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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: 800-643-9691

 

Date of fiscal year end: June 30, 2003

 

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2003

 



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ITEM 1.    REPORT TO SHAREHOLDERS

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WELLS FARGO

 

FUNDS

 

Wells Fargo Tax-Free Funds

 

Annual Report

 

Wells Fargo California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

 

Wells Fargo California Tax-Free Fund

 

Wells Fargo Colorado Tax-Free Fund

 

Wells Fargo Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

 

Wells Fargo National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

 

Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund

 

Wells Fargo Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

 

June 30, 2003


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     TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS   1

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS    

CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND

  2

CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUND

  4

COLORADO TAX-FREE FUND

  6

MINNESOTA TAX-FREE FUND

  8

NATIONAL LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND

  10

NATIONAL TAX-FREE FUND

  12

NEBRASKA TAX-FREE FUND

  14
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS    

CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND

  16

CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUND

  21

COLORADO TAX-FREE FUND

  28

MINNESOTA TAX-FREE FUND

  31

NATIONAL LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND

  36

NATIONAL TAX-FREE FUND

  42

NEBRASKA TAX-FREE FUND

  53
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS    

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

  56

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

  58

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

  60

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

  64
NOTES TO FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   70

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS   71

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT   77

TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)   78

BOARD OF TRUSTEES   79

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS   81

 

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     TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

DEAR VALUED SHAREHOLDER,

 

We are pleased to provide you with this Wells Fargo Tax-Free Funds annual report for the 12-month period ended June 30, 2003. On the following pages, you will find a discussion of each Fund, including performance highlights, the Fund managers’ strategic outlook, and facts and figures about each Fund’s portfolio.

 

THE ECONOMY: A WEAK RECOVERY


The fiscal year began with relatively strong economic growth in the summer and early fall of 2002. However, a relapse in manufacturing activity and a declining stock market, combined with mounting tensions in the Middle East, undermined business and consumer confidence. Pessimism over the economy, as well as money shifting out of the stock market into safer havens sent U.S. Treasury bill rates down to levels not seen since the late 1950s. Disappointing holiday retail sales combined with continued weakness in capital spending presented a gloomy picture coming into 2003. The federal government attempted to boost the economy with a tax cut on dividends and capital gains in early 2003. With the economy still mired in weakness several months later, the Federal Reserve Board cut short-term interest rates from 1.25% to 1%, the lowest level in half a century. Still, unemployment remained relatively high and a record fiscal year 2003 federal budget deficit suggested that tax revenues were not growing nearly fast enough to cover spending demands of the war and other programs. On the plus side, consumer spending remained a positive factor for the economy, with mortgage refinancing continuing at a blistering pace. Corporate earnings were also encouraging, as companies focused on paying down debt and operating as lean as possible.

 

BONDS: ANOTHER FINE PERFORMANCE


Bonds overcame a setback in June of 2003 to post impressive gains for the 12-month reporting period. This economic environment left the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index’s return at mid-year ahead of pace, as compared to returns of a year ago, which culminated in a double-digit gain for 2002 as a whole. Corporate securities maintained a leadership role, as an improving economic outlook encouraged investors to “reach” down the quality scale for yield. Certain government securities lagged amid problems at Freddie Mac, while mortgage-backed securities suffered from falling interest rates and heightened pre-payment risk.

Municipal securities performed well during the reporting period. The gains in the municipal sector — all the more impressive in the face of ongoing supply pressure and a strong rally in stocks late in the period — were supported by yields that were already attractive as compared to U.S. Treasury securities. Added help came from a reversal of “short” positions by several mutual funds and by other investors expecting a rise in yields. Finally, demand was fortified by sizable cash holdings moving in from the sidelines as the reporting period progressed.

 

LOOKING AHEAD: POSITIVE OUTLOOK FOR STOCKS COULD SIGNAL A CHALLENGING TIME FOR BONDS


An improving economy could be a positive sign for stocks, and investors are hopeful of the possibility of low interest rates, contained inflation and increased corporate profits. Such an environment is typically more challenging for bonds, however, because interest rates typically rise when the economy strengthens. Worsening federal budget deficits are also a major concern, since massive U.S. government borrowing would exert upward pressure on interest rates and inflation.

During this period of mixed economic data, it is important to ensure that your investment portfolio is properly diversified. While diversification may not prevent overall losses in a market sell-off, it may help reduce them and keep you on track to reach your financial goals. You may wish to review your portfolio with an investment professional.

We would like to thank you for your investment in Wells Fargo Funds. Please know that through each market cycle, we are committed to helping you meet your financial needs. If you have any questions about your investment, please contact your investment professional, or call us at 1-800-222-8222. You may also visit our Web site at www.wellsfargofunds.com.

 

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

 

Karla M. Rabusch

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

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TAX-FREE FUNDS   

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


 

CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE


The California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund (the Fund) seeks a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax and California individual income tax, while preserving capital.

 

ADVISER

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

 

SUB-ADVISER

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

 

FUND MANAGER

Stephen Galiani

 

INCEPTION DATE

11/18/92

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


The Fund’s Class A shares returned 4.74%1 for the 12-month period ended June 30, 2003, excluding sales charges, underperforming the Lehman Brothers 3-Year Municipal Bond Index2 (the Index), which returned 4.94%. The Fund’s Class A shares distributed $0.25 per share in dividend income and no capital gains during the period.

The main driver of the Fund’s performance during the period was declining interest rates. Yields in the one- to five-year maturity range declined approximately 1.25%. Because we maintained a generally defensive posture for most of the Fund’s fiscal year, we could not maximize the potential advantage of the large drop in yields. On the positive side, the Fund’s performance was supported by our efforts to improve the distribution yield by increasing the Fund’s exposure to higher yielding, lower-rated investment-grade securities. The Fund’s underperformance of the Index can be partially attributed to the relative underperformance of the California Municipal bond market, which generally resulted from two factors. The first factor was the negative impact of the State’s budget problems; the second factor was the heavy supply of new issuance of municipal securities at both the State and local levels.

Not surprisingly, the Fund’s best performers were those holdings with the longest durations. These holdings benefited most from the decline in interest rates. Conversely, the worst performing holdings were liquidity positions and other short-duration holdings.

Because we believe that interest rates may drift higher over the coming months, we reduced the duration of the Fund during the period, bringing it down to that of the Index. Seeking to improve the distribution yield, we added a number of “kicker” bonds (bonds with an added feature that offers the prospect of equity participation) with initial call dates of less than 18 months; once these bonds pass the first call date, we believe they may provide incremental, above-market yields.

 

STRATEGIC OUTLOOK


By the end of the period, interest rates had already edged up from their recent lows, and the high level of fiscal and monetary stimulus in the economy may preclude a return to those lows. Therefore, our risk and reward analysis for the Fund continues to favor a cautious approach. Moreover, the overhang of secondary market supply resulting from record levels of municipal bond issuance in the 18 months preceding the end of the period may decrease the likelihood that municipal bonds can outperform taxable bonds over the near term. In this type of environment, we intend to maintain the Fund’s defensive posture. We believe that periodic episodes of market weakness and disorder may allow us to reinvest the Fund’s liquidity reserve in attractively valued securities.

 


 

1   Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s Adviser has committed through October 31, 2003 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain a certain net operating expense ratio for the Fund. Actual reductions of operating expenses can increase total return to shareholders. Without these reductions, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

Performance shown for Class A and Institutional Class shares of the Wells Fargo California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund for periods prior to November 8, 1999, reflects performance of the Class A and Institutional Class shares of the Stagecoach California Tax-Free Income Fund, its predecessor fund. Performance shown for the Class C shares of the Wells Fargo California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund for the periods shown prior to August 30, 2002, reflects the performance of the Class A shares of the Wells Fargo California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund, adjusted to reflect the Class C sales charges and expenses. Effective at the close of business November 5, 1999, the Stagecoach and Norwest Advantage Funds were reorganized into the Wells Fargo Funds. For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge was 4.50%, until June 30, 2003. Effective July 1, 2003, the maximum front-end sales charge is 3.00%. For Class C shares, the maximum contingent deferred sales charge is 1.00%. Performance including sales charge assumes the maximum sales charge for the period shown and assumed 4.50% for Class A shares. Institutional Class shares are sold without sales charges.

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN1 (%) ( AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


    Including Sales Charge

  Excluding Sales Charge

    1-Year   5-Year   10-Year   1-Year   5-Year   10-Year

Wells Fargo California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund – Class A

  0.07   3.49   3.93   4.74   4.45   4.41

Wells Fargo California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund – Class C

  2.82   3.56   3.52   3.82   3.56   3.52

Wells Fargo California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund – Institutional Class

              4.93   4.61   4.49

Benchmark

                       

Lehman Brothers 3-Year Municipal Bond Index2

              4.94   5.24   5.03

 

FUND CHARACTERISTICS (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)  

Average Credit Quality3

  AA

Weighted Average Coupon

  4.24 %

Weighted Average Maturity

  3.94 years  

Estimated Duration

  2.60 years  

Portfolio Turnover

  64 %

Number of Holdings

  173  

NAV (Class A, C, I)

  $10.74, $10.74, $10.57  

SEC Yield4 (Class A, C, I)

  1.46%, 0.82%, 1.79%  

Distribution Rate5
(Class A, C, I)

  1.79%, 1.12%, 2.17%  

Taxable Equivalent Yield6 (Class A, C, I)

  2.48%, 1.39%, 3.04%  

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)7

  5.95%  

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT8


 

LOGO

 

CREDIT QUALITY3, 9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


 

LOGO

 

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


 

LOGO

 


 

2   The Lehman Brothers 3-Year Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of municipal bonds with an approximate maturity of three years. The total return of the Index does not include the effect of sales charges, and you cannot invest directly in an index. Had the Index incurred operating expenses, its performance would have been lower.

3   The average credit rating is compiled from ratings from Standard & Poor’s and/or Moody’s Investors Service (together “rating agencies”). Standard & Poor’s is a trademark of McGraw-Hill, Inc., and has been licensed. The Fund is not sponsored, sold or promoted by these rating agencies and these rating agencies make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

4   SEC yields include the actual amount of interest earned adjusted by any gain or loss realized due to the return of principal, less expenses, calculated on a 30-day month-end basis.

5   The distribution rate is based on the actual distributions made by the Fund. The distribution rate is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent income dividend and dividing that figure by the applicable current public offering price.

6   A portion of the Fund’s income may be subject to federal, state and/or local income taxes or the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Fund’s taxable equivalent yield is based on the combined federal and state income tax rate of 41.05%. Any capital gains distributions may be taxable.

