060  

U.S. Treasury Bond

    8.75       5-15-2017        336,123,000        343,882,378  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.50       2-28-2017        30,000,000        29,997,978  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.50       4-30-2017        270,000,000        269,978,100  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       2-15-2017        250,000,000        250,013,645  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       5-31-2017        575,000,000        575,073,771  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       8-31-2017        290,000,000        289,903,740  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       9-30-2017        72,000,000        71,895,078  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       3-15-2017        210,000,000        210,048,744  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       10-31-2017        70,000,000        69,935,542  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       2-28-2017        380,000,000        380,118,129  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       4-15-2017        160,000,000        160,107,216  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       4-30-2017        575,552,000        576,014,505  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       5-15-2017        225,000,000        225,227,675  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       7-15-2017        65,000,000        65,043,009  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       8-15-2017        50,000,000        50,054,932  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       10-15-2017        265,000,000        265,013,796  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       11-15-2017        55,000,000        55,007,060  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       1-15-2018        35,000,000        34,953,934  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       9-15-2017        171,000,000        171,215,531  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.88       9-30-2017        340,000,000        342,402,664  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.88       10-31-2017        255,000,000        256,888,738  

U.S. Treasury Note

    2.25       11-30-2017        215,000,000        217,382,797  

U.S. Treasury Note

    2.75       5-31-2017        519,891,000        523,548,826  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.00       2-28-2017        460,000,000        460,861,725  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Treasury Debt (continued)

         

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.13     4-30-2017      $ 50,000,000      $ 50,314,438  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.25       3-31-2017        130,000,000        130,552,852  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.25       11-15-2017        315,000,000        323,286,442  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.50       5-15-2017        190,000,000        192,097,412  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.63       2-15-2017        740,000,000        741,170,526  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.75       8-15-2017            130,000,000        132,770,950        

Total Treasury Debt (Cost $8,582,753,349)

 

     8,582,753,349  
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $64,818,749,490) *     98.28        64,818,749,490  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    1.72          1,133,555,980  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 65,952,305,470  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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28   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

(z) Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity.

 

± Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

144A The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

§ The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity.

 

ø Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

^^ Collateralized by:

 

  (1) U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 3.50%, 11-1-2042 to 9-1-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $1,545,000,000.

 

  (2) U.S. government securities, 0.75% to 7.00%, 8-28-2017 to 1-1-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $1,132,999,026.

 

  (3) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 1.63%, 2-15-2017 to 10-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,042.

 

  (4) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.88%, 4-15-2017 to 5-15-2043, fair value including accrued interest is $102,000,015.

 

  (5) U.S. government securities, 0.50% to 7.00%, 4-30-2017 to 9-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $360,394,739.

 

  (6) U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 10.00%, 11-15-2017 to 1-20-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $360,500,000.

 

  (7) U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 7.50%, 7-1-2018 to 8-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $360,500,000.

 

  (8) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.75%, 8-15-2020 to 1-20-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $360,499,995.

 

  (9) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.13%, 2-28-2017 to 8-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $1,183,200,000.

 

  (10) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.75%, 2-15-2017 to 9-15-2024, fair value including accrued interest is $102,000,003.

 

  (11) U.S. government securities, 1.88% to 7.50%, 9-30-2017 to 8-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $411,888,270.

 

  (12) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.50%, 3-10-2017 to 3-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $255,627,439.

 

  (13) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.88%, 2-27-2017 to 10-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $255,647,887.

 

  (14) U.S. government securities, 1.50% to 2.25%, 10-31-2019 to 1-31-2024, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,071.

 

  (15) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 4.25%, 7-15-2017 to 5-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,010.

 

  (16) U.S. government securities, 0.88% to 6.25%, 6-30-2019 to 8-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $510,504,496.

 

  (17) U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 2.25%, 3-31-2021 to 12-31-2023, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,066.

 

  (18) U.S. government securities, 1.38% to 2.00%, 4-30-2021 to 11-15-2022, fair value including accrued interest is $357,000,077.

 

  (19) U.S. government securities, 1.00% to 4.50%, 11-17-2031 to 8-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $720,982,421.

 

  (20) U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 1.63%, 4-15-2021 to 2-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,053.

 

  (21) U.S. government securities, 2.13% to 3.50%, 6-30-2022 to 12-20-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $411,784,154.

 

  (22) U.S. government securities, 0.63% to 9.00%, 3-15-2017 to 11-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $510,000,022.

 

  (23) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.75%, 6-15-2017 to 10-15-2028, fair value including accrued interest is $306,000,977.

 

  (24) U.S. government securities, 0.88% to 2.25%, 7-15-2018 to 11-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $663,000,024.

 

  (25) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 7.50%, 2-22-2017 to 1-20-2065, fair value including accrued interest is $870,500,838.

 

  (26) U.S. government securities, 0.88% to 3.63%, 7-31-2019 to 8-15-2043, fair value including accrued interest is $3,800,052,783.

 

  (27) U.S. government securities, 2.36% to 4.50%, 11-1-2016 to 12-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $103,000,000.

 

  (28) U.S. government securities, 2.50% to 5.50%, 10-1-2027 to 8-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $309,002,666.

 

  (29) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.38%, 4-15-2017 to 8-1-2044, fair value including accrued interest is $1,020,003,166.

 

  (30) U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 3.88%, 4-15-2019 to 2-15-2040, fair value including accrued interest is $255,001,008.

 

  (31) U.S. government securities, 4.00%, 5-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $103,000,000.

 

  (32) U.S. government securities, 0.75%, 2-28-2018, fair value including accrued interest is $101,723,909.

 

  (33) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.13%, 10-12-2017 to 1-15-2027, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,018.

 

  (34) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.50%, 2-15-2017 to 9-20-2066, fair value including accrued interest is $2,754,947,603.

 

  (35) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 3.00%, 5-15-2018 to 5-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $181,018,125.

 

  (36) U.S. government securities, 0.00%, 11-15-2021 to 8-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $510,364,650.

 

  (37) U.S. government securities, 2.27% to 4.00%, 11-1-2042 to 1-20-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $515,000,000.

 

  (38) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.25%, 3-31-2017 to 5-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,002.

 

  (39) U.S. government securities, 2.52% to 4.00%, 3-1-2029 to 1-1-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $566,500,001.

 

  (40) U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 4.50%, 2-1-2026 to 1-1-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $515,000,000.

 

  (41) U.S. government securities, 0.38% to 7.88%, 7-31-2020 to 2-15-2040, fair value including accrued interest is $306,000,001.

 

  (42) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 3.38%, 10-31-2017 to 2-15-2041, fair value including accrued interest is $255,006,792.

 

  (43) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 7.63%, 7-1-2017 to 6-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $357,916,630.

 

(i) Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund     29  
           

Assets

 

Investments

 

In unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

  $ 41,080,919,146  

In repurchase agreements, at amortized cost

    23,737,830,344  
 

 

 

 

Total investments, at amortized cost

    64,818,749,490  

Cash

    1,313,354,387  

Receivable for investments sold

    4,035,000  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    14,428,909  

Receivable for interest

    79,555,329  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    667,513  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    66,230,790,628  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Dividends payable

    9,770,933  

Payable for investments purchased

    190,505,867  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    66,663,672  

Management fee payable

    5,829,948  

Distribution fee payable

    30  

Administration fees payable

    3,326,169  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    2,388,539  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    278,485,158  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 65,952,305,470  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 65,952,201,189  

Undistributed net investment income

    47,098  

Accumulated net realized gains on investments

    57,183  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 65,952,305,470  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 274,082,730  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    274,081,852  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 443,500,472  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    443,487,005  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 23,242,417,169  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    23,242,359,443  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Select Class

  $ 38,999,424,641  

Shares outstanding – Select Class1

    38,999,480,315  

Net asset value per share – Select Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 2,992,780,453  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    2,992,754,473  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Sweep Class

  $ 100,005  

Shares outstanding – Sweep Class1

    100,005  

Net asset value per share – Sweep Class

    $1.00  

 

 

 

 

1  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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30   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 210,788,199  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    64,087,741  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    572,368  

Administrator Class

    441,261  

Institutional Class

    15,243,860  

Select Class

    10,060,700  

Service Class

    3,881,798  

Sweep Class

    3,440  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    650,418  

Administrator Class

    441,261  

Service Class

    8,085,971  

Sweep Class

    3,954  

Distribution fee

 

Sweep Class

    5,536  

Custody and accounting fees

    1,986,894  

Professional fees

    60,193  

Registration fees

    117,963  

Shareholder report expenses

    2,196  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    21,476  

Other fees and expenses

    643,774  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    106,310,804  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (29,862,417
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    76,448,387  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    134,339,812  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    99,365  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 134,439,177  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statement of changes in net assets   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund     31  
     Year ended
January 31, 2017
    Year ended
January 31, 2016
 

Operations

     

Net investment income

    $ 134,339,812       $ 8,705,632  

Net realized gains on investments

      99,365         1,271  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      134,439,177         8,706,903  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from

     

Net investment income

       

Class A

      (26,088       (27,431

Administrator Class

      (490,169       (53,198

Institutional Class

      (48,554,431       (3,198,417

Select Class

      (84,566,237       (5,085,173 )1 

Service Class

      (623,539       (341,037

Sweep Class

      (159       (376
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (134,260,623       (8,705,632
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    271,536,745       271,536,745       248,950,357       248,950,357  

Administrator Class

    3,391,516,371       3,391,516,371       4,397,439,331       4,397,439,331  

Institutional Class

    134,844,264,908       134,844,264,908       151,089,559,572       151,089,559,572  

Select Class

    276,797,863,539       276,797,863,539       59,808,370,340 1      59,808,370,340 1 

Service Class

    62,131,626,136       62,131,626,136       31,369,915,464       31,369,915,464  

Sweep Class

    13,401,843       13,401,843       34,030,574       34,030,574  
 

 

 

 
      477,450,209,542         246,948,265,638  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    25,847       25,847       27,387       27,387  

Administrator Class

    225,549       225,549       25,615       25,615  

Institutional Class

    17,284,022       17,284,022       1,169,804       1,169,804  

Select Class

    58,868,859       58,868,859       4,499,399 1      4,499,399 1 

Service Class

    107,813       107,813       36,353       36,353  

Sweep Class

    142       142       376       376  
 

 

 

 
      76,512,232         5,758,934  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (262,601,748     (262,601,748     (292,616,308     (292,616,308

Administrator Class

    (3,330,300,682     (3,330,300,682     (4,660,088,416     (4,660,088,416

Institutional Class

    (125,832,281,995     (125,832,281,995     (154,387,439,459     (154,387,439,459

Select Class

    (245,842,447,384     (245,842,447,384     (51,827,674,438 )1      (51,827,674,438 )1 

Service Class

    (62,102,819,516     (62,102,819,516     (32,535,951,352     (32,535,951,352

Sweep Class

    (16,278,599     (16,278,599     (37,668,958     (37,668,958
 

 

 

 
      (437,386,729,924       (243,741,438,931
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      40,139,991,850         3,212,585,641  
 

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

      40,140,170,404         3,212,586,912  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      25,812,135,066         22,599,548,154  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 65,952,305,470       $ 25,812,135,066  
 

 

 

 

Undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income

    $ 47,098       $ (32,091
 

 

 

 

 

 

1  For the period from June 30, 2015 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2016

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.61     0.61     0.61     0.61     0.61

Net expenses

    0.41     0.13     0.09     0.10     0.17

Net investment income

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $274,083       $265,119       $308,757       $406,489       $564,676  

 

 

 

 

 

1 Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.10     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.34     0.34     0.34     0.34     0.34

Net expenses

    0.31     0.12     0.09     0.09     0.17

Net investment income

    0.11     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $443,500       $382,043       $644,666       $596,022       $408,411  

 

 

 

 

 

1 Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.24     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.22     0.22     0.22     0.22     0.22

Net expenses

    0.17     0.12     0.09     0.10     0.17

Net investment income

    0.25     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $23,242,417       $14,212,988       $17,509,698       $20,793,077       $22,762,489  

 

 

 

 

 

1 Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SELECT CLASS   2017     20161  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income

    (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00  

Total return3

    0.30     0.04

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

   

Gross expenses

    0.18     0.18

Net expenses

    0.11     0.10

Net investment income

    0.34     0.08

Supplemental data

   

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $38,999,425       $7,985,195  

 

 

 

 

 

 

1  For the period from June 30, 2015 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2016

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.51     0.51     0.51     0.51     0.51

Net expenses

    0.40     0.13     0.09     0.10     0.17

Net investment income

    0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $2,992,780       $2,963,813       $4,129,813       $4,140,419       $6,440,560  

 

 

 

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SWEEP CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.96     0.96     0.96     0.96     0.96

Net expenses

    0.38     0.13     0.09     0.10     0.17

Net investment income

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $100       $2,977       $6,615       $18,244       $22,998  

 

 

 

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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38   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.

During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Securities valuation

As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.

Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.

Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.


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When-issued transactions

The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Security transactions and income recognition

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.

Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Federal and other taxes

The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.

The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Class allocations

The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.


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The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
unobservable inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Government agency debt

   $ 0      $ 28,592,427,797      $ 0      $ 28,592,427,797  

Municipal obligations

     0        3,905,738,000        0        3,905,738,000  

Repurchase agreements

     0        23,737,830,344        0        23,737,830,344  

Treasury debt

     0        8,582,753,349        0        8,582,753,349  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 64,818,749,490      $ 0      $ 64,818,749,490  

The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.13% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.

Administration fees

Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:

 

     Class level
administration fee
 

Class A

     0.22

Administrator Class

     0.10  

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Select Class

     0.04  

Service Class

     0.12  

Sweep Class

     0.03

 

* Prior to November 17, 2016, the class-level administration fee for Sweep Class shares was 0.22% of its average daily net assets.

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class


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specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.65% for Class A shares, 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.16% for Select Class shares, 0.50% for Service Class shares, and 1.00% for Sweep Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.

During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $70,328 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $30,192 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.

Distribution fee

The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Sweep Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. A distribution fee is charged to Sweep Class shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (“Funds Distributor”), the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily net assets of Sweep Class shares.

Shareholder servicing fees

The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Service Class, and Sweep Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class. Administrator Class is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of its average daily net assets.

A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $134,260,623 and $8,705,632 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.

As of January 31, 2017, distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $9,922,474 in undistributed ordinary income.

6. INDEMNIFICATION

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.

8. REGULATORY CHANGES

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $125,591,387 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, 30.84% of the dividends distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or

investment company

directorships

William R. Ebsworth

(Born 1957)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member 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. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College.   Asset Allocation Trust

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst.   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. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. 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 (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   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, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative 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


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Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or

investment company

directorships

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 Chief Executive Officer 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

 

* Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable.

 

** Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017.

Officers

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(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.    

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. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013.    

Michael Whitaker

(Born 1967)

 

Chief Compliance

Officer, since 2016

  Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

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. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  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 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1 Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2 The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com.


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46   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   List of abbreviations

The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.

 

ACA —  ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation
ADR —  American depositary receipt
ADS —  American depositary shares
AGC —  Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM —  Assured Guaranty Municipal
Ambac —  Ambac Financial Group Incorporated
AMT —  Alternative minimum tax
AUD —  Australian dollar
BAN —  Bond anticipation notes
BHAC —  Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation
BRL —  Brazilian real
CAB —  Capital appreciation bond
CAD —  Canadian dollar
CCAB —  Convertible capital appreciation bond
CDA —  Community Development Authority
CDO —  Collateralized debt obligation
CHF —  Swiss franc
COP —  Colombian peso
CLP —  Chilean peso
DKK —  Danish krone
DRIVER —  Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts
DW&P —  Department of Water & Power
DWR —  Department of Water Resources
ECFA —  Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
EDA —  Economic Development Authority
EDFA —  Economic Development Finance Authority
ETF —  Exchange-traded fund
EUR —  Euro
FDIC —  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFCB —  Federal Farm Credit Banks
FGIC —  Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FHA —  Federal Housing Administration
FHLB —  Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC —  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FICO —  The Financing Corporation
FNMA —  Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA —  Farm Service Agency
GBP —  Great British pound
GDR —  Global depositary receipt
GNMA —  Government National Mortgage Association
GO —  General obligation
HCFR —  Healthcare facilities revenue
HEFA —  Health & Educational Facilities Authority
HEFAR —  Higher education facilities authority revenue
HFA —  Housing Finance Authority
HFFA —  Health Facilities Financing Authority
HKD —  Hong Kong dollar
HUD —  Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUF —  Hungarian forint
IDA —  Industrial Development Authority
IDAG —  Industrial Development Agency
IDR —  Indonesian rupiah
IEP —  Irish pound
JPY —  Japanese yen
KRW —  Republic of Korea won
LIBOR —  London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFER —  Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts
LIQ —  Liquidity agreement
LLC —  Limited liability company
LLLP —  Limited liability limited partnership
LLP —  Limited liability partnership
LOC —  Letter of credit
LP —  Limited partnership
MBIA —  Municipal Bond Insurance Association
MFHR —  Multifamily housing revenue
MSTR —  Municipal securities trust receipts
MTN —  Medium-term note
MUD —  Municipal Utility District
MXN —  Mexican peso
MYR —  Malaysian ringgit
National —  National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NGN —  Nigerian naira
NOK —  Norwegian krone
NZD —  New Zealand dollar
PCFA —  Pollution Control Financing Authority
PCL —  Public Company Limited
PCR —  Pollution control revenue
PFA —  Public Finance Authority
PFFA —  Public Facilities Financing Authority
PFOTER —  Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts
plc —  Public limited company
PLN —  Polish zloty
PUTTER —  Puttable tax-exempt receipts
R&D —  Research & development
Radian —  Radian Asset Assurance
RAN —  Revenue anticipation notes
RDA —  Redevelopment Authority
RDFA —  Redevelopment Finance Authority
REIT —  Real estate investment trust
ROC —  Reset option certificates
RON —  Romanian lei
RUB —  Russian ruble
SAVRS —  Select auction variable rate securities
SBA —  Small Business Authority
SDR —  Swedish depositary receipt
SEK —  Swedish krona
SFHR —  Single-family housing revenue
SFMR —  Single-family mortgage revenue
SGD —  Singapore dollar
SPA —  Standby purchase agreement
SPDR —  Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
SPEAR —  Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts
STRIPS —  Separate trading of registered interest and
           principal securities
TAN —  Tax anticipation notes
TBA —  To be announced
THB —  Thai baht
TIPS —  Treasury inflation-protected securities
TRAN —  Tax revenue anticipation notes
TRY —  Turkish lira
TTFA —  Transportation Trust Fund Authority
TVA —  Tennessee Valley Authority
ZAR —  South African rand
 


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More information about Wells Fargo Funds is available free upon request. To obtain literature, please write, email, visit the Fund’s website, or call:

Wells Fargo Funds

P.O. Box 8266

Boston, MA 02266-8266

Email: fundservice@wellsfargo.com

Website: wellsfargofunds.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275

Institutional investment professionals: 1-866-765-0778

 

This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. If this report is used for promotional purposes, distribution of the report must be accompanied or preceded by a current prospectus. Before investing, please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the investment. For a current prospectus and, if available, a summary prospectus, containing this information, call 1-800-222-8222 or visit the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.

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January 31, 2017

 

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  Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund

 

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Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    10  

Portfolio of investments

    11  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    18  

Statement of operations

    19  

Statement of changes in net assets

    20  

Financial highlights

    21  

Notes to financial statements

    25  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    30  

Other information

    31  

List of abbreviations

    34  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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2   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.

As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.

Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.

U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global

 

 

 

1  The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

2  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

3  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.

Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.

Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.

During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.

Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.

    

 


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4   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

Investor optimism continued into January 2017.

January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.

Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.

Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.

Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.

Sincerely,

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


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6   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadvisers

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Wells Capital Management Singapore

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171

 

              Expense ratios2 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net3  
Administrator Class (SHMXX)   6-29-1995     0.31       0.07       0.80       0.34       0.34  
Institutional Class (SHIXX)   3-31-2000     0.44       0.12       0.88       0.22       0.20  
Select Class (WFJXX)   6-29-2007     0.52       0.19       0.94       0.18       0.13  
Service Class (WHTXX)   6-30-2010     0.21       0.05       0.79       0.51       0.43  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173

 

    Administrator
Class
  Institutional
Class
    Select
Class
    Service
Class
 
7-day current yield   0.59     0.72       0.79       0.49  
7-day compound yield   0.59     0.72       0.79       0.49  
30-day simple yield   0.57     0.70       0.77       0.47  
30-day compound yield   0.57     0.70       0.77       0.47  

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.

Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

For floating NAV money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Because the share price of the Fund will fluctuate, when you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you originally paid for them. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174
LOGO
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174
LOGO
 

 

Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175  

19 days

        

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176  

35 days

        

    

 

 

 

 

1  Historical performance shown for Select Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Service Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares and has not been adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Service Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be lower.

 

2  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

 

3  The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 0.35% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.13% for Select Class, and 0.43% for Service Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.51%, 0.63%, 0.67%, and 0.34% for Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Select Class, and Service Class, respectively.

 

4  Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

5  Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

6  Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.


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8   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Interest rates were fairly steady throughout the Fund’s reporting period, which ended January 31, 2017. The reporting period began just after the first U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening in 10 years, which occurred in December 2015, and expectations for further increases were quickly tempered due to concerns about the domestic economy, the Chinese economy, and slumping oil prices. Confirmation of economic softening followed in March when the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) Summary of Economic Projections (also known as the dot plot) was revised to show only two increases expected for the year, down from the four implied by the previous dot plot release. The Fed used its April minutes to reopen the door to a possible hike during the summer months, but once again, the U.K.’s vote to exit the European Union at the end of June 2016 dashed those hopes. Using three-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) as a proxy, rates in the prime space bumped along near 0.60% for the entire first half of the year.

The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)

The highlight for money market funds during the reporting period was the full implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) new rules in October 2016, including floating net asset values on institutional funds, and liquidity fees and redemption gates on all non-government funds. April 2016 was a milestone of sorts with the first set of rule changes being implemented. The April rule changes included enhanced stress testing, aggregation of affiliated issuers for diversification purposes, requiring the issuers of asset-backed commercial paper to be treated as guarantors subject to the 10% guarantor limit, and enhanced portfolio disclosures on each fund’s website to provide greater transparency to investors.

Midyear, the focus shifted from the economy and the Fed, usually the most important driver of money market rates, to the implementation of the new SEC rules. While many expected assets to shift out of prime money market funds and into government money market funds (and other asset classes), no one knew when these shifts might occur and how large they would be. By the second quarter of 2016, portfolio managers were shortening weighted average maturities of prime money market funds and increasing liquidity to prepare for the asset shift. That trend accelerated through the summer, with investors shunning trades in securities with a maturity date longer than October 14, 2016. At the same time, the pace of rotation out of prime funds and into government funds increased.

In the weeks leading up to implementation day, the intentions of direct-purchase money market fund holders was still a mystery and their assets were consequently stubbornly sticky. In contrast, most sponsor- and intermediary-driven flows resulting from prime money market shareholders converting to government money market funds or prime fund liquidations, had already occurred or were well communicated as to timing and amount. Consequently, most institutional prime fund managers, including us, chose to be extremely liquid. By the end of September 2016, prime assets had declined from $1.3 trillion at the end of 2015 to $583 billion, or about a 55% decline, and yields on short-term securities rapidly adjusted higher as demand dried up.

Leading into implementation, we repositioned a large portion of our holdings into variable-rate demand notes because they offered two advantages over very short-term time deposits or repurchase agreements (repos): daily or weekly liquidity and a significant yield advantage over taxable securities due to the reform-related asset outflows from tax-exempt money market products. As assets stabilized toward the end of the reporting period, we were then able to take advantage of a steep yield curve by opportunistically buying floating-rate notes and longer-dated securities. The steep money market curve reflected not only the marketplace’s efforts to find equilibrium between much-reduced demand and supply but also a belief that focus could once again revert back to economic expectations. Indeed, the Fed raised rates again at its December 2016 FOMC meeting, targeting the federal funds rate to between 0.50% and 0.75%.


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Strategic outlook

Now that we, as an industry, are past money market reform, a bit of normalcy is returning. With a new president seeming to promise fiscal stimulus to prod the economy into renewed growth, the Fed is likely to become a bigger influence this year than it has been in the recent past. The yield spread between government and prime securities is wide and widening. While demand from the increase in government money market funds as well as other factors, such as worries about the approaching U.S. debt ceiling, should keep a lid on government yields, the yield curve in the prime space should maintain its positive slope as the Fed maintains its intention to continue to raise the federal funds rate during 2017. As the yield differential increases, we might see a shift from government funds back to prime funds. In any case, we remain ever mindful of our investment philosophy and strategy of preservation of principal and liquidity and continue to emphasize high-credit and highly liquid securities in the portfolios.


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10   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2016
     Ending
account value
1-31-2017
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.02      $ 1.66        0.33

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.48      $ 1.68        0.33

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.67      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.13      $ 1.02        0.20

Select Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,003.13      $ 0.65        0.13

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.48      $ 0.66        0.13

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.52      $ 2.16        0.43

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.98      $ 2.19        0.43

 

 

1  Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period).


