0001145549-22-061982.txt : 20221014 0001145549-22-061982.hdr.sgml : 20221014 20221014125650 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-22-061982 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CEN PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20220731 FILED AS OF DATE: 20221014 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20221014 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20221014 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: 221310827 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 S000007253 Allspring Discovery Large Cap Growth Fund C000019892 Class C WECCX C000019893 Administrator Class WECDX C000019894 Institutional Class WFCIX C000019895 Class A STAEX C000214254 Class R6 WECRX 0001081400 S000007267 Allspring Growth Fund C000019941 Class C WGFCX C000019942 Class A SGRAX C000019943 Administrator Class SGRKX C000019944 Institutional Class SGRNX C000163725 Class R6 SGRHX 0001081400 S000007269 Allspring Large Cap Growth Fund C000092779 Institutional Class STNFX C000092780 Class A STAFX C000092781 Class C STOFX C000092782 Administrator Class STDFX C000114241 Class R STMFX C000120070 Class R4 SLGRX C000120071 Class R6 STFFX 0001081400 S000007273 Allspring Large Company Value Fund C000019968 Administrator Class WWIDX C000064965 Class A WLCAX C000064966 Class C WFLVX C000064967 Institutional Class WLCIX C000177470 Class R6 WTLVX 0001081400 S000029060 Allspring Large Cap Core Fund C000089281 Class A EGOAX C000089282 Class C EGOCX C000089284 Institutional Class EGOIX C000089285 Administrator Class WFLLX C000163726 Class R EGOHX C000163727 Class R6 EGORX 0001081400 S000029061 Allspring Premier Large Company Growth Fund C000089286 Class A EKJAX C000089288 Class C EKJCX C000089290 Institutional Class EKJYX C000089291 Administrator Class WFPDX C000120085 Class R4 EKJRX C000120086 Class R6 EKJFX 0001081400 S000029093 Allspring Special Large Cap Value Fund C000089434 Class A EIVAX C000089436 Class C EIVCX C000089437 Institutional Class EIVIX C000092797 Administrator Class EIVDX C000120088 Class R6 EIVFX C000124152 Class R EIVTX 0001081400 S000029104 Allspring Disciplined U.S. Core Fund C000089477 Class A EVSAX C000089478 Class C EVSTX C000089479 Administrator Class EVSYX C000092805 Institutional Class EVSIX C000163728 Class R EVSHX C000163729 Class R6 EVSRX 0001081400 S000029110 Allspring Discovery All Cap Growth Fund C000089496 Class A EKOAX C000089498 Class C EKOCX C000089499 Class R EKORX C000089500 Administrator Class EOMYX C000092812 Institutional Class EKONX N-CEN 1 primary_doc.xml X0404 N-CEN LIVE 0001081400 XXXXXXXX false false false N-1A S000029104 true S000007253 true S000007267 true S000029093 true S000029060 true S000007269 true S000007273 true S000029110 true S000029061 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 104 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 U.S. Core Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Disciplined U.S. Core Fund), Allspring Discovery All Cap Growth Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Omega Growth Fund), Allspring Discovery Large Cap Growth Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Endeavor Select Fund), Allspring Growth Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Growth Fund), Allspring Large Cap Core Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Large Cap Core Fund), Allspring Large Cap Growth Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Large Cap Growth Fund), Allspring Large Company Value Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Large Company Value Fund), Allspring Premier Large Company Growth Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Premier Large Company Growth Fund), and Allspring Special Large Cap Value Fund (formerly, Wells Fargo Classic Value Fund) (collectively, the “Funds”), nine of the funds comprising Allspring Funds Trust (formerly, Wells Fargo Funds Trust), as of and for the year ended July 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 July 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 

September 27, 2022