7   The value of the securities subject to the AMT is represented as a percentage of net assets.

8   The chart compares the performance of the Wells Fargo California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund Class A and Institutional Class shares for the most recent ten years with the Lehman Brothers 3-Year Municipal Bond Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class A and Institutional Class shares and reflects all operating expenses and, for Class A shares, assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 4.50%.

9   Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

 

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CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUND

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE


The California Tax-Free Fund (the Fund) seeks to provide investors with a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax and California individual income tax, while preserving capital, by investing in medium- to long-term investment-grade municipal securities.

 

ADVISER

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

 

SUB-ADVISER

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

 

FUND MANAGER

Stephen Galiani

 

INCEPTION DATE

10/06/88

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


The Fund’s Class A shares returned 7.77%1 for the 12-month period ended June 30, 2003, excluding sales charges, underperforming the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2 (the Index), which returned 8.74% during the period. The Fund’s Class A shares distributed $0.53 per share in dividend income and $0.03 in capital gains during the period.

The main driver of the Fund’s performance during the period was declining interest rates. Over the course of the Fund’s fiscal year, high-grade municipal bond yields fell considerably, with 10-year bond yields declining 0.90% and 30-year bond yields dropping 0.70%. Because we maintained a relatively defensive posture for the entire 12 months, we could not maximize the potential advantage of the large drop in yields. The Fund underperformed the Index due, in part, to the relative underperformance of the California municipal bond market, which generally resulted from two factors. The first factor was the negative impact of the State’s budget problems; the second factor was the heavy supply of new issuance of municipal securities at both the State and local levels.

Early in the period we began to move the Fund to a more defensive posture, anticipating a quicker rebound in economic activity than what actually materialized. We sold a number of holdings with maturities in the 25- to 30-year range, replacing them with securities maturing in 20 years or less, and maintained an increased liquidity position. As part of our defensive strategy, we also focused on higher coupons in order to cushion price declines when rates rose. The overall effect was to shorten the Fund’s average maturity and duration.

 

STRATEGIC OUTLOOK


By the end of the period, interest rates had already edged up from the historic lows they had recently reached. We believe that this trend may continue as the high level of fiscal and monetary stimulus begins to fuel faster economic growth. In this economic environment, we intend to maintain the Fund’s defensive posture. We anticipate that periodic episodes of market weakness may allow us to reinvest the Fund’s liquidity reserve in attractively valued securities.


1   Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s Adviser has committed through October 31, 2003 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain a certain net operating expense ratio for the Fund. Actual reductions of operating expenses can increase total return to shareholders. Without these reductions, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

Performance shown for Class A, Class B, Class C and Institutional Class shares of the California Tax-Free Fund for periods prior to November 8, 1999, reflects performance of the Class A, Class B, Class C and Institutional Class shares of the Stagecoach California Tax-Free Bond Fund, its predecessor fund. Effective at the close of business November 5, 1999, the Stagecoach and Norwest Advantage Funds were reorganized into the Wells Fargo Funds. Performance shown for the Class A shares for periods prior to December 12, 1997, reflects performance of the Class A shares of the Overland Express California Tax-Free Bond Fund (the accounting survivor of a merger of the Stagecoach and Overland Funds on December 12, 1997). Performance shown for the Class C shares of the Fund reflects performance of the Class D shares of the Overland Fund; for periods prior to July 1, 1993, Class C share performance of the Fund reflects performance of the Class A shares of the Overland Fund, adjusted to reflect the sales charges and expenses of the Class C shares of the Wells Fargo Fund. Performance shown for the Class B shares of the Fund for periods prior to December 12, 1997, reflects performance of the Class D shares of the Overland Fund, although for periods prior to July 1, 1993, Class B share performance of the Fund reflects performance of the Class A shares of the Overland Fund, adjusted to reflect the sales charges and expenses of the Class B shares of the Fund. For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 4.50%. The maximum contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for Class B shares is 5.00%. For Class C shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 1.00% and the maximum CDSC is 1.00%. Performance including sales charge assumes the maximum sales charge for the period shown. Institutional Class shares are sold without sales charges.

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN1 (%) (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


 

     Including Sales Charge

   Excluding Sales Charge

     1-Year    5-Year    10-Year    1-Year    5-Year    10-Year

Wells Fargo California Tax-Free Fund – Class A

   2.93    4.67    5.49    7.77    5.65    5.98

Wells Fargo California Tax-Free Fund – Class B

   1.87    4.53    5.16    6.87    4.86    5.16

Wells Fargo California Tax-Free Fund – Class C

   4.77    4.64    5.06    6.87    4.85    5.16

Wells Fargo California Tax-Free Fund – Institutional Class

                  7.90    5.81    6.05

Benchmark

                             

Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2

                  8.74    6.29    6.37

 

FUND CHARACTERISTICS (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)

Average Credit Quality3

  AA    

Weighted Average Coupon

  4.66%  

Weighted Average Maturity

  16.63 years    

Estimated Duration

  6.11 years    

Portfolio Turnover

  34%  

Number of Holdings

  265    

NAV
(Class A, B, C, I)

  $11.57, $11.79,    
$11.79, $11.59    

SEC Yield4
(Class A, B, C, I)

  3.54%, 2.95%,    
    2.92%, 3.96%  

Distribution Rate5
(Class A, B, C, I)

  4.04%, 3.38%,    
3.34%, 4.47%  

Taxable Equivalent Yield6
(Class A, B, C, I)

  6.01%, 5.00%,    
   4.95%, 6.72%  

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)7

  8.11%  

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT8


LOGO

 

CREDIT QUALITY3, 9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


LOGO

 

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


 

LOGO

 


 

2   The Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of municipal bonds. The total return of the Index does not include the effect of sales charges, and you cannot invest directly in an index. Had the Index incurred operating expenses, its performance would have been lower.

3   The average credit rating is compiled from ratings from Standard & Poor’s and/or Moody’s Investors Service (together “rating agencies”). Standard & Poor’s is a trademark of McGraw-Hill, Inc., and has been licensed. The Fund is not sponsored, sold or promoted by these rating agencies and these rating agencies make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

4   SEC yields include the actual amount of interest earned adjusted by any gain or loss realized due to the return of principal, less expenses, calculated on a 30-day month-end basis.

5   The distribution rate is based on the actual distributions made by the Fund. The distribution rate is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent income dividend and dividing that figure by the applicable current public offering price.

6   A portion of the Fund’s income may be subject to federal, state and/or local income taxes or the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Fund’s taxable equivalent yield is based on the combined federal and state income tax rate of 41.05%. Any capital gains distributions may be taxable.

7   The value of the securities subject to the AMT is represented as a percentage of net assets.

8   The chart compares the performance of the Wells Fargo California Tax-Free Fund Class A and Institutional Class shares for the most recent ten years with the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class A and Institutional Class shares and reflects all operating expenses and, for Class A shares, assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 4.50%.

9   Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

 

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COLORADO TAX-FREE FUND

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE


The Colorado Tax-Free Fund (the Fund) seeks a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Colorado individual income tax consistent with the preservation of capital.

 

ADVISER

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

 

SUB-ADVISER

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

 

FUND MANAGERS

Arthur C. Evans

Stephen Galiani

 

INCEPTION DATE

06/01/93

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


The Fund’s Class A shares returned 8.62%1 during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2003, excluding sales charges, underperforming the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2, which returned 8.74%. The Fund’s Class A shares distributed $0.50 per share in dividend income and no capital gains during the period.

The main driver of Fund performance for the period was declining interest rates. Over the course of the period, high-grade municipal bond yields fell considerably, with 10-year bond yields declining 0.90% and 30-year bond yields dropping 0.70%. Because we maintained a relatively defensive posture for the Fund throughout the 12-month period, we could not maximize the potential advantage of the large drop in yields. Although the Fund benefited from the early stages of the rally in interest rates, the dramatic move to record lows triggered a prepayment wave that led to disappointing performance for the Fund’s significant allocation to housing bonds. In an environment where rates decreased by 0.55% to 1.00%, the prices for most of our housing bonds dropped.

Because we believed that interest rates had likely reached bottom, our strategy became more defensive during the 12-month period. The Fund’s duration was reduced from 8.14 years at the beginning of the period to 5.60 years as of June 30, 2003. The Fund eliminated its zero-coupon bonds and its long-maturity bonds with less than 5% coupons. As rates trended lower and credit spreads contracted, the Fund reduced the number of lower-rated investment-grade bonds held by the Fund, including health care and multi-family housing bonds, as opportunities arose.

 

STRATEGIC OUTLOOK


Although sluggish economic growth could keep rates relatively low for the near term, we believe that the combined effect of monetary and fiscal stimulus as well as the weaker dollar could eventually take hold, potentially putting upward pressure on interest rates later this year and into early 2004. Thus, we intend to hold our duration for the Fund at the short end of the spectrum and favor bond structures that provide some cushion on the downside.

 


 

1   Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s Adviser has committed through October 31, 2003 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain a certain net operating expense ratio for the Fund. Actual reductions of operating expenses can increase total return to shareholders. Without these reductions, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

Performance shown for Class A, Class B and Institutional Class shares of the Wells Fargo Colorado Tax-Free Fund for periods prior to November 8, 1999, reflects performance of the Class A, Class B and Institutional Class shares of the Norwest Advantage Colorado Tax-Free Fund, its predecessor fund. Effective at the close of business November 5, 1999, the Stagecoach and Norwest Advantage Funds were reorganized into the Wells Fargo Funds. Performance shown for Class B shares for periods prior to August 2, 1993, reflects performance of the Class A shares of the Norwest Advantage Fund adjusted for Class B sales charges and expenses. For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 4.50%. The maximum contingent deferred sales charge for Class B shares is 5.00%. Performance including sales charge assumes the maximum sales charge for the period shown. Institutional Class shares are sold without sales charges.

 

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AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN1 (%) (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


 

    Including Sales Charge

  Excluding Sales Charge

    1-Year   5-Year   10-Year   1-Year   5-Year   10-Year

Wells Fargo Colorado Tax-Free Fund – Class A

  3.73   4.89   5.69   8.62   5.86   6.18

Wells Fargo Colorado Tax-Free Fund – Class B

  2.70   4.74   5.40   7.70   5.07   5.40

Wells Fargo Colorado Tax-Free Fund – Institutional Class

              8.70   5.89   6.20

Benchmark

                       

Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2

              8.74   6.29   6.37

 

FUND CHARACTERISTICS (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)  

Average Credit Quality3

  AA+  

Weighted Average Coupon

  5.85 %

Weighted Average Maturity

  12.97 years  

Estimated Average Duration

  5.60 years  

Portfolio Turnover

  37 %

Number of Holdings

  102  

NAV (Class A, B, I)

  $11.01, $11.02, $11.01  

SEC Yield4 (Class A, B, I)

  3.87%, 3.29%, 4.31%  

Distribution Rate5
(Class A, B, I)

  4.14%, 3.57%, 4.59%  

Taxable Equivalent Yield6 (Class A, B, I)

  6.24%, 5.31%, 6.95%  

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)7

  6.00 %

 

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT8


LOGO

 

CREDIT QUALITY3, 9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


LOGO

 

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION9 (AS OF JUNE 30,2003)


LOGO

 


2   The Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of municipal bonds. The total return of the Index does not include the effect of sales charges, and you cannot invest directly in an index. Had the Index incurred operating expenses, its performance would have been lower.