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund     11  

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Certificates of Deposit: 20.96%

         

Banco del Estado de Chile

    1.10     4-18-2017      $ 36,000,000      $ 36,011,953  

Bank of Montreal

    1.08       4-4-2017        35,000,000        35,021,275  

Bank of Montreal

    1.16       6-7-2017        24,000,000        24,006,264  

Bank of Nova Scotia ±

    1.31       5-11-2017        21,000,000        21,017,338  

Bank of Nova Scotia ±

    1.32       4-6-2017        40,000,000        40,030,853  

Chiba Bank Limited

    1.10       3-13-2017        35,000,000        35,004,948  

Chiba Bank Limited

    1.10       3-23-2017        40,000,000        40,003,916  

Cooperatieve Centrale ±

    1.14       7-10-2017        45,000,000        45,001,708  

Credit Suisse (New York) ±

    1.47       5-12-2017        26,000,000        26,024,924  

Credit Suisse (New York) ±

    1.47       7-10-2017        35,000,000        35,006,012  

HSBC Bank plc

    0.60       2-1-2017        86,000,000        86,000,000  

KBC Bank

    0.58       2-1-2017            108,000,000        108,000,000  

Mizuho Bank Limited ±

    1.52       3-7-2017        28,500,000        28,520,307  

National Bank of Kuwait

    0.58       2-1-2017        108,500,000        108,500,000  

NBAD Americas NV

    0.58       2-1-2017        106,000,000        106,000,000  

Norinchukin Bank

    0.90       2-15-2017        36,000,000        36,002,640  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ±

    1.42       4-18-2017        32,000,000        32,026,763  

Svenska Handelsbanken NY ±

    1.17       8-7-2017        36,000,000        36,004,886  

Swedbank ±

    1.12       5-22-2017        20,000,000        20,004,380  

Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $898,062,332)

            898,188,167  
         

 

 

 

Commercial Paper: 44.03%

         
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 25.60%          

Alpine Securitization Limited (z)144A

    1.00       2-2-2017        13,000,000        12,999,758  

Alpine Securitization Limited (z)144A

    1.02       2-10-2017        13,000,000        12,997,663  

Alpine Securitization Limited (z)144A

    1.18       3-21-2017        12,000,000        11,986,192  

Anglesea Funding LLC 144A±

    1.00       6-30-2017        43,000,000        42,998,661  

Antalis SA (z)144A

    1.00       2-2-2017        11,000,000        10,999,796  

Antalis SA (z)144A

    1.15       4-7-2017        35,000,000        34,941,229  

Atlantic Asset Securitization Corporation (z)144A

    1.05       3-6-2017        19,000,000        18,984,099  

Barton Capital Corporation (z)144A

    0.95       3-8-2017        25,000,000        24,979,389  

Barton Capital Corporation (z)144A

    0.97       3-9-2017        22,860,000        22,840,432  

Cancara Asset Security Limited (z)

    0.91       3-13-2017        7,000,000        6,993,490  

Cedar Spring Capital Company (z)144A

    1.08       2-9-2017        15,000,000        14,996,793  

Chesham Finance Limited (z)144A

    0.73       2-1-2017        140,000,000        140,000,000  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company (z)144A

    0.85       2-9-2017        32,000,000        31,994,937  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company (z)144A

    0.85       2-13-2017        25,000,000        24,993,850  

Gotham Funding Corporation (z)144A

    0.94       3-8-2017        18,040,000        18,025,618  

Kells Funding LLC (z)144A

    0.78       2-14-2017        30,000,000        29,992,265  

Kells Funding LLC (z)144A

    0.79       2-21-2017        28,000,000        27,988,489  

Kells Funding LLC (z)144A

    0.95       2-7-2017        12,000,000        11,998,660  

Kells Funding LLC 144A±

    1.22       5-2-2017        30,000,000        30,011,516  

Legacy Capital Company (z)144A

    0.83       2-13-2017        22,584,000        22,576,939  

Lexington Parker Capital Company LLC (z)144A

    1.15       4-20-2017        38,500,000        38,417,001  

LMA Amercias LLC (z)144A

    0.95       2-8-2017        25,000,000        24,996,568  

LMA Americas LLC (z)144A

    1.05       3-7-2017        25,700,000        25,680,170  

Manhattan Asset Funding Company LLC (z)144A

    0.94       3-3-2017        23,000,000        22,984,609  

Matchpoint Finance plc (z)144A

    0.95       3-9-2017        19,000,000        18,982,843  

Matchpoint Finance plc (z)144A

    0.97       2-23-2017        5,000,000        4,997,381  

Matchpoint Finance plc (z)144A

    1.02       3-7-2017            29,000,000        28,975,432  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper (continued)          

Mont Blanc Capital Corporation (z)144A

    0.90     3-27-2017      $ 35,000,000      $ 34,953,643  

Mountcliff Funding LLC (z)144A

    0.73       2-1-2017            60,000,000        60,000,000  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable (z)144A

    0.87       3-13-2017        35,000,000        34,967,450  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable (z)144A

    0.88       2-3-2017        18,000,000        17,999,325  

Regency Markets No.1 LLC (z)144A

    0.80       2-8-2017        33,000,000        32,995,470  

Ridgefield Funding Company (z)144A

    0.82       2-3-2017        50,000,000        49,998,125  

Ridgefield Funding Company (z)144A

    1.05       4-3-2017        44,000,000        43,932,155  

Starbird Funding Corporation (z)144A

    1.02       3-7-2017        29,000,000        28,975,432  

Versailles Commercial Paper LLC 144A±

    1.02       6-1-2017        50,000,000        50,000,001  

Victory Receivables (z)144A

    0.94       3-3-2017        25,000,000        24,979,104  
            1,097,134,485  
         

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper: 18.06%          

Banco de Credito e Inversiones (z)144A

    1.10       2-15-2017        9,000,000        8,996,055  

Bank of Nova Scotia 144A±

    1.21       8-4-2017        32,000,000        32,002,004  

BPCE (z)144A

    1.16       5-1-2017        26,000,000        25,933,151  

Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec (z)144A

    0.98       3-8-2017        37,800,000        37,766,925  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A±

    1.17       8-4-2017        32,000,000        31,996,097  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A±

    1.41       4-19-2017        40,000,000        40,041,627  

DBS Bank Limited (z)144A

    1.04       4-4-2017        35,000,000        34,954,310  

Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG 144A±

    1.12       3-14-2017        69,000,000        69,025,825  

HSBC Bank plc 144A±

    1.19       6-7-2017        25,000,000        25,008,097  

ING Funding LLC ±

    1.22       5-30-2017        27,000,000        27,012,636  

Macquarie Bank Limited (z)144A

    0.84       2-13-2017        35,500,000        35,491,267  

Macquarie Bank Limited (z)144A

    0.90       3-7-2017        11,000,000        10,991,232  

Nationwide Building Society (z)144A

    1.09       4-3-2017        62,000,000        61,899,987  

Nationwide Buliding Society (z)144A

    0.90       2-2-2017        26,000,000        25,999,374  

NV Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten (z)144A

    0.82       2-9-2017        95,000,000        94,984,969  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (z)144A

    1.05       4-6-2017        20,000,000        19,971,556  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (z)144A

    1.05       4-10-2017        27,000,000        26,957,976  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A±

    1.17       7-19-2017        35,000,000        35,000,136  

Sumitomo Trust & Bankng Corporation (z)144A

    1.01       4-5-2017        52,000,000        51,925,926  

United Overseas Bank Limited (z)144A

    0.93       2-9-2017        18,000,000        17,997,312  

United Overseas Bank Limited (z)144A

    1.04       4-5-2017        30,000,000        29,959,890  

United Overseas Bank Limited (z)144A

    1.05       4-24-2017        30,000,000        29,940,003  
            773,856,355  
         

 

 

 
Other Commercial Paper: 0.37%          

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt (z)144A

    1.04       4-25-2017        16,000,000        15,968,497  
         

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $1,886,697,746)

            1,886,959,337  
         

 

 

 

Municipal Obligations: 29.42%

         

Arkansas: 0.27%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.27%          

Maumelle AR Taxable Bonds Kimberly Clark Corporation Project (Industrial Development Revenue) 144A

    0.80       8-1-2045        11,700,000        11,700,000  
         

 

 

 

California: 1.66%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.23%          

Los Angeles County CA Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Transportation Revenue)

    0.84       2-9-2017        10,000,000        10,000,240  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.43%          

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Palomar Pomerado Health Series XG0017 (GO Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    0.96     8-1-2037      $ 13,000,000      $ 13,000,000  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Water District Series E (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       4-5-2019            48,000,000        48,000,000  
            61,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 4.12%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.12%          

Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB LIQ)

    0.72       10-1-2036        20,000,000        20,000,000  

Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.75       10-1-2034        6,825,000        6,825,000  

Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.85       10-1-2033        16,240,000        16,240,000  

Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series B-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.75       4-1-2040        6,020,000        6,020,000  

Colorado HFA MFHR Class II Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.80       5-1-2052        68,435,000        68,435,000  

Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.71       11-1-2031        25,000,000        25,000,000  

Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    0.80       1-1-2027        33,920,000        33,920,000  
            176,440,000  
         

 

 

 

Georgia: 1.49%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.49%          

Greene County GA Development Authority Taxable Bonds Reynolds Lodges Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.74       4-1-2027        20,000,000        20,000,000  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Oglethorpe Power Corporation (Utilities Revenue, Societe Generale LOC, National Insured) 144A

    0.91       1-1-2035        43,650,000        43,650,000  
            63,650,000  
         

 

 

 

Illinois: 0.23%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.23%          

Illinois Housing Development Authority Valley View Apartments Project 2006 (Housing Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.73       5-1-2042        9,810,000        9,810,000  
         

 

 

 

Louisiana: 0.47%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.47%          

Saint Charles Parish LA Shell Oil Company Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.67       10-1-2022        20,000,000        20,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Maine: 1.27%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.27%          

Maine Housing Authority Mortgage Series D (Housing Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada SPA)

    0.80       11-15-2039        34,400,000        34,400,000  

Maine Housing Authority Series F (Housing Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ)

    0.77       11-15-2032        20,000,000        20,000,000  
            54,400,000  
         

 

 

 

Maryland: 0.57%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.57%          

Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.80       3-1-2030        24,475,000        24,475,000  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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14   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Michigan: 1.21%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.21%          

Michigan Finance Authority Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC)

    0.72     9-1-2053      $ 8,000,000      $ 8,000,000  

Michigan Housing Development Authority AMT Series C (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.72       4-1-2042        8,260,000        8,260,000  

Michigan Housing Development Authority AMT Series E (Housing Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi SPA)

    0.80       12-1-2038        35,570,000        35,570,000  
            51,830,000  
         

 

 

 

Minnesota: 0.94%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.94%          

Bloomington MN Bristol Village Apartments Project Series 2002A-1 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.75       11-15-2032        9,705,000        9,705,000  

Dakota County MN CDA View Pointe Apartments Project Series 2007-A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.77       1-15-2038        16,865,000        16,865,000  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Floater Certificates Series E-69 (Housing Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       5-31-2018        1,375,000        1,375,000  

St. Louis Park MN Knollwood Place Apartment Project Series 2005 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.74       10-1-2035            12,300,000        12,300,000  
            40,245,000  
         

 

 

 

New Jersey: 0.09%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.09%          

New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency Series 2007 (Housing Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    0.62       5-1-2029        3,855,000        3,855,000  
         

 

 

 

New York: 8.88%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.88%          

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67       11-1-2019        50,000,000        50,000,000  

New York HFA 222 East 44TH Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.12       5-1-2050        8,000,000        8,000,000  

New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.13       5-1-2048        98,000,000        98,000,000  

New York HFA Biltmore Tower Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.68       5-15-2034        37,300,000        37,300,000  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B1 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.14       11-1-2049        33,000,000        33,000,000  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.12       11-1-2049        37,250,000        37,250,000  

New York Municipal Water Finance Authority Series T-30001-I (Water & Sewer Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.79       6-15-2044        9,000,000        9,000,000  

New York Taxable Trust Floater Series Yeshiva University (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.80       9-1-2024        27,855,000        27,855,000  

New York Taxable Trust Floater Series Yeshiva University (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.80       9-1-2024        40,000,000        40,000,000  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-51 for Invesco Van Kampen New York Value Income Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A(i)

    1.28       7-1-2017        35,000,000        35,000,000  

Westchester County NY Healthcare Corporation Series D (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    0.79       11-1-2034        5,000,000        5,000,000  
            380,405,000  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

North Carolina: 0.07%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.07%          

North Carolina Medical Care Commission FirstHealth Carolina Project Series 2008A (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA)

    0.71     10-1-2028      $ 2,915,000      $ 2,915,000  
         

 

 

 

Ohio: 0.67%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.67%          

Columbus OH Regional Airport Authority Flight Safety International Incorporated Project (Airport Revenue)

    0.68       4-1-2044        12,170,000        12,170,000  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Akron Student Housing Association LLC (Education Revenue, Societe Generale LOC, AGM Insured) 144A

    0.91       3-15-2034        16,755,000        16,755,000  
            28,925,000  
         

 

 

 

Oklahoma: 1.00%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.00%          

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-77 (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       7-13-2017        42,935,000        42,935,000  
         

 

 

 

Other: 2.50%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.50%          

FHLMC MFHR Series M004 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.78       1-15-2042        42,249,689        42,249,689  

FHLMC MFHR Series M011 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.85       8-15-2021        695,000        695,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M019 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.69       1-15-2047        14,719,000        14,719,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M020 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.69       11-15-2036        18,632,000        18,632,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M021 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.69       6-15-2036        31,010,000        31,010,000  
            107,305,689  
         

 

 

 

South Carolina: 2.01%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 1.82%          

South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue)

    0.80       2-7-2017            17,402,000        17,402,179  

South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue)

    0.84       2-3-2017        12,791,000        12,791,128  

South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue)

    0.84       2-7-2017        15,928,000        15,928,185  

South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue)

    0.84       2-14-2017        17,000,000        17,000,438  

South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue)

    0.84       2-21-2017        15,000,000        15,000,104  
            78,122,034  
         

 

 

 
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.19%          

South Carolina Public Service Authority (Utilities Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.85       1-1-2050        8,000,000        8,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Tennessee: 0.40%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.40%          

Johnson City TN Health & Educational Facilities Board Series B1 (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.74       7-1-2033        5,590,000        5,590,000  

Montgomery County TN Industrial Development Hankook Bonds Tire Manufacturing Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC) 144A

    1.10       12-1-2024        11,700,000        11,700,000  
            17,290,000  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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16   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Texas: 0.35%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.35%          

Port Arthur TX Navigation District Daily Fina Oil and Chemical Company Project (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.73     5-1-2033      $ 14,825,000      $ 14,825,000  
         

 

 

 

Utah: 0.68%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.68%          

Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.69       10-1-2037        29,165,000        29,165,000  
         

 

 

 

Washington: 0.21%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.21%          

JP Morgan Chase PUTTERS/DRIVERS Trust Series 5002 (Tax Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67       11-1-2017        9,190,000        9,190,000  
         

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 0.33%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.33%          

Wisconsin Housing & EDA Series F (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.78       5-1-2030        14,000,000        14,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $1,260,481,573)

            1,260,482,963  
         

 

 

 

Other: 0.40%

         

Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 5 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±144A§

    0.79       8-1-2040        17,000,000        17,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Other (Cost $17,000,000)

            17,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Other Instruments: 1.42%

         

ANZ New Zealand International Limited of London 144A

    1.40       4-27-2017        11,000,000        11,007,789  

ROC III California Crossing Chino Hills Secured Series A ±

    0.75       2-1-2017        4,800,000        4,800,000  

ROC III California Crossing Chino Hills Secured Series B ±

    0.75       2-1-2017        3,200,000        3,200,000  

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District Series D1 (z)

    1.00       2-16-2017            21,000,000        20,990,949  

Suncorp Metway Limited 144A±

    1.70       3-28-2017        21,000,000        21,013,526  

Total Other Instruments (Cost $61,011,764)

            61,012,264  
         

 

 

 

Other Notes: 3.89%

         
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 3.89%          

Hartford Healthcare Corporation ±§

    0.73       7-1-2049        36,000,000        36,000,000  

Providence Health & Services ±§

    0.73       10-1-2042        34,170,000        34,170,000  

Providence Saint Joseph Health ±§

    0.72       10-1-2047        52,000,000        52,000,000  

Racetrac Capital LLC ±§

    0.73       9-1-2020        18,000,000        18,000,000  

Smithsonian Institution ±§

    0.77       9-1-2018        17,500,000        17,500,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series A ±§

    0.75       2-1-2056        5,400,000        5,400,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series B ±§

    0.75       2-1-2056        3,600,000        3,600,000  

Total Other Notes (Cost $166,670,000)

            166,670,000        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $4,289,923,415) *     100.12        4,290,312,731  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (0.12        (5,136,978
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 4,285,175,753  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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± Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

144A The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

(z) Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity.

 

ø Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

(i) Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited.

 

§ The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is $4,289,923,418 and unrealized gains (losses) consists of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 397,739  

Gross unrealized losses

     (8,426
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized gains

   $ 389,313  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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18   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $4,289,923,415)

  $ 4,290,312,731  

Receivable for investments sold

    12,000,220  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    150  

Receivable for interest

    2,407,287  

Receivable from broker

    86,000,000  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    252,793  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    4,390,973,181  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Dividends payable

    436,310  

Payable for investments purchased

    17,500,882  

Due to custodian bank

    85,972,319  

Management fee payable

    120,259  

Administration fees payable

    175,097  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    1,592,561  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    105,797,428  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 4,285,175,753  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 4,285,196,854  

Overdistributed net investment income

    (410,417

Net unrealized gains on investments

    389,316  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 4,285,175,753  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 82,591,403  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    82,569,274  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.0003  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 749,051,866  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    748,843,644  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.0003  

Net assets – Select Class

  $ 3,386,093,285  

Shares outstanding – Select Class1

    3,384,892,402  

Net asset value per share – Select Class

    $1.0004  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 67,439,199  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    67,420,766  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.0003  

 

 

 

1  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 143,900,616  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    34,617,659  

Administration fees

 

Administrator Class

    214,959  

Institutional Class

    3,959,166  

Select Class

    8,007,803  

Service Class

    548,553  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Administrator Class

    214,959  

Service Class

    1,135,674  

Custody and accounting fees

    1,952,445  

Professional fees

    64,142  

Registration fees

    585,065  

Shareholder report expenses

    78,972  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    17,059  

Other fees and expenses

    613,506  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    52,009,962  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (13,412,649
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    38,597,313  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    105,303,303  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains on investments

    86,447  

Net change in unrealized gains on investments

    389,316  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    475,763  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 105,779,066  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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20   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2017
    Year ended
January 31, 2016
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 105,303,303       $ 57,918,622  

Net realized gains on investments

      86,447         44,104  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      389,316         0  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      105,779,066         57,962,726  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from

       

Net investment income

       

Administrator Class

      (526,144       (82,844

Institutional Class

      (17,905,043       (6,964,106

Select Class

      (86,260,247       (50,705,296

Service Class

      (599,853       (166,376
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (105,291,287       (57,918,622
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Administrator Class

    455,731,837       455,737,704       859,971,672       859,971,672  

Institutional Class

    29,504,670,500       29,504,977,813       48,495,724,190       48,495,724,190  

Select Class

    279,199,542,442       270,201,686,287       454,724,848,158       454,724,848,158  

Service Class

    10,449,618,132       10,449,635,008       25,397,956,170       25,397,956,170  
 

 

 

 
      310,612,036,812         529,478,500,190  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Administrator Class

    316,562       316,587       33,087       33,087  

Institutional Class

    5,832,711       5,832,989       1,709,633       1,709,633  

Select Class

    52,842,200       52,843,886       27,982,825       27,982,825  

Service Class

    147,805       147,820       19,446       19,446  
 

 

 

 
      59,141,282         29,744,991  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Administrator Class

    (631,620,593     (631,627,902     (914,600,653     (914,600,653

Institutional Class

    (37,013,949,429     (37,014,338,574     (49,641,942,181     (49,641,942,181

Select Class

    (313,085,833,381     (304,088,354,729     (452,780,915,187     (452,780,915,187

Service Class

    (11,280,593,935     (11,280,612,758     (25,624,163,521     (25,624,163,521
 

 

 

 
      (353,014,933,963       (528,961,621,542
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      (42,343,755,869       546,623,639  
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      (42,343,268,090       546,667,743  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      46,628,443,843         46,081,776,100  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 4,285,175,753       $ 46,628,443,843  
 

 

 

 

Overdistributed net investment income

    $ (410,417     $ (422,433
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0028       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0003       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0031       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0028     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0003       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return3

    0.31     0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.35     0.34     0.34     0.34     0.34

Net expenses

    0.33     0.25     0.19     0.20     0.24

Net investment income

    0.24     0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $82,591       $258,152       $312,748       $286,618       $278,541  

 

 

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0039       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0005       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0044       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0041     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0003       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.44     0.08     0.01     0.02     0.05

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.23     0.22     0.22     0.22     0.22

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.19     0.19     0.20

Net investment income

    0.36     0.08     0.01     0.02     0.05

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $749,052       $8,252,614       $9,397,113       $10,473,476       $7,815,293  

 

 

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SELECT CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0048       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0004       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0052       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0048     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0004       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.52     0.15     0.07     0.09     0.12

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.19     0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18

Net expenses

    0.13     0.13     0.13     0.13     0.13

Net investment income

    0.43     0.16     0.07     0.08     0.12

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $3,386,093       $37,219,390       $35,247,440       $30,569,838       $27,354,255  

 

 

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131,2  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0016       0.00 3      0.00 3      0.00 3      0.00 3 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0005       0.00 3      0.00 3      0.00 3      0.00 3 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0021       0.00 3      0.00 3      0.00 3      0.00 3 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0018     (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0003       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.21     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.52     0.51     0.50     0.50     0.50

Net expenses

    0.43     0.27     0.19     0.20     0.24

Net investment income

    0.13     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $67,439       $898,288       $1,124,475       $1,064,804       $662,253  

 

 

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  For the period from June 30, 2010 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2011

 

3  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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1. ORGANIZATION

Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.

During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Securities valuation

Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.

Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.

Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.


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When-issued transactions

The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Security transactions and income recognition

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.

Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Federal and other taxes

The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.

The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The primary permanent difference causing such reclassifications is due to expiration of capital loss carryforwards. At January 31, 2017, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Paid-in capital   

Accumulated net
realized losses

on investments

$(6,486,785)    $6,486,785

Class allocations

The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in shareholder servicing and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the


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lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Certificates of deposit

   $ 0      $ 898,188,167      $ 0      $ 898,188,167  

Asset-backed commercial paper

     0        1,097,134,485        0        1,097,134,485  

Financial company commercial paper

     0        773,856,355        0        773,856,355  

Other commercial paper

     0        15,968,497        0        15,968,497  

Other municipal debt

     0        88,122,274        0        88,122,274  

Variable rate demand notes

     0        1,172,360,689        0        1,172,360,689  

Other

     0        17,000,000        0        17,000,000  

Other instruments

     0        61,012,264        0        61,012,264  

Other notes

     0        166,670,000        0        166,670,000  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 4,290,312,731      $ 0      $ 4,290,312,731  

The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadvisers, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.14% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Funds Management has retained the services of a certain subadvisers to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“WellsCap”), an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Wells Capital Management Singapore, a separately identifiable department of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. an affiliate of Funds Management and wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is also a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from WellsCap at an annual rate starting at 0.0025% and declining to 0.0005% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.


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Administration fees

Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Administrator Class

     0.10

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Select Class

     0.04  

Service Class

     0.12  

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.13% for Select Class shares, and 0.43% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional class specific expenses to maintain a positive yield.

During the year ended January 31,2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $59,758 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $12,015 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.

Shareholder servicing fees

The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Administrator Class and Service Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% and 0.25%, respectively, of their average daily net assets.

A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $105,291,287 and $57,918,622 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.

As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed

ordinary

income

  

Unrealized

gains

$335,406    $389,313

6. INDEMNIFICATION

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach


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and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.

8. REGULATORY CHANGES

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

March 24, 2017


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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $78,153,411 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
William R. Ebsworth
(Born 1957)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member 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. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College.   Asset Allocation Trust
Jane A. Freeman
(Born 1953)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst.   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. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. 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 (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   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, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative 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


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Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
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 Chief Executive Officer 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

 

* Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable.

 

** Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017.

Officers

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    
Andrew Owen
(Born 1960)
  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    
Nancy Wiser1
(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.    
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. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013.    
Michael Whitaker
(Born 1967)
  Chief Compliance
Officer, since 2016
  Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    
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. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    
Jeremy DePalma1
(Born 1974)
  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 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1 Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2 The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com.


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34   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   List of abbreviations

The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.

 

ACA —  ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation
ADR —  American depositary receipt
ADS —  American depositary shares
AGC —  Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM —  Assured Guaranty Municipal
Ambac —  Ambac Financial Group Incorporated
AMT —  Alternative minimum tax
AUD —  Australian dollar
BAN —  Bond anticipation notes
BHAC —  Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation
BRL —  Brazilian real
CAB —  Capital appreciation bond
CAD —  Canadian dollar
CCAB —  Convertible capital appreciation bond
CDA —  Community Development Authority
CDO —  Collateralized debt obligation
CHF —  Swiss franc
COP —  Colombian peso
CLP —  Chilean peso
DKK —  Danish krone
DRIVER —  Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts
DW&P —  Department of Water & Power
DWR —  Department of Water Resources
ECFA —  Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
EDA —  Economic Development Authority
EDFA —  Economic Development Finance Authority
ETF —  Exchange-traded fund
EUR —  Euro
FDIC —  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFCB —  Federal Farm Credit Banks
FGIC —  Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FHA —  Federal Housing Administration
FHLB —  Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC —  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FICO —  The Financing Corporation
FNMA —  Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA —  Farm Service Agency
GBP —  Great British pound
GDR —  Global depositary receipt
GNMA —  Government National Mortgage Association
GO —  General obligation
HCFR —  Healthcare facilities revenue
HEFA —  Health & Educational Facilities Authority
HEFAR —  Higher education facilities authority revenue
HFA —  Housing Finance Authority
HFFA —  Health Facilities Financing Authority
HKD —  Hong Kong dollar
HUD —  Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUF —  Hungarian forint
IDA —  Industrial Development Authority
IDAG —  Industrial Development Agency
IDR —  Indonesian rupiah
IEP —  Irish pound
JPY —  Japanese yen
KRW —  Republic of Korea won
LIBOR —  London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFER —  Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts
LIQ —  Liquidity agreement
LLC —  Limited liability company
LLLP —  Limited liability limited partnership
LLP —  Limited liability partnership
LOC —  Letter of credit
LP —  Limited partnership
MBIA —  Municipal Bond Insurance Association
MFHR —  Multifamily housing revenue
MSTR —  Municipal securities trust receipts
MTN —  Medium-term note
MUD —  Municipal Utility District
MXN —  Mexican peso
MYR —  Malaysian ringgit
National —  National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NGN —  Nigerian naira
NOK —  Norwegian krone
NZD —  New Zealand dollar
PCFA —  Pollution Control Financing Authority
PCL —  Public Company Limited
PCR —  Pollution control revenue
PFA —  Public Finance Authority
PFFA —  Public Facilities Financing Authority
PFOTER —  Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts
plc —  Public limited company
PLN —  Polish zloty
PUTTER —  Puttable tax-exempt receipts
R&D —  Research & development
Radian —  Radian Asset Assurance
RAN —  Revenue anticipation notes
RDA —  Redevelopment Authority
RDFA —  Redevelopment Finance Authority
REIT —  Real estate investment trust
ROC —  Reset option certificates
RON —  Romanian lei
RUB —  Russian ruble
SAVRS —  Select auction variable rate securities
SBA —  Small Business Authority
SDR —  Swedish depositary receipt
SEK —  Swedish krona
SFHR —  Single-family housing revenue
SFMR —  Single-family mortgage revenue
SGD —  Singapore dollar
SPA —  Standby purchase agreement
SPDR —  Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
SPEAR —  Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts
STRIPS —  Separate trading of registered interest and
           principal securities
TAN —  Tax anticipation notes
TBA —  To be announced
THB —  Thai baht
TIPS —  Treasury inflation-protected securities
TRAN —  Tax revenue anticipation notes
TRY —  Turkish lira
TTFA —  Transportation Trust Fund Authority
TVA —  Tennessee Valley Authority
ZAR —  South African rand
 


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More information about Wells Fargo Funds is available free upon request. To obtain literature, please write, email, visit the Fund’s website, or call:

Wells Fargo Funds

P.O. Box 8266

Boston, MA 02266-8266

Email: fundservice@wellsfargo.com

Website: wellsfargofunds.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275

Institutional investment professionals: 1-866-765-0778

 

This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. If this report is used for promotional purposes, distribution of the report must be accompanied or preceded by a current prospectus. Before investing, please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the investment. For a current prospectus and, if available, a summary prospectus, containing this information, call 1-800-222-8222 or visit the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.

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January 31, 2017

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    10  

Summary portfolio of investments*

    11  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    16  

Statement of operations

    17  

Statement of changes in net assets

    18  

Financial highlights

    19  

Notes to financial statements

    24  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    29  

Other information

    30  

List of abbreviations

    33  

 

* A complete schedule of portfolio holdings as of the report date may be obtained, free of charge, by accessing the following website: https://www.wellsfargofunds.com/assets/edocs/regulatory/holdings/money-market-annual.pdf or by calling Wells Fargo Funds at 1-800-222-8222. This complete schedule, filed on Form N-CSR, is also available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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2   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.

As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.

Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.

U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global

 

 

 

1  The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

2  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

3  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.

Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.

Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.

During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.

Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.

    

 


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Investor optimism continued into January 2017.

January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.

Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.

Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.

Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.

Sincerely,

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


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6   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadvisers

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Wells Capital Management Singapore

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171

 

        Including sales charge     Excluding sales charge     Expense ratios(%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net3  
Class A (STGXX)   7-1-1992                       0.05       0.02       0.66       0.82       0.65  
Class B*   7-1-1992     (4.98     (0.39     0.51       0.02       0.01       0.51       1.57       1.40  
Class C**   6-30-2010     (0.99     0.01       0.50       0.01       0.01       0.50       1.57       1.40  
Premier Class (WMPXX)   3-31-2016                       0.36       0.08       0.69       0.43       0.20  
Service Class (WMOXX)   6-30-2010                       0.11       0.03       0.70       0.72       0.50  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173

 

    Class A   Class B*     Class C**     Premier
Class
    Service
Class
 
7-day current yield   0.29     0.01       0.01       0.74       0.44  
7-day compound yield   0.29     0.01       0.01       0.74       0.44  
30-day simple yield   0.27     0.01       0.01       0.72       0.42  
30-day compound yield   0.27     0.01       0.01       0.72       0.42  
*   Class B shares are closed to investment, except in connection with the reinvestment of any distributions and permitted exchanges.
**   Class C shares are available only to shareholders making an exchange out of Class C shares of another mutual fund within the Wells Fargo family of funds.

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.

Class A shares, Premier Class shares, and Service Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. For Class B shares, the maximum contingent deferred sales charge is 5.00%. For Class C shares, the maximum contingent deferred sales charge is 1.00%. Performance including a contingent deferred sales charge assumes the sales charge for the corresponding time period.

For retail money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

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Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174
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Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174
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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175  

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Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176  

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1  Historical performance shown for Class C shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class B shares. Class B and Class C shares have the same expenses. Historical performance shown for Premier Class shares prior to their inception effects the performance of Class A shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Class A shares. If these expenses have not been included, returns would be higher. Historical performance shown for Service Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the former Investor Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to the former Investor Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns would be higher.

