0001145549-22-036606.txt : 20220614 0001145549-22-036606.hdr.sgml : 20220614 20220613174153 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-22-036606 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20220614 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20220613 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20220614 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ALLSPRING FUNDS TRUST CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001081400 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CEN SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-09253 FILM NUMBER: 221012752 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 MARKET STREET CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-222-8222 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 525 MARKET STREET STREET 2: 12TH FLOOR CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94105 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19990308 0001081400 S000007340 Allspring Specialized Technology Fund C000020148 Class A WFSTX C000020150 Class C WFTCX C000092785 Administrator WFTDX C000176622 Institutional Class WFTIX 0001081400 S000007342 Allspring Disciplined Small Cap Fund C000020152 Administrator Class NVSOX C000150665 Institutional Class WSCOX C000176623 Class R6 WSCJX C000205081 Class A WDSAX 0001081400 S000007365 Allspring Small Cap Fund C000020229 Administrator Class WFSDX C000020230 Institutional Class WFSSX C000064973 Class A WFSMX C000064974 Class C WSCDX C000219847 Class R6 WFSJX 0001081400 S000029099 Allspring Precious Metals Fund C000089457 Class A EKWAX C000089459 Class C EKWCX C000089460 Institutional Class EKWYX C000092800 Administrator Class EKWDX 0001081400 S000029100 Allspring Utility and Telecommunications Fund C000089461 Class A EVUAX C000089463 Class C EVUCX C000089464 Institutional Class EVUYX C000092801 Administrator Class EVUDX 0001081400 S000029105 Allspring Discovery Small Cap Growth Fund C000089480 Class A EGWAX C000089481 Institutional Class EGRYX C000092806 Administrator Class EGWDX C000092807 Class C EGWCX C000219848 Class R6 EGWRX 0001081400 S000029108 Allspring Special Small Cap Value Fund C000089488 Class A ESPAX C000089490 Class C ESPCX C000089491 Administrator Class ESPIX C000092810 Institutional Class ESPNX C000150670 Class R6 ESPRX C000163730 Class R ESPHX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001081400 XXXXXXXX false false false N-1A S000007342 true S000007365 true S000029099 true S000029108 true S000007340 true S000029105 true S000029100 true Allspring Funds Trust 811-09253 0001081400 549300XROIY0CTN7RZ24 525 Market Street San Francisco 94105 US-CA US 8002228222 State Street Bank and Trust Company One Lincoln Street Boston 02111 6177863000 custody and accounting information N N N-1A 105 Y William R. 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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Shareholders of the Funds and Board of Trustees 
Allspring Funds Trust: 

In planning and performing our audits of the financial statements of Allspring Disciplined Small Cap Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Disciplined Small Cap Fund), Allspring Discovery Small Cap Growth Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Fundamental Small Cap Growth Fund), Allspring Precious Metals Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Precious Metals Fund), Allspring Small Cap Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Small Cap Fund), Allspring Special Small Cap Value Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Special Small Cap Value Fund), Allspring Specialized Technology Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Specialized Technology Fund), and Allspring Utility and Telecommunications Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Utility and Telecommunications Fund) (collectively, the Funds), seven of the funds comprising Allspring Funds Trust (formerly, Wells Fargo Funds Trust), as of and for the year ended March 31, 2022, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), we considered the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. 

Management of the Funds is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and trustees of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. 

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. 

A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the Funds’ annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. 

Our consideration of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the PCAOB. However, we noted no deficiencies in the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of March 31, 2022. 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of management and the Board of Trustees of Allspring Funds Trust and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. 

  
/s/KPMG LLP 
Boston, Massachusetts 
May 25, 2022