3   The average credit rating is compiled from ratings from Standard & Poor’s and/or Moody’s Investors Service (together “rating agencies”). Standard & Poor’s is a trademark of McGraw-Hill, Inc., and has been licensed. The Fund is not sponsored, sold or promoted by these rating agencies and these rating agencies make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

4   SEC yields include the actual amount of interest earned adjusted by any gain or loss realized due to the return of principal, less expenses, calculated on a 30-day month-end basis.

5   The distribution rate is based on the actual distributions made by the Fund. The distribution rate is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent income dividend and dividing that figure by the applicable current public offering price.

6   A portion of the Fund’s income may be subject to federal, state and/or local income taxes or the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Fund’s taxable equivalent yield is based on the combined federal and state income tax rate of 38.01%. Any capital gains distributions may be taxable.

7   The value of the securities subject to the AMT is represented as a percentage of net assets.

8   The chart compares the performance of the Wells Fargo Colorado Tax-Free Fund Class A and Institutional Class shares for the most recent ten years with the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class A and Institutional Class shares and reflects all operating expenses and, for Class A shares, assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 4.50%.

9   Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

 


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MINNESOTA TAX-FREE FUND

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE


The Minnesota Tax-Free Fund (the Fund) seeks a high level of current income exempt from federal income tax and Minnesota individual income tax, without assuming undue risk.

 

ADVISER

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

 

SUB-ADVISER

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

 

FUND MANAGER

Patricia D. Hovanetz, CFA

 

INCEPTION DATE

01/12/88

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


The Fund’s Class A shares returned 8.49%1 for the 12-month period ended June 30, 2003, excluding sales charges, underperforming the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2 (the Index), which returned 8.74%. The Fund’s Class A shares distributed $0.47 per share in dividend income and no capital gains during the period.

The main driver of the Fund’s performance was declining interest rates. Over the course of the period, yields on high-grade municipal securities with five-year maturities fell 1.25%, and those with 30-year maturities fell 0.70%. Because we chose to maintain a fairly defensive posture for the Fund throughout the fiscal year, we could not maximize the potential advantage of the large drop in yields. The Fund’s shorter duration for most of the year largely contributed to its underperformance relative to the Index. Another contributing factor to the Fund’s underperformance against the Index related to differences between Minnesota securities and other municipal securities nationwide. Minnesota is a very high credit quality market, with limited yield spread opportunities compared to the national market.

We maintained a defensive posture for the Fund throughout the period, anticipating a quicker rebound in economic activity than what actually materialized. We maintained the Fund’s average maturity and duration fairly steadily throughout the 12 months. As part of our defensive strategy, we focused on higher coupons in order to cushion price declines when rates rose.

 

STRATEGIC OUTLOOK


After dipping to historic lows in mid-June, interest rates had begun to rise by the end of the period. We believe that this trend may continue as a high level of fiscal and monetary stimulus begins to fuel faster economic growth. In addition, a rising interest rate environment is likely to reduce liquidity in our market, which has had to contend with record levels of supply over the past year. Our risk and reward analysis for the Fund continues to favor a cautious approach.

 


 

1   Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s Adviser has committed through October 31, 2003 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain a certain net operating expense ratio for the Fund. Actual reductions of operating expenses can increase total return to shareholders. Without these reductions, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

Performance shown for Class A, Class B and Institutional Class shares of the Wells Fargo Minnesota Tax-Free Fund for periods prior to November 8, 1999, reflects performance of the Class A, Class B and Institutional Class shares of the Norwest Advantage Minnesota Tax-Free Fund, its predecessor fund. Effective at the close of business November 5, 1999, the Stagecoach and Norwest Advantage Funds were reorganized into the Wells Fargo Funds. Performance of the Class B shares for periods prior to August 6, 1993 reflects performance of the Class A shares adjusted to reflect Class B shares sales charges and expenses. For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 4.50%. The maximum contingent deferred sales charge for Class B shares is 5.00%. Performance including sales charge assumes the maximum sales charge for the period shown. Institutional Class shares are sold without sales charges.

2   The Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of municipal bonds. The total return of the Index does not include the effect of sales charges, and you cannot invest directly in an index. Had the Index incurred operating expenses, its performance would have been lower.

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN1 (%) (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


    Including Sales Charge

  Excluding Sales Charge

    1-Year   5-Year   10-Year   1-Year   5-Year   10-Year

Wells Fargo Minnesota Tax-Free Fund – Class A

  3.61   4.41   5.28   8.49   5.38   5.76

Wells Fargo Minnesota Tax-Free Fund – Class B

  2.68   4.27   4.95   7.68   4.61   4.95

Wells Fargo Minnesota Tax-Free Fund – Institutional Class

              8.67   5.41   5.78

Benchmark

                       

Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2

              8.74   6.29   6.37

 

FUND CHARACTERISTICS (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)

Average Credit Quality3

  AA    

Weighted Average Coupon

  5.14%

Weighted Average Maturity

  13.47 years    

Estimated Duration

  5.68 years    

Portfolio Turnover

  23%

Number of Holdings

  174    

NAV (Class A, B, I)

  $11.27, $11.27, $11.27    

SEC Yield4 (Class A,B, I)

  3.51%, 2.92%, 3.94%

Distribution Rate5
(Class A, B, I)

  3.82%, 3.25%, 4.26%

Taxable Equivalent Yield6
(Class A, B, I)

  5.86%, 4.87%, 6.58%

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)7

  2.01%

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT8


LOGO

 

CREDIT QUALITY3, 9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


LOGO

 

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


LOGO

 


 

3   The average credit rating is compiled from ratings from Standard & Poor’s and/or Moody’s Investors Service (together “rating agencies”). Standard & Poor’s is a trademark of McGraw-Hill, Inc., and has been licensed. The Fund is not sponsored, sold or promoted by these rating agencies and these rating agencies make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

4   SEC yields include the actual amount of interest earned adjusted by any gain or loss realized due to the return of principal, less expenses, calculated on a 30-day month-end basis.

5   The distribution rate is based on the actual distributions made by the Fund. The distribution rate is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent income dividend and dividing that figure by the applicable current public offering price.

6   A portion of the Fund’s income may be subject to federal, state and/or local income taxes or the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Fund’s taxable equivalent yield is based on the combined federal and state income tax rate of 40.10%. Any capital gains distributions may be taxable.

7   The value of the securities subject to the AMT is represented as a percentage of net assets.

8   The chart compares the performance of the Wells Fargo Minnesota Tax-Free Fund Class A and Institutional Class shares for the most recent ten years with the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class A and Institutional Class shares and reflects all operating expenses and, for Class A shares, assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 4.50%.

9   Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

 

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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


 

NATIONAL LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE


The National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund (the Fund) seeks current income exempt from federal income taxes.

 

ADVISER

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

 

SUB-ADVISER

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

 

FUND MANAGERS

Patricia D. Hovanetz, CFA

Arthur C. Evans

 

INCEPTION DATE

10/01/96

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


The Fund returned 6.86%1 for the 12-month period ended June 30, 2003, outperforming the Lehman Brothers 3-Year Municipal Bond Index2, which returned 4.94%. The Fund distributed $0.37 per share in dividend income and no capital gains during the period.

The main driver of the Fund’s performance during the 12-month period was declining interest rates. Over the course of the year, yields declined 1.25% for securities with one- to five-year maturities. Because we maintained a fairly defensive posture for the Fund throughout the period, we could not maximize the potential advantage of the large drop in yields. Despite this, the Fund outperformed its benchmark.

The Fund’s best performing holdings were those with the longest durations, as they benefited the most from the decline in interest rates during the year. Conversely, the worst performing holdings were the liquidity positions and other short-duration holdings. Generally, non-rated issues outperformed high-grade issues, though only slightly.

We maintained a defensive posture for the Fund throughout the period, anticipating a quicker rebound in economic activity than what actually materialized. As part of our defensive strategy, we shortened the Fund’s average maturity and duration slightly from the previous year. In addition, we focused on higher coupons in order to cushion price declines when interest rates rose.

 

STRATEGIC OUTLOOK


Although our shift toward a more defensive strategy may have been premature, we believe that this posture could benefit the Fund moving forward. By the end of the period, interest rates had begun to rise from the historic lows reached in mid-June. We believe that this trend may continue as the high level of fiscal and monetary stimulus begins to fuel faster economic growth. Moreover, a rising interest rate environment could likely reduce liquidity in our market, which has had to contend with record levels of supply over the past year. Our risk and reward analysis for the Fund continues to favor a cautious approach.

 


 

1   Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s Adviser has committed through October 31, 2003 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain a certain net operating expense ratio for the Fund. Actual reductions of operating expenses can increase total return to shareholders. Without these reductions, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

Performance shown for the Institutional Class shares of the Wells Fargo National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund for periods prior to November 8, 1999, reflects performance of the Institutional Class shares of the Norwest Advantage Limited Term Tax-Free Fund, its predecessor fund. Effective at the close of business November 5, 1999, the Stagecoach and Norwest Advantage Funds were reorganized into the Wells Fargo Funds. Institutional Class shares are sold without sales charges.

 

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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN1 (%) (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


 

    1-Year   5-Year   Life of Fund

Wells Fargo National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

  6.86   5.18   5.93

Benchmark

           

Lehman Brothers 3-Year Municipal Bond Index2

  4.94   5.24   5.27

 

 

FUND CHARACTERISTICS (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)  

Average Credit Quality3

  AA  

Weighted Average Coupon

  4.86 %

Weighted Average Maturity

  5.22 years  

Estimated Duration

  3.72 years  

Portfolio Turnover

  40 %

Number of Holdings

  154  

NAV

  $11.09  

SEC Yield4

  2.01 %

Distribution Rate5

  2.82 %

Taxable Equivalent Yield6

  3.09 %

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)7

  4.33 %

 

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT8


LOGO

 

CREDIT QUALITY3, 9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


LOGO

 

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


LOGO

 


2   The Lehman Brothers 3-Year Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of municipal bonds with approximate maturities of three years. You cannot invest directly in an index. Had the index incurred operating expenses, its performance would have been lower.