 

2  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

 

3  The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.10%, (0.65)%, (0.65)%, 0.49%, and 0.20% for Class A, Class B, Class C, Premier Class, and Service Class, respectively.

 

4  Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

5  Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

6  Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.


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8   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

Interest rates were fairly steady throughout the Fund’s reporting period, which ended January 31, 2017. The reporting period began just after the first U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) tightening in 10 years, which occurred in December 2015, and expectations for further increases were quickly tempered due to concerns about the domestic economy, the Chinese economy, and slumping oil prices. Confirmation of economic softening followed in March when the Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC’s) Summary of Economic Projections (also known as the dot plot) was revised to show only two increases expected for the year, down from the four implied by the previous dot plot release. The Fed used its April minutes to reopen the door to a possible hike during the summer months, but once again, the U.K.’s vote to exit the European Union at the end of June 2016 dashed those hopes. Using three-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate) as a proxy, rates in the prime space bumped along near 0.60% for the entire first half of the year.

The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)

The highlight for money market funds during the reporting period was the full implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC’s) new rules in October 2016, including floating net asset values on institutional funds, and liquidity fees and redemption gates on all non-government funds. April 2016 was a milestone of sorts with the first set of rule changes being implemented. The April rule changes included enhanced stress testing, aggregation of affiliated issuers for diversification purposes, requiring the issuers of asset-backed commercial paper to be treated as guarantors subject to the 10% guarantor limit, and enhanced portfolio disclosures on each fund’s website to provide greater transparency to investors.

Midyear, the focus shifted from the economy and the Fed, usually the most important driver of money market rates, to the implementation of the new SEC rules. While many expected assets to shift out of prime money market funds and into government money market funds (and other asset classes), no one knew when these shifts might occur and how large they would be. By the second quarter of 2016, portfolio managers were shortening weighted average maturities of prime money market funds and increasing liquidity to prepare for the asset shift. That trend accelerated through the summer, with investors shunning trades in securities with a maturity date longer than October 14, 2016. At the same time, the pace of rotation out of prime funds and into government funds increased.

In the weeks leading up to implementation day, the intentions of direct-purchase money market fund holders was still a mystery and their assets were consequently stubbornly sticky. In contrast, most sponsor- and intermediary-driven flows resulting from prime money market shareholders converting to government money market funds or prime fund liquidations, had already occurred or were well communicated as to timing and amount. Consequently, most institutional prime fund managers, including us, chose to be extremely liquid. By the end of September 2016, prime assets had declined from $1.3 trillion at the end of 2015 to $583 billion, or about a 55% decline, and yields on short-term securities rapidly adjusted higher as demand dried up.

Leading into implementation, we repositioned a large portion of our holdings into variable-rate demand notes because they offered two advantages over very short-term time deposits or repurchase agreements (repos): daily or weekly liquidity and a significant yield advantage over taxable securities due to the reform-related asset outflows from tax-exempt money market products. As assets stabilized toward the end of the reporting period, we were then able to take advantage of a steep yield curve by opportunistically buying floating-rate notes and longer-dated securities. The steep money market curve reflected not only the marketplace’s efforts to find equilibrium between much-reduced demand and supply but also a belief that focus could once again revert back to economic expectations. Indeed, the Fed raised rates again at its December 2016 FOMC meeting, targeting the federal funds rate to between 0.50% and 0.75%.


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Strategic outlook

Now that we, as an industry, are past money market reform, a bit of normalcy is returning. With a new president seeming to promise fiscal stimulus to prod the economy into renewed growth, the Fed is likely to become a bigger influence this year than it has been in the recent past. The yield spread between government and prime securities is wide and widening. While demand from the increase in government money market funds as well as other factors, such as worries about the approaching U.S. debt ceiling, should keep a lid on government yields, the yield curve in the prime space should maintain its positive slope as the Fed maintains its intention to continue to raise the federal funds rate during 2017. As the yield differential increases, we might see a shift from government funds back to prime funds. In any case, we remain ever mindful of our investment philosophy and strategy of preservation of principal and liquidity and continue to emphasize high-credit and highly liquid securities in the portfolios.


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10   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including contingent deferred sales charges (if any) on redemptions and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or shareholder service fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as contingent deferred sales charges. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your cost would have been higher.

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2016
     Ending
account value
1-31-2017
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.44      $ 2.98        0.59

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.16      $ 3.01        0.59

Class B

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.12      $ 3.22        0.64

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.91      $ 3.26        0.64

Class C

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.05      $ 3.48        0.69

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.65      $ 3.52        0.69

Premier Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.51      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.13      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.00      $ 2.51        0.50

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.62      $ 2.54        0.50

 

 

1  Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period).


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Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     11  

      

 

 

The Summary portfolio of investments shows the 50 largest portfolio holdings in unaffiliated issuers and any holdings exceeding 1% of the total net assets as of the report date. The remaining securities held are grouped as “Other securities” in each category.

 

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value     

Percent of

net assets

 

Certificates of Deposit: 13.22%

            

Bank of Nova Scotia ±

    1.31     5-11-2017      $ 5,000,000      $ 5,002,818        0.87

Chiba Bank Limited

    1.10       3-13-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000        0.87  

Chiba Bank Limited

    1.10       3-23-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000        0.87  

Cooperatieve Centrale ±

    1.14       7-10-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000        0.87  

HSBC Bank plc

    0.60       2-1-2017        8,000,000        8,000,000        1.39  

HSBC Bank plc ±144A

    1.19       6-7-2017        4,000,000        4,000,000        0.70  

National Bank of Kuwait

    0.58       2-1-2017            11,050,000        11,050,000        1.92  

NBAD Americas NV

    0.58       2-1-2017        11,000,000        11,000,000        1.91  

Other securities

            22,003,645        3.82  

Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $76,056,463)

 

        76,056,463        13.22  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commercial Paper: 37.58%

            
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 20.56%             

Antalis SA

    0.85-1.00       2-2-2017 to 2-13-2017        6,000,000        5,998,811        1.04  

Chesham Finance Limited 144A(z)

    0.73       2-1-2017        9,000,000        9,000,000        1.57  

Concord Minutemen Capital
Company 144A(z)

    0.85       2-9-2017        4,000,000        3,999,244        0.70  

Concord Minutemen Capital
Company 144A(z)

    0.85       2-13-2017        5,000,000        4,998,583        0.87  

Kells Funding LLC

    0.79-1.22       2-7-2017 to 5-2-2017        12,000,000        11,997,047        2.09  

Lexington Parker Capital Company
LLC 144A(z)

    1.15       4-20-2017        5,000,000        4,987,542        0.87  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    0.95-1.05       2-8-2017 to 3-7-2017        6,000,000        5,996,471        1.04  

Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z)

    0.97-1.02       2-23-2017 to 3-7-2017        12,000,000        11,992,145        2.09  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z)

    0.88-0.96       2-3-2017 to 2-23-2017        7,000,000        6,996,969        1.22  

Regency Markets No.1 LLC 144A(z)

    0.80       2-8-2017        6,000,000        5,999,067        1.04  

Ridgefield Funding Company 144A(z)

    1.06       4-3-2017        9,000,000        8,983,937        1.56  

Versailles Commercial Paper LLC ±144A

    1.02       6-1-2017        8,000,000        8,000,000        1.39  

Victory Receivables

    0.94-0.95       3-3-2017 to 3-10-2017        6,300,000        6,294,428        1.09  

Other securities

            22,982,698        3.99  
            118,226,942        20.56  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper: 15.98%           

Barclays Bank plc 144A(z)

    0.97       2-15-2017        5,000,000        4,998,114        0.87  

Caisse Centrale Desjardins du
Quebec 144A(z)

    0.96       3-8-2017        5,000,000        4,995,352        0.87  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia ±144A

    1.41       4-19-2017        6,000,000        6,004,584        1.04  

DBS Bank Limited 144A(z)

    1.04       4-4-2017        7,000,000        6,987,462        1.21  

Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG ±144A

    1.12       3-14-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000        0.87  

Nationwide Building Society 144A(z)

    0.90-1.10       2-2-2017 to 4-3-2017        8,000,000        7,990,606        1.39  

NV Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 144A(z)

    0.82       2-9-2017        5,000,000        4,999,089        0.87  

Oversea-Chinese Banking
Corporation 144A(z)

    1.05       4-10-2017        5,000,000        4,990,083        0.87  

Oversea-Chinese Banking
Corporation ±144A

    1.17       7-19-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000        0.87  

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company 144A(z)

    0.90       2-17-2017        12,000,000        11,995,200        2.09  

Suncorp Group Limited 144A(z)

    0.88       2-1-2017        8,000,000        8,000,000        1.39  

United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z)

    1.05       4-24-2017        5,000,000        4,988,042        0.87  

Other securities

            15,976,317        2.77  
            91,924,849        15.98  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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12   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Summary portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value     

Percent of

net assets

 
Other Commercial Paper: 1.04%             

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt 144A(z)

    0.91-1.04     2-15-2017 to 4-25-2017      $ 6,000,000      $ 5,993,788        1.04
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $216,145,579)

            216,145,579        37.58  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Municipal Obligations: 39.89%

            

Arizona: 0.52%

            
Other Municipal Debt: 0.52%             

Other securities

            2,998,750        0.52  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

California: 2.65%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.65%             

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.74       7-1-2024        5,235,000        5,235,000        0.91  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Water District Series E (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       4-5-2019        6,000,000        6,000,000        1.04  

Other securities

            4,000,000        0.70  
            15,235,000        2.65  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Colorado: 2.71%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.71%             

Other securities

            15,595,000        2.71  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Connecticut: 3.66%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.66%             

Puttable Floating Option Taxable Series TNP-1013 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.30       4-15-2046            21,080,000        21,080,000        3.66  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

District of Columbia: 2.61%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.61%             

Howard University (Education Revenue)

    0.79       8-1-2031        15,000,000        15,000,000        2.61  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Florida: 0.87%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87%             

Orlando-Orange County FL Expressway Authority Series 2007 (Transportation Revenue, BHAC/AGM Insured, Citibank NA LIQ)

    0.71       7-1-2042        3,000,000        3,000,000        0.52  

Other securities

            2,015,000        0.35  
            5,015,000        0.87  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Georgia: 1.71%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.71%             

Columbus GA Housing Development Authority Puttable Floating Option Taxable Notes Series TN-024 (Housing Revenue, ACA Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.02       10-1-2039        4,830,000        4,830,000        0.84  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value     

Percent of

net assets

 
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)             

Macon-Bibb County GA Industrial Authority Development Kumho Tire Georgia Incorporated Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC)

    1.05     12-1-2022      $ 5,000,000      $ 5,000,000        0.87
            9,830,000        1.71  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Idaho: 0.58%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.58%             

Other securities

            3,335,000        0.58  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Iowa: 1.04%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.04%             

Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC)

    0.87       4-1-2022            6,000,000        6,000,000        1.04  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Louisiana: 1.44%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.44%             

East Baton Rouge Parish LA Sewerage Commission Revenue Series B005 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.10       2-1-2045        8,280,000        8,280,000        1.44  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Maryland: 1.39%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.39%             

Maryland CDA Housing & Community Residential Series B (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA)

    0.70       9-1-2033        8,000,000        8,000,000        1.39  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Minnesota: 0.04%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.04%             

Other securities

            240,000        0.04  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nebraska: 0.70%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.70%             

Other securities

            4,000,000        0.70  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

New York: 8.69%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.69%             

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5012 (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67       11-1-2019            10,000,000        10,000,000        1.74  

New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.13       5-1-2048        17,000,000        17,000,000        2.96  

New York HFA Biltmore Tower Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.68       5-15-2034        4,000,000        4,000,000        0.69  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.25       11-1-2049        10,000,000        10,000,000        1.74  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.12       11-1-2049        1,000,000        1,000,000        0.17  

 

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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value     

Percent of

net assets

 
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)             

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-51 for Invesco Van Kampen New York Value Income Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A(i)

    1.28     7-1-2017      $     4,000,000      $ 4,000,000        0.70

Other securities

            4,000,000        0.69  
            50,000,000        8.69  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

North Dakota: 0.35%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.35%             

Other securities

            2,000,000        0.35  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ohio: 0.35%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.35%             

Other securities

            2,000,000        0.35  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Oklahoma: 1.00%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.00%             

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-77 (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       7-13-2017        5,725,000        5,725,000        1.00  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Oregon: 0.87%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87%             

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.02       5-1-2035        5,000,000        5,000,000        0.87  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other: 2.10%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.10%             

Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-54 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.72       2-15-2028        6,120,000        6,120,000        1.06  

FHLMC MFHR Series M021 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.69       6-15-2036        5,965,000        5,965,000        1.04  
            12,085,000        2.10  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

South Carolina: 0.52%

            
Other Municipal Debt: 0.52%             

Other securities

            3,000,000        0.52  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Tennessee: 0.87%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87%             

Montgomery County TN Industrial Development Bonds Hankook Tire Manufacturing Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC)

    1.10       12-1-2024        5,000,000        5,000,000        0.87  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Texas: 4.00%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.00%             

Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.76       10-1-2036            15,000,000        15,000,000        2.61  

Other securities

            8,000,000        1.39  
            23,000,000        4.00  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value     

Percent of

net assets

 

Utah: 0.87%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87%             

Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.69     10-1-2037      $ 5,000,000      $ 5,000,000        0.87
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 0.35%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.35%             

Other securities

            2,000,000        0.35  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $229,418,750)

            229,418,750        39.89  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
Other: 1.83%             

Other securities

            10,500,000        1.83  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
Other Instruments: 0.70%             

Other securities

            4,002,492        0.70  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Notes: 4.39%

            
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 4.39%             

Providence Health & Services ±§

    0.73       10-1-2042        5,780,000        5,780,000        1.00  

Providence St. Joseph Health ±§

    0.72       10-1-2047        7,000,000        7,000,000        1.22  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC ±§

    0.75       2-1-2056        7,240,000        7,240,000        1.26  

Other securities

            5,250,000        0.91  

Total Other Notes (Cost $25,270,000)

            25,270,000        4.39  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements: 2.43%

            

GX Clarke & Company, dated 1-31-17, maturity value $14,000,272 ^^

    0.70       2-1-2017            14,000,000        14,000,000        2.43  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $14,000,000)

            14,000,000        2.43  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total investments in securities (Cost $575,393,284) *             575,393,284        100.04  

Other assets and liabilities, net

            (214,076      (0.04
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total net assets           $ 575,179,208        100.00
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

± Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

144A The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

(z) Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity.

 

ø Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

(i) Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited.

 

§ The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity.

 

^^ Collateralized by U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 6.00%, 5-1-2023 to 10-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $14,420,101.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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16   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

  $ 575,393,284  

Receivable from broker

    8,000,000  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    670,560  

Receivable for interest

    359,746  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    247,709  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    584,671,299  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Dividends payable

    80,506  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    611,664  

Due to custodian bank

    7,984,964  

Management fee payable

    70,724  

Distribution fees payable

    8,751  

Administration fees payable

    106,509  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    628,973  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    9,492,091  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 575,179,208  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 575,944,962  

Overdistributed net investment income

    (357,463

Accumulated net realized losses on investments

    (408,291
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 575,179,208  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 539,988,565  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    539,711,464  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Class B

  $ 195,697  

Shares outstanding – Class B1

    195,595  

Net asset value per share – Class B

    $1.00  

Net assets – Class C

  $ 13,292,938  

Shares outstanding – Class C1

    13,286,079  

Net asset value per share – Class C

    $1.00  

Net assets – Premier Class

  $ 100,411  

Shares outstanding – Premier Class1

    100,359  

Net asset value per share – Premier Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 21,601,597  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    21,590,420  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

 

 

1  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 9,062,840  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    5,447,197  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    2,161,829  

Class B

    1,247  

Class C

    30,246  

Daily Class

    1,063,332 1 

Premier Class

    67 2 

Service Class

    154,271  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    2,456,624  

Class B

    861  

Class C

    34,371  

Daily Class

    1,208,332 1 

Service Class

    315,721  

Distribution fees

 

Class B

    4,249  

Class C

    103,112  

Daily Class

    1,208,332 1 

Custody and accounting fees

    117,820  

Professional fees

    51,019  

Registration fees

    98,525  

Shareholder report expenses

    1,569  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    9,576  

Other fees and expenses

    44,524  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    14,512,824  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (5,890,431
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    8,622,393  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    440,447  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    5,152  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 445,599  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1 For the period from February 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016. At the close of business on August 31, 2016, Daily Class was liquidated and all outstanding shares were automatically redeemed. Effective September 1, 2016, Daily Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund.

 

2  For the period from March 31, 2016 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2017

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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18   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2017
    Year ended
January 31, 2016
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 440,447       $ 275,512  

Net realized gains on investments

      5,152         2,832  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      445,599         278,344  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from

       

Net investment income

       

Class A

      (321,952       (91,868

Class B

      (79       (238

Class C

      (1,378       (1,307

Daily Class

      (48,461 )1        (117,623

Investor Class

      N/A         (34,975 )2 

Premier Class

      (359 )3        N/A  

Service Class

      (58,081       (29,501
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (430,310       (275,512
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    847,102,026       847,102,026       1,708,967,716       1,708,967,716  

Class B

    12,747       12,747       144,381       144,381  

Class C

    7,193,960       7,193,960       14,112,416       14,112,416  

Daily Class

    2,109,837,809 1      2,109,837,809 1      5,653,474,910       5,653,474,910  

Investor Class

    N/A       N/A       108,715,542 2      108,715,542 2 

Premier Class

    100,000 3      100,000 3      N/A       N/A  

Service Class

    303,011,729       303,011,729       889,527,561       889,527,561  
 

 

 

 
      3,267,258,271         8,374,942,526  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    294,442       294,442       85,462       85,462  

Class B

    75       75       230       230  

Class C

    1,293       1,293       1,226       1,226  

Daily Class

    28,154 1      28,154 1      63,821       63,821  

Investor Class

    N/A       N/A       26,023 2      26,023 2 

Premier Class

    359 3      359 3      N/A       N/A  

Service Class

    36,456       36,456       11,056       11,056  
 

 

 

 
      360,779         187,818  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (1,513,320,693     (1,513,320,693     (1,379,870,500     (1,379,870,500

Class B

    (1,097,796     (1,097,796     (3,140,844     (3,140,844

Class C

    (10,525,482     (10,525,482     (11,124,036     (11,124,036

Daily Class

    (3,361,722,860 )1      (3,361,722,860 )1      (5,670,757,057     (5,670,757,057

Investor Class

    N/A       N/A       (604,566,492 )2      (604,566,492 )2 

Service Class

    (555,677,111     (555,677,111     (896,450,778     (896,450,778
 

 

 

 
      (5,442,343,942       (8,565,909,707
 

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      (2,174,724,892       (190,779,363
 

 

 

 

Total decrease in net assets

      (2,174,709,603       (190,776,531
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      2,749,888,811         2,940,665,342  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 575,179,208       $ 2,749,888,811  
 

 

 

 

Overdistributed net investment income

    $ (357,463     $ (367,600
 

 

 

 

 

 

1  For the period from February 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016. At the close of business on August 31, 2016, Daily Class was liquidated and all outstanding shares were automatically redeemed. Effective September 1, 2016, Daily Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund.

 

2  For the period from February 1, 2015 to October 23, 2015. Effective at the close of business on October 23, 2015, Investor Class shares were converted to Class A shares and are no longer offered by the Fund.

 

3  For the period from March 31, 2016 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2017

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.05     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.83     0.82     0.83     0.82     0.80

Net expenses

    0.55     0.29     0.19     0.22     0.25

Net investment income

    0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $539,989       $1,205,785       $876,562       $1,468,645       $2,040,718  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS B   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1,2      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    1.48     1.45     1.47     1.47     1.55

Net expenses

    0.55     0.26     0.19     0.22     0.24

Net investment income

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $196       $1,281       $4,277       $7,966       $14,362  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS C   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    1.58     1.57     1.58     1.57     1.55

Net expenses

    0.60     0.29     0.19     0.22     0.25

Net investment income

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $13,293       $16,617       $13,628       $16,270       $14,491  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

PREMIER CLASS   Year ended
January 31, 20171
 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 2 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 2 
 

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

 

Net investment income

    (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00  

Total return3

    0.36

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

 

Gross expenses

    0.45

Net expenses

    0.20

Net investment income

    0.43

Supplemental data

 

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $100  

 

 

1  For the period from March 31, 2016 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2017

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3  Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.11     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.72     0.72     0.73     0.72     0.70

Net expenses

    0.50     0.28     0.19     0.22     0.25

Net investment income

    0.05     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $21,602       $274,245       $281,157       $334,659       $398,160  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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24   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.

During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.

Effective September 1, 2016, Daily Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund. Information for Daily Class shares reflected in the financial statements represent activity through August 31, 2016.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Securities valuation

As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.

Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.

Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that


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the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.

When-issued transactions

The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Security transactions and income recognition

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.

Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Federal and other taxes

The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.

The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The primary permanent difference causing such reclassifications is due to expiration of capital loss carryforwards. At January 31, 2017, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Paid-in capital    Accumulated net
realized losses
on investments
$(3,468,520)    $3,468,520

As of January 31, 2017, the Fund had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future net realized capital gains in the amount of $408,286 expiring in 2019.

Class allocations

The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in applicable sales charges, distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy


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gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:

 

    

Quoted prices

(Level 1)

    

Other significant

observable inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Certificates of deposit

   $ 0      $ 76,056,463      $ 0      $ 76,056,463  

Commercial paper

     0        216,145,579        0        216,145,579  

Municipal obligations

     0        229,418,750        0        229,418,750  

Other

     0        10,500,000        0        10,500,000  

Other instruments

     0        4,002,492        0        4,002,492  

Other notes

     0        25,270,000        0        25,270,000  

Repurchase agreements

     0        14,000,000        0        14,000,000  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 575,393,284      $ 0      $ 575,393,284  

The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadvisers, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.35% and declining to 0.23% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.34% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Funds Management has retained the services of certain subadvisers to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Wells Capital Management Singapore, a separately identifiable department of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., an affiliate of Funds Management and wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is also a subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from WellsCap at an annual rate starting at 0.0025% and declining to 0.0005% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.


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Administration fees

Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Class A, Class B, Class C, Daily Class

     0.22

Premier Class

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.65% for Class A shares, 1.40% for Class B shares, 1.40% for Class C shares, 0.20% for Premier Class shares, and 0.50% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.

During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $10,138 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $24,880 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.

Distribution fees

The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class B, Class C, and Daily Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Distribution fees are charged to Class B, Class C, and Daily Class shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (“Funds Distributor”), the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of Class B and Class C shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of Daily Class shares.

In addition, Funds Distributor is entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class B and Class C shares.

Shareholder servicing fees

The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Class B, Class C, Daily Class, and Service Class of the Fund is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class.

A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $430,310 and $275,512 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.

As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed

ordinary

income

  

Capital loss

carryforward

$34,283    $(408,286)

6. INDEMNIFICATION

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.


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7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.

8. REGULATORY CHANGES

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the summary portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $325,618 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
William R. Ebsworth
(Born 1957)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member 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. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College.   Asset Allocation Trust
Jane A. Freeman
(Born 1953)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst.   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. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. 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 (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   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, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative 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


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Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
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 Chief Executive Officer 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

 

* Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable.

 

** Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017.

Officers

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    
Andrew Owen
(Born 1960)
  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    
Nancy Wiser1
(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.    
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. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013.    
Michael Whitaker
(Born 1967)
  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    
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. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    
Jeremy DePalma1
(Born 1974)
  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 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1 Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2 The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling
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The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.

 

ACA —  ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation
ADR —  American depositary receipt
ADS —  American depositary shares
AGC —  Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM —  Assured Guaranty Municipal
Ambac —  Ambac Financial Group Incorporated
AMT —  Alternative minimum tax
AUD —  Australian dollar
BAN —  Bond anticipation notes
BHAC —  Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation
BRL —  Brazilian real
CAB —  Capital appreciation bond
CAD —  Canadian dollar
CCAB —  Convertible capital appreciation bond
CDA —  Community Development Authority
CDO —  Collateralized debt obligation
CHF —  Swiss franc
COP —  Colombian peso
CLP —  Chilean peso
DKK —  Danish krone
DRIVER —  Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts
DW&P —  Department of Water & Power
DWR —  Department of Water Resources
ECFA —  Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
EDA —  Economic Development Authority
EDFA —  Economic Development Finance Authority
ETF —  Exchange-traded fund
EUR —  Euro
FDIC —  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFCB —  Federal Farm Credit Banks
FGIC —  Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FHA —  Federal Housing Administration
FHLB —  Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC —  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FICO —  The Financing Corporation
FNMA —  Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA —  Farm Service Agency
GBP —  Great British pound
GDR —  Global depositary receipt
GNMA —  Government National Mortgage Association
GO —  General obligation
HCFR —  Healthcare facilities revenue
HEFA —  Health & Educational Facilities Authority
HEFAR —  Higher education facilities authority revenue
HFA —  Housing Finance Authority
HFFA —  Health Facilities Financing Authority
HKD —  Hong Kong dollar
HUD —  Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUF —  Hungarian forint
IDA —  Industrial Development Authority
IDAG —  Industrial Development Agency
IDR —  Indonesian rupiah
IEP —  Irish pound
JPY —  Japanese yen
KRW —  Republic of Korea won
LIBOR —  London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFER —  Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts
LIQ —  Liquidity agreement
LLC —  Limited liability company
LLLP —  Limited liability limited partnership
LLP —  Limited liability partnership
LOC —  Letter of credit
LP —  Limited partnership
MBIA —  Municipal Bond Insurance Association
MFHR —  Multifamily housing revenue
MSTR —  Municipal securities trust receipts
MTN —  Medium-term note
MUD —  Municipal Utility District
MXN —  Mexican peso
MYR —  Malaysian ringgit
National —  National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NGN —  Nigerian naira
NOK —  Norwegian krone
NZD —  New Zealand dollar
PCFA —  Pollution Control Financing Authority
PCL —  Public Company Limited
PCR —  Pollution control revenue
PFA —  Public Finance Authority
PFFA —  Public Facilities Financing Authority
PFOTER —  Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts
plc —  Public limited company
PLN —  Polish zloty
PUTTER —  Puttable tax-exempt receipts
R&D —  Research & development
Radian —  Radian Asset Assurance
RAN —  Revenue anticipation notes
RDA —  Redevelopment Authority
RDFA —  Redevelopment Finance Authority
REIT —  Real estate investment trust
ROC —  Reset option certificates
RON —  Romanian lei
RUB —  Russian ruble
SAVRS —  Select auction variable rate securities
SBA —  Small Business Authority
SDR —  Swedish depositary receipt
SEK —  Swedish krona
SFHR —  Single-family housing revenue
SFMR —  Single-family mortgage revenue
SGD —  Singapore dollar
SPA —  Standby purchase agreement
SPDR —  Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
SPEAR —  Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts
STRIPS —  Separate trading of registered interest and
           principal securities
TAN —  Tax anticipation notes
TBA —  To be announced
THB —  Thai baht
TIPS —  Treasury inflation-protected securities
TRAN —  Tax revenue anticipation notes
TRY —  Turkish lira
TTFA —  Transportation Trust Fund Authority
TVA —  Tennessee Valley Authority
ZAR —  South African rand
 


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Wells Fargo Funds

P.O. Box 8266

Boston, MA 02266-8266

Email: fundservice@wellsfargo.com

Website: wellsfargofunds.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275

Institutional investment professionals: 1-866-765-0778

 

This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Fund. If this report is used for promotional purposes, distribution of the report must be accompanied or preceded by a current prospectus. Before investing, please consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the investment. For a current prospectus and, if available, a summary prospectus, containing this information, call 1-800-222-8222 or visit the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    10  

Portfolio of investments

    11  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    19  

Statement of operations

    20  

Statement of changes in net assets

    21  

Financial highlights

    22  

Notes to financial statements

    25  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    29  

Other information

    30  

List of abbreviations

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The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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2   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

LOGO

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.

As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.

Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.

U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global

 

 

 

1  The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

2  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

3  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.

Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.

Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.

During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.

Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.

    

 


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4   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

Investor optimism continued into January 2017.

January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.

Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.

Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.

Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


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6   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income exempt from regular federal income tax, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

James Randazzo

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171

 

              Expense ratios(%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net3  
Administrator Class (WUCXX)   7-9-2010     0.35       0.09       0.69       0.37       0.30  
Institutional Class (EMMXX)   11-20-1996     0.44       0.12       0.71       0.25       0.20  
Service Class (EISXX)   11-25-1996     0.23       0.07       0.59       0.54       0.45  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173

 

    Administrator
Class
  Institutional
Class
    Service
Class
 
7-day current yield   0.47     0.57       0.32  
7-day compound yield   0.47     0.57       0.32  
30-day simple yield   0.46     0.56       0.31  
30-day compound yield   0.46     0.56       0.31  

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.

Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or a contingent deferred sales charge.

For floating NAV money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Because the share price of the Fund will fluctuate, when you sell your shares they may be worth more or less than what you originally paid for them. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Revenue source as of January 31, 20174
LOGO
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174
LOGO
 

 

Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175

6 days

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176

6 days

    

 

 

 

 

1  Historical performance shown for Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, and has not been adjusted to include the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. If these expenses had been included, returns would be lower. Historical performance shown for all classes of the Fund prior to July 12, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund.

 

2  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

 

3  The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.35%, 0.47%, and 0.18% for Administrator Class, Institutional Class, and Service Class, respectively.

 

4  Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

5  Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

6  Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

7  The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index is a seven-day high-grade market index composed of tax-exempt variable-rate demand obligations with certain characteristics. The index is calculated and published by Bloomberg. The index is overseen by SIFMA’s Municipal Swap Index Committee. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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8   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

During the period that ended January 31, 2017, the municipal money market space was influenced largely by broader market dynamics surrounding U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy and the final implementation of money market reform, the latter of which resulted in a significant decline in industry assets. The period was characterized by shifts in investor demand, which created bouts of volatility resulting in extreme divergences between tax-exempt and taxable-equivalent yields for extended lengths of time. While tax-exempt yields normally tend to generally track taxable yields on a lagged basis, the municipal money markets seemed to have a mind of their own during the first half of the period.

The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)

The idiosyncratic nature of the municipal money market was clearly evident in the first quarter of 2016 when the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index7 failed to rise despite the Fed’s long-awaited rate hike at the end of 2015. This index, which measures seven-day variable-rate demand note yields, remained glued at 0.01% through the first two months of 2016, despite the fact that taxable-equivalent yields rapidly adjusted higher in response to the change in monetary policy back in December. Demand for variable-rate demand notes (VRDNs) and tender option bonds (TOBs) from captive tax-exempt buyers easily outpaced available supply, thus reducing the impetus for higher interest rate levels in the municipal sector.

In late March 2016, the market finally experienced a meaningful change in benchmark rates as the large supply-and-demand imbalance began to moderate due to seasonal tax-related outflows. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index quickly rose to 0.40% by the end of the first quarter of 2016 and remained in the 0.40%–0.50% range through the end of August. Buyers in the municipal money markets finally were able to savor the taste of higher yields after a multiyear drought driven by the Fed’s accommodative monetary policy. However, these new higher rates were just a small taste of what was in store for the markets in the coming months.

In the third quarter of 2016, the municipal yield curve shifted even higher due to the realities of money market reform. Conversion-related redemptions took their toll on the market, as municipal money market funds experienced redemptions in excess of $50 billion during August and September. Additionally, prime money market funds faced sizable outflows as well and could no longer be easily counted on for crossover support for VRDNs and TOBs. Accordingly, the municipal money market yields were forced to quickly recalibrate higher before supply and demand reached equilibrium levels. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index rapidly rose to a multiyear high of 0.87% on October 5, one week prior to the money market fund reform implementation deadline. In a dramatic shift, yields on tax-exempt VRDNs and TOBs rose to levels nearly twice those being paid on comparable taxable paper and the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index closed out the month of October at a whopping 165% of one-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate).

Ultimately, municipal money market rates began to normalize following the uneventful implementation of the money market fund reform operational changes. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index eventually settled into a range between 0.55% and 0.63% during November 2016 as assets in both the prime and municipal funds stabilized. Following the Fed’s rate hike in December 2016, the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index reset higher, finishing out 2016 at a healthy 0.72%, or 94% of one-month LIBOR.

The municipal money market ended the period on a strong note as seasonal reinvestment of cash in early January 2017 drove demand for tax-exempt paper. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index settled into a comfortable range between 0.66% and 0.68% during the last month of the period, indicating evenly balanced supply-and-demand dynamics. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index continued to reset at roughly 92% of one-week LIBOR during the month, preserving the relative attractiveness of tax-exempt floating-rate securities for both traditional and crossover buyers. Yields on one-year high-grade securities finished the period at 0.90%, up significantly from 0.40% at the start of the period.

 

 

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During the period, we emphasized principal preservation and portfolio liquidity due to our expectation of an uncertain and lagged response in the municipal market to Fed monetary policy and potential volatility surrounding money market fund reform. Throughout the period, we continued to maintain high exposures to daily and weekly floating-rate securities for defensive purposes while maintaining relatively low weighted-average maturities across our municipal funds. This strategy enabled us to reap the benefits of higher yields as the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index adjusted higher as the period progressed. This strategy also allowed us to maintain ample liquidity in the fund despite the large migration of assets away from municipal money market funds into other types of money market funds.

Strategic outlook

Looking forward, we anticipate that the attractive benefits of municipal money market funds will reemerge as the value of tax exemption increases exponentially with a rise in general market yields in response to the normalization of monetary policy by the Fed. In particular, we anticipate that the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index will remain elevated relative to taxable equivalents given the evolution of a new supply-and-demand paradigm in the post reform environment. This new market equilibrium should render VRDNs and TOBs attractive on both a pretax and tax-adjusted basis. Accordingly, we anticipate maintaining a conservative approach given the relative flatness of the municipal yield curve and the potential for greater-than-expected policy tightening by the Fed as we progress through 2017.

 

 

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10   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2016
     Ending
account value
1-31-2017
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.92      $ 1.51        0.30

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.63      $ 1.53        0.30

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,003.42      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.13      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.18      $ 2.24        0.45

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.90      $ 2.27        0.45

 

 

1  Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period).


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     11  

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Municipal Obligations: 93.72%

         

Alabama: 1.55%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.55%          

Chatom AL IDA Board Gulf Opportunity Zone PowerSouth Energy Cooperative Projects Series 2011 (Utilities Revenue)

    0.79     8-1-2041      $     4,500,000      $ 4,500,000  
         

 

 

 

Arizona: 4.38%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.38%          

Maricopa County AZ IDA Solid Waste Disposal Ambian Dairy LLC Project Series 2008 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    0.77       11-1-2033        3,600,000        3,600,000  

Maricopa County AZ IDA Solid Waste Disposal Series 2006 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    0.77       8-1-2026        2,500,000        2,500,000  

Mesa AZ Utility System Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-33 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       7-1-2024        1,650,000        1,650,000  

Pinal County AZ IDA Shamrock Farms Project (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    0.75       8-1-2022        3,700,000        3,700,000  

Pinal County AZ IDA Solid Waste Disposal Feenstra Investments LLC Project Series 2002 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    0.75       8-1-2027        1,250,000        1,250,000  
            12,700,000  
         

 

 

 

California: 3.75%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.75%          

California PCFA Solid Waste Milk Time Dairy Farms Project (Resource Recovery Revenue, Rabobank LOC)

    0.76       11-1-2027        1,400,000        1,400,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XM0147 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.70       1-1-2039        1,000,000        1,000,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZM0473 (Airport Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    0.71       5-15-2024        2,600,000        2,600,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZM0487 (Airport Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    0.71       5-15-2024        1,470,000        1,470,000  

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.74       7-1-2024        1,890,000        1,890,000  

Los Angeles CA DW&P Sub Series B-1 (Utilities Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA)

    0.62       7-1-2034        2,500,000        2,500,000  
            10,860,000  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 2.58%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.58%          

Arapahoe County CO Cottrell Printing Project (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.86       10-1-2019        945,000        945,000  

Colorado HFA AMT Multi-Family Project Series A-2 Class II (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.68       4-1-2043        4,230,000        4,230,000  

Colorado HFA Catholic Health Initiatives (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.80       10-1-2037        1,200,000        1,200,000  

Town of Hudson CO Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    1.15       11-1-2020        1,090,000        1,090,000  
            7,465,000  
         

 

 

 

District of Columbia: 1.00%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.00%          

Metropolitan Washington District of Columbia Airports Sub Series A-1 (Airport Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC)

    0.67       10-1-2039        2,910,000        2,910,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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12   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Florida: 3.66%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.66%          

Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016 XL0027 (Airport Revenue, AGC Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.86     10-1-2030      $     7,995,000      $ 7,995,000  

Highlands County FL Health Facilities Authority Adventist Health System Sunbelt Obligated Group Series 2012 I-2 (Health Revenue)

    0.63       11-15-2032        1,100,000        1,100,000  

West Palm Beach FL Utilities Systems Series C (Water & Sewer Revenue, AGC Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.70       10-1-2038        1,500,000        1,500,000  
            10,595,000  
         

 

 

 

Georgia: 2.65%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.65%          

Gwinnett County GA Housing Lehman Municipal Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 06-K72 (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, Citibank NA LIQ)

    0.96       3-1-2037        7,675,000        7,675,000  
         

 

 

 

Illinois: 8.20%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.20%          

Chicago IL Education Marine Project Series 1984 (Industrial Development Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    1.10       7-1-2023        4,200,000        4,200,000  

Chicago IL Enterprise Zone Gardner Gibson Project (Industrial Development Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA LOC)

    0.76       7-1-2033        1,780,000        1,780,000  

Chicago IL Series C-2 (Airport Revenue, Bank of Montreal LOC)

    0.71       1-1-2035        1,925,000        1,925,000  

Illinois Finance Authority The University of Chicago Medical Center Series 2009D-2 (Health Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC)

    0.60       8-1-2043        7,300,000        7,300,000  

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5014 (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67       12-23-2021        4,250,000        4,250,000  

Peoria County IL Caterpillar Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.86       2-1-2030        4,300,000        4,300,000  
            23,755,000  
         

 

 

 

Indiana: 3.64%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.64%          

Indiana Certificate of Participation Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-34 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       7-1-2023        480,000        480,000  

Jeffersonville IN Economic Development Eagle Steel Products Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    0.80       12-1-2027        3,225,000        3,225,000  

Noblesville IN Greystone Apartments Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    0.73       3-1-2041        1,415,000        1,415,000  

Spencer County IN American Iron Oxide Company Project Series 1999 (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi LOC)

    0.80       9-1-2018        3,900,000        3,900,000  

St. Joseph County IN Midcorr Land Development LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC)

    0.78       10-1-2023        1,530,000        1,530,000  
            10,550,000  
         

 

 

 

Iowa: 1.75%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.75%          

Iowa Finance Authority John Maassen & Sons Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    0.75       11-1-2035        2,075,000        2,075,000  

Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC)

    0.87       4-1-2022        3,000,000        3,000,000  
            5,075,000  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Kansas: 1.01%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.01%          

Nemaha County KS Midwest AG Services LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, CoBank LOC)

    0.75     11-1-2020      $     1,155,000      $ 1,155,000  

Olathe KS Integral Senior Living LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.76       8-1-2027        1,765,000        1,765,000  
            2,920,000  
         

 

 

 

Kentucky: 0.54%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.54%          

Jefferson County KY Dant Growth LLC Project Series 2002 (Industrial Development Revenue, Stock Yards Bank & Trust LOC)

    0.78       9-1-2022        1,550,000        1,550,000  
         

 

 

 

Louisiana: 1.95%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.95%          

East Baton Rouge Parish LA ExxonMobil Project Series B (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.57       12-1-2040        1,650,000        1,650,000  

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities CDA Honeywell International Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.81       12-1-2036        4,000,000        4,000,000  
            5,650,000  
         

 

 

 

Massachusetts: 0.14%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.14%          

Massachusetts Industrial Finance Agency Constitution Project (Miscellaneous Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    0.87       6-1-2018        400,000        400,000  
         

 

 

 

Michigan: 2.71%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.71%          

Eastern Michigan University Barclays Residual Interest Bonds Trust Series 6WE (Miscellaneous Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC) 144A

    0.81       7-1-2018        800,000        800,000  

Green Lake Township MI Economic Development Corporation Interlochen Center Arts Project Series 2004 (Miscellaneous Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA LOC)

    0.61       6-1-2034        775,000        775,000  

Michigan Housing Development Authority Series D (Housing Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi SPA)

    0.83       10-1-2039        1,600,000        1,600,000  

St. Joseph MI Hospital Finance Authority Lakeland Hospital Niles & St. Joseph Obligated Group Series 2002 (Health Revenue, AGM Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.78       1-1-2032        4,670,000        4,670,000  
            7,845,000  
         

 

 

 

Minnesota: 4.23%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.23%          

Coon Rapids MN Drake Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.77       6-15-2038        2,655,000        2,655,000  

Forest Lake MN Kilkenny Court Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.75       8-15-2038        750,000        750,000  

Mahtomedi MN Briarcliff Manor Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.77       6-15-2038        3,645,000        3,645,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Minnesota Bond Securitization Trust Certificate Series S-1 Class A (Miscellaneous Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC)

    0.89     2-1-2027      $     2,360,000      $ 2,360,000  

St. Paul MN Housing & RDA Hampden Square Apartments Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.77       6-1-2032        2,840,000        2,840,000  
     12,250,000  
         

 

 

 

Mississippi: 0.28%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.28%          

Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series J (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.58       11-1-2035        800,000        800,000  
         

 

 

 

Missouri: 5.49%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.49%          

Missouri Development Finance Board Kauffman Center For The Performing Arts Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, Northern Trust Company SPA)

    0.59       6-1-2037        3,195,000        3,195,000  

St. Charles County MO IDA Kuenz Heating & Sheet Metal Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.82       4-1-2026        1,500,000        1,500,000  

St. Joseph MO IDA Heartland Regional Medical Center Series 2009A (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.61       11-15-2043        6,200,000        6,200,000  

St. Louis County MO Sewer District Wastewater System Series 2013B (Water & Sewer Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.69       5-1-2043        5,000,000        5,000,000  
     15,895,000  
         

 

 

 

Nebraska: 2.14%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.14%          

Nebraska Investment Finance Authority MFHR Apple Creek Associates Project Series 1985-A (Housing Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC)

    0.80       9-1-2031        6,190,000        6,190,000  
         

 

 

 

Nevada: 1.86%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.86%          

Clark County NV Series B-2 (Airport Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC)

    0.66       7-1-2022        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Nevada Housing Division Multi-Unit Fort Apache Road LLC Series A (Housing Revenue, Exchange Bank LOC)

    0.80       10-1-2026        1,400,000        1,400,000  
     5,400,000  
         

 

 

 

New Jersey: 0.79%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.79%          

New Jersey Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-XF0015 (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.76       4-1-2023        2,285,000        2,285,000  
         

 

 

 

New York: 9.51%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 9.51%          

New York Dormitory Authority Series 12 Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-35 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       11-15-2026        3,770,000        3,770,000  

New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2014A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    0.82       5-1-2048        7,580,000        7,580,000  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Revenue Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    0.87       11-1-2049        1,500,000        1,500,000  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

New York Homeowner Mortgage Agency Series 142 (Housing Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon SPA)

    0.61     10-1-2037      $     2,050,000      $ 2,050,000  

New York Housing Finance Agency Affordable Housing 8 East 102 2nd Street (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    0.63       5-1-2044        2,000,000        2,000,000  

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Sub Series E-4 (Transportation Revenue, Bank of the West LOC)

    0.70       11-15-2045        3,150,000        3,150,000  

New York Mortgage Agency Homeowner Mortgage Series 135 (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA)

    0.67       4-1-2037        6,000,000        6,000,000  

New York NY Fiscal Series 2004-H-1 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC)

    0.63       3-1-2034        1,500,000        1,500,000  
            27,550,000  
         

 

 

 

North Carolina: 1.50%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.50%          

North Carolina Medical Care Commission FirstHealth Carolina Project Series 2008A (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA)

    0.71       10-1-2028        2,700,000        2,700,000  

Rockingham County NC Industrial Facilities & PCFA Innofa USA Project Series 2007 (Industrial Development Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    0.73       1-1-2027        1,650,000        1,650,000  
            4,350,000  
         

 

 

 

North Dakota: 0.44%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.44%          

Mandan ND IDA Cloverdale Foods Company Project (Industrial Development Revenue, BNC National Bank LOC)

    0.84       12-1-2022        1,265,000        1,265,000  
         

 

 

 

Ohio: 5.18%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.18%          

Middletown OH Hospital Facility Premier Health Partners Obligation Group Series A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.00       11-15-2045        6,000,000        6,000,000  

Montgomery County OH Catholic Health Initiatives Series A (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.81       5-1-2034        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Ohio Capital Facilities Lease Adult Correctional Building Fund Series C (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    0.79       10-1-2036        2,000,000        2,000,000  
            15,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Oklahoma: 0.05%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.05%          

Oklahoma Development Finance Authority Industrial Development Tracker Marine Project (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    0.85       3-1-2018        150,000        150,000  
         

 

 

 

Other: 1.77%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.77%          

FHLMC MFHR Series M031 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       12-15-2045        2,440,000        2,440,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M033 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       3-15-2049        2,695,000        2,695,000  
     5,135,000  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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16   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Pennsylvania: 3.15%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.15%          

Allegheny County PA Hospital Development Authority University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Series 2010D JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5011 (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67     12-1-2019      $     1,300,000      $ 1,300,000  

Pennsylvania EDFA Series D-7 (Industrial Development Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC)

    0.78       8-1-2022        800,000        800,000  

Pennsylvania EDFA Series G-10 (Miscellaneous Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC)

    0.78       12-1-2025        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Pennsylvania Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016 ZF0504 (Water & Sewer Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.81       8-15-2042        2,710,000        2,710,000  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-ZF0281 (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.72       4-1-2029        2,325,000        2,325,000  
     9,135,000  
         

 

 

 

Rhode Island: 0.48%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.48%          

Narragansett Bay RI Commission Wastewater System Series 2013A Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XM0140 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    0.76       9-1-2020        1,400,000        1,400,000  
         

 

 

 

South Carolina: 0.38%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.38%          

Charleston SC Waterworks & Sewer System Series 2010 Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZF0219 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.69       8-1-2019        1,100,000        1,100,000  
         

 

 

 

South Dakota: 0.55%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.55%          

Grant County SD Mill Valley LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    0.75       7-1-2037        1,600,000        1,600,000  
         

 

 

 

Texas: 9.06%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 9.06%          

Brazos River Harbor TX Naval District BASF Corporation Project (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.76       5-1-2036        500,000        500,000  

Dallam County TX Industrial Development Corporation Dalhart Jersey Ranch Incorporated Series 2008 (Resource Recovery Revenue)

    0.75       8-1-2039        1,700,000        1,700,000  

Dickinson TX Independent School District Unlimited Tax School House Refunding Bonds Series 2000 (GO Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ)

    0.69       2-15-2028        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Port Arthur TX Navigation District Jefferson County Total Petrochemicals USA Incorporated Project Series 2003-C (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.69       4-1-2027        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Port Corpus Christi TX Flint Hills Resources Project Series 2007 (Resource Recovery Revenue)

    0.73       1-1-2032        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Port Corpus Christi TX Flint Hills Resources Project Series A (Resource Recovery Revenue)

    0.73       4-1-2028        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corporation Series 2848 (Utilities Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.96       12-15-2026        7,041,892        7,041,892  
     26,241,892  
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Utah: 1.59%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.59%          

Weber County UT Hospital IHC Health Services Series 2000-C (Health Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon SPA)

    0.61     2-15-2035      $     4,600,000      $ 4,600,000  
         

 

 

 

Virginia: 0.60%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.60%          

Chesterfield County VA IDA Super Radiator Coils Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Marshall & Ilsley Bank LOC)

    0.71       4-1-2026        1,750,000        1,750,000  
         

 

 

 

Washington: 3.24%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.24%          

Washington Finance Authority Smith Brothers Farms Incorporated Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue, Northwest Farm Credit LOC)

    0.75       9-1-2021        3,300,000        3,300,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Nonprofit Tacoma Art Museum Project Series 2002 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC)

    0.63       6-1-2032        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Whisperwood Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.70       5-15-2035        1,590,000        1,590,000  

Yakima County WA Solid Waste Disposal George Deruyter & Son Project Series 2006 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Northwest Farm Credit LOC)

    0.75       8-1-2026        1,510,000        1,510,000  
            9,400,000  
         

 

 

 

West Virginia: 0.93%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.93%          

West Virginia EDA Collins Hardwood Company LLC (Industrial Development Revenue, American AgCredit LOC)

    0.75       10-1-2031        2,700,000        2,700,000  
         

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 0.99%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.99%          

Manitowoc WI CDA Regency House Project (Housing Revenue, Bank First National LOC)

    0.82       11-1-2020        1,015,000        1,015,000  

Sheboygan WI Vortex Liquid Color Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank First National LOC)

    0.82       11-1-2020        800,000        800,000  

Two Rivers WI Riverside Foods Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank First National LOC)

    0.86       12-1-2022        720,000        720,000  

West Bend WI Bestech Tool Corporation Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    1.01       9-1-2019        330,000        330,000  
            2,865,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $271,511,717)

            271,511,892  
         

 

 

 

Other: 7.84%

         

Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 3 (Deutsche Bank LIQ) 144A§±

    0.80       3-1-2040        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Western Asset Intermediate Municipal Fund Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) 144A§±

    0.79       2-25-2045        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Western Asset Managed Municipal Fund Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) 144A§±

    0.79       3-4-2045        9,000,000        9,000,000  

Western Asset Municipal Partners Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) 144A§±

    0.79       3-11-2045        3,700,000        3,700,000  

Total Other (Cost $22,700,000)

            22,700,000        
         

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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18   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

      

 

 

             Value  
Total investments in securities (Cost $294,211,717) *     101.56      $ 294,211,892  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (1.56        (4,515,763
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 289,696,129  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

ø Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

144A The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

§ The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity.

 

± Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is $294,211,717 and unrealized gains (losses) consists of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 175  

Gross unrealized losses

     0  
  

 

 

 

Net unrealized gains

   $ 175  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     19  
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $294,211,717)

  $ 294,211,892  

Cash

    153,386  

Receivable for investments sold

    1,190,000  

Receivable for interest

    346,728  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    59,509  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    295,961,515  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Dividends payable

    4,089  

Payable for investments purchased

    6,000,750  

Management fee payable

    17,237  

Administration fees payable

    24,012  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    219,298  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    6,265,386  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 289,696,129  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 289,769,957  

Overdistributed net investment income

    (75,080

Accumulated net realized gains on investments

    1,077  

Net unrealized gains on investments

    175  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 289,696,129  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 3,223,162  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    3,221,577  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.0005  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 262,511,150  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    262,368,455  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.0005  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 23,961,817  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    23,949,942  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.0005  

 

 

1  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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20   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 3,237,223  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    1,059,377  

Administration fees

 

Administrator Class

    2,646  

Institutional Class

    514,427  

Service Class

    72,687  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Administrator Class

    2,646  

Service Class

    114,373  

Custody and accounting fees

    44,618  

Professional fees

    39,224  

Registration fees

    79,521  

Shareholder report expenses

    14,146  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    11,987  

Other fees and expenses

    22,994  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    1,978,646  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (570,138
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    1,408,508  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1,828,715  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains on investments

    166,954  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    175  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    167,129  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 1,995,844  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statement of changes in net assets   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     21  
     Year ended
January 31, 2017
    Year ended
January 31, 2016
 

Operations

     

Net investment income

    $ 1,828,715       $ 100,541  

Net realized gains on investments

      166,954         140,400  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      175         0  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      1,995,844         240,941  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from

     

Net investment income

       

Administrator Class

      (7,355       (354

Institutional Class

      (1,705,732       (87,631

Service Class

      (50,688       (12,556

Net realized gains

       

Administrator Class

      (1,354       (436

Institutional Class

      (200,959       (113,924

Service Class

      (13,947       (15,231
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (1,980,035       (230,132
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Administrator Class

    2,105,087       2,105,101       0       0  

Institutional Class

    9,480,282,067       9,481,711,234       7,373,318,330       7,373,318,330  

Service Class

    331,085,947       331,086,245       222,789,154       222,789,154  
 

 

 

 
      9,814,902,580         7,596,107,484  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Administrator Class

    8,721       8,709       790       790  

Institutional Class

    1,177,361       1,177,809       22,886       22,886  

Service Class

    40,681       40,692       11,849       11,849  
 

 

 

 
      1,227,210         35,525  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Administrator Class

    (2,429,155     (2,429,170     0       0  

Institutional Class

    (10,172,020,238     (10,173,420,410     (7,428,980,604     (7,428,980,604

Service Class

    (415,655,259     (415,657,336     (254,784,279     (254,784,279
 

 

 

 
      (10,591,506,916       (7,683,764,883
 

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      (775,377,126       (87,621,874
 

 

 

 

Total decrease in net assets

      (775,361,317       (87,611,065
 

 

 

 

Net assets

   

Beginning of period

      1,065,057,446         1,152,668,511  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 289,696,129       $ 1,065,057,446  
 

 

 

 

Overdistributed net investment income

    $ (75,080     $ (140,020
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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22   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0031       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0008       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0039       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0030     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    (0.0004     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0034     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0005       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.35     0.02     0.02     0.04     0.05

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.39     0.37     0.37     0.36     0.36

Net expenses

    0.27     0.10     0.11     0.15     0.22

Net investment income

    0.29     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $3,223       $3,537       $3,536       $3,536       $3,534  

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0035       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0012       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0047       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0038     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    (0.0004     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0042     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0005       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.44     0.02     0.02     0.04     0.08

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.26     0.25     0.25     0.24     0.24

Net expenses

    0.18     0.10     0.11     0.15     0.19

Net investment income

    0.27     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.04

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $262,511       $953,036       $1,008,667       $1,104,686       $1,566,716  

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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24   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2017     20161     20151     20141     20131  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0037       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    (0.0010     0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0027       0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0018     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    (0.0004     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0022     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0005       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.23     0.02     0.02     0.04     0.05

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.49     0.48     0.47     0.48     0.48

Net expenses

    0.35     0.10     0.11     0.15     0.22

Net investment income

    0.09     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $23,962       $108,484       $140,465       $175,358       $140,313  

 

 

1  The presentation of prior year amounts reflect the Fund transacting shares at a fixed NAV rounded to two decimal places. Beginning October 11, 2016, the Fund began selling and redeeming shares of the Fund at a floating NAV rounded to the fourth decimal place.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Notes to financial statements   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     25  

1. ORGANIZATION

Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.

During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Securities valuation

Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.

Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.

Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.


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26   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

When-issued transactions

The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Security transactions and income recognition

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.

Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Federal and other taxes

The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable and tax-exempt income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.

The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Class allocations

The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in shareholder servicing and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.


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Notes to financial statements   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     27  

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Municipal obligations

   $ 0      $ 271,511,892      $ 0      $ 271,511,892  

Other

     0        22,700,000        0        22,700,000  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 294,211,892      $ 0      $ 294,211,892  

The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.

Administration fees

Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Administrator Class

     0.10

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.30% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, and 0.45% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.


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28   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $75,199 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $6,247 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.

Shareholder servicing fees

The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents. Administrator Class and Service Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% and 0.25%, respectively, of their average daily net assets.

A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016 were as follows:

 

     Year ended January 31  
     2017      2016  

Ordinary income

   $ 184,150      $ 123,413  

Tax-exempt income

     1,662,813        24,717  

Long-term capital gain

     133,072        82,002  

As of January 31, 2017, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed

ordinary

income

  

Undistributed

tax-exempt

income

  

Unrealized

gains

$1,076    $69,004    $175

6. INDEMNIFICATION

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.

8. REGULATORY CHANGES

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.


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Report of independent registered public accounting firm   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     29  

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

March 24, 2017


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30   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $133,072 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $100,750 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $83,188 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, 94.28% of distributions paid from net investment income is designated as exempt-interest dividends for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
William R. Ebsworth
(Born 1957)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member 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. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College.   Asset Allocation Trust
Jane A. Freeman
(Born 1953)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst.   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. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. 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 (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   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, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative 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


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Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
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 Chief Executive Officer 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

 

* Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable.

 

** Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017.

Officers

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    
Andrew Owen
(Born 1960)
  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    
Nancy Wiser1
(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.    
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. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013.    
Michael Whitaker
(Born 1967)
  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    
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. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    
Jeremy DePalma1
(Born 1974)
  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 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1  Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2 The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling
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The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.

 

ACA —  ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation
ADR —  American depositary receipt
ADS —  American depositary shares
AGC —  Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM —  Assured Guaranty Municipal
Ambac —  Ambac Financial Group Incorporated
AMT —  Alternative minimum tax
AUD —  Australian dollar
BAN —  Bond anticipation notes
BHAC —  Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation
BRL —  Brazilian real
CAB —  Capital appreciation bond
CAD —  Canadian dollar
CCAB —  Convertible capital appreciation bond
CDA —  Community Development Authority
CDO —  Collateralized debt obligation
CHF —  Swiss franc
COP —  Colombian peso
CLP —  Chilean peso
DKK —  Danish krone
DRIVER —  Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts
DW&P —  Department of Water & Power
DWR —  Department of Water Resources
ECFA —  Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
EDA —  Economic Development Authority
EDFA —  Economic Development Finance Authority
ETF —  Exchange-traded fund
EUR —  Euro
FDIC —  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFCB —  Federal Farm Credit Banks
FGIC —  Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FHA —  Federal Housing Administration
FHLB —  Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC —  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FICO —  The Financing Corporation
FNMA —  Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA —  Farm Service Agency
GBP —  Great British pound
GDR —  Global depositary receipt
GNMA —  Government National Mortgage Association
GO —  General obligation
HCFR —  Healthcare facilities revenue
HEFA —  Health & Educational Facilities Authority
HEFAR —  Higher education facilities authority revenue
HFA —  Housing Finance Authority
HFFA —  Health Facilities Financing Authority
HKD —  Hong Kong dollar
HUD —  Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUF —  Hungarian forint
IDA —  Industrial Development Authority
IDAG —  Industrial Development Agency
IDR —  Indonesian rupiah
IEP —  Irish pound
JPY —  Japanese yen
KRW —  Republic of Korea won
LIBOR —  London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFER —  Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts
LIQ —  Liquidity agreement
LLC —  Limited liability company
LLLP —  Limited liability limited partnership
LLP —  Limited liability partnership
LOC —  Letter of credit
LP —  Limited partnership
MBIA —  Municipal Bond Insurance Association
MFHR —  Multifamily housing revenue
MSTR —  Municipal securities trust receipts
MTN —  Medium-term note
MUD —  Municipal Utility District
MXN —  Mexican peso
MYR —  Malaysian ringgit
National —  National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NGN —  Nigerian naira
NOK —  Norwegian krone
NZD —  New Zealand dollar
PCFA —  Pollution Control Financing Authority
PCL —  Public Company Limited
PCR —  Pollution control revenue
PFA —  Public Finance Authority
PFFA —  Public Facilities Financing Authority
PFOTER —  Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts
plc —  Public limited company
PLN —  Polish zloty
PUTTER —  Puttable tax-exempt receipts
R&D —  Research & development
Radian —  Radian Asset Assurance
RAN —  Revenue anticipation notes
RDA —  Redevelopment Authority
RDFA —  Redevelopment Finance Authority
REIT —  Real estate investment trust
ROC —  Reset option certificates
RON —  Romanian lei
RUB —  Russian ruble
SAVRS —  Select auction variable rate securities
SBA —  Small Business Authority
SDR —  Swedish depositary receipt
SEK —  Swedish krona
SFHR —  Single-family housing revenue
SFMR —  Single-family mortgage revenue
SGD —  Singapore dollar
SPA —  Standby purchase agreement
SPDR —  Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
SPEAR —  Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts
STRIPS —  Separate trading of registered interest and
           principal securities
TAN —  Tax anticipation notes
TBA —  To be announced
THB —  Thai baht
TIPS —  Treasury inflation-protected securities
TRAN —  Tax revenue anticipation notes
TRY —  Turkish lira
TTFA —  Transportation Trust Fund Authority
TVA —  Tennessee Valley Authority
ZAR —  South African rand
 


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P.O. Box 8266

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Email: fundservice@wellsfargo.com

Website: wellsfargofunds.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275

Institutional investment professionals: 1-866-765-0778

 

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Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is a trade name used by the asset management businesses of Wells Fargo & Company. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide subadvisory and other services for the funds. The funds are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, Member FINRA, an affiliate of Wells Fargo & Company. Neither Wells Fargo Funds Management nor Wells Fargo Funds Distributor has Fund customer accounts/assets, and neither provides investment advice/recommendations or acts as an investment advice fiduciary to any investor.

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January 31, 2017

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    10  

Summary portfolio of investments*

    11  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    18  

Statement of operations

    19  

Statement of changes in net assets

    20  

Financial highlights

    21  

Notes to financial statements

    25  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    30  

Other information

    31  

List of abbreviations

    34  

 

* A complete schedule of portfolio holdings as of the report date may be obtained, free of charge, by accessing the following website: https://www.wellsfargofunds.com/assets/edocs/regulatory/holdings/national-tax-free-money-market-ann.pdf or by calling Wells Fargo Funds at 1-800-222-8222. This complete schedule, filed on Form N-CSR, is also available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov.

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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2   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.

As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.

Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.

U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global

 

 

 

1  The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

2  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

3  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     3  

growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.

Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.

Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.

During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.

Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.

    

 


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4   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

Investor optimism continued into January 2017.

January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.

Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.

Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.

Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.

Sincerely,

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


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6   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income exempt from federal income tax, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

James Randazzo

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2017

 

              Expense ratios(%)  
        1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
Class A (NWMXX)   7-28-2003     0.13       0.04       0.47       0.63       0.63  
Administrator Class (WNTXX)   4-8-2005     0.33       0.08       0.58       0.36       0.30  
Premier Class (WFNXX)*   11-8-1999     0.41       0.10       0.63       0.24       0.20  
Service Class (MMIXX)   8-3-1993     0.20       0.06       0.53       0.53       0.45  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173

 

    Class A   Administrator
Class
    Premier
Class*
    Service
Class
 
7-day current yield   0.06     0.40       0.50       0.25  
7-day compound yield   0.06     0.40       0.50       0.25  
30-day simple yield   0.07     0.42       0.52       0.27  
30-day compound yield   0.07     0.42       0.52       0.27  
*   Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class.

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.

Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or a contingent deferred sales charge.

For retail money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     7  
Revenue source distribution as of January 31, 20173

 

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Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20173
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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20174

6 days

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20175

6 days

 

 

 

1  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

 

2  The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2018, 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 0.64% for Class A, 0.30% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Premier Class, and 0.45% for Service Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.02%, 0.29%, 0.41%, and 0.13% for Class A, Administrator Class, Premier Class, and Service Class, respectively.

 

3  Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

4  Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

5  Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

6  The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index is a seven-day high-grade market index composed of tax-exempt variable-rate demand obligations with certain characteristics. The index is calculated and published by Bloomberg. The index is overseen by SIFMA’s Municipal Swap Index Committee. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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8   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

During the period that ended January 31, 2017, the municipal money market space was influenced largely by broader market dynamics surrounding U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) monetary policy and the final implementation of money market reform, the latter of which resulted in a significant decline in industry assets. The period was characterized by shifts in investor demand, which created bouts of volatility resulting in extreme divergences between tax-exempt and taxable-equivalent yields for extended lengths of time. While tax-exempt yields normally tend to generally track taxable yields on a lagged basis, the municipal money markets seemed to have a mind of their own during the first half of the period.

The amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. This was one of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s main rule changes taking effect in 2016, and it is intended to help prevent runs on money market funds by making it clear to shareholders that the value of these institutional money market funds may fluctuate. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have discretion to impose either a liquidity fee of up to 2% on shareholder redemptions or a temporary suspension of redemptions (gate) if a fund’s weekly liquid assets fall below 30% of its total assets and the board determines that the fee or gate is in the best interest of the fund’s shareholders. Meanwhile, retail investors will continue to transact at a stable $1.00 NAV but may be subject to liquidity fees and redemption gates. (For more information, see our website’s Money Market Fund Regulatory Resource Center, accessed through the Institutional Cash Management tab.)

The idiosyncratic nature of the municipal money market was clearly evident in the first quarter of 2016 when the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index6 failed to rise despite the Fed’s long-awaited rate hike at the end of 2015. This index, which measures seven-day variable-rate demand note yields, remained glued at 0.01% through the first two months of 2016, despite the fact that taxable-equivalent yields rapidly adjusted higher in response to the change in monetary policy back in December. Demand for variable-rate demand notes (VRDNs) and tender option bonds (TOBs) from captive tax-exempt buyers easily outpaced available supply, thus reducing the impetus for higher levels in the municipal sector.

In late March 2016, the market finally experienced a meaningful change in benchmark rates as the large supply-and-demand imbalance began to moderate due to seasonal tax-related outflows. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index quickly rose to 0.40% by the end of the first quarter of 2016 and remained in the 0.40%–0.50% range through the end of August. Buyers in the municipal money markets finally were able to savor the taste of higher yields after a multiyear drought driven by the Fed’s accommodative monetary policy. However, these new higher interest rates were just a small taste of what was in store for the markets in the coming months.

In the third quarter of 2016, the municipal yield curve shifted even higher due to the harsh realities of money market reform. Conversion-related redemptions took their toll on the market, as municipal money market funds experienced redemptions in excess of $50 billion during August and September. Additionally, prime money market funds faced sizable outflows as well and could no longer be easily counted on for crossover support for VRDNs and TOBs. Accordingly, the municipal money market yields were forced to quickly recalibrate higher before supply and demand reached equilibrium levels. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index rapidly rose to a multiyear high of 0.87% on October 5, one week prior to the money market fund reform implementation deadline. In a dramatic shift, yields on tax-exempt VRDNS and TOBs rose to levels nearly twice those being paid on comparable taxable paper and the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index closed out the month of October at a whopping 165% of one-month LIBOR (London Interbank Offered Rate).

Ultimately, municipal money market rates began to normalize following the uneventful implementation of the money market fund reform operational changes. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index eventually settled into a range between 0.55% and 0.63% during November 2016 as assets in both the prime and municipal funds stabilized. Following the Fed’s rate hike in December 2016, the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index reset higher, finishing out 2016 at a healthy 0.72%, or 94% of one-month LIBOR.

The municipal money market ended the period on a strong note as seasonal reinvestment of cash in early January 2017 drove demand for tax-exempt paper. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index settled into a comfortable range between 0.66% and 0.68% during the last month of the period, indicating evenly balanced supply-and-demand dynamics. The SIFMA Municipal Swap Index continued to reset at roughly 92% of one-week LIBOR during the month, preserving the relative attractiveness of tax-exempt floating-rate securities for both traditional and crossover buyers. Yields on one-year high-grade securities finished the period at 0.90%, up significantly from 0.40% at the start of the period.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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During the period, we emphasized principal preservation and portfolio liquidity due to our expectation of an uncertain and lagged response in the municipal market to Fed monetary policy and potential volatility surrounding money market fund reform. Throughout the period, we continued to maintain high exposures to daily and weekly floating-rate securities for defensive purposes while maintaining relatively low weighted-average maturities across our municipal funds. This strategy enabled us to reap the benefits of higher yields as the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index adjusted higher as the period progressed. This strategy also allowed us to maintain ample liquidity in the fund despite the large migration of assets away from municipal money market funds into other types of money market funds.

Strategic outlook

Looking forward, we anticipate that the attractive benefits of municipal money market funds will reemerge as the value of tax exemption increases exponentially with a rise in general market yields in response to the normalization of monetary policy by the Fed. In particular, we anticipate that the SIFMA Municipal Swap Index will remain elevated relative to taxable equivalents given the evolution of a new supply-and-demand paradigm in the post reform environment. This new market equilibrium should render VRDNS and TOBs attractive on both a pretax and tax-adjusted basis. Accordingly, we anticipate maintaining a conservative approach given the relative flatness of the municipal yield curve and the potential for greater-than-expected policy tightening by the Fed as we progress through 2017.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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10   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Fund expenses (unaudited)

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or

shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2016
     Ending
account value
1-31-2017
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.22      $ 2.94        0.58

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.20      $ 2.97        0.58

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,002.74      $ 1.51        0.30

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.63      $ 1.53        0.30

Premier Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,003.25      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.13      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.99      $ 2.25        0.45

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.89      $ 2.27        0.45

 

 

1  Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period).


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The Summary portfolio of investments shows the 50 largest portfolio holdings in unaffiliated issuers and any holdings exceeding 1% of the total net assets as of the report date. The remaining securities held are grouped as “Other securities” in each category.

 

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value      Percent of
net assets
 

Municipal Obligations: 97.97%

            

Alabama: 3.29%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.29%             

Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF2373 (Tax Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.69     9-1-2024      $ 5,000,000      $ 5,000,000        1.06

Chatom AL IDA Board Gulf Opportunity Zone PowerSouth Energy Cooperative Projects Series 2011 (Utilities Revenue)

    0.79       8-1-2041            10,500,000        10,500,000        2.23  
            15,500,000        3.29  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Arizona: 2.64%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.64%             

Mesa AZ Utility System Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-33 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       7-1-2024        8,405,000        8,405,000        1.79  

Phoenix AZ IDA Mayo Clinic Series A (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA SPA)

    0.57       11-15-2052        4,000,000        4,000,000        0.85  
            12,405,000        2.64  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

California: 8.92%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.92%             

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XM0147 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.70       1-1-2039        9,000,000        9,000,000        1.91  

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.74       7-1-2024        8,075,000        8,075,000        1.72  

Los Angeles CA DW&P Sub Series B-1 (Utilities Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA)

    0.62       7-1-2034        12,500,000        12,500,000        2.66  

San Joaquin CA Delta Community College Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZF0180 (GO Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.76       8-1-2022        2,415,000        2,415,000        0.51  

Other securities

            9,990,000        2.12  
            41,980,000        8.92  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Colorado: 3.82%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.82%             

Colorado Health Facilities Authority Catholic Health Initiatives Series 2013-3364 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.80       10-1-2037        6,250,000        6,250,000        1.33  

Colorado Springs CO Utilities Systems Series B (Utilities Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking SPA)

    0.70       11-1-2026        8,120,000        8,120,000        1.73  

Other securities

            3,600,000        0.76  
            17,970,000        3.82  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

District of Columbia: 0.76%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.76%             

Other securities

            3,600,000        0.76  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value      Percent of
net assets
 

Florida: 1.62%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.62%             

Other securities

          $ 7,630,000        1.62
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Georgia: 1.23%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.23%             

Metropolitan Atlanta GA Rapid Transit Authority Series P (Tax Revenue, Societe Generale LOC, Ambac Insured) 144A

    0.66     7-1-2020      $ 5,765,000        5,765,000        1.23  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Illinois: 3.42%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.42%             

Quad Cities Illinois Regional EDA Augustana College Series 2005 (Education Revenue, Harris NA LOC)

    0.66       10-1-2035        5,000,000        5,000,000        1.06  

Other securities

            11,075,000        2.36  
            16,075,000        3.42  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Indiana: 3.30%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.30%             

Indiana Certificates of Participation Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-34 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       7-1-2023            10,815,000        10,815,000        2.30  

Spencer County IN American Iron Oxide Company Project Series 1999 (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi LOC)

    0.80       9-1-2018        4,700,000        4,700,000        1.00  
            15,515,000        3.30  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Iowa: 0.68%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.68%             

Other securities

            3,220,000        0.68  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Kansas: 2.13%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.13%             

Wyandotte County KS Unified School District #500 Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-ZM0463 (GO Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    0.74       9-1-2024        10,000,000        10,000,000        2.13  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Louisiana: 0.90%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.90%             

Other securities

            4,250,000        0.90  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Maryland: 2.01%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.01%             

Maryland Transportation Authority Facilities Project Series 2008 Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF0278 (Transportation Revenue, AGM Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    0.73       7-1-2041        4,000,000        4,000,000        0.85  

Other securities

            5,450,000        1.16  
            9,450,000        2.01  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value      Percent of
net assets
 

Massachusetts: 0.80%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.80%             

Other securities

          $ 3,745,000        0.80
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Michigan: 3.39%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.39%             

Eastern Michigan University Barclays Residual Interest Bonds Trust Series 6WE (Miscellaneous Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC) 144A

    0.81     7-1-2018      $ 7,930,000        7,930,000        1.69  

St. Joseph MI Hospital Finance Authority Lakeland Hospital Niles & St. Joseph Obligated Group Series 2002 (Health Revenue, AGM Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.78       1-1-2032        5,810,000        5,810,000        1.23  

Other securities

            2,235,000        0.47  
            15,975,000        3.39  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Minnesota: 3.02%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.02%             

Forest Lake MN Kilkenny Court Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.75       8-15-2038        4,500,000        4,500,000        0.96  

Other securities

            9,705,000        2.06  
            14,205,000        3.02  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Mississippi: 5.24%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.24%             

Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series K (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.60       11-1-2035        8,200,000        8,200,000        1.74  

Mississippi Series A Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-60 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       11-1-2018            12,460,000        12,460,000        2.65  

Other securities

            4,000,000        0.85  
            24,660,000        5.24  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Missouri: 1.10%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.10%             

Other securities

            5,170,000        1.10  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Nebraska: 0.92%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.92%             

Nebraska Investment Finance Authority MFHR Apple Creek Associates Project Series 1985-A (Housing Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC)

    0.80       9-1-2031        4,310,000        4,310,000        0.92  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

New Jersey: 0.72%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.72%             

Other securities

            3,370,000        0.72  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

New York: 11.86%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 11.86%             

New York Dormitory Authority Debt City University Consolidated 5th General Resolution Series E (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    0.63       7-1-2031        10,625,000        10,625,000        2.26  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value      Percent of
net assets
 
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)             

New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2014A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    0.82     5-1-2048      $     4,600,000      $ 4,600,000        0.98

New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    0.82       5-1-2048        4,900,000        4,900,000        1.04  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Revenue Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    0.87       11-1-2049        5,000,000        5,000,000        1.06  

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Series A-1 Sub Series E-4 (Transportation Revenue, Bank of the West LOC) 144A

    0.62-0.70       11-1-2031 to 11-15-2045        6,740,000        6,740,000        1.43  

New York NY Fiscal Series 2004H-4 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC)

    0.63       3-1-2034        4,400,000        4,400,000        0.94  

New York NY Fiscal Series 2004-H-1 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC)

    0.63       3-1-2034        4,200,000        4,200,000        0.89  

New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Tax-Exempt Bonds Fiscal 2015 Sub Series A-3 (Tax Revenue, Mizuho Bank Limited SPA)

    0.63       8-1-2043        5,000,000        5,000,000        1.06  

Other securities

            10,360,000        2.20  
            55,825,000        11.86  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

North Carolina: 4.96%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.96%             

North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency Educational Hill Center Project Series 2008 (Education Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    0.68       7-1-2028        3,830,000        3,830,000        0.81  

North Carolina Medical Care Commission FirstHealth Carolina Project Series 2008A (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA)

    0.71       10-1-2028        5,100,000        5,100,000        1.08  

North Carolina Medical Care Commission Hospice Alamance-Caswell Project Series 2008 (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    0.68       12-1-2033        4,000,000        4,000,000        0.85  

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Series 2009- A (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA)

    0.63       2-1-2024        8,160,000        8,160,000        1.74  

Other securities

            2,250,500        0.48  
            23,340,500        4.96  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Ohio: 3.10%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.10%             

Middletown OH Hospital Facility Premier Health Partners Obligation Group Series A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.00       11-15-2045        4,000,000        4,000,000        0.85  

Montgomery County OH Catholic Health Initiatives Series A (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.81       5-1-2034        6,565,000        6,565,000        1.40  

Ohio Capital Facilities Lease Adult Correctional Building Fund Series C (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    0.79       10-1-2036        4,000,000        4,000,000        0.85  
            14,565,000        3.10  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value      Percent of
net assets
 

Other: 0.99%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.99%             

Other securities

          $ 4,664,000        0.99
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Pennsylvania: 1.88%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.88%             

Pennsylvania Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.69-0.81     8-15-2042 to 6-1-2044      $ 5,165,000        5,165,000        1.10  

Other securities

            3,700,000        0.78  
            8,865,000        1.88  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Rhode Island: 1.83%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.83%             

Narragansett Bay RI Commission Wastewater System Series 2013A Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XM0140 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    0.76       9-1-2020            8,600,000        8,600,000        1.83  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

South Carolina: 4.00%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.00%             

Charleston SC Waterworks & Sewer System Series 2010 Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZF0219 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.69       8-1-2019        6,400,000        6,400,000        1.36  

Greenville SC Health System Hospital Series 2014B Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-XF0145 (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.70       5-30-2022        8,020,000        8,020,000        1.71  

Other securities

            4,410,000        0.93  
            18,830,000        4.00  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Tennessee: 3.78%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.78%             

Clarksville TN Public Building Authority Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    0.69       1-1-2033        8,800,000        8,800,000        1.87  

Clarksville TN Public Building Authority Tennessee Municipal Building Fund Series 2004 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    0.69       7-1-2034        2,620,000        2,620,000        0.55  

Sevier County TN Public Building Authority Local Government Public Improvement Series 6-A1 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA)

    0.68       6-1-2029        4,000,000        4,000,000        0.85  

Other securities

            2,390,000        0.51  
            17,810,000        3.78  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Texas: 8.53%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.53%             

Bexar County TX Housing Finance Corporation Palisades Park Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.74       9-1-2039        4,000,000        4,000,000        0.85  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value      Percent of
net assets
 
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)             

Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation BASF Corporation Project Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.71     7-1-2022      $ 4,900,000      $ 4,900,000        1.04

Dickinson TX Independent School District Unlimited Tax School House Refunding Bonds Series 2000 (GO Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ)

    0.69       2-15-2028        8,350,000        8,350,000        1.78  

Harris County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Children’s Hospital Project Series 2015-3 JPMorgan PUTTER Series 5001 (Hospital Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67       6-1-2019        4,665,000        4,665,000        0.99  

Port Corpus Christi TX Solid Waste Disposal Flint Hills Resources Project Series 2002B (Resource Recovery Revenue)

    0.68       7-1-2029        4,200,000        4,200,000        0.89  

Tarrant County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Christus Health Series 2008C-2 (Health Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC)

    0.67       7-1-2047        7,905,000        7,905,000        1.68  

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corporation Series 2848 (Utilities Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.96       12-15-2026            6,108,108        6,108,108        1.30  
            40,128,108        8.53  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Utah: 1.81%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.81%             

Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.69       10-1-2037        8,500,000        8,500,000        1.81  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Vermont: 1.04%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.04%             

Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC) 144A

    0.60-0.63       7-1-2033 to 9-1-2038        4,895,000        4,895,000        1.04  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Virginia: 0.63%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.63%             

Other securities

            2,960,000        0.63  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Washington: 0.40%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.40%             

Other securities

            1,900,000        0.40  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 3.25%

            
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.25%             

Appleton WI Recovery Zone Facilities Foremost Farms Project Series 2010 (Industrial Development Revenue, CoBank LOC)

    0.69       5-1-2037        7,700,000        7,700,000        1.64  

Wisconsin PFA Midwestern Disaster Area Program Series 2011 (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    0.76       9-1-2036        3,840,000        3,840,000        0.81  

Other securities

            3,755,000        0.80  
            15,295,000        3.25  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $460,972,608)

            460,972,608        97.97  
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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                         Value      Percent of
net assets
 
Total investments in securities (Cost $460,972,608) *            $ 460,972,608        97.97

Other assets and liabilities, net

             9,533,070        2.03  
          

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total net assets            $ 470,505,678        100.00
          

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

 

ø Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

144A The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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18   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017
         

Assets

 

Investments In unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

  $ 460,972,608  

Cash

    172,589  

Receivable for investments sold

    14,005,224  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    502,927  

Receivable for interest

    435,493  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    131,664  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    476,220,505  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Dividends payable

    24,021  

Payable for investments purchased

    4,000,500  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    1,361,487  

Management fee payable

    13,773  

Administration fees payable

    52,656  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    262,390  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    5,714,827  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 470,505,678  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 470,585,822  

Overdistributed net investment income

    (80,140

Accumulated net realized losses on investments

    (4
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 470,505,678  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 135,703,711  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    135,684,421  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 155,448,488  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    155,426,499  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Premier Class

  $ 105,881,269  

Shares outstanding – Premier Class1

    105,866,681  

Net asset value per share – Premier Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 73,472,210  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    73,461,785  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

 

 

1  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     19  
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 5,703,160  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    2,250,184  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    233,416  

Administrator Class

    163,858  

Premier Class1

    652,532  

Service Class

    73,858  

Sweep Class

    776,497 2 

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    265,246  

Administrator Class

    162,551  

Service Class

    151,250  

Sweep Class

    882,382 2 

Distribution fee

 

Sweep Class

    1,235,335 2 

Custody and accounting fees

    95,012  

Professional fees

    43,228  

Registration fees

    81,819  

Shareholder report expenses

    37,295  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    22,172  

Other fees and expenses

    48,980  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    7,175,615  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (3,406,010
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    3,769,605  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1,933,555  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    195,185  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 2,128,740  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1  Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class.

 

2  For the period from February 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016. At the close of business on August 31, 2016, Sweep Class was liquidated and outstanding shares were automatically redeemed. Effective September 1, 2016, Sweep Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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20   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2017
    Year ended
January 31, 2016
 

Operations

     

Net investment income

    $ 1,933,555       $ 297,398  

Net realized gains on investments

      195,185         517,640  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      2,128,740         815,038  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from

     

Net investment income

       

Class A

      (20,946       (15,282

Administrator Class

      (363,184       (18,792

Premier Class1

      (1,492,448       (189,990

Service Class

      (21,340       (15,245

Sweep Class

      (35,384 )2        (58,080

Net realized gains

       

Class A

      (29,049       (14,089

Administrator Class

      (140,887       (15,700

Premier Class1

      (233,674       (175,944

Service Class

      (13,473       (11,103

Sweep Class

      (98,267 )2        (54,176
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (2,448,652       (568,401
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    114,884,864       114,884,864       345,360,688       345,360,688  

Administrator Class

    92,880,863       92,880,863       134,625,938       134,625,938  

Premier Class1

    3,084,454,000       3,084,454,000       8,231,106,752       8,231,106,752  

Service Class

    147,571,199       147,571,199       279,035,075       279,035,075  

Sweep Class

    940,580,808 2      940,580,808 2      1,649,583,801       1,649,583,802  
 

 

 

 
      4,380,371,734         10,639,712,255  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    45,465       45,465       25,578       25,578  

Administrator Class

    478,069       478,069       30,423       30,423  

Premier Class1

    348,250       348,250       86,696       86,696  

Service Class

    12,977       12,977       6,394       6,394  

Sweep Class

    30,506 2      30,506 2      112,419       112,419  
 

 

 

 
      915,267         261,510  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (272,167,842     (272,167,842     (296,201,135     (296,201,135

Administrator Class

    (117,070,901     (117,070,901     (147,267,265     (147,267,265

Premier Class1

    (4,659,151,833     (4,659,151,833     (8,822,783,114     (8,822,783,114

Service Class

    (255,796,391     (255,796,391     (256,379,316     (256,379,316

Sweep Class

    (1,583,291,129 )2      (1,583,291,129 )2      (1,575,114,559     (1,575,114,559
 

 

 

 
      (6,887,478,096       (11,097,745,389
 

 

 

 

Net asset value of shares issued in acquisition

       

Class A

    120,222,543       120,102,778       N/A       N/A  

Premier Class1

    2,813,688       2,810,859       N/A       N/A  

Service Class

    19,115,113       19,095,896       N/A       N/A  
 

 

 

 
      142,009,533         N/A  
 

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      (2,364,181,562       (457,771,624
 

 

 

 

Total decrease in net assets

      (2,364,501,474       (457,524,987
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      2,835,007,152         3,292,532,139  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 470,505,678       $ 2,835,007,152  
 

 

 

 

Undistributed (overdistributed) net investment income

    $ (80,140     $ 293  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1  Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class.

 

2  For the period from February 1, 2016 to August 31, 2016. At the close of business on August 31, 2016, Sweep Class was liquidated and outstanding shares were automatically redeemed. Effective September 1, 2016, Sweep Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.13     0.02     0.02     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.65     0.63     0.63     0.63     0.63

Net expenses

    0.39     0.08     0.08     0.12     0.18

Net investment income

    0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $135,704       $172,725       $123,525       $203,609       $284,041  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.33     0.02     0.02     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.40     0.36     0.36     0.36     0.36

Net expenses

    0.27     0.08     0.08     0.11     0.18

Net investment income

    0.22     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $155,448       $179,171       $191,766       $214,788       $226,083  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
PREMIER CLASS1   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2      0.00 2 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.41     0.02     0.02     0.02     0.03

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.25     0.24     0.24     0.24     0.24

Net expenses

    0.18     0.08     0.08     0.11     0.17

Net investment income

    0.18     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.02

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $105,881       $1,677,748       $2,269,187       $2,292,160       $2,112,183  

 

 

1  Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class.