3   The average credit rating is compiled from ratings from Standard & Poor’s and/or Moody’s Investors Service (together “rating agencies”). Standard & Poor’s is a trademark of McGraw-Hill, Inc., and has been licensed. The Fund is not sponsored, sold or promoted by these rating agencies and these rating agencies make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

4   SEC yields include the actual amount of interest earned adjusted by any gain or loss realized due to the return of principal, less expenses, calculated on a 30-day month-end basis.

5   The distribution rate is based on the actual distributions made by the Fund. The distribution rate is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent income dividend and dividing that figure by the applicable current public offering price.

6   A portion of the Fund’s income may be subject to federal, state and/or local income taxes or the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Fund’s taxable equivalent yield is based on the federal income tax rate of 35.00%. Any capital gains distributions may be taxable.

7   The value of the securities subject to the AMT is represented as a percentage of net assets.

8   The chart compares the performance of the Wells Fargo National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund Institutional Class shares for the life of the Fund with the Lehman Brothers 3-Year Municipal Bond Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Institutional Class shares and reflects all operating expenses.

9   Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

 

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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


 

NATIONAL TAX-FREE FUND

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE


The National Tax-Free Fund (the Fund) seeks current income exempt from federal income tax.

 

ADVISER

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

 

SUB-ADVISER

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

 

FUND MANAGERS

Stephen Galiani

Arthur C. Evans

 

INCEPTION DATE

08/01/89

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


The Fund’s Class A shares returned 7.20%1 during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2003, excluding sales charges, underperforming the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2, which returned 8.74%. The Fund’s Class A shares distributed $0.49 per share in dividend income and no capital gains during the period.

Declining interest rates dominated Fund performance during the 12-month period. During the period, high-grade municipal bond yields fell considerably, with 10-year bond yields declining 0.90% and 30-year bond yields dropping 0.70%. We maintained a relatively defensive posture for the Fund throughout the reporting period and as a result we could not maximize the potential advantage of the large drop in yields. Although the Fund benefited from the rally in interest rates, the dramatic move to record lows triggered a prepayment wave that led to disappointing performance for the Fund’s significant allocation to housing bonds. While rates decreased from 0.55% to 1.00%, the prices for most of our holdings of housing bonds dropped.

In an economic environment characterized by a sluggish national economy and weakening fundamentals for municipal bond issuers, our major theme during the period was to lower the Fund’s exposure to credit problems. We reduced our lower-rated investment-grade and non-rated securities by 16% of the Fund’s total assets, replacing them with AAA- and AA-rated securities. Additionally, we reduced the Fund’s holdings in zero-coupon and long-maturity bonds with lower coupons to position the Fund more defensively for a rise in interest rates. The Fund’s duration also decreased from 8.03 years at the beginning of the period to 6.68 years at the end of June.

 

STRATEGIC OUTLOOK


We believe that sluggish economic growth may keep rates relatively low in the near term. However, the combined effect of monetary and fiscal stimulus, as well as the weaker U.S. dollar, could eventually take hold, putting upward pressure on interest rates later this year and into early 2004. Interest rates may move higher as the economy begins to improve. Thus, we intend to hold our duration at the short end of the spectrum and favor bond structures that we believe may provide some cushion on the downside.

 


 

1   Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s Adviser has committed through October 31, 2003, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain a certain net operating expense ratio for the Fund. Actual reductions of operating expenses can increase total returns to shareholders. Without these reductions, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

Performance shown for the Class A, Class B and Institutional Class shares of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund for periods prior to November 8, 1999, reflects performance of the Class A, Class B, and Institutional Class shares of the Norwest Advantage Tax-Free Income Fund (the accounting survivor of a merger of the Norwest Advantage Tax-Free Income Fund and the Stagecoach National Tax-Free Fund), its predecessor fund. Effective at the close of business November 5, 1999, the Stagecoach and Norwest Advantage Funds were reorganized into the Wells Fargo Funds. Performance of the Class B shares for periods prior to August 6, 1993 reflects performance of the Class A shares of the Norwest Advantage Fund adjusted to reflect Class B shares sales charges and expenses. Performance shown for Class C shares for periods prior to November 8, 1999 reflects performance of the Class B shares of the Norwest Advantage Fund adjusted for Class C shares sales charges and expenses. For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 4.50%. The maximum contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) for Class B shares is 5.00%. For Class C shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 1.00% and the maximum CDSC is 1.00%. Performance including sales charge assumes the maximum sales charge for the period shown. Institutional Class shares are sold without sales charges.

2   The Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of municipal bonds. The total return of the Index does not include the effect of sales charges, and you cannot invest directly in an index. Had the Index incurred operating expenses, its performance would have been lower.

 

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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS

   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN1 (%) (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


    Including Sales Charge

  Excluding Sales Charge

    1-Year   5-Year   10-Year   1-Year   5-Year   10-Year

Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund – Class A

  2.38   4.25   5.38   7.20   5.21   5.87

Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund – Class B

  1.40   4.09   5.10   6.40   4.43   5.10

Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund – Class C

  4.34   4.21   5.00   6.40   4.42   5.10

Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund – Institutional Class

              7.34   5.37   5.95

Benchmark

                       

Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2

              8.74   6.29   6.37

 

FUND CHARACTERISTICS (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)  

Average Credit Quality3

 

AA

 

Weighted Average Coupon

 

5.23

%

Weighted Average Maturity

 

16.57 years

 

Estimated Duration

 

6.68 years

 

Portfolio Turnover

 

37

%

Number of Holdings

 

285

 

NAV
(Class A, B, C, I)

 

$10.53, $10.53, $10.53, $10.53

 

SEC Yield4
(Class A, B, C, I)

  3.94%, 3.38%, 3.35%, 4.39%  

Distribution Rate5
(Class A, B, C, I)

  4.00%, 3.43%, 3.40%, 4.44%  

Taxable Equivalent Yield6
(Class A, B, C, I) 

  6.06%, 5.20%, 5.15%, 6.75%  

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)7                 

 

13.71

%

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT8


LOGO

 

CREDIT QUALITY3, 9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


 

LOGO

 

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


LOGO

 


 

3   The average credit rating is compiled from ratings from Standard & Poor’s and/or Moody’s Investors Service (together “rating agencies”). Standard and Poor’s is a trademark of McGraw-Hill, Inc. and has been licensed. The Fund is not sponsored, sold or promoted by these rating agencies and these rating agencies make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

4   SEC yields include the actual amount of interest earned adjusted by any gain or loss realized due to the return of principal, less expenses and the maximum offering price calculated on a 30-day month-end basis.

5   The distribution rate is based on the actual distributions made by the Fund. The distribution rate is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent income dividend and dividing that figure by the applicable current public offering price.

6   A portion of the Fund’s income may be subject to federal, state and/or local income taxes or the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Fund’s taxable equivalent yield is based on the federal income tax rate of 35.00%. Any capital gains distributions may be taxable.

7   The value of the securities subject to the AMT is represented as a percentage of net assets.

8   The chart compares the performance of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund Class A and Institutional Class shares for the most recent ten years with the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Class A and Institutional Class shares and reflects all operating expenses and, for Class A shares, assumes the maximum initial sales charge of 4.50%.

9   Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

 

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PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


 

NEBRASKA TAX-FREE FUND

 

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE


The Nebraska Tax-Free Fund (the Fund) seeks current income exempt from federal income tax and Nebraska individual income tax.

 

ADVISER

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

 

SUB-ADVISER

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

 

FUND MANAGERS

Patricia D. Hovanetz, CFA

Arthur C. Evans

 

INCEPTION DATE

8/31/89

 

PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS


The Fund returned 7.91%1 for the 12-month period ended June 30, 2003, underperforming its benchmark, the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2 (the Index), which returned 8.74% during the period. The Fund distributed $0.42 per share in dividend income and $0.09 capital gains during the period.

The main driver of the Fund’s performance during the period was the decline in interest rates. Over the course of the Fund’s fiscal year, yields on high-grade municipal securities with five-year maturities fell 1.25%, and those for 30-year maturities fell 0.70%. Because we chose to maintain a fairly defensive posture for the Fund throughout the period, we could not maximize the potential advantage of the large drop in yields. The Fund’s shorter duration for most of the period largely contributed to its underperformance relative to the Index.

The Fund’s best performing holdings were bonds maturing in the 10- to 20-year range with good call protection. These issues benefited from the decline in interest rates, unhampered by unfavorable call features. Unrated and BBB-rated holdings performed better than high-grade bonds, though only slightly. Short-term bonds and the Fund’s liquidity positions were the poorest performing holdings.

We maintained a defensive posture for the Fund throughout the period, anticipating a quicker rebound in economic activity than what actually materialized. We decreased the average maturity of the Fund by 1.7 years, resulting in a maturity of 12.07 years, and also shortened duration. As part of our defensive strategy, we also focused on higher coupon bonds seeking to cushion price declines when interest rates rose.

 

STRATEGIC OUTLOOK


After reaching historic lows in mid-June, interest rates began to rise by the end of the period. We believe that this trend may continue as the high level of fiscal and monetary stimulus begins to fuel faster economic growth. Moreover, a rising interest rate environment may reduce liquidity in our market, which has had to contend with record levels of supply over the past year. Our risk and reward analysis continues to favor a cautious approach.

 


 

1   Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results and do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. The Fund’s Adviser has committed through October 31, 2003 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to maintain a certain net operating expense ratio for the Fund. Actual reductions of operating expenses can increase total return to shareholders. Without these reductions, the Fund’s returns would have been lower.

Performance shown for the periods prior to September 29, 1997, reflects the performance of the predecessor common trust fund. The common trust fund was not registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”) and was not subject to certain investment limitations, diversification requirements and other restrictions imposed by the Act and the Internal Revenue Code, which, if applicable may have adversely affected the performance results. On September 29, 1997, the common trust fund was reorganized as the Wells Fargo predecessor Great Plains Tax-Free Bond Fund and on September 11, 2000, became the Nebraska Tax-Free Fund.