 

2  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.20     0.02     0.02     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.54     0.53     0.52     0.53     0.53

Net expenses

    0.32     0.08     0.08     0.12     0.18

Net investment income

    0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $73,472       $162,593       $139,915       $166,178       $264,063  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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1. ORGANIZATION

Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.

During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.

Effective September 1, 2016, Sweep Class shares are no longer offered by the Fund. Information for Sweep Class shares reflected in the financial statements represent activity through August 31, 2016.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Securities valuation

As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.

Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Fund. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.

Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.


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Security transactions and income recognition

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.

Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Federal and other taxes

The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable and tax-exempt income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.

The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Class allocations

The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:

 

    

Quoted prices

(Level 1)

    

Other significant

observable inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Municipal obligations

   $ 0      $ 460,972,608      $ 0      $ 460,972,608  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 460,972,608      $ 0      $ 460,972,608  


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The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.

Administration fees

Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Class A, Sweep Class

     0.22

Administrator Class

     0.10  

Premier Class1

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  

 

1  Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class.

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2018 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.64% for Class A shares, 0.30% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Premier Class shares and 0.45% for Service Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield. Prior to January 23, 2017, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 0.65% for Class A shares.

During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $255 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $3,329 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.

Distribution fees

The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Sweep Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. A distribution fee is charged to Sweep shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC, the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily net assets of Sweep Class shares.

Shareholder servicing fees

The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Service Class and Sweep Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class. Administrator Class is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of its average daily net assets.


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A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016 were as follows:

 

     Year ended January 31  
     2017      2016  

Ordinary income

   $ 323,167      $ 253,594  

Tax-exempt income

     1,757,834        160,082  

Long-term capital gain

     367,651        154,725  

As of January 31, 2017, distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $24,168 in undistributed tax-exempt income.

6. ACQUISITION

After the close of business on January 20, 2017, the Fund acquired the net assets of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund. The purpose of the transaction was to combine two funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. Shareholders holding Class A, Premier Class and Service Class shares of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund received Class A, Premier Class and Service Class shares, respectively, of the Fund in the reorganization. The acquisition was accomplished by a tax-free exchange of all of the shares of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund for 142,151,344 shares of the Fund valued at $142,009,533 at an exchange ratio of 1.00, 1.00 and 1.00 for Class A, Premier Class and Service Class shares, respectively. The investment portfolio of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund with an amortized cost of $139,920,548 at January 20, 2017 were the principal assets acquired by the Fund. The aggregate net assets of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund and the Fund immediately prior to the acquisition were $142,009,533 and $325,404,888, respectively. The aggregate net assets of the Fund immediately after the acquisition were $476,414,421. For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Fund were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Fund’s realized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.

Assuming the acquisition had been completed February 1, 2016, the beginning of the annual reporting period for the Fund, the pro forma results of operations for the twelve months ended January 31, 2017 would have been:

 

Net investment income

   $ 2,239,826  

Net realized gains on investments

   $ 225,550  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 2,465,376  

Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue and earnings of Wells Fargo Municipal Money Market Fund that have been included in the Fund’s Statement of Operations since January 23, 2017.

7. INDEMNIFICATION

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.

8. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.


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9. REGULATORY CHANGES

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.


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30   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Report of independent registered public accounting firm

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the summary portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

March 24, 2017


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TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $367,651 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $175,467 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $147,700 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, 90.92% of distributions paid from net investment income is designated as exempt-interest dividends for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.


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32   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Other information (unaudited)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
William R. Ebsworth
(Born 1957)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member 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. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College.   Asset Allocation Trust
Jane A. Freeman
(Born 1953)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst.   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. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. 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 (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   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, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative 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


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Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
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 Chief Executive Officer 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

 

* Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable.

 

** Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017.

Officers

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    
Andrew Owen
(Born 1960)
  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    
Nancy Wiser1
(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.    
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. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013.    
Michael Whitaker
(Born 1967)
  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    
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. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    
Jeremy DePalma1
(Born 1974)
  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 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1 Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2 The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com.


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34   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   List of abbreviations

The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.

 

ACA —  ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation
ADR —  American depositary receipt
ADS —  American depositary shares
AGC —  Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM —  Assured Guaranty Municipal
Ambac —  Ambac Financial Group Incorporated
AMT —  Alternative minimum tax
AUD —  Australian dollar
BAN —  Bond anticipation notes
BHAC —  Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation
BRL —  Brazilian real
CAB —  Capital appreciation bond
CAD —  Canadian dollar
CCAB —  Convertible capital appreciation bond
CDA —  Community Development Authority
CDO —  Collateralized debt obligation
CHF —  Swiss franc
COP —  Colombian peso
CLP —  Chilean peso
DKK —  Danish krone
DRIVER —  Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts
DW&P —  Department of Water & Power
DWR —  Department of Water Resources
ECFA —  Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
EDA —  Economic Development Authority
EDFA —  Economic Development Finance Authority
ETF —  Exchange-traded fund
EUR —  Euro
FDIC —  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFCB —  Federal Farm Credit Banks
FGIC —  Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FHA —  Federal Housing Administration
FHLB —  Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC —  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FICO —  The Financing Corporation
FNMA —  Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA —  Farm Service Agency
GBP —  Great British pound
GDR —  Global depositary receipt
GNMA —  Government National Mortgage Association
GO —  General obligation
HCFR —  Healthcare facilities revenue
HEFA —  Health & Educational Facilities Authority
HEFAR —  Higher education facilities authority revenue
HFA —  Housing Finance Authority
HFFA —  Health Facilities Financing Authority
HKD —  Hong Kong dollar
HUD —  Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUF —  Hungarian forint
IDA —  Industrial Development Authority
IDAG —  Industrial Development Agency
IDR —  Indonesian rupiah
IEP —  Irish pound
JPY —  Japanese yen
KRW —  Republic of Korea won
LIBOR —  London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFER —  Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts
LIQ —  Liquidity agreement
LLC —  Limited liability company
LLLP —  Limited liability limited partnership
LLP —  Limited liability partnership
LOC —  Letter of credit
LP —  Limited partnership
MBIA —  Municipal Bond Insurance Association
MFHR —  Multifamily housing revenue
MSTR —  Municipal securities trust receipts
MTN —  Medium-term note
MUD —  Municipal Utility District
MXN —  Mexican peso
MYR —  Malaysian ringgit
National —  National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NGN —  Nigerian naira
NOK —  Norwegian krone
NZD —  New Zealand dollar
PCFA —  Pollution Control Financing Authority
PCL —  Public Company Limited
PCR —  Pollution control revenue
PFA —  Public Finance Authority
PFFA —  Public Facilities Financing Authority
PFOTER —  Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts
plc —  Public limited company
PLN —  Polish zloty
PUTTER —  Puttable tax-exempt receipts
R&D —  Research & development
Radian —  Radian Asset Assurance
RAN —  Revenue anticipation notes
RDA —  Redevelopment Authority
RDFA —  Redevelopment Finance Authority
REIT —  Real estate investment trust
ROC —  Reset option certificates
RON —  Romanian lei
RUB —  Russian ruble
SAVRS —  Select auction variable rate securities
SBA —  Small Business Authority
SDR —  Swedish depositary receipt
SEK —  Swedish krona
SFHR —  Single-family housing revenue
SFMR —  Single-family mortgage revenue
SGD —  Singapore dollar
SPA —  Standby purchase agreement
SPDR —  Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
SPEAR —  Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts
STRIPS —  Separate trading of registered interest and
           principal securities
TAN —  Tax anticipation notes
TBA —  To be announced
THB —  Thai baht
TIPS —  Treasury inflation-protected securities
TRAN —  Tax revenue anticipation notes
TRY —  Turkish lira
TTFA —  Transportation Trust Fund Authority
TVA —  Tennessee Valley Authority
ZAR —  South African rand
 


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Annual Report

January 31, 2017

 

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Government Money Market Funds

 

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  Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    12  

Statement of operations

    13  

Statement of changes in net assets

    14  

Financial highlights

    15  

Notes to financial statements

    20  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    24  

Other information

    25  

List of abbreviations

    28  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2017, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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2   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Andrew Owen

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Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

As the new president of Wells Fargo Funds now that Karla Rabusch is retiring from that position after nearly 14 years, I am pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2017. The U.S. economy displayed resilience during the period although growth remained somewhat sluggish. International economies generally faced deeper ongoing challenges. Despite heightened market volatility, global stocks delivered strong results overall. U.S. and international stocks returned 20.04% and 16.09% for the 12-month period, respectively, as measured by the S&P 500 Index1 and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net)2; within fixed income, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index3 returned 1.45%.

In February–March 2016, fears about global economic weakness prevailed and then abated.

As the reporting period began, most stock markets worldwide were in the midst of a decline fueled by concerns such as weak global growth, falling commodity prices, and uncertainty over the timing and effect of interest-rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed). In mid-February, fears abated somewhat and global markets generally rallied. Meanwhile, bond investors’ fears about falling commodity prices, a slowing Chinese economy, weakness in European banks, and market volatility also lessened, which led to a greater appetite for risk and allowed lower-rated and longer-maturity bonds to outperform. With ongoing uncertainties about global growth and financial markets, the Fed held off from raising the target interest rate. Outside the U.S., the eurozone fell into deflation in February; in response, the European Central Bank (ECB) announced an expansion of its stimulus program. In China, the government in March set an anticipated growth rate of 6.5% to 7.0% for 2016, an acknowledgment of weakening growth. In emerging markets, although central-bank stimulus and improved prices for oil and other commodities led to stock-market rallies, many of these countries’ economies faced the potential of credit downgrades due to challenges such as the likelihood of a stronger U.S. dollar, which would make dollar-denominated debt more expensive.

Worries over interest rates and the U.K.’s Brexit vote largely drove markets during the second quarter of 2016.

U.S. stocks were in positive territory in April, plunged briefly in May on worries of a possible June interest-rate increase, then rallied until early June. The first three weeks of June brought heightened volatility, spurred largely by a disappointing jobs report and uncertainty over whether the U.K. would remain in the European Union (E.U.). The U.K.’s Brexit vote on June 23 shocked countries worldwide. Stock markets fell as investors worried that the U.K.’s departure from the E.U. would slow global growth and prolong the low-interest-rate environment. Following the initial rout, however, U.S. stocks rose as investors seemed to decide that any negative effects would be more localized and not create a serious risk for global

 

 

 

1  The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 stocks chosen for market size, liquidity, and industry group representation. It is a market-value-weighted index with each stock’s weight in the index proportionate to its market value. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

2  The Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) All Country World Index (ACWI) ex USA Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. Source: MSCI. MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used as a basis for other indexes or any securities or financial products. This report is not approved, reviewed, or produced by MSCI. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

3  The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (formerly known as Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index) is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment-grade, U.S. dollar–denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable-rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities, and commercial mortgage-backed securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     3  

growth. Similarly, government bonds rallied immediately post-Brexit, and non-Treasury sectors rallied soon after as investors regained their appetite for risk. As a result, most bond markets remained in a situation of ultralow yields and tight credit spreads. Interestingly, U.S. bonds continued to be supported by demand from both domestic and foreign buyers looking for positive yield since U.S. interest rates were the highest among developed-country bonds. Also notable was the rebound in oil prices to nearly $50 per barrel in June, driven by a lower rig count, unplanned supply outages, more refinery production ahead of the summer driving season, and a weaker dollar.

Globally, stocks delivered positive results in the third quarter of 2016; bonds’ interest rates remained low.

Stocks’ upward trend continued into August and then lost some steam. Ever since the Great Recession, markets worldwide have been supported to varying degrees by accommodative policies from leading central banks, including the Fed, ECB, Bank of England, and Bank of Japan. As a result, investors have watched closely for any signs that global central banks might tighten their measures. In the U.S., early-September comments by several Fed officials appeared to suggest a September interest-rate increase, which sent stock and bond prices down. However, stocks surged following the Fed’s September 20 meeting on news that the Fed had decided to delay a rate increase to later in 2016. In bond markets, interest rates rose during the quarter but remained at historically low levels as a result of easy monetary policies, subdued global growth, and modest inflation expectations. After bottoming in early July, yields began to rise again as market participants felt that yields had overshot the real risks of the U.K.’s Brexit vote and as economic activity strengthened. At the front end of the yield curve, anticipation of new money market fund rules resulted in significantly higher yields on many short-term securities.

During the fourth quarter of 2016, prospects for faster growth and higher interest rates in the U.S. influenced markets.

Early in the fourth quarter of 2016, U.S. stocks tended to trade lower amid concerns such as a likely interest-rate increase and uncertainty over the approaching general election. However, following Donald Trump’s election as president in early November, U.S. stocks began to rally. Investors appeared optimistic that the new administration would usher in a series of pro-growth policies, and supportive economic news helped the rally carry through the quarter. The buoyant environment sent interest rates higher as well. At its mid-December meeting, Fed officials raised their short-term target interest rate for the first time in a year, by a quarter percentage point, to between 0.50% and 0.75%. The fourth quarter also saw the implementation of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s new rules for money market funds, which included floating net asset values (NAVs) for institutional prime and municipal money market funds as well as liquidity fees and redemption gates. In the year leading up to money fund reform implementation, nearly $1 trillion in assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1 NAV. Outside of the U.S., the prospects for faster U.S. growth appeared to trigger some acceleration in Europe. The improvement may be partly attributable to expectations for further strengthening of the U.S. dollar, which in turn could improve demand for European goods in the U.S. due to weakening of the euro relative to the dollar.

    

 


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4   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

Investor optimism continued into January 2017.

January brought continued strength in global stock markets. Markets were lifted by factors such as strong trade data from Japan, robust earnings reports by businesses, and investors’ hopes that the U.S. government will approve a large fiscal stimulus package.

Don’t let short-term uncertainty derail long-term investment goals.

Periods of uncertainty can present challenges, but experience has taught us that maintaining long-term investment goals can be an effective way to plan for the future. To help you create a sound strategy based on your personal goals and risk tolerance, Wells Fargo Funds offers more than 100 mutual funds spanning a wide range of asset classes and investment styles. Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance. We encourage investors to know their investments and to understand that appropriate levels of risk-taking may unlock opportunities.

Thank you for choosing to invest in Wells Fargo Funds. We appreciate your confidence in us and remain committed to helping you meet your financial needs.

Sincerely,

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

Although diversification cannot guarantee an investment profit or prevent losses, we believe it can be an effective way to manage investment risk and potentially smooth out overall portfolio performance.

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222. We are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.


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6   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 20171

 

              Expense ratios(%)  
        1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net3  
Class A (PIVXX)   7-28-2003     0.01       0.01       0.51       0.62       0.62  
Administrator Class (WTPXX)   3-31-2008     0.06       0.02       0.57       0.35       0.35  
Institutional Class (PISXX)   8-11-1995     0.20       0.05       0.61       0.23       0.20  
Service Class (PRVXX)   10-1-1985     0.02       0.01       0.54       0.52       0.45  
Sweep Class   6-30-2010     0.01       0.01       0.51       0.78       0.78  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20173

 

    Class A   Administrator
Class
    Institutional
Class
    Service
Class
    Sweep
Class
 
7-day current yield   0.01     0.23       0.38       0.13       0.01  
7-day compound yield   0.01     0.23       0.38       0.13       0.01  
30-day simple yield   0.01     0.23       0.37       0.12       0.01  
30-day compound yield   0.01     0.23       0.37       0.12       0.01  

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results, and do not reflect taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment returns will fluctuate. The Fund’s yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted, which assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available on the Fund’s website, wellsfargofunds.com.

Each class is sold without a front-end sales charge or a contingent deferred sales charge.

For government money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

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Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20174

 

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Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20174
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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20175  

43 days

        

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20176  

73 days

        

    

 

 

 

1  Historical performance shown for Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, adjusted to reflect the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. Historical performance shown for Sweep Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Class A shares, and has not been adjusted to include the higher expenses applicable to Sweep Class shares. If these expenses had been adjusted, returns would be lower.

 

2  Reflects the expense ratios as stated in the most recent prospectuses. The expense ratios shown are subject to change and may differ from the annualized expense ratios shown in the financial highlights of this report.

 

3  The manager has contractually committed through October 13, 2017, 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 0.65% for Class A, 0.35% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.45% for Service Class, and 1.00% for Sweep Class. 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. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses, and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the cap. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been (0.04)%, 0.23%, 0.35%, 0.06%, and (0.19)% for Class A, Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Service Class, and Sweep Class, respectively.

 

4  Amounts are calculated based on the total investments of the Fund. These amounts are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

5  Weighted Average Maturity (WAM): WAM is an average of the effective maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by each security’s percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. WAM calculations allow for the maturities of certain securities with demand features or periodic interest rate resets to be shortened. WAM is a way to measure a fund’s sensitivity to potential interest rate changes. WAM is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

6  Weighted Average Life (WAL): WAL is an average of the final maturities of all securities held in the portfolio, weighted by their percentage of total investments. The maturity of a portfolio security is the period remaining until the date on which the principal amount is unconditionally required to be paid, or in the case of a security called for redemption, the date on which the redemption payment is unconditionally required to be made. In contrast to WAM, the calculation of WAL allows for the maturities of certain securities with demand features to be shortened, but not the periodic interest rate resets. WAL is a way to measure a fund’s potential sensitivity to credit spread changes. WAL is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

 

7  The Bank of New York (BNY) Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index reflects the daily average of the interest rates negotiated between buyers and sellers for repurchase transactions involving particular collateral types where BNY Mellon acts as agent and intermediary for the buyer and seller. This index specifically reflects the interest rate for repurchase transactions collateralized by U.S. Treasuries excluding Separate Trading of Registered Interest and Principal of Securities. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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8   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

The majority of the Fund’s fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was characterized by steady interest rates that were higher than the near-zero rates prevailing for the several preceding years but still low by historical standards. Rates were higher in the last two months of the period due to an increase of 0.25% in the federal funds rate by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) on December 14, 2016, to a new target range of 0.50% to 0.75%. Interest rates on all categories of government money market securities moved higher shortly before the Fed’s move and generally maintained those levels after the official increase. This past year also saw the full implementation of amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury and government money market funds continued to operate much as they always did, with stable $1.00 net asset values.

That action by the Fed came almost exactly one year after its previous interest-rate hike of 0.25% on December 16, 2015. At that time, after seven years with interest rates set near zero, the Fed’s projections showed further gradual interest-rate increases throughout 2016. Economic developments, including international ones, led the Fed to delay those plans for higher interest rates, and it ultimately was able to produce the lone December 2016 hike.

Three-month Treasury bill (T-bill) yields averaged 30 basis points (bps; 100 bps equals 1.00%) during the first 10.5 months of the reporting period preceding the Fed’s interest-rate hike. In the last 1.5 months of the reporting period, after the Fed hike, 3-month T-bills yielded an average of 50 bps. For the entire year that ended January 31, 2017, 3-month T-bill yields averaged 33 bps, compared with 6 bps in the preceding 12-month period.

Although the increase in T-bill yields from year to year roughly matched the Fed’s moves, there were several underlying factors affecting interest rates that tended to offset each other over the year. Changes in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules regarding money market funds (MMFs) that became effective in October 2016 resulted in approximately $1 trillion of money moving from prime MMFs to U.S. government MMFs in the second half of 2016, adding to the demand for government securities, including T-bills. On the other hand, the U.S. Treasury increased the supply of T-bills by $284 billion in the year that ended January 31, 2017, partially offsetting the increased demand.

The yields on repurchase agreements (repos) generally followed the same path and were also heavily influenced by the Fed’s decisions. Overnight repo rates, as measured by the BNY Mellon Treasury Tri-Party Repo Index,7 averaged 29 bps in the first 10.5 months of the reporting period, before the Fed’s interest-rate hike, then rose to 51 bps on average over the balance of the reporting period that ended January 31, 2017. Overall, the average repo yield for the fiscal year that ended January 31, 2017, was 32 bps, compared with 10 bps in the prior 12-month period.

Our investment strategy remained consistent. We invested in T-bills and U.S. Treasury notes, including floating-rate notes, as well as Treasury collateralized repos while taking into account the Fund’s overall level of liquidity and average maturity.

Strategic outlook

In spite of having recently raised the federal funds rate, the Fed projects that it will continue to raise rates throughout the coming year. A year ago, the situation was nearly identical, but the Fed was able to raise rates only once, near the end of the year, which may cast doubt on its projections again this year. The economy has continued its solid, if unspectacular, performance, with a stronger labor market and very gradually rising, but still below target, inflation. The Fed has signaled that it will continue to proceed cautiously, weighing incoming economic data and other factors and modifying its interest-rate path accordingly. Added to the usual uncertainty this year are the changes in U.S. leadership resulting from the election in November 2016, with a Republican sweep of the presidency and both houses of Congress suggesting possible significant changes in economic policy. It’s possible that changes in fiscal policy could in turn affect the Fed’s interest-rate decisions. In the face of this heightened uncertainty, we believe that our investment strategy, with its focus on capital preservation and liquidity, will enable the Fund to continue to meet its objectives.

 

 

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Fund expenses (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     9  

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2016 to January 31, 2017.

Actual expenses

The “Actual” line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the “Actual” line under the heading entitled “Expenses paid during period” for your applicable class of shares to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

The “Hypothetical” line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2016
     Ending
account value
1-31-2017
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.05      $ 2.17        0.43

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.97      $ 2.19        0.43

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.48      $ 1.74        0.35

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.40      $ 1.76        0.35

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,001.21      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.13      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.19      $ 2.03        0.40

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.11      $ 2.05        0.40

Sweep Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,000.05      $ 2.02        0.40

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.11      $ 2.05        0.40

 

 

1  Expenses paid is equal to the annualized net expense ratio of each class multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half-year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half-year period).


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10   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Repurchase Agreements ^^: 52.28%

         

Bank of Nova Scotia NY, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $960,014,400 (1)

    0.54     2-1-2017      $ 960,000,000      $ 960,000,000  

Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $300,004,583 (2)

    0.55       2-1-2017        300,000,000        300,000,000  

BNP Paribas, dated 1-4-2017, maturity value $250,145,000 (3)¢±§

    0.58       2-9-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

BNP Paribas, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,090,016,350 (4)

    0.54       2-1-2017            1,090,000,000        1,090,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,025,764 (5)

    0.53       2-2-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Credit Agricole, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $1,000,015,000 (6)

    0.54       2-1-2017        1,000,000,000        1,000,000,000  

Credit Suisse Securities USA, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $500,007,500 (7)

    0.54       2-1-2017        500,000,000        500,000,000  

Federal Reserve Bank of New York, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $850,011,806 (8)

    0.50       2-1-2017        850,000,000        850,000,000  

JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-3-2017, maturity value $550,239,250 (9)¢±§

    0.54       2-1-2017        550,000,000        550,000,000  

JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $125,001,875 (10)

    0.54       2-1-2017        125,000,000        125,000,000  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $535,008,025 (11)

    0.54       2-1-2017        535,000,000        535,000,000  

Met Life, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $100,003,725 (12)

    0.56       2-1-2017        100,002,169        100,002,169  

Prudential Insurance Company NJ, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $251,491,412 (13)

    0.56       2-1-2017        251,487,500        251,487,500  

Prudential, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $42,541,412 (14)

    0.56       2-1-2017        42,540,750        42,540,750  

RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-26-2017, maturity value $250,045,000 (15)¢±§

    0.54       2-7-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Royal Bank of Scotland, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $250,003,819 (16)

    0.55       2-1-2017        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Toronto Dominion Bank, dated 1-31-2017, maturity value $455,006,825 (17)

    0.54       2-1-2017        455,000,000        455,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $7,759,030,419)

 

     7,759,030,419  
         

 

 

 

Treasury Debt: 46.90%

         

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.21       2-2-2017        14,930,000        14,929,824  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.47       3-2-2017        50,000,000        49,980,566  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.53       5-11-2017        40,000,000        39,941,150  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.54       3-30-2017        50,000,000        49,956,554  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)##

    0.59       7-13-2017        80,000,000        79,786,700  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.59       4-27-2017        15,000,000        14,978,750  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.60       7-20-2017        70,000,000        69,802,833  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.60       5-25-2017        120,000,000        119,771,489  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.62       6-1-2017        60,000,000        59,875,800  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)%%

    0.62       8-3-2017        80,000,000        79,747,222  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.62       5-18-2017        50,000,000        49,907,913  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.63       7-6-2017        50,000,000        49,862,868  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    0.67       6-29-2017        50,000,000        49,862,196  

U.S. Treasury Bond

    8.75       5-15-2017        250,000,000        255,781,778  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.50       2-28-2017        29,000,000        28,998,045  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.50       4-30-2017        150,000,000        149,985,689  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       2-15-2017        180,000,000        180,003,912  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       5-31-2017        410,000,000        410,054,470  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       8-31-2017        95,000,000        94,958,378  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.63       9-30-2017        35,000,000        34,948,996  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.65       1-31-2019        80,000,000        80,000,000  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.67       10-31-2017        550,000,000        549,795,652  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.68       10-31-2018        260,000,000        259,977,143  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.68       7-31-2018        350,000,000        350,002,934  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.70       4-30-2018        186,851,000        186,868,279  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       3-15-2017        220,000,000        220,050,606  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       10-31-2017        20,000,000        19,981,583  

U.S. Treasury Note ±

    0.78       1-31-2018        400,000,000        400,099,441  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       2-28-2017        295,000,000        295,078,603  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       4-15-2017        120,000,000        120,074,503  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Treasury Debt (continued)

         

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88     4-30-2017      $ 375,000,000      $ 375,294,587  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       5-15-2017        125,000,000        125,128,959  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       7-15-2017        35,000,000        35,023,159  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       8-15-2017        75,000,000        75,070,541  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       10-15-2017        76,858,000        76,861,773  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       11-15-2017        45,000,000        45,005,782  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       1-15-2018        10,000,000        9,986,838  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       3-31-2017        50,000,000        50,031,906  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       9-15-2017        160,000,000        160,211,649  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.88       9-30-2017        300,000,000        302,136,170  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.88       10-31-2017        55,000,000        55,407,321  

U.S. Treasury Note

    2.25       11-30-2017        94,000,000        95,091,439  

U.S. Treasury Note

    2.75       5-31-2017            107,000,000        107,750,282  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.00       2-28-2017        250,000,000        250,465,026  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.13       4-30-2017        50,000,000        50,314,448  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.25       3-31-2017        20,000,000        20,085,054  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.25       11-15-2017        160,800,000        165,051,185  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.50       5-15-2017        45,000,000        45,496,904  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.63       2-15-2017        463,700,000        464,428,138  

U.S. Treasury Note

    4.75       8-15-2017        85,000,000        86,814,167  

Total Treasury Debt (Cost $6,960,719,205)

            6,960,719,205        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $14,719,749,624) *     99.18        14,719,749,624  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    0.82          122,156,373  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 14,841,905,997  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

^^ Collateralized by:

 

  (1) U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 8.50%, 9-30-2017 to 11-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $979,200,001.

 

  (2) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.88%, 4-15-2017 to 5-15-2043, fair value including accrued interest is $306,000,046.

 

  (3) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.13%, 6-22-2017 to 8-15-2044, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,000.

 

  (4) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.13%, 2-28-2017 to 8-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $1,111,800,000.

 

  (5) U.S. government securities, 1.75%, 12-31-2020, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,062.

 

  (6) U.S. government securities, 0.63% to 9.00%, 3-15-2017 to 11-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $1,020,000,044.

 

  (7) U.S. government securities, 1.38% to 9.00%, 11-15-2018 to 11-30-2018, fair value including accrued interest is $510,003,537.

 

  (8) U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 4.38%, 2-15-2022 to 8-15-2043, fair value including accrued interest is $850,011,854.

 

  (9) U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 1.63%, 1-15-2018 to 7-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $561,000,912.

 

  (10) U.S. government securities, 3.00%, 11-15-2044, fair value including accrued interest is $127,500,351.

 

  (11) U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 3.00%, 4-15-2017 to 11-15-2044, fair value including accrued interest is $545,700,064.

 

  (12) U.S. government securities, 1.75%, 11-30-2021, fair value including accrued interest is $101,666,738.

 

  (13) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.25%, 7-31-2021 to 2-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $256,517,250.

 

  (14) U.S. government securities, 0.00%, 2-15-2018, fair value including accrued interest is $43,391,565.