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN1 (%) (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


 

     1-Year    5-Year    10-Year

Wells Fargo Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

   7.91    5.41    4.97

Benchmark

              

Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index2

   8.74    6.29    6.37

 

FUND CHARACTERISTICS (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)  

Average Credit Quality3

  AA  

Weighted Average Coupon

  5.45 %

Weighted Average Maturity

  12.07 years  

Estimated Duration

  5.08 years  

Portfolio Turnover

  19 %

Number of Holdings

  67  

NAV

  $10.44  

SEC Yield4

  3.44 %

Distribution Rate5

  3.84 %

Taxable Equivalent Yield6

  5.67 %

Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)7

  7.89 %

 

GROWTH OF $10,000 INVESTMENT8


LOGO

 

CREDIT QUALITY3, 9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


LOGO

 

MATURITY DISTRIBUTION9 (AS OF JUNE 30, 2003)


LOGO

 


Performance shown for the Institutional class shares of the Wells Fargo Nebraska Tax-Free Fund for the periods from September 29, 1997, to September 8, 2000, reflects the performance of the Institutional class shares of the Great Plains Tax-Free Bond Fund.

2   The Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of municipal bonds. You cannot invest directly in an index. Had the Index incurred operating expenses, its performance would have been lower.

3   The average credit rating is compiled from ratings from Standard & Poor’s and/or Moody’s Investors Service (together “rating agencies”). Standard and Poor’s is a trademark of McGraw-Hill, Inc. and has been licensed. The Fund is not sponsored, sold or promoted by these rating agencies and these rating agencies make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

4   SEC yields include the actual amount of interest earned adjusted by any gain or loss realized due to the return of principal, less expenses, calculated on a 30-day month-end basis.

5   The distribution rate is based on the actual distributions made by the Fund. The distribution rate is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent income dividend and dividing that figure by the applicable current public offering price.

6   A portion of the Fund’s income may be subject to federal, state and/or local income taxes or the alternative minimum tax (AMT). The Fund’s taxable equivalent yield is based on the combined federal and state income tax rate of 39.34%. Any capital gains distributions may be taxable.

7   The value of the securities subject to the AMT is represented as a percentage of net assets.

8   The chart compares the performance of the Wells Fargo Nebraska Tax-Free Fund Institutional Class shares for the most recent ten years with the Lehman Brothers Municipal Bond Index. The chart assumes a hypothetical $10,000 investment in Institutional Class shares and reflects all operating expenses.

9   Portfolio holdings are subject to change.

 

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TAX-FREE FUNDS   

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS — JUNE 30, 2003


 

CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Municipal Bonds – 91.95%                
California – 89.25%                
$ 180,000   ABAG Financial Authority For Nonprofit Corporation CA Stanford University Hospital   5.50 %   11/01/2013   $ 186,074
  250,000   ABAG Financial Authority For Nonprofit Corporation CA Episcopal Homes Foundation Project   5.00     07/01/2005     261,934
  1,100,000   ABAG Financial Authority For Nonprofit Corporation CA Episcopal Homes Foundation Project   5.00     07/01/2007         1,172,126
  1,105,000   ABAG Financial Authority For Nonprofit Corporation CA Episcopal Homes Foundation Project   5.00     07/01/2008     1,174,470
  1,230,000   Acalanes Union High School District CA Election Of 1999 Series B††   3.35     08/01/2009     1,027,234
  350,000   Alameda California   2.25     05/01/2004     353,212
  220,000   Apple Valley California   3.95     06/01/2004     225,151
  1,000,000   Bay Area Governments Association CA FTA Capital Grant Series A Bart San Francisco Extension   4.88     06/15/2009     1,033,000
  2,000,000   Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue Series-C±   1.05     04/01/2025     2,000,000
  5,000,000   Bay Area Toll Authority California Toll Bridge Revenue±   0.90     04/01/2037     5,000,000
  250,000   Berkeley Unified School District CA Election 2000   7.00     08/01/2004     266,152
  265,000   Brentwood Infrastructure Financing Authority CA Series A   2.50     09/02/2003     265,684
  730,000   Burbank California Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation-Golden State
Redevelopment PJ-A
  5.40     12/01/2003     742,344
  310,000   California County CA Tobacco Securitization Agency Alameda County   2.70     06/01/2004     306,804
  420,000   California Education Facilities Authority Revenue   2.40     11/01/2007     416,963
  200,000   California Education Facilities Authority Series B Pooled College & University Project   4.30     04/01/2004     204,782
  340,000   California Education Facilities Authority University of The Pacific   2.20     11/01/2003     341,098
  505,000   California Education Facilities Authority University of The Pacific   4.10     11/01/2010     535,613
  230,000   California Education Facilities Authority Revenue   1.25     11/01/2003     229,782
  395,000   California Education Facilities Authority Revenue   1.50     11/01/2004     394,250
  480,000   California Education Facilities Authority Series B Pooled College & University Project   4.50     04/01/2006     518,410
  515,000   California State Department Water RES CENT VY Project Revenue Water System-J-3-
Un-Refunded Balance
  7.00     12/01/2011     660,616
  2,400,000   California State Department Water RES Power supply Revenue Var-Ser B-2±   1.10     05/01/2022     2,400,000
  1,500,000   California State Communities Development Authority Series A Republic Services   4.95     12/01/2012     1,522,740
  765,000   California State Consumer Power & Conservative Financing Authority Series A   4.00     03/01/2007     820,822
  450,000   California State Consumer Power & Conservative Financing Authority Series A   5.00     03/01/2010     503,640
  2,500,000   California State Department of Water Resources Series A   5.50     05/01/2013     2,885,175
  1,000,000   California State Department of Water Resources Series Q   5.70     12/01/2006     1,157,230
  660,000   California State Department Water Cent VY Project Revenue Water System-J-1
Un-Refunded Balance
  7.00     12/01/2011     846,615
  600,000   California State Facilities Financing Authority Casa Colina Project   5.50     04/01/2013     638,280
  1,000,000   California State Facilities Financing Authority Presbyterian Hospital   5.50     05/01/2007     1,129,660
  850,000   California State Facilities Financing Authority Series A Catholic Healthcare West   5.00     07/01/2006     902,233
  230,000   California State Facilities Financing Authority Series A Hope Rehabilitation   2.25     11/01/2003     230,511
  750,000   California State Facilities Financing The Episcopal Home   5.00     02/01/2008     816,255
  2,000,000   California State Pre-refunded   7.10     11/01/2004     2,202,180
  1,250,000   California State Public Works Board Department of Corrections Series C   5.25     11/01/2008     1,402,088
  1,125,000   California State Public Works Board Lease Revenue REF-Various Universities
California PJS-A
  5.50     06/01/2010     1,293,615
  500,000   California State Public Works Board Regents Series B   5.25     11/01/2011     564,355

 

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 100,000   California State Public Works Board Series A Trustees California State University   5.50 %   10/01/2010   $ 113,152
  500,000   California State Public Works Board Series A Various California State University Projects   6.13     10/01/2007     534,475
  745,000   California State University Fresno Association Incorporated Auxiliary Organization Event Center   5.00     07/01/2010     802,842
  600,000   California State Veterans Bonds Series BH   5.35     12/01/2013     641,874
  1,000,000   California State XLCA-ICR   5.75     10/01/2010         1,173,370
  1,000,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Series A3 Irvine Apartment Communities   5.10     05/15/2025     1,077,150
  300,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Series B Van Kaiser Permanente Project±   1.70     08/01/2031     300,006
  500,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Series E Van Kaiser Permanente   4.70     11/01/2036     537,640
  1,200,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Series E1 Quail Ridge Apartments   4.25     07/01/2012     1,217,952
  1,000,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Series I-S Ivy Hill Apartments Project±   4.90     02/01/2033     1,003,090
  1,390,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Series A Sherman Oaks Project   5.50     08/01/2011     1,577,984
  100,000   Calipatria Unified School District CA Election 1995 Series C   2.38     08/01/2004     100,888
  200,000   Campbell Redevelopment Agency CA Series a CENT Campbell Redevelopment Project   2.75     10/01/2003     200,648
  200,000   Central Union High School District Imperial City CA   3.00     08/01/2004     204,368
  1,000,000   Central Valley Financing Authority CA Carson Ice General Project   5.25     07/01/2010     1,141,840
  500,000   Cerritos Community College District CA   2.60     09/01/2007     512,605
  1,500,000   City of Los Angeles CA Power Systems Series AA1   5.25     07/01/2004     1,562,985
  2,000,000   City of Los Angeles CA Series A   5.00     09/01/2008     2,270,380
  100,000   City of Los Angeles CA Series D   6.00     11/01/2004     103,597
  400,000   City of Los Angeles CA Series D   5.38     11/01/2006     413,532
  2,500,000   City of Riverside California   5.30     10/01/2010     2,570,200
  750,000   Contra Costa CA Water District Water Revenue   5.13     10/01/2010     852,645
  1,000,000   Contra Costa County Ca Merrithew Memorial Hospital Project   5.25     11/01/2010     1,144,300
  1,500,000   Contra Costa Water District CA Series K   5.00     10/01/2009     1,713,435
  500,000   CSUCI Financing Authority CA Rental Housing   3.38     08/01/2031     512,515
  200,000   Cucamonga County Water District CA Water Facilities Refinancing±   2.00     09/01/2003     200,356
  235,000   Daly City Housing Development Finance Agency CA Series A Franciscan Acquisition Project   5.00     12/15/2010     248,360
  650,000   East Bay Delta Housing & Finance Agency Lease Purchase Project Series A   4.25     06/01/2005     683,514
  1,000,000   East Bay Municipal Utility District California   5.20     06/01/2008     1,022,090
  125,000   Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District CA   2.00     07/01/2003     125,004
  695,000   Empire Union School District CA Series 1-B Community Facilities District No 1987   2.50     10/01/2003     697,759
  205,000   Escondido Joint Powers Financing Authority Series A   5.00     09/01/2006     208,346
  500,000   Folsom Cordova Unified School District Facilities District No2 Series A   3.00     10/01/2003     502,615
  625,000   Fontana CA Redevelopment Agency Jurupa Hills Redevelopment Project Series A   4.75     10/01/2004     648,356
  250,000   Fontana Redevelopment Agency CA Jurupa Hills Redevelopment Project Series A   5.00     10/01/2007     273,368
  1,000,000   Foothill Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency CA Senior Lien Series A   6.50     01/01/2007     1,166,270
  195,000   Fremont California Election of 2002 Series A   7.00     08/01/2008     239,138
  240,000   Fremont California Election of 2002 Series A   6.75     08/01/2010     298,411
  380,000   Hemet California Unified School District Election Series B   5.50     08/01/2005     412,957

 

 

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CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 395,000   Hemet California Unified School District Election Series B   5.50 %   08/01/2006   $ 442,633
  420,000   Hemet California Unified School District Election Series B   5.50     08/01/2007     478,934
  550,000   Indian Wells California Redevelopment Agency   2.50     09/01/2003     551,447
  995,000   Irvine CA Assessment District No89-10±   0.90     09/02/2015     995,000
  500,000   Lake Elsinore School Financing Authority Special Tax Horsethief Canyon   5.35     09/01/2010     546,455
  460,000   Livermore Valley Joint Unified School District CA Election of 1999   4.00     08/01/2004     475,005
  800,000   Long Beach Community College District CA 2002 Election Series A   2.50     05/01/2004     809,872
  2,000,000   Los Angeles California School District CFTS Partnership Multiple Properties Project-Series A   5.00     08/01/2011         2,262,100
  500,000   Los Angeles County California Sanitation Districts Financing Authority Revenue   5.25     10/01/2006     515,450
  280,000   Los Angeles County California Metropolitan Transportation Authority Sales Tax Revenue   5.90     07/01/2005     305,497
  110,000   Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority CA Series A Property A MBIA LBC   5.50     07/01/2007     112,213
  250,000   Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority CA Series A Property A MBIA LBC   5.50     07/01/2008     255,030
  920,000   Los Angeles County Public Works Financing Authority Series A Regular Park & Open Space District   5.50     10/01/2010     1,050,557
  100,000   Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Financing Authority Series A Capital Projects   5.10     10/01/2004     103,052
  715,000   Los Angeles Department of Airports CA La International Airport Series D   5.30     05/15/2004     740,761
  120,000   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power CA Pre-refunded Second Issue   9.00     10/15/2003     122,803
  400,000   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power CA Second Issue   4.80     11/15/2004     413,376
  160,000   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power CA Second Issue MBIA LBC   5.13     11/15/2007     165,514
  835,000   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power CA Un-refunded Balance   5.50     09/01/2007     857,704
  230,000   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Pre-refunded MBIA LBC Bank of
New York
  4.75     08/15/2011     235,515
  300,000   Los Osos California Improvements   4.00     09/02/2012     317,466
  200,000   M-S-R Public Power Agency CA Series F   5.95     07/01/2007     204,028
  125,000   Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Series A Un-Refunded Balance   5.20     07/01/2004     127,914
  3,000,000   Metropolitan Water District Southern California Series B1±   0.85     07/01/2035     3,000,000
  5,500,000   Metropolitan Water District Southern California Series C±   0.95     07/01/2027     5,500,000
  1,000,000   Moreno Valley Unified School District California   5.25     03/01/2011     1,069,660
  750,000   Moulton-Niguel Water District California Consumer Improvements District   5.25     09/01/2013     770,408
  1,000,000   Natomas Unified School District CA Natomas High School Project   2.50     02/01/2028     1,012,240
  350,000   Northern California Power Agency Geothermal Project No3 Series A   5.35     07/01/2003     350,039
  1,825,000   Northern California Power Agency Un-refunded Balance Series A   5.80     07/01/2009     2,147,204
  500,000   Oak Grove School District CA Election of 1995   8.50     08/01/2003     503,205
  250,000   Oak Grove School District CA Election of 1995   7.70     08/01/2004     267,913
  930,000   Oakland California Redevelopment Agency References-Center District
Redevelopment-SR Tax All
  6.00     02/01/2007     1,063,297
  1,000,000   Oakland Joint Powers Financing Authority CA Oakland Convention Centers   5.00     10/01/2005     1,082,790
  1,650,000   Orange County California   5.50     07/01/2013     1,683,182
  1,000,000   Orange County California Series A   5.60     07/01/2009     1,130,180
  200,000   Palmdale Civic Authority Redevelopment Project No1 Series A   5.30     07/01/2007     204,024
  100,000   Palo Alto California Series A   5.80     06/01/2005     106,149
  485,000   Paramount Redevelopment Agency TECRS Custodial Receipts   6.25     08/01/2014     496,601
  500,000   Paramount Redevelopment Agency TECRS Custodial Receipts   6.25     08/01/2011     511,985

 

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 100,000   Pleasant Valley School District Ventura County CA Tierra Linda School   5.10 %   08/01/2006   $        100,331
  515,000   Port of Oakland CA Series H   5.00     11/01/2005     553,908
  1,000,000   Port of Oakland CA Series M   5.00     11/01/2011     1,139,380
  820,000   Rialto Redevelopment Agency Merged Project Area Series A   4.00     09/01/2005     858,196
  885,000   Rialto Redevelopment Agency Merged Project Area Series A   4.00     09/01/2008     923,303
  825,000   Rialto Redevelopment Agency Merged Project Area Series A   4.50     09/01/2012     861,523
  1,010,000   Sacramento California City Financing Authority Lease Revenue CA EPA Building-SER A   5.00     05/01/2012     1,125,867
  1,300,000   Sacramento Cogeneration Authority Proctor And Gamble Project   6.50     07/01/2005     1,463,280
  600,000   Sacramento Municipal Utility District CA Series D   5.25     11/15/2012     621,702
  100,000   Sacramento Municipal Utility District Series G   5.00     09/01/2008     102,679
  985,000   Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority CA   5.00     08/01/2012     1,092,808
  305,000   San Bernardino County Transportation Authority CA Series A   5.00     03/01/2004     312,067
  315,000   San Diego Redevelopment Agency CA Centre City Subsidize Parking Series B   3.00     09/01/2004     320,954
  345,000   San Diego Redevelopment Agency CA Centre City Subsidize Parking Series B   3.00     09/01/2005     353,763
  500,000   San Diego Redevelopment Agency CA Centre City Subsidize Parking Series B   4.60     09/01/2013     517,780
  600,000   San Diego Redevelopment Agency CA Centre City Subsidize Parking Series B   4.70     09/01/2014     617,856
  1,090,000   San Francisco City & County Airport Commission CA Second Series Issue 13B   8.00     05/01/2005     1,212,047
  650,000   San Francisco City & County Airport Commission CA Second Series Issue 14A   8.00     05/01/2005     722,781
  1,110,000   San Francisco City & County Airport Commission CA Second Series Issue 14A   8.00     05/01/2007     1,293,872
  1,510,000   San Francisco City & County Airport Commission CA Second Series Issue 29A   5.50     05/01/2013     1,730,037
  100,000   San Francisco City & County Ca City Hall Improvement Project Series A   5.10     06/15/2006     105,634
  680,000   San Francisco City & County CA Series 1   5.75     06/15/2007     780,123
  1,505,000   San Francisco California City & County Airport Common International Airport Revenue Amount Second Series-Issue 16A   5.50     05/01/2013     1,663,778
  575,000   San Jacinto Community Facilities District CA No2 Series A   3.00     09/01/2004     583,182
  275,000   San Jacinto Community Facilities District CA No2 Series A   3.85     09/01/2009     280,489
  595,000   San Joaquin Area Flood Control Agency Flood Protection Restoration   3.00     09/02/2004     608,923
  1,000,000   San Jose Unified School District CA Santa Clara County Series A   4.00     08/01/2003     1,002,640
  565,000   Santa Ana Unified School District Election 1999 Series B††   2.68     08/01/2005     547,056
  355,000   Santa Cruz County California   4.00     08/01/2003     355,841
  700,000   Santa Fe Springs Community Development Commission CA Series A   3.50     09/01/2003     703,017
  500,000   Santa Monica Malibu Unified School District CA   4.00     08/01/2003     501,330
  825,000   Santa Monica Redevelopment Agency CA Ocean Park Redevelopment Project   4.70     07/01/2012     897,963
  325,000   Santa Rosa High School District CA   6.75     05/01/2007     346,340
  605,000   South Gate Public Financing Authority South Gate Redevelopment Project No1   3.00     09/01/2003     606,954
  1,250,000   South Orange County Public Financing Authority Foothill Area Series C   7.50     08/15/2006     1,474,313
  2,000,000   Southern California Rapid Transit District Workers Compensation Fund   7.50     07/01/2005     2,040,400
  500,000   Southgate Recreation & Park District CA Series A   2.13     10/01/2021     507,160
  1,000,000   Southgate Recreation & Park District Series A   5.50     10/01/2011     1,029,080
  100,000   Stockton CA Community Facilities District No1 Mello Roos Series A Weston Ranch   5.15     09/01/2004     104,241
  1,310,000   Sunnyvale California   5.00     10/01/2010     1,457,008
  415,000   Trinity County Public Utilities District CA Electric Distribution Facilities   5.00     04/01/2012     462,654
  530,000   Truckee-Donner Public Utility District CA Series A   2.50     01/01/2004     532,857
  1,060,000   Truckee-Donner Public Utility District CA Series A   4.50     01/01/2004     1,131,571
  125,000   University of California Housing System Series A   5.50     11/01/2010     129,263
  150,000   University of California Multiple Purpose Series L   4.00     09/01/2003     150,756

 

 

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CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 610,000   Vernon California Malburg Generating Station Project   5.00 %   04/01/2012   $ 635,590
  500,000   Watsonville CA Watsonville Community Hospital Series A   5.55     07/01/2003     500,060
  245,000   Whittier Public Financing Authority CA Series A Greenleaf Ave Whittier Redevelopment   5.00     11/01/2012     262,101
  100,000   Y S School Facilities Financing Authority CA Sweetwater Series A   5.20     09/01/2004     104,867
                      134,057,643
                   

Puerto Rico – 2.70%                
  805,000   Puerto Rico Commonwealth Public Improvements   5.75     07/01/2020     963,827
  1,000,000   Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority   5.00     07/01/2008     1,130,950
  1,000,000   Puerto Rico Municipal Finance Agency Series A   6.00     07/01/2005     1,093,240
  800,000   Puerto Rico Municipal Finance Agency Series A   4.00     08/01/2007     867,384
                      4,055,401
                   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $135,155,905)

              138,113,043
                   

Shares                  
Closed End Mutual Funds – 0.13%          
  11,400   Blackrock California Insured Municipal 2008 Term Trust               193,572

Total Closed End Mutual Funds (Cost $193,225)

              193,572
                   

Short-Term Investments – 5.08%          
  5,056,946   Federated California Municipal Money Market Fund               5,056,946
  2,575,000   Wells Fargo California Tax-Free Money Market Fund~               2,575,000
Total Short-Term Investment (Cost $7,631,946)               7,631,946
                   

Total Investment in Securities
(Cost $142,981,076)*
  97.16 %              $ 145,938,562

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

  2.84                  4,267,484
   

            

Total Net Assets   100.00 %              $ 150,206,046
   

            

 

~   This Wells Fargo Fund invests cash balances that it retains for liquidity purposes in a Wells Fargo money market fund. The fund does not pay an investment advisory fee to the Wells Fargo money market fund for such investments.
±   Variable Rate Securities.
††   Zero coupon bond. Interest rate presented is Yield to Maturity.
*   Cost for federal income tax purposes is $142,978,506 and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 3,046,722  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (86,666 )
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 2,960,056  

 

 