 

  (15) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.25%, 3-31-2017 to 5-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,002.

 

  (16) U.S. government securities, 2.13%, 8-15-2021, fair value including accrued interest is $255,001,670.

 

  (17) U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 3.38%, 4-30-2017 to 2-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $464,100,089.

 

¢ The security represents a long-dated and extendible repurchase agreement which automatically renews on previously set terms. The maturity date represents the next put date.

 

± Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

§ The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity.

 

(z) Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity.

 

## All or a portion of this security is segregated for when-issued securities.

 

%% The security is issued on a when-issued basis.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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12   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2017
           

Assets

 

Investments

 

In repurchase agreements, at amortized cost

  $ 7,759,030,419  

In unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

    6,960,719,205  
 

 

 

 

Total investments, at amortized cost

    14,719,749,624  

Cash

    176,291,864  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    219,281  

Receivable for interest

    31,888,548  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    573,800  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    14,928,723,117  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Dividends payable

    2,283,263  

Payable for investments purchased

    79,747,222  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    597,061  

Management fee payable

    1,409,167  

Distribution fee payable

    30  

Administration fees payable

    1,297,810  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    1,482,567  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    86,817,120  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 14,841,905,997  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 14,842,118,304  

Overdistributed net investment income

    (289,731

Accumulated net realized gains on investments

    77,424  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 14,841,905,997  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 1,745,419,256  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    1,745,139,288  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 106,245,525  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    106,232,479  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 11,489,674,147  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    11,488,259,974  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 1,500,467,050  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    1,500,267,960  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Sweep Class

  $ 100,019  

Shares outstanding – Sweep Class1

    100,005  

Net asset value per share – Sweep Class

    $1.00  

 

 

1  The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     13  
           

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 61,242,941  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    21,488,590  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    3,582,457  

Administrator Class

    98,798  

Institutional Class

    9,807,808  

Service Class

    1,665,106  

Sweep Class

    2,826  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    4,070,974  

Administrator Class

    97,532  

Service Class

    3,461,488  

Sweep Class

    3,255  

Distribution fee

 

Sweep Class

    4,559  

Custody and accounting fees

    717,450  

Professional fees

    49,699  

Registration fees

    91,302  

Shareholder report expenses

    39,912  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    6,350  

Other fees and expenses

    60,388  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    45,248,494  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (8,896,689
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    36,351,805  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    24,891,136  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    81,744  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 24,972,880  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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14   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2017
    Year ended
January 31, 2016
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 24,891,136       $ 3,092,239  

Net realized gains on investments

      81,744         1,750  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      24,972,880         3,093,989  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from

       

Net investment income

       

Class A

      (163,265       (185,550

Administrator Class

      (51,470       (11,187

Institutional Class

      (24,297,004       (2,738,718

Service Class

      (350,804       (156,479

Sweep Class

      (131       (305
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (24,862,674       (3,092,239
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    11,296,081,222       11,296,081,222       9,695,234,245       9,695,234,245  

Administrator Class

    499,035,081       499,035,081       1,485,239,239       1,485,239,239  

Institutional Class

    122,393,174,334       122,393,174,334       92,509,317,999       92,509,317,999  

Service Class

    7,018,205,428       7,018,205,428       6,667,123,211       6,667,123,211  

Sweep Class

    3,292,744       3,292,744       7,264,570       7,264,570  
 

 

 

 
      141,209,788,809         110,364,179,264  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    53,041       53,041       60,846       60,846  

Administrator Class

    50,911       50,911       9,295       9,295  

Institutional Class

    10,877,460       10,877,460       1,058,693       1,058,693  

Service Class

    108,713       108,713       10,293       10,293  

Sweep Class

    126       126       305       305  
 

 

 

 
      11,090,251         1,139,432  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (11,507,366,314     (11,507,366,314     (9,471,777,216     (9,471,777,216

Administrator Class

    (494,273,687     (494,273,687     (1,489,995,863     (1,489,995,863

Institutional Class

    (123,531,631,920     (123,531,631,920     (91,084,112,215     (91,084,112,215

Service Class

    (6,857,724,021     (6,857,724,021     (7,172,613,690     (7,172,613,690

Sweep Class

    (6,337,930     (6,337,930     (7,173,689     (7,173,689
 

 

 

 
      (142,397,333,872       (109,225,672,673
 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      (1,176,454,812       1,139,646,023  
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      (1,176,344,606       1,139,647,773  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      16,018,250,603         14,878,602,830  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 14,841,905,997       $ 16,018,250,603  
 

 

 

 

Overdistributed net investment income

    $ (289,731     $ (318,193
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     15  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.62     0.62     0.62     0.62     0.62

Net expenses

    0.39     0.11     0.06     0.06     0.12

Net investment income

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,745,419       $1,956,626       $1,733,107       $1,998,010       $1,589,730  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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16   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.06     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.34     0.34     0.34     0.34     0.35

Net expenses

    0.34     0.10     0.06     0.07     0.13

Net investment income

    0.05     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $106,246       $101,432       $106,179       $98,633       $204,264  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.20     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.23     0.23     0.23     0.23     0.23

Net expenses

    0.20     0.10     0.06     0.06     0.12

Net investment income

    0.20     0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $11,489,674       $12,617,153       $11,190,887       $9,522,210       $7,557,137  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.02     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.52     0.52     0.52     0.52     0.52

Net expenses

    0.38     0.11     0.06     0.06     0.12

Net investment income

    0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,500,467       $1,339,895       $1,845,375       $1,589,951       $1,932,680  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SWEEP CLASS   2017     2016     2015     2014     2013  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.00 1,2      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1      0.00 1      (0.00 )1      0.00 1      0.00 1 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1      0.00 1 

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

    0.00       0.00       (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.96     0.97     0.97     0.97     0.97

Net expenses

    0.34     0.11     0.06     0.06     0.12

Net investment income

    0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $100       $3,145       $3,054       $20,122       $27,152  

 

 

1  Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2  Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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20   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust organized on March 10, 1999, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As an investment company, the Trust follows the accounting and reporting guidance in Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. These financial statements report on the Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (the “Fund”) which is a diversified series of the Trust.

During the year, the amendments to Rule 2a-7, which governs money market funds, were fully implemented by October 14, 2016. U.S. Treasury, government and retail money market funds continued to operate with stable $1.00 net asset values. Meanwhile, tax-exempt and prime money market funds experienced more changes. Institutional prime and municipal money market funds began transacting at market-based, or floating, net asset values. In addition, money market fund boards of directors have the discretion to impose liquidity fees or redemption gates on all non-government funds. As a result of the changes due to money market reform, the institutional prime and municipal money market funds may have been subject to significant flows in shareholder activity as assets moved from these types of money market funds into government money market funds, which continued to transact at a stable $1.00 net asset value.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of the financial statements of the Fund, are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles which require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Securities valuation

As permitted under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act, portfolio securities are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost, plus accretion of discount or minus amortization of premium over the period until maturity.

Investments which are not valued using the method discussed above are valued at their fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board of Trustees of the Funds. The Board of Trustees has established a Valuation Committee comprised of the Trustees and has delegated to it the authority to take any actions regarding the valuation of portfolio securities that the Valuation Committee deems necessary or appropriate, including determining the fair value of portfolio securities, unless the determination has been delegated to the Management Valuation Team of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). The Board of Trustees retains the authority to make or ratify any valuation decisions or approve any changes to the Valuation Procedures as it deems appropriate. On a quarterly basis, the Board of Trustees receives reports on any valuation actions taken by the Valuation Committee or the Management Valuation Team which may include items for ratification.

Valuations of fair valued securities are compared to the next actual sales price when available, or other appropriate market values, to assess the continued appropriateness of the fair valuation methodologies used. These securities are fair valued on a day-to-day basis, taking into consideration changes to appropriate market information and any significant changes to the inputs considered in the valuation process until there is a readily available price provided on an exchange or by an independent pricing service. Valuations received from an independent pricing service or independent broker-dealer quotes are periodically validated by comparisons to most recent trades and valuations provided by other independent pricing services in addition to the review of prices by the manager and/or subadviser. Unobservable inputs used in determining fair valuations are identified based on the type of security, taking into consideration factors utilized by market participants in valuing the investment, knowledge about the issuer and the current market environment.

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by instruments such as U.S. Treasury, federal agency, or high-grade corporate obligations. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.


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When-issued transactions

The Fund may purchase securities on a forward commitment or when-issued basis. The Fund records a when-issued transaction on the trade date and will segregate assets in an amount at least equal in value to the Fund’s commitment to purchase when-issued securities. Securities purchased on a when-issued basis are marked-to-market daily and the Fund begins earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may arise due to changes in the market value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Security transactions and income recognition

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are recorded on the basis of identified cost.

Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily based on the effective interest method. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Such distributions are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations, which may differ in amount or character from net investment income and realized gains recognized for purposes of U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Federal and other taxes

The Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by distributing substantially all of its investment company taxable income and any net realized capital gains (after reduction for capital loss carryforwards) sufficient to relieve it from all, or substantially all, federal income taxes. Accordingly, no provision for federal income taxes was required.

The Fund’s income and federal excise tax returns and all financial records supporting those returns for the prior three fiscal years are subject to examination by the federal and Delaware revenue authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state, and foreign tax returns for all open tax years and does not believe that there are any uncertain tax positions that require recognition of a tax liability.

Class allocations

The separate classes of shares offered by the Fund differ principally in distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees. Class specific expenses are charged directly to that share class. Investment income, common expenses, and realized gains (losses) on investments are allocated daily to each class of shares based on the relative proportion of net assets of each class.

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

Fair value measurements of investments are determined within a framework that has established a fair value hierarchy based upon the various data inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. The three-level hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3). The Fund’s investments are classified within the fair value hierarchy based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs are summarized into three broad levels as follows:

 

  Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

  Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used for valuing investments in securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.


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22   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2017:

 

    

Quoted prices

(Level 1)

    

Other significant
observable inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Repurchase agreements

   $ 0      $ 7,759,030,419      $ 0      $ 7,759,030,419  

Treasury debt

     0        6,960,719,205        0        6,960,719,205  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 14,719,749,624      $ 0      $ 14,719,749,624  

The Fund recognizes transfers between levels within the fair value hierarchy at the end of the reporting period. At January 31, 2017, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES AND OTHER EXPENSES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser, providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations, and providing any other fund-level administrative services reasonably necessary for the operation of the Fund. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2017, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.14% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

Funds Management has retained the services of a subadviser to provide daily portfolio management to the Fund. The fee for subadvisory services is borne by Funds Management. Wells Capital Management Incorporated, an affiliate of Funds Management and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo, is the subadviser to the Fund and is entitled to receive a fee from Funds Management at an annual rate starting at 0.05% and declining to 0.01% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase.

Administration fees

Under a class-level administration agreement, Funds Management provides class-level administrative services to the Fund, which includes paying fees and expenses for services provided by the transfer agent, sub-transfer agents, omnibus account servicers and record-keepers. As compensation for its services under the class-level administration agreement, Funds Management receives an annual fee which is calculated based on the average daily net assets of each class as follows:

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Class A

     0.22

Administrator Class

     0.10  

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  

Sweep Class

     0.03

 

* Prior to November 17, 2016, the class-level administration fee for Sweep Class shares was 0.22% of its average daily net assets.

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. Waiver of fees and/or reimbursement of expenses by Funds Management were made first from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses. Funds Management has committed through October 13, 2017 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.65% for Class A shares, 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.45% for Service Class shares, and 1.00% for Sweep Class shares. 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. During the year ended January 31, 2017, Funds Management voluntarily waived additional expenses to maintain a positive yield.


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During the year ended January 31, 2017, State Street Bank and Trust Company, the Fund’s custodian, reimbursed the Fund $28,462 for certain out-of-pocket expenses that were billed to the Fund in error from 1998-2015. This amount is included in interest income on the Statement of Operations. In addition, Funds Management was also reimbursed $16,066 for waivers/reimbursements it made to the Fund during the period the Fund was erroneously billed.

Distribution fee

The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Sweep Class shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. A distribution fee is charged to Sweep Class shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (“Funds Distributor”), the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.35% of the average daily net assets of Sweep Class shares.

Shareholder servicing fees

The Trust has entered into contracts with one or more shareholder servicing agents, whereby Class A, Service Class, and Sweep Class of the Fund are charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.25% of the respective average daily net assets of each class. Administrator Class is charged a fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of its average daily net assets.

A portion of these total shareholder servicing fees were paid to affiliates of Wells Fargo.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $24,862,674 and $3,092,239 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2017 and January 31, 2016, respectively.

As of January 31, 2017, distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $2,304,094 in undistributed ordinary income.

6. INDEMNIFICATION

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, the officers and Trustees have been granted certain indemnification rights against certain liabilities that may arise out of performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts with service providers that contain a variety of indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be estimated.

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In December 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2016-19, Technical Corrections and Improvements. ASU 2016-19 includes an amendment to FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurement which clarifies the difference between a valuation approach and a valuation technique. The amendment also requires an entity to disclose when there has been a change in either or both a valuation approach and/or a valuation technique. The disclosure requirements are effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016. Management is currently evaluating the potential impact of this new guidance to the financial statements.

8. REGULATORY CHANGES

In October 2016, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted new rules and forms and amended existing rules and forms (together, “final rules”) intended to modernize and enhance the reporting and disclosure of information by registered investment companies and to enhance liquidity risk management by open-end mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. The final rules will enhance the quality of information available to investors and will allow the SEC to more effectively collect and use data reported by funds. In part, the final rules amend Regulation S-X and require standardized, enhanced disclosure about derivatives in the Fund’s financial statements, as well as other amendments. The compliance date for the amendments to Regulation S-X is August 1, 2017 while the compliance date for the new form types is June 1, 2018 and the compliance date for the liquidity risk management program requirements is December 1, 2018. Management is currently assessing the potential impact of these enhancements and their impact on the financial statement disclosures and reporting requirements.


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24   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Report of independent registered public accounting firm

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS OF WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

March 24, 2017


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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, $23,315,696 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2017, 48% of the dividends distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222, visiting our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website at wellsfargofunds.com or by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov.

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

The complete portfolio holdings for the Fund are publicly available on the Fund’s website (wellsfargofunds.com) on a 1-day delayed basis. The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q, which is available by visiting the SEC website at sec.gov. In addition, the Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and at regional offices in New York City, at 233 Broadway, and in Chicago, at 175 West Jackson Boulevard, Suite 900. Information about the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 138 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or
investment company
directorships

William R. Ebsworth
(Born 1957)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief financial officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he lead a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member 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. Board member of the Fonté Foundation (non-profit organization) and the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization), where he serves on the Investment Committee and as a Chair of the Audit Committee. Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder and an Adjunct Lecturer, Finance, at Babson College.   Asset Allocation Trust

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization) and an inactive chartered financial analyst.   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. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. 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 (charter school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   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, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative 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


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Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or
investment company
directorships

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 Chief Executive Officer 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

 

* Length of service dates reflect the Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities, where applicable.

 

** Peter Gordon is expected to retire on December 31, 2017.

Officers

 

Name and

year of birth

  Position held and
length of service
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managaers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(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.    

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. Assistant General Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2013 and Vice President and Managing Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from 1996 to 2013.    

Michael Whitaker

(Born 1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2016. Chief Compliance Officer of Fidelity’s Fixed Income Funds and Asset Allocation Funds from 2008 to 2016, Compliance Officer of FMR Co., Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments Money Management, Inc. from 2014 to 2016, Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

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. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  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 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1 Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 69 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 69 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2 The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by visiting the website at wellsfargofunds.com.


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28   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   List of abbreviations

The following is a list of common abbreviations for terms and entities that may have appeared in this report.

 

ACA —  ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation
ADR —  American depositary receipt
ADS —  American depositary shares
AGC —  Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM —  Assured Guaranty Municipal
Ambac —  Ambac Financial Group Incorporated
AMT —  Alternative minimum tax
AUD —  Australian dollar
BAN —  Bond anticipation notes
BHAC —  Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation
BRL —  Brazilian real
CAB —  Capital appreciation bond
CAD —  Canadian dollar
CCAB —  Convertible capital appreciation bond
CDA —  Community Development Authority
CDO —  Collateralized debt obligation
CHF —  Swiss franc
COP —  Colombian peso
CLP —  Chilean peso
DKK —  Danish krone
DRIVER —  Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts
DW&P —  Department of Water & Power
DWR —  Department of Water Resources
ECFA —  Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority
EDA —  Economic Development Authority
EDFA —  Economic Development Finance Authority
ETF —  Exchange-traded fund
EUR —  Euro
FDIC —  Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FFCB —  Federal Farm Credit Banks
FGIC —  Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation
FHA —  Federal Housing Administration
FHLB —  Federal Home Loan Bank
FHLMC —  Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FICO —  The Financing Corporation
FNMA —  Federal National Mortgage Association
FSA —  Farm Service Agency
GBP —  Great British pound
GDR —  Global depositary receipt
GNMA —  Government National Mortgage Association
GO —  General obligation
HCFR —  Healthcare facilities revenue
HEFA —  Health & Educational Facilities Authority
HEFAR —  Higher education facilities authority revenue
HFA —  Housing Finance Authority
HFFA —  Health Facilities Financing Authority
HKD —  Hong Kong dollar
HUD —  Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUF —  Hungarian forint
IDA —  Industrial Development Authority
IDAG —  Industrial Development Agency
IDR —  Indonesian rupiah
IEP —  Irish pound
JPY —  Japanese yen
KRW —  Republic of Korea won
LIBOR —  London Interbank Offered Rate
LIFER —  Long Inverse Floating Exempt Receipts
LIQ —  Liquidity agreement
LLC —  Limited liability company
LLLP —  Limited liability limited partnership
LLP —  Limited liability partnership
LOC —  Letter of credit
LP —  Limited partnership
MBIA —  Municipal Bond Insurance Association
MFHR —  Multifamily housing revenue
MSTR —  Municipal securities trust receipts
MTN —  Medium-term note
MUD —  Municipal Utility District
MXN —  Mexican peso
MYR —  Malaysian ringgit
National —  National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
NGN —  Nigerian naira
NOK —  Norwegian krone
NZD —  New Zealand dollar
PCFA —  Pollution Control Financing Authority
PCL —  Public Company Limited
PCR —  Pollution control revenue
PFA —  Public Finance Authority
PFFA —  Public Facilities Financing Authority
PFOTER —  Puttable floating option tax-exempt receipts
plc —  Public limited company
PLN —  Polish zloty
PUTTER —  Puttable tax-exempt receipts
R&D —  Research & development
Radian —  Radian Asset Assurance
RAN —  Revenue anticipation notes
RDA —  Redevelopment Authority
RDFA —  Redevelopment Finance Authority
REIT —  Real estate investment trust
ROC —  Reset option certificates
RON —  Romanian lei
RUB —  Russian ruble
SAVRS —  Select auction variable rate securities
SBA —  Small Business Authority
SDR —  Swedish depositary receipt
SEK —  Swedish krona
SFHR —  Single-family housing revenue
SFMR —  Single-family mortgage revenue
SGD —  Singapore dollar
SPA —  Standby purchase agreement
SPDR —  Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipts
SPEAR —  Short Puttable Exempt Adjustable Receipts
STRIPS —  Separate trading of registered interest and
           principal securities
TAN —  Tax anticipation notes
TBA —  To be announced
THB —  Thai baht
TIPS —  Treasury inflation-protected securities
TRAN —  Tax revenue anticipation notes
TRY —  Turkish lira
TTFA —  Transportation Trust Fund Authority
TVA —  Tennessee Valley Authority
ZAR —  South African rand
 


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P.O. Box 8266

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ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS

(a) As of the end of the period covered by the report, Wells Fargo Funds Trust has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its President and Treasurer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

(c) During the period covered by this report, there were no amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above.

(d) During the period covered by this report, there were no implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

The Board of Trustees of Wells Fargo Funds Trust has determined that Judith Johnson is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Mrs. Johnson is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

(a), (b), (c), (d) The following table presents aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to the Registrant by the Registrant’s principal accountant. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the Registrant’s audit committee.

 

     Fiscal
year ended
January 31, 2017
     Fiscal
year ended
January 31, 2016
 

Audit fees

   $ 306,344      $ 364,309  

Audit-related fees

     —          —    

Tax fees (1)

     14,960        18,000  

All other fees

     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 321,304      $ 382,309  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)  Tax fees consist of fees for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and excise tax.

(e) The Chairman of the Audit Committees is authorized to pre-approve: (1) audit services for the mutual funds of Wells Fargo Funds Trust; (2) non-audit tax or compliance consulting or training services provided to the Funds by the independent auditors (“Auditors”) if the fees for any particular engagement are not anticipated to exceed $50,000; and (3) non-audit tax or compliance consulting or training services provided by the Auditors to a Fund’s investment adviser and its controlling entities (where pre-approval is required because the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund) if the fee to the Auditors for any particular engagement is not anticipated to exceed $50,000. For any such pre-approval sought from the Chairman, Management shall prepare a brief description of the proposed services. If the Chairman approves of such service, he or she shall sign the statement prepared by Management. Such written statement shall be presented to the full Committees at their next regularly scheduled meetings.


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(f) Not applicable

(g) Not applicable

(h) Not applicable

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6. INVESTMENTS

Wells Fargo Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund included a Summary Portfolio of Investments under Item 1. A Portfolio of Investments for each of Wells Fargo Money Market Fund and Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund is filed under this Item.


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     1  

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Certificates of Deposit: 13.22%

         

Banco del estado de Chile

    1.10     4-18-2017      $ 2,000,000      $ 2,000,000  

Bank of Montreal

    1.16       6-7-2017        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia ±

    1.31       5-11-2017        5,000,000        5,002,818  

Chiba Bank Limited

    1.10       3-13-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Chiba Bank Limited

    1.10       3-23-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Cooperatieve Centrale ±

    1.14       7-10-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Credit Suisse (New York) ±

    1.47       5-12-2017        4,000,000        4,000,000  

HSBC Bank plc

    0.60       2-1-2017        8,000,000        8,000,000  

ING Funding LLC ±

    1.22       5-30-2017        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Mizuho Bank Limited ±

    1.52       3-7-2017        4,000,000        4,001,118  

National Bank of Kuwait

    0.58       2-1-2017        11,050,000        11,050,000  

NBAD Americas NV

    0.58       2-1-2017        11,000,000        11,000,000  

Norinchukin Bank

    0.90       2-15-2017        3,000,000        3,000,173  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation ±

    1.42       4-18-2017        3,000,000        3,002,354  

Swedbank ±

    1.12       5-22-2017        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $76,056,463)

            76,056,463  
         

 

 

 

Commercial Paper: 37.58%

         
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 20.56%          

Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z)

    1.00       2-2-2017        2,000,000        1,999,944  

Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z)

    1.02       2-10-2017        1,000,000        999,745  

Alpine Securitization Limited 144A(z)

    1.18       3-21-2017        2,000,000        1,996,853  

Anglesea Funding LLC 144A±

    1.00       6-30-2017        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Antalis SA 144A(z)

    0.85       2-13-2017        4,000,000        3,998,867  

Antalis SA 144A(z)

    1.00       2-2-2017        2,000,000        1,999,944  

Atlantic Asset Securitization Corporation 144A(z)

    1.05       3-6-2017        3,000,000        2,997,113  

Barton Capital Corporation 144A(z)

    0.97       3-9-2017        3,000,000        2,997,090  

Cedar Spring Capital Company 144A(z)

    1.08       2-9-2017        3,000,000        2,999,280  

Chesham Finance Limited 144A(z)

    0.73       2-1-2017        9,000,000        9,000,000  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    0.85       2-9-2017        4,000,000        3,999,244  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    0.85       2-13-2017        5,000,000        4,998,583  

Kells Funding LLC 144A(z)

    0.79       2-21-2017        6,000,000        5,997,367  

Kells Funding LLC 144A(z)

    0.95       2-7-2017        2,000,000        1,999,683  

Kells Funding LLC 144A±

    1.22       5-2-2017        4,000,000        3,999,997  

Lexington Parker Capital Company LLC 144A(z)

    1.15       4-20-2017        5,000,000        4,987,542  

LMA Amercias LLC 144A(z)

    0.95       2-8-2017        3,000,000        2,999,446  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    1.05       3-7-2017        3,000,000        2,997,025  

Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z)

    0.97       2-23-2017            10,000,000        9,994,072  

Matchpoint Finance plc 144A(z)

    1.02       3-7-2017        2,000,000        1,998,073  

Mont Blanc Capital Corporation 144A(z)

    0.90       3-27-2017        4,000,000        3,994,600  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z)

    0.88       2-3-2017        2,000,000        1,999,902  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivable 144A(z)

    0.96       2-23-2017        5,000,000        4,997,067  

Regency Markets No.1 LLC 144A(z)

    0.80       2-8-2017        6,000,000        5,999,067  

Ridgefield Funding Company 144A(z)

    1.06       4-3-2017        9,000,000        8,983,937  

Starbird Funding Corporation 144A(z)

    1.02       3-7-2017        2,000,000        1,998,073  

Versailles Commercial Paper LLC 144A±

    1.02       6-1-2017        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Victory Receivables 144A(z)

    0.94       3-3-2017        3,000,000        2,997,650  

Victory Receivables 144A(z)

    0.95       3-10-2017        3,300,000        3,296,778  
            118,226,942  
         

 

 

 


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Financial Company Commercial Paper: 15.98%          

Banco de Credito e Inversiones 144A(z)

    1.10     2-15-2017      $ 2,000,000      $ 1,999,144  

Barclays Bank plc 144A(z)

    0.97       2-15-2017        5,000,000        4,998,114  

BPCE SA 144A(z)

    1.16       5-1-2017        4,000,000        3,988,529  

Caisse Centrale Desjardins du Quebec 144A(z)

    0.96       3-8-2017        5,000,000        4,995,352  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A±

    1.41       4-19-2017        6,000,000        6,004,584  

DBS Bank Limited 144A(z)

    1.04       4-4-2017        7,000,000        6,987,462  

Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG ±144A

    1.12       3-14-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000  

HSBC Bank plc 144A±

    1.19       6-7-2017        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Macquarie Bank Limited 144A(z)

    0.90       3-7-2017        2,000,000        1,998,300  

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corporation (z)

    1.10       4-21-2017        4,000,000        3,990,344  

Nationwide Building Society 144A(z)

    1.10       4-3-2017        5,000,000        4,990,681  

Nationwide Buliding Society 144A(z)

    0.90       2-2-2017        3,000,000        2,999,925  

NV Bank Nederlandse Gemeenten 144A(z)

    0.82       2-9-2017        5,000,000        4,999,089  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A(z)

    1.05       4-10-2017        5,000,000        4,990,083  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation 144A±

    1.17       7-19-2017        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Sumitomo Trust & Banking Company 144A(z)

    0.90       2-17-2017        12,000,000        11,995,200  

Suncorp Group Limited 144A(z)

    0.88       2-1-2017        8,000,000        8,000,000  

United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z)

    1.05       4-24-2017        5,000,000        4,988,042  
            91,924,849  
         

 

 

 
Other Commercial Paper: 1.04%          

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt 144A(z)

    0.91       2-15-2017        4,000,000        3,998,584  

Erste Abwicklungsanstalt 144A(z)

    1.04       4-25-2017        2,000,000        1,995,204  
            5,993,788  
         

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $216,145,579)

            216,145,579  
         

 

 

 

Municipal Obligations: 39.89%

         

Arizona: 0.52%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.52%          

Arizona Agricultural Improvement & Power District Salt River Project Series D1 (Utilities Revenue) (z)

    0.94       2-16-2017        3,000,000        2,998,750  
         

 

 

 

California: 2.65%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.65%          

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.74       7-1-2024        5,235,000        5,235,000  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Water District Series E (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       4-5-2019        6,000,000        6,000,000  

San Francisco City & County CA Certificate of Participation Series B001 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.10       11-1-2041        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates for Palomar Pomerado Health Series XG0017 (GO Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    0.96       8-1-2037        2,000,000        2,000,000  
            15,235,000  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 2.71%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.71%          

Colorado HFA Class I Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.75       10-1-2034        805,000        805,000  

Colorado HFA Class II Series A-2 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.85       10-1-2033        3,220,000        3,220,000  


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Colorado HFA MFHR Project B-2 (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.80     5-1-2052      $ 9,570,000      $ 9,570,000  

Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation Series 2007 (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    0.80       1-1-2027            2,000,000        2,000,000  
            15,595,000  
         

 

 

 

Connecticut: 3.66%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 3.66%          

Puttable Floating Option Taxable Series TNP-1013 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.30       4-15-2046        21,080,000        21,080,000  
         

 

 

 

District of Columbia: 2.61%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.61%          

Howard University (Education Revenue)

    0.79       8-1-2031            15,000,000        15,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Florida: 0.87%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.87%          

Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016 XL0027 (Airport Revenue, AGC Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.86       10-1-2030        2,015,000        2,015,000  

Orlando-Orange County FL Expressway Authority Series 2007 (Transportation Revenue, BHAC/AGM Insured, Citibank NA LIQ)

    0.71       7-1-2042        3,000,000        3,000,000  
            5,015,000  
         

 

 

 

Georgia: 1.71%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.71%          

Columbus GA Housing Development Authority Puttable Floating Option Taxable Notes Series TN-024 (Housing Revenue, ACA Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.02       10-1-2039        4,830,000        4,830,000  

Macon-Bibb County GA Industrial Authority Development Kumho Tire Georgia Incorporated Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC)

    1.05       12-1-2022        5,000,000        5,000,000  
            9,830,000  
         

 

 

 

Idaho: 0.58%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.58%          

Idaho HFA Series A3 Class II (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA)

    0.85       7-1-2034        1,375,000        1,375,000  

Idaho HFA Series A4 Class II (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ)

    0.85       1-1-2036        1,960,000        1,960,000  
            3,335,000  
         

 

 

 

Iowa: 1.04%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.04%          

Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC)

    0.87       4-1-2022        6,000,000        6,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Louisiana: 1.44%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.44%          

East Baton Rouge Parish LA Sewerage Commission Revenue Series B005 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.10       2-1-2045        8,280,000        8,280,000  
         

 

 

 


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Maryland: 1.39%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.39%          

Maryland CDA Housing & Community Residential Series B (Housing Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA)

    0.70     9-1-2033      $ 8,000,000      $ 8,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Minnesota: 0.04%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.04%          

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-69 (Housing Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       5-31-2018        240,000        240,000  
         

 

 

 

Nebraska: 0.70%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.70%          

Nebraska Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Omaha Packaging Facilities Corporation Series SGT13 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ) 144A

    0.91       3-1-2033        4,000,000        4,000,000  
         

 

 

 

New York: 8.69%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.69%          

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5012 (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67       11-1-2019        10,000,000        10,000,000  

New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series B (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.13       5-1-2048        17,000,000        17,000,000  

New York HFA Biltmore Tower Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.68       5-15-2034        4,000,000        4,000,000  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.25       11-1-2049            10,000,000        10,000,000  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Project Series B-2 (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.12       11-1-2049        1,000,000        1,000,000  

New York NY Municipal Water Finance Series F1B-RMKT (Water & Sewer Revenue, U.S. Bank NA SPA)

    0.63       6-15-2035        4,000,000        4,000,000  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-51 for Invesco Van Kampen New York Value Income Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A(i)

    1.28       7-1-2017        4,000,000        4,000,000  
            50,000,000  
         

 

 

 

North Dakota: 0.35%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.35%          

North Dakota HFA Mortgage Finance Program Series F (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    0.75       1-1-2047        2,000,000        2,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Ohio: 0.35%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.35%          

Columbus OH Regional Airport Authority (Airport Revenue)

    0.68       4-1-2044        2,000,000        2,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Oklahoma: 1.00%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.00%          

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    0.80       7-13-2017        5,725,000        5,725,000  
         

 

 

 

Oregon: 0.87%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.87%          

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.02       5-1-2035        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Other: 2.10%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.10%          

Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-54 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.72     2-15-2028      $ 6,120,000      $ 6,120,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M021 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.69       6-15-2036        5,965,000        5,965,000  
            12,085,000  
         

 

 

 

South Carolina: 0.52%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.52%          

South Carolina Public Service (Utilities Revenue)

    0.84       2-14-2017        3,000,000        3,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Tennessee: 0.87%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.87%          

Montgomery County TN Industrial Development Bonds Hankook Tire Manufacturing Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC)

    1.10       12-1-2024        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Texas: 4.00%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.00%          

Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.76       10-1-2036            15,000,000        15,000,000  

Port Arthur TX Navigation District Daily Fina Oil and Chemical Company Project (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.73       5-1-2033        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Port Arthur TX Navigation District Industrial Development Corporation Total Petrochemicals USA Incorporated Project Series 2012 (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.69       3-1-2042        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Port Corpus Christi TX Flint Hills Resources Project Series A (Resource Recovery Revenue)

    0.73       4-1-2028        3,000,000        3,000,000  
            23,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Utah: 0.87%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.87%          

Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.69       10-1-2037        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 0.35%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.35%          

Wisconsin Housing & EDA Series F (Housing Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.78       5-1-2030        2,000,000        2,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $229,418,750)

            229,418,750  
         

 

 

 

Other: 1.83%

         

Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 5 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±§144A

    0.79       8-1-2040        1,500,000        1,500,000  

Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 6 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±§144A

    0.79       8-1-2040        1,000,000        1,000,000  

Nuveen Enhanced Municipal Credit Opportunities Fund Series 1 ±§144A

    0.81       3-1-2040        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Western Asset Managed Municipal Fund Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) ±§

    0.79       3-4-2045        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Total Other (Cost $10,500,000)

            10,500,000  
         

 

 

 


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Other Instruments: 0.70%

         

ANZ New Zealand International Limited of London 144A±

    1.40     4-27-2017      $ 1,000,000      $ 1,000,768  

Suncorp Metway Limited 144A±

    1.70       3-28-2017        3,000,000        3,001,724  

Total Other Instruments (Cost $4,002,492)

            4,002,492  
         

 

 

 

Other Notes: 4.39%

         
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 4.39%          

Providence Health & Services ±§

    0.73       10-1-2042        5,780,000        5,780,000  

Providence St. Joseph Health ±§

    0.72       10-1-2047        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Racetrac Capital LLC ±§

    0.73       9-1-2020        4,250,000        4,250,000  

SSAB AB Series A ±§

    0.75       6-1-2035        1,000,000        1,000,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC ±§

    0.75       2-1-2056        7,240,000        7,240,000  

Total Other Notes (Cost $25,270,000)

            25,270,000  
         

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements: 2.43%

         

GX Clarke & Company, dated 1-31-17, maturity value $14,000,272 ^^

    0.70       2-1-2017            14,000,000        14,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $14,000,000)

            14,000,000        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $575,393,284) *     100.04        575,393,284  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (0.04        (214,076
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 575,179,208  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

± Variable rate investment. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

144A The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

§ The security is subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity.

 

(z) Zero coupon security. The rate represents the current yield to maturity.

 

ø Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

(i) Illiquid security for which the designation as illiquid is unaudited.

 

^^ Collateralized by U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 6.00%, 5-1-2023 to 10-1-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $14,420,101.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Municipal Obligations: 97.97%

         

Alabama: 3.29%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.29%          

Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF2373 (Tax Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.69     9-1-2024      $ 5,000,000      $ 5,000,000  

Chatom AL IDA Board Gulf Opportunity Zone PowerSouth Energy Cooperative Projects Series 2011 (Utilities Revenue)

    0.79       8-1-2041            10,500,000        10,500,000  
            15,500,000  
         

 

 

 

Arizona: 2.64%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.64%          

Mesa AZ Utility System Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-33 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       7-1-2024        8,405,000        8,405,000  

Phoenix AZ IDA Mayo Clinic Series A (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA SPA)

    0.57       11-15-2052        4,000,000        4,000,000  
            12,405,000  
         

 

 

 

California: 8.92%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.92%          

California CDA Motion Picture & Television Fund Series 2001-A (Health Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC)

    0.71       3-1-2031        1,450,000        1,450,000  

California Municipal Finance Authority High Desert Partnership (Education Revenue, Union Bank NA LOC)

    0.76       4-1-2042        1,240,000        1,240,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XM0147 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.70       1-1-2039        9,000,000        9,000,000  

Irvine CA Limited Obligation Improvement Bonds Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LOC)

    0.58       9-2-2026        600,000        600,000  

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 3841 (Transportation Revenue, Ambac Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.74       7-1-2024        8,075,000        8,075,000  

Los Angeles CA DW&P Sub Series B-1 (Utilities Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA)

    0.62       7-1-2034        12,500,000        12,500,000  

Rancho CA Water District Finance Authority Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF2367 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.69       8-1-2024        3,200,000        3,200,000  

San Francisco CA RDA Fillmore Center 1999 Issue B1 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.68       12-1-2017        3,500,000        3,500,000  

San Joaquin CA Delta Community College Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZF0180 (GO Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.76       8-1-2022        2,415,000        2,415,000  
            41,980,000  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 3.82%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.82%          

Colorado Health Facilities Authority Catholic Health Initiatives Series 2013-3364 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.80       10-1-2037        6,250,000        6,250,000  

Colorado Springs CO Utilities Systems Series B (Utilities Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking SPA)

    0.70       11-1-2026        8,120,000        8,120,000  

Moffat County CO Tri State General Association Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    0.68       3-1-2036        3,600,000        3,600,000  
            17,970,000  
         

 

 

 


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

District of Columbia: 0.76%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.76%          

District of Columbia Community Connection Real Estate Foundation Issue Series 2007A (Miscellaneous Revenue, Manufacturers & Traders LOC)

    0.71     7-1-2032      $ 3,600,000      $ 3,600,000  
         

 

 

 

Florida: 1.62%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.62%          

Highlands County FL Health Facilities Authority Adventist Health System Sunbelt Obligated Group Series 2012 I-2 (Health Revenue)

    0.63       11-15-2032        600,000        600,000  

Orange County FL School Board Certificate of Participation Series 2009A (Miscellaneous Revenue, AGC Insured, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.79       8-1-2034        3,300,000        3,300,000  

Pinellas County FL IDA Neighborly Care Network Project Series 2008 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    0.68       8-1-2028        3,730,000        3,730,000  
            7,630,000  
         

 

 

 

Georgia: 1.23%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.23%          

Metropolitan Atlanta GA Rapid Transit Authority Series P (Tax Revenue, Societe Generale LOC, Ambac Insured) 144A

    0.66       7-1-2020        5,765,000        5,765,000  
         

 

 

 

Illinois: 3.42%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.42%          

DuPage & Will Counties IL Community School District #204 Indian Prairie School Building Series A Royal Bank of Canada Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 0-26 (GO Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    0.74       4-12-2017        3,515,000        3,515,000  

Illinois Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XF2202 (Transportation Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.69       7-1-2023        1,140,000        1,140,000  

Illinois Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZM0120 (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    0.71       7-1-2023        3,100,000        3,100,000  

Quad Cities Illinois Regional EDA Augustana College Series 2005 (Education Revenue, Harris NA LOC)

    0.66       10-1-2035        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Yorkville Kendall County IL Special Service Area #2003-101 Windett Ridge Project JPMorgan PUTTER Series 4380 (Tax Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.88       3-1-2023        3,320,000        3,320,000  
            16,075,000  
         

 

 

 

Indiana: 3.30%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.30%          

Indiana Certificates of Participation Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-34 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       7-1-2023            10,815,000        10,815,000  

Spencer County IN American Iron Oxide Company Project Series 1999 (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi LOC)

    0.80       9-1-2018        4,700,000        4,700,000  
            15,515,000  
         

 

 

 

Iowa: 0.68%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.68%          

Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC)

    0.87       4-1-2022        1,000,000        1,000,000  

Iowa Finance Authority Multifamily Housing Series 2006 A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF0386 (Housing Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    0.73       7-1-2041        2,220,000        2,220,000  
            3,220,000  
         

 

 

 


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Kansas: 2.13%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.13%          

Wyandotte County KS Unified School District #500 Series 2016A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-ZM0463 (GO Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    0.74     9-1-2024      $     10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Louisiana: 0.90%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.90%          

East Baton Rouge Parish LA ExxonMobil Project Series B (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.57       12-1-2040        1,500,000        1,500,000  

East Baton Rouge Parish LA Industrial Development Board ExxonMobil Project Series 2010A (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.57       8-1-2035        2,750,000        2,750,000  
            4,250,000  
         

 

 

 

Maryland: 2.01%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.01%          

Maryland HEFA University of Maryland Medical System Series D (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    0.62       7-1-2041        3,200,000        3,200,000  

Maryland State Stadium Authority Sports Facilities Football Stadium Series 2007 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking SPA)

    0.68       3-1-2026        2,250,000        2,250,000  

Maryland Transportation Authority Facilities Project Series 2008 Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF0278 (Transportation Revenue, AGM Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    0.73       7-1-2041        4,000,000        4,000,000  
            9,450,000  
         

 

 

 

Massachusetts: 0.80%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.80%          

Massachusetts HEFA Baystate Medical Center Series K (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC)

    0.61       7-1-2039        3,745,000        3,745,000  
         

 

 

 

Michigan: 3.39%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.39%          

Eastern Michigan University Barclays Residual Interest Bonds Trust Series 6WE (Miscellaneous Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC) 144A

    0.81       7-1-2018        7,930,000        7,930,000  

Green Lake Township MI Economic Development Corporation Interlochen Center Arts Project Series 2004 (Miscellaneous Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA LOC)

    0.61       6-1-2034        2,235,000        2,235,000  

St. Joseph MI Hospital Finance Authority Lakeland Hospital Niles & St. Joseph Obligated Group Series 2002 (Health Revenue, AGM Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.78       1-1-2032        5,810,000        5,810,000  
            15,975,000  
         

 

 

 

Minnesota: 3.02%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.02%          

Bloomington MN Bristol Village Apartments Project Series 2002A-1 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.75       11-15-2032        1,200,000        1,200,000  

Burnsville MN Bridgeway Apartments Project Series 2003 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.74       10-15-2033        2,375,000        2,375,000  

Forest Lake MN Kilkenny Court Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.75       8-15-2038        4,500,000        4,500,000  


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Maple Grove MN MFHR Basswood Trails Apartment Project Series 2002 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.74     3-1-2029      $ 2,340,000      $ 2,340,000  

Minnesota HEFAR Concordia University Series P-1 (Education Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.61       4-1-2027        925,000        925,000  

Plymouth MN Lancaster Village Apartments Project Series 2001 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    0.74       9-15-2031        2,865,000        2,865,000  
            14,205,000  
         

 

 

 

Mississippi: 5.24%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.24%          

Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.58       12-1-2030        1,100,000        1,100,000  

Mississippi Business Finance Commission Gulf Opportunity Zone Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series J (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.58       11-1-2035        2,900,000        2,900,000  

Mississippi Business Finance Corporation Chevron USA Incorporated Project Series K (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.60       11-1-2035        8,200,000        8,200,000  

Mississippi Series A Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-60 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       11-1-2018            12,460,000        12,460,000  
            24,660,000  
         

 

 

 

Missouri: 1.10%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.10%          

Missouri Development Finance Board Cultural Facilities Nelson Gallery Foundation Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, U.S. Bank NA SPA)

    0.62       12-1-2037        1,700,000        1,700,000  

Missouri Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XF2198 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.69       5-1-2023        2,670,000        2,670,000  

St. Joseph MO IDA Heartland Regional Medical Center Series 2009A (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    0.61       11-15-2043        800,000        800,000  
            5,170,000  
         

 

 

 

Nebraska: 0.92%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.92%          

Nebraska Investment Finance Authority MFHR Apple Creek Associates Project Series 1985-A (Housing Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC)

    0.80       9-1-2031        4,310,000        4,310,000  
         

 

 

 

New Jersey: 0.72%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.72%          

New Jersey Tender Option Bond Trust Receipt/Certificates Series 2016-XM0226 (Miscellaneous Revenue, BHAC/National Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    0.78       7-1-2026        3,370,000        3,370,000  
         

 

 

 

New York: 11.86%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 11.86%          

New York Dormitory Authority Debt City University Consolidated 5th General Resolution Series E (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    0.63       7-1-2031        10,625,000        10,625,000  

New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2014A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    0.82       5-1-2048        4,600,000        4,600,000  

New York HFA 605 West 42nd Street Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    0.82       5-1-2048        4,900,000        4,900,000  


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Revenue Series 2015A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    0.87     11-1-2049      $     5,000,000      $ 5,000,000  

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Dedicated Tax Fund Series A-1 (Tax Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC)

    0.62       11-1-2031        3,000,000        3,000,000  

New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Sub Series E-4 (Transportation Revenue, Bank of the West LOC)

    0.70       11-15-2045        3,740,000        3,740,000  

New York NY Fiscal Series 2004H-4 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC)

    0.63       3-1-2034        4,400,000        4,400,000  

New York NY Fiscal Series 2004-H-1 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC)

    0.63       3-1-2034        4,200,000        4,200,000  

New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority Water & Sewer System 2nd General Resolution Bonds Fiscal 2011 Sub Series DD-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA)

    0.62       6-15-2043        1,300,000        1,300,000  

New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority Water & Sewer System 2nd General Resolution Bonds Fiscal 2011 Sub Series FF-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Bank of America NA SPA)

    0.63       6-15-2044        2,700,000        2,700,000  

New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority Water & Sewer System 2nd General Resolution Bonds Fiscal 2014 Sub Series AA-6 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Mizuho Bank Limited SPA)

    0.64       6-15-2048        3,080,000        3,080,000  

New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Bonds Fiscal 2013 Sub Series A-5 (Tax Revenue, U.S. Bank NA SPA)

    0.62       8-1-2039        1,600,000        1,600,000  

New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Bonds Fiscal 2013 Sub Series A-4 (Tax Revenue, Northern Trust Company SPA)

    0.62       8-1-2039        100,000        100,000  

New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Tax-Exempt Bonds Fiscal 2015 Sub Series A-3 (Tax Revenue, Mizuho Bank Limited SPA)

    0.63       8-1-2043        5,000,000        5,000,000  

New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Recovery Bonds Fiscal 2003 Series 3 Sub Series 3F (Tax Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada SPA)

    0.62       11-1-2022        1,580,000        1,580,000  
            55,825,000  
         

 

 

 

North Carolina: 4.96%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.96%          

North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency Duke University Project Series 2015B Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZM0105 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.69       10-1-2055        2,250,500        2,250,500  

North Carolina Capital Facilities Finance Agency Educational Hill Center Project Series 2008 (Education Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    0.68       7-1-2028        3,830,000        3,830,000  

North Carolina Medical Care Commission FirstHealth Carolina Project Series 2008A (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA)

    0.71       10-1-2028        5,100,000        5,100,000  

North Carolina Medical Care Commission Hospice Alamance-Caswell Project Series 2008 (Health Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    0.68       12-1-2033        4,000,000        4,000,000  

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Series 2009- A (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA)

    0.63       2-1-2024        8,160,000        8,160,000  
            23,340,500  
         

 

 

 

Ohio: 3.10%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.10%          

Middletown OH Hospital Facility Premier Health Partners Obligation Group Series A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.00       11-15-2045        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Montgomery County OH Catholic Health Initiatives Series A (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.81       5-1-2034        6,565,000        6,565,000  

Ohio Capital Facilities Lease Adult Correctional Building Fund Series C (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    0.79       10-1-2036        4,000,000        4,000,000  
            14,565,000  
         

 

 

 


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Other: 0.99%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.99%          

Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-54 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.72     2-15-2028      $ 2,764,000      $ 2,764,000  

FHLMC (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       3-15-2049        800,000        800,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M031 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.67       12-15-2045            1,100,000        1,100,000  
            4,664,000  
         

 

 

 

Pennsylvania: 1.88%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.88%          

Allegheny County PA Hospital Development Authority University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Series 2010D JPMorgan Chase PUTTER Series 5011 (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67       12-1-2019        3,700,000        3,700,000  

Pennsylvania Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016 ZF0504 (Water & Sewer Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.81       8-15-2042        2,165,000        2,165,000  

Southcentral Pennsylvania General Authority WellSpan Health Obliged Group Series 2014A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZM0081 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.69       6-1-2044        3,000,000        3,000,000  
            8,865,000  
         

 

 

 

Rhode Island: 1.83%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.83%          

Narragansett Bay RI Commission Wastewater System Series 2013A Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XM0140 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    0.76       9-1-2020        8,600,000        8,600,000  
         

 

 

 

South Carolina: 4.00%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.00%          

Charleston SC Waterworks & Sewer System Series 2010 Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZF0219 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.69       8-1-2019        6,400,000        6,400,000  

Greenville SC Health System Hospital Series 2014B Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-XF0145 (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    0.70       5-30-2022        8,020,000        8,020,000  

South Carolina Educational Facilities Authority for Private Non-Profit Institutions Higher Learning Educational Facilities Spartanburg Methodist Series 2005 (Education Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    0.70       8-1-2025        3,025,000        3,025,000  

South Carolina Jobs EDA Institutional Business & Home Safety Project Series 2009 (Industrial Development Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    0.72       11-1-2034        1,385,000        1,385,000  
            18,830,000  
         

 

 

 

Tennessee: 3.78%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.78%          

Clarksville TN Public Building Authority Tennessee Municipal Bond Fund (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    0.69       1-1-2033        8,800,000        8,800,000  

Clarksville TN Public Building Authority Tennessee Municipal Building Fund Series 2004 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    0.69       7-1-2034        2,620,000        2,620,000  

Franklin County TN HEFA Board University of the South Project Series 1998B (Education Revenue)

    0.71       9-1-2018        2,390,000        2,390,000  

Sevier County TN Public Building Authority Local Government Public Improvement Series 6-A1 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA)

    0.68       6-1-2029        4,000,000        4,000,000  
            17,810,000  
         

 

 

 


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Texas: 8.53%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 8.53%          

Bexar County TX Housing Finance Corporation Palisades Park Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    0.74     9-1-2039      $ 4,000,000      $ 4,000,000  

Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation BASF Corporation Project Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue)

    0.71       7-1-2022        4,900,000        4,900,000  

Dickinson TX Independent School District Unlimited Tax School House Refunding Bonds Series 2000 (GO Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ)

    0.69       2-15-2028        8,350,000        8,350,000  

Harris County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Children’s Hospital Project Series 2015-3 JPMorgan PUTTER Series 5001 (Hospital Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    0.67       6-1-2019        4,665,000        4,665,000  

Port Corpus Christi TX Solid Waste Disposal Flint Hills Resources Project Series 2002B (Resource Recovery Revenue)

    0.68       7-1-2029        4,200,000        4,200,000  

Tarrant County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Christus Health Series 2008C-2 (Health Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC)

    0.67       7-1-2047        7,905,000        7,905,000  

Texas Municipal Gas Acquisition & Supply Corporation Series 2848 (Utilities Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    0.96       12-15-2026        6,108,108        6,108,108  
            40,128,108  
         

 

 

 

Utah: 1.81%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.81%          

Utah Water Finance Agency Series B-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    0.69       10-1-2037            8,500,000        8,500,000  
         

 

 

 

Vermont: 1.04%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.04%          

Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency Landmark College Project Series 2008A (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    0.60       7-1-2033        2,895,000        2,895,000  

Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency Norwich University Project Series 2008 (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    0.63       9-1-2038        2,000,000        2,000,000  
            4,895,000  
         

 

 

 

Virginia: 0.63%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.63%          

Fauquier County VA IDA Highland School Project Series 2008 (Education Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    0.68       12-1-2033        2,960,000        2,960,000  
         

 

 

 

Washington: 0.40%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.40%          

Washington Housing Finance Commission Nonprofit Tacoma Art Museum Project Series 2002 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC)

    0.63       6-1-2032        1,900,000        1,900,000  
         

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 3.25%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.25%          

Appleton WI Recovery Zone Facilities Foremost Farms Project Series 2010 (Industrial Development Revenue, CoBank LOC)

    0.69       5-1-2037        7,700,000        7,700,000  

Wisconsin Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificates Trust Series 2009-36 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    0.70       5-1-2020        3,755,000        3,755,000  


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8   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2017

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø (continued)          

Wisconsin PFA Midwestern Disaster Area Program Series 2011 (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    0.76     9-1-2036      $     3,840,000      $ 3,840,000  
            15,295,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $460,972,608)

            460,972,608        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $460,972,608) *     97.97        460,972,608  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    2.03          9,533,070  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 470,505,678  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ø Variable rate demand notes are subject to a demand feature which reduces the effective maturity. The maturity date shown represents the final maturity date of the security. The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer daily, weekly, or monthly depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

144A The security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers, pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

* Cost for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.


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LOGO     
    

KPMG LLP

Two Financial Center

60 South Street

Boston, MA 02111

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Board of Trustees and Shareholders of

Wells Fargo Funds Trust:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the summary portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, (the financial statements and financial highlights are included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR), and the portfolio of investments as of January 31, 2017 (included in Item 6 of this Form N- CSR). These financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and portfolio of investments. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five- year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

March 24, 2017

 

   KPMG LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership,   
   the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative   
   (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.   


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LOGO     
    

KPMG LLP

Two Financial Center

60 South Street

Boston, MA 02111

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

Board of Trustees and Shareholders

of Wells Fargo Funds Trust:

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the summary portfolio of investments, of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund (the “Fund”), one of the funds constituting the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, as of January 31, 2017, and the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended (the financial statements and financial highlights are included in Item 1 of this Form N-CSR), and the portfolio of investments as of January 31, 2017 (included in Item 6 of this Form N-CSR). These financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and portfolio of investments. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2017, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements, financial highlights, and portfolio of investments referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund as of January 31, 2017, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

LOGO

Boston, Massachusetts

March 24, 2017

 

   KPMG LLP is a Delaware limited liability partnership,   
   the U.S. member firm of KPMG International Cooperative   
   (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity.   


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ITEM 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees that have been implemented since the registrant’s last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of this Item.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) The President and Treasurer have concluded that the Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report.

(b) There were no significant changes in the Trust’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS

(a)(1) Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit COE.

(a)(2) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(a)(3) Not applicable.

(b) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Wells Fargo Funds Trust
By:   /s/ Andrew Owen
 

Andrew Owen

President

Date: March 24, 2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Wells Fargo Funds Trust
By:   /s/ Andrew Owen
 

Andrew Owen

President

Date: March 24, 2017
By:   /s/ Nancy Wiser
 

Nancy Wiser

Treasurer

Date: March 24, 2017

Dates Referenced Herein   and   Documents Incorporated by Reference

This ‘N-CSR’ Filing    Date    Other Filings
12/1/18
6/1/18485BPOS,  497
5/31/1824F-2NT,  497,  497K,  N-CSR,  N-MFP2,  N-Q,  NSAR-B
12/31/1724F-2NT,  N-CSR,  N-CSRS,  N-MFP2,  N-MFP2/A,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-B,  NSAR-B/A
10/13/17497,  497K
8/1/17485BPOS,  497,  497J,  497K,  DEF 14A
Filed on / Effective on:3/30/17N-CSRS,  NSAR-B
3/24/17
For Period End:1/31/1724F-2NT,  485BPOS,  497K,  N-CSRS,  N-MFP2,  N-MFP2/A,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-B
1/23/17497
1/20/17NSAR-B
12/15/16
12/14/16
11/17/16497,  497K
10/14/1624F-2NT,  485BPOS,  497,  497K
10/11/16
9/1/16485BPOS,  497J,  NSAR-B
8/31/1624F-2NT,  497J,  N-CSR,  N-CSRS,  N-MFP1,  N-MFP1/A,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-B,  NSAR-B/A
8/1/16485BPOS,  497,  AW,  N-CSR
4/1/16485BPOS,  497,  497K
3/31/1624F-2NT,  485BPOS,  N-CSR,  N-CSRS,  N-MFP,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-B
2/1/16485BPOS,  497J,  497K,  N-14/A
1/31/1624F-2NT,  N-CSR,  N-CSRS,  N-MFP,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-B
12/16/15485BPOS
10/23/15497
6/30/1524F-2NT,  485BPOS,  497,  DEFA14A,  N-CSR,  N-CSRS,  N-MFP,  N-MFP/A,  N-PX,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-B
2/1/15485BPOS
1/31/1524F-2NT,  N-CSR,  N-CSRS,  N-MFP,  N-MFP/A,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-A/A,  NSAR-B
10/31/1424F-2NT,  N-CSR,  N-CSRS,  N-MFP,  N-MFP/A,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-B,  NSAR-B/A
1/31/1124F-2NT,  485BPOS,  497K,  N-CSR,  N-CSRS,  N-MFP,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-B
7/12/10485BPOS,  497K
6/30/1024F-2NT,  497,  497K,  N-CSR,  N-CSRS,  N-Q,  NSAR-A,  NSAR-B
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