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

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Municipal Bonds – 96.80%                
California – 96.08%                
$ 2,180,000   ABAG Finance Authority For Nonprofit Corporations CA School of Mechanic Arts   5.30 %   10/01/2032   $     2,310,996
  6,700,000   ABAG Finance Authority For Nonprofit Corporations CA Channing House   5.50     02/15/2029     6,728,475
  2,000,000   ABAG Finance Authority For Nonprofit Corporations CA Stanford University   5.50     11/01/2005     2,067,500
  1,500,000   ABC Unified School District Capital Appreciation Series B††   5.60     08/01/2018     750,855
  1,490,000   ABC Unified School District Series A   4.85     02/01/2019     1,641,250
  2,765,000   Acalanes Union High School District CA Election 2002 Series A Capital Appreciation††   4.91     08/01/2015     1,593,995
  1,500,000   Anaheim Public Financing Authority Public Improvements Project Series C††   5.86     09/01/2022     578,775
  3,620,000   Antioch Public Financing Authority CA Water Treatment Plant Project   5.63     07/01/2014     3,656,671
  4,345,000   Aztec Shops Limited CA San Diego State University   5.88     09/01/2020     4,577,718
  4,455,000   Aztec Shops Limited CA San Diego State University   6.00     09/01/2031     4,692,407
  4,000,000   Bay Area Toll Authority CA San Francisco Bay Area Series C±   1.05     04/01/2037     4,000,000
  2,545,000   Bonita Unified School District CA Project   5.63     05/01/2010     2,630,359
  1,300,000   Burbank Glendale Pasadena Airport Authority CA   6.40     06/01/2010     1,305,590
  1,195,000   Butte Glenn Community College Series A   5.50     08/01/2019     1,352,393
  1,000,000   California Educational Facilities Authority Dominican University   5.75     12/01/2030     1,048,160
  2,000,000   California Educational Facilities Authority Keck Graduate Institute   6.75     06/01/2030     2,214,860
  1,000,000   California Educational Facilities Authority Pooled College & University Projects Series B   5.25     04/01/2009     1,007,510
  1,500,000   California Educational Facilities Authority Pooled College And University Projects Series B   5.13     04/01/2009     1,537,965
  3,700,000   California Educational Facilities Authority Stanford University Series R   5.00     11/01/2021     3,890,217
  240,000   California Educational Facilities Authority Un-refunded Balance Loyola   6.00     10/01/2014     240,847
  1,125,000   California Educational Facilities Financing Authority University of San Diego††   5.65     10/01/2019     522,900
  450,000   California Educational Facilities Authority Golden State University   5.50     10/01/2031     462,105
  1,000,000   California Educational Facilities Authority Revenue   5.00     11/01/2018     1,043,140
  2,160,000   California Health Facilities Adventist Health Systems   5.00     03/01/2015     2,317,356
  3,000,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Casa Colina   6.00     04/01/2022     3,123,510
  3,500,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Hospital San Diego Hospital Association Series A   6.20     08/01/2012     3,550,645
  2,000,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Insured De Las Companas Series A   5.75     07/01/2015     2,182,040
  2,000,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Insured Scripps Memorial Hospital Series A   6.40     10/01/2012     2,043,080
  1,795,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Insured Scripps Memorial Hospital Series A   6.25     10/01/2013     1,813,632
  2,750,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Insured Sutter Health Series C   5.13     08/15/2022     2,858,873
  2,000,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Scripps Research Institution Series A   6.63     07/01/2014     2,125,180
  1,210,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Small Facility LN Series A   6.75     03/01/2020     1,226,359
  1,000,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Saint Francis Memorial Hospital Series C   5.88     11/01/2023     1,216,630
  6,000,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Sutter Health Series A   6.25     08/15/2031     6,592,620
  2,000,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority The Episcopal Home   5.25     02/01/2021     2,068,320
  1,000,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Valleycare Project Series A   6.50     05/01/2005     1,013,630
  2,000,000   California Health Facilities Financing Authority Various Insured Catholic Healthcare Series C±   1.38     07/01/2022     2,000,000
  3,155,000   California Health Facilities Lucile Salter Packard Hospital   5.00     08/15/2020     3,355,910

 

 

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CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 3,820,000   California Housing Finance Agency Home Mortgage Series M   5.60 %   08/01/2029   $     3,949,689
  500,000   California Housing Finance Agency Multi Unit Rental Housing Series BIi   6.70     08/01/2015     509,750
  2,825,000   California Housing Finance Agency Series A   5.50     08/01/2015     2,884,127
  3,325,000   California Housing Finance Agency Series N   5.25     08/01/2029     3,337,170
  470,000   California Housing Finance Agency Series Q   5.05     08/01/2017     478,061
  9,870,000   California Housing Finance Agency Series T††   6.15     02/01/2032     1,804,433
  1,275,000   California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Scripps Research Institute Series A   5.75     07/01/2030     1,407,766
  5,000,000   California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank   5.50     06/01/2025     5,464,000
  7,500,000   California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank J David Gladstone Institute Project   5.25     10/01/2034     7,779,300
  1,425,000   California Public Works Board Department of General Services Teale Data Center Series B   5.25     03/01/2019     1,549,973
  1,305,000   California Rural Home Mortgage Finance Authority Series B   6.25     12/01/2031     1,413,915
  2,120,000   California Rural Home Mortgage Finance Authority Series B5   6.35     12/01/2029     2,186,716
  1,090,000   California Special District Association Finance Corporation Series MM   5.50     06/01/2021     1,141,492
  5,000,000   California State AMBAC TCRS Bank of New York   5.25     12/01/2024     5,279,300
  5,000,000   California State Department of Water Resources Series J-2   6.00     12/01/2007     5,839,300
  5,880,000   California State Department of Water Resources Series A   5.50     05/01/2016     6,651,985
  1,000,000   California State Department of Water Resources Series A MBIA   6.00     05/01/2013     1,194,220
  2,540,000   California State Housing Finance Agency – Series L   6.40     08/01/2027     2,597,429
  3,850,000   California State Public Works Board UCLA Replacement Hospital Series A   5.00     10/01/2011     4,348,960
  3,500,000   California State Ref XLCA LCR   5.00     02/01/2019     3,689,630
  3,500,000   California State University Fresno Association Incorporated SR-AUX Organization Event Center   6.00     07/01/2022     3,695,475
  5,000,000   California State University Housing System   5.80     11/01/2017     5,534,150
  165,000   California State Un-Refunded Balance   5.75     03/01/2015     176,672
  4,665,000   California State Veterans Bonds Series Bl   4.95     12/01/2008     5,143,023
  1,200,000   California State XLCA LCR   6.75     08/01/2012     1,511,928
  6,000,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Aspire Public Schools Oakland Project Series A   7.25     08/01/2031     6,037,440
  7,830,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Catholic Healthcare West   6.50     07/01/2020     8,485,293
  3,310,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Cedars Sinai Medical Center   6.50     08/01/2012     3,872,568
  2,000,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Children’s Hospital Los Angeles MBIA LBC   5.25     08/15/2029     2,126,900
  2,000,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Children’s Hospital Los Angeles MBIA   5.25     08/15/2029     2,126,900
  4,750,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Disposal Republic Services Series A   4.95     12/01/2012     4,822,010
  2,010,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Pioneer Park Project Series T   6.10     12/20/2035     2,134,218
  2,250,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Quail Ridge Apartments Series E1   5.25     07/01/2022     2,291,445
  1,935,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Series A   6.00     07/01/2010     1,999,590
  4,210,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Series B   5.25     10/01/2027     4,510,047
  5,000,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority The Internext Group   5.38     04/01/2017     5,053,250

 

 

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CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 965,000   Calipatria Unified School District CA Election 1995 Series C Capital Appreciation††   5.99 %   08/01/2019   $ 411,457
  1,080,000   Calipatria Unified School District CA Election 1995 Series C Capital Appreciation††   6.09     08/01/2020     429,516
  1,045,000   Calipatria Unified School District Eletion 1995 Series C Capital Appreciation††   6.15     08/01/2021     387,026
  200,000   Capital Area Development Authority Series A   6.50     04/01/2012     202,804
  1,080,000   Carson California Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Series A   5.25     10/01/2019         1,205,561
  1,140,000   Carson California Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Series A   5.25     10/01/2020     1,264,385
  1,770,000   Carson California Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation Series A   5.00     10/01/2023     1,874,642
  5,000,000   Center Unified School District CA Capital Appreciation Series C††   5.07     09/01/2021     2,067,450
  2,645,000   Central Valley School District Financing Authority Series A   6.45     02/01/2018     3,333,123
  3,000,000   Chico Public Financing Authority Tax Allocation Merged Redevelopment Area Project   5.13     04/01/2021     3,189,450
  1,800,000   Chino Basin Regional Financing Authority CA Municipal Water District Sewer System Project   6.00     08/01/2016     1,916,226
  400,000   Chula Vista California Town Center LI Parking Project   6.00     09/01/2007     411,376
  735,000   Chula Vista California Town Center LI Parking Project   6.00     09/01/2008     755,903
  820,000   Chula Vista California Town Center LI Parking Project   6.00     09/01/2010     843,321
  570,000   Chula Vista California Town Center LI Parking Project   6.00     09/01/2011     586,211
  1,185,000   City of La Verne Ca 1987 Capital Improvement Project   5.70     06/01/2015     1,198,568
  1,000,000   City of Los Angeles California Power System Series A-A-1   5.25     07/01/2014     1,124,610
  2,000,000   Coachella California   6.10     03/01/2022     2,027,180
  1,000,000   Colton Joint Unified School District Series A   5.38     08/01/2017     1,136,720
  270,000   Contra Costa County California GNMA   7.75     05/01/2022     374,271
  5,500,000   Contra Costa County Public Financing Authority CA Pleasant Hill Redevelopment Project   5.25     08/01/2028     5,608,625
  2,755,000   Contra Costa Transportation Authority CA Series A   6.50     03/01/2009     3,269,772
  3,000,000   Contra Costa Transportation Authority CA Series A   5.50     03/01/2005     3,217,200
  805,000   County of Merced CA Refunded Construction   6.00     10/01/2012     817,985
  1,035,000   Daly City Housing Development Finance Agency CA Franciscan Acquisition Project Series A   5.65     12/15/2019     1,084,846
  5,250,000   Duarte California Series A   5.25     04/01/2024     5,215,455
  2,000,000   Duarte California Series A ACA   5.25     04/01/2019     2,073,120
  4,000,000   Duarte Redevelopment Agency CA Merged Redevelopment Project††   6.06     12/01/2016     2,080,760
  3,300,000   East Palo Alto Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation University Circle Gateway/101 Corridor Project   6.63     10/01/2029     3,598,980
  4,430,000   East Side Union High School District Santa Clara County CA Series A††   5.07     09/01/2018     2,083,916
  5,185,000   East Side Union High School District Santa Clara County CA Series A††   5.75     09/01/2019     2,289,748
  5,420,000   East Side Union High School District Santa Clara County CA Series A††   5.08     09/01/2020     2,234,720
  2,500,000   El Monte CA Department of Public Services Facilities Project Phase II   5.25     01/01/2034     2,662,525
  500,000   Emeryville Public Financing Authority CA Assessment Distribution Refinancing   5.75     09/02/2014     510,445
  1,750,000   Emeryville Public Financing Authority CA Assessment Distribution Refinancing   5.90     09/02/2021     1,785,543
  1,500,000   Encinitas Union School District CA Capital Appreciation††   5.52     08/01/2018     750,855
  2,000,000   Escondido Joint Powers Financing Authority CA Civic Center Project Series B   6.13     09/01/2011     2,405,480
  2,000,000   Escondido Joint Powers Financing Authority CA Center For The Arts Project   6.00     09/01/2018     2,213,620
  2,095,000   Folsom Cordova Union School District Facilities Improvement District No. 2 Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.40     10/01/2019     979,957
  5,040,000   Fontana Redevelopment Agency CA Jurupa Hills Redevelopment Project Series A   5.50     10/01/2027     5,187,118
  4,785,000   Fontana Redevelopment Agency CA Jurupa Hills Redevelopment Project Series A   5.60     10/01/2027     4,907,831
  1,285,000   Fontana Redevelopment Agency CA Jurupa Hills Redevelopment Project Series A   5.50     10/01/2017     1,350,355

 

 

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CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 3,000,000   Fontana Unified School District CA Series C   6.15 %   05/01/2020   $ 3,445,440
  1,300,000   Fremont Union High School District Santa Clara County Election 1998 Series C   5.00     09/01/2018     1,400,971
  1,000,000   Fresno CA Street Improvement Project   6.63     12/01/2011     1,028,850
  1,250,000   Fresno County Financing Authority CA American Avenue Landfill Project   5.75     05/15/2014         1,362,338
  2,000,000   Fresno Unified School District CA Series A   5.70     08/01/2015     2,043,380
  1,550,000   Gilroy California Bondfante Gardens Park Project   8.15     11/01/2015     1,385,096
  1,000,000   Glendale California Unified School District CA Series A   5.75     09/01/2017     1,143,340
  1,000,000   Glendale Redevelopment Agency CA Central Glendale Redevelopment Project   5.50     12/01/2011     1,035,090
  2,420,000   Golden West Schools Financing Authority CA Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.42     08/01/2015     1,447,112
  2,500,000   Hawaiian Gardens Redevelopment Agency CA   6.00     12/01/2013     2,803,550
  4,500,000   Hawthorne School District CA   6.00     11/01/2025     4,312,035
  1,000,000   Indian Wells Redevelopment Agency CA Whitewaters Project   6.00     12/01/2014     1,020,140
  3,750,000   Industry Urban Development Agency CA Tax Allocation Civic Recreation Series A   5.00     05/01/2017     4,021,388
  1,555,000   Inglewood CA Redevelopment Agency Series A Merged Redevelopment Project   5.25     05/01/2017     1,786,742
  3,900,000   Irvine California Assessment District No 93 Series 14±   0.90     09/02/2025     3,900,000
  2,000,000   Irvine Public Facilities & Infrastructure Authority CA Series C   4.38     09/02/2016     2,040,260
  270,000   Jamul-Dulzura Union School District Series C   6.40     08/01/2016     276,377
  2,000,000   Kern High School District Series D   5.60     08/01/2012     2,046,860
  2,765,000   Laguna Salada Union School District CA Capital Appreciation Series B††   5.25     08/01/2019     1,303,476
  2,000,000   Laguna Salada Union School District CA Capital Appreciation Series B††   5.30     08/01/2020     886,360
  4,000,000   Lake Elsinore Public Financing Authority CA Series A   5.50     09/01/2030     4,106,840
  3,000,000   Livermore-Amador Valley Water Management Agency CA Series A   5.00     08/01/2023     3,135,780
  1,055,000   Lodi Unified School District CA   5.00     08/01/2015     1,161,798
  3,000,000   Long Beach Financing Authority CA   6.00     11/01/2008     3,564,240
  1,500,000   Long Beach Financing Authority CA   6.00     11/01/2017     1,852,680
  2,900,000   Los Altos School District CA Election of 1998 Series B Capital Appreciation††   5.87     08/01/2021     1,125,983
  2,645,000   Los Angeles Community Facilities District CA Playa Vista Phase I   4.13     09/01/2015     2,734,718
  1,905,000   Los Angeles County CA Antelop Valley Courthouse Series A   5.25     11/01/2027     2,023,186
  2,700,000   Los Angeles County Capital Asset Leasing Corporation CA Series B   6.00     12/01/2014     3,344,922
  1,160,000   Los Angeles County School Regionalized Business Services Corporation CA Capital Appreciation Pooled Financing Project Series A††   5.97     08/01/2026     357,825
  2,900,000   Los Angeles Department of Airports CA Series A   5.50     05/15/2008     3,162,827
  395,000   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power CA Cash Defeasance To Maturity   5.70     09/01/2011     405,665
  2,750,000   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power CA Refunded Balance Second Issue MBIA   5.00     10/15/2017     2,830,108
  3,920,000   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power CA Un-refunded Balance   5.70     09/01/2011     4,025,134
  380,000   Los Angeles Department of Water & Power CA   5.70     09/01/2003     390,629
  4,745,000   Los Angeles Harbor Department CA Series B   5.38     11/01/2015     4,989,700
  2,465,000   Los Angeles Harbor Department CA Series B   5.38     11/01/2023     2,546,838
  2,200,000   Los Angeles Unified School District CA Multiple Property Projects Series A   5.50     10/01/2010     2,497,506
  2,000,000   Los Angeles Unified School District CA Series A   5.25     07/01/2020     2,200,980
  1,500,000   Los Angeles Unified School District CA Series B   5.00     07/01/2018     1,596,375
  1,850,000   Los Angeles Unified School District Series A   5.38     07/01/2017     2,095,532
  1,370,000   Madera Redevelopment Agency CA Madera Redevelopment Project Area   5.75     09/01/2011     1,406,963
  2,235,000   Merced Union High School District CA Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.70     08/01/2018     1,118,774
  1,055,000   Merced Union High School District CA Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.48     08/01/2021     438,004
  4,900,000   Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Series B±   0.85     07/01/2035     4,900,000

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 3,000,000   Metropolitan Water District Southern California CA Series C±   0.95 %   07/01/2027   $ 3,000,000
  2,000,000   Mid-peninsula Regional Open Space District CA Promissory Notes   7.00     09/01/2014     2,157,440
  4,375,000   Monrovia Redevelopment Agency CA Central Redevelopment Project Area 1   5.00     05/01/2021     4,607,531
  1,000,000   Montebello Unified School District CA Capital Appreciation††   5.62     08/01/2025     327,400
  1,260,000   Mountain View Los Altos Union High School District CA Series D††   5.91     08/01/2019     593,989
  720,000   Natomas Unified School District CA Series A   5.75     09/01/2012     740,455
  1,600,000   Nevada Union High School District CA   4.54     08/01/2018         2,992,256
  1,000,000   Northern California Power Agency Geothermal Project No 3 Series A   5.35     07/01/2003     1,000,110
  435,000   Nuview Union School District CA Refining   7.25     02/01/2016     440,290
  1,465,000   Oakland California   6.00     06/15/2012     1,484,997
  3,890,000   Ontario California Lease Revenue   5.00     08/01/2021     4,120,910
  1,500,000   Ontario Redevelopment Financing Authority CA Ontario Redevelopment Project No 1   6.00     08/01/2015     1,535,580
  2,160,000   Orchard School District CA Capital Appreciation Election of 2000 Series A††   5.65     08/01/2024     746,928
  1,000,000   Paramount Unified School District CA Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.75     09/01/2021     413,490
  1,000,000   Paramount Unified School District CA Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.77     09/01/2022     388,750
  145,000   Parlier Redevelopment Agency Un-refunded Balance Series A   6.95     08/01/2023     147,775
  2,045,000   Perris Public Financing Authority CA Tax Allocation Series A   5.75     10/01/2031     2,173,446
  1,030,000   Perris Public Financing Authority CA Tax Allocation Series A   5.25     10/01/2020     1,137,893
  7,000,000   Pico Rivera Water Authority CA Series A   6.25     12/01/2032     7,215,180
  2,515,000   Placentia Redevelopment Authority CA Series A   5.85     08/01/2032     2,634,286
  2,680,000   Ponoma Unified School District CA Series A   6.55     08/01/2029     3,553,439
  2,155,000   Port of Oakland CA Mitsui Osk Lines Limited Series A   6.80     01/01/2019     2,178,468
  1,000,000   Port of Oakland CA Mitsui Osk Lines Limited Series A   6.70     01/01/2007     1,014,000
  2,000,000   Port of Oakland CA Series L   5.50     11/01/2020     2,173,200
  5,000,000   Port of Oakland CA Series L   5.00     11/01/2021     5,188,550
  3,600,000   Port Redwood City CA   5.13     06/01/2030     3,566,088
  1,010,000   Poway California Tax Allocation   5.38     06/15/2016     1,136,947
  2,000,000   Poway Redevelopment Agency CA Paguay Redevelopment Project   5.67     12/15/2014     2,075,760
  1,000,000   Rancho Mirage Joint Powers Financing Authority CA Series B Eisenhower Medical Center±   0.95     01/01/2026     1,000,000
  1,345,000   Rialto Redevelopment Agency CA Merged Project Area Series A   4.88     09/01/2018     1,358,786
  1,540,000   Rialto Redevelopment Agency CA Merged Project Area Series A   5.00     09/01/2021     1,551,165
  1,100,000   Richmond Joint Powers Financing Authority CA Lease & Gas Tax Series A   5.25     05/15/2013     1,167,089
  8,595,000   Riverside County Asset Leasing Corporation CA Riverside County Hospital Project††   6.94     06/01/2026     2,620,701
  55,000   Riverside County CA GNMA Series A   6.85     10/01/2016     60,069
  4,560,000   Riverside County Public Financing Authority CA Redevelopment Projects Series A   5.50     10/01/2022     4,672,267
  3,990,000   Rocklin Redevelopment Agency CA Rocklin Redevelopment Project Series A   5.50     09/01/2031     4,135,715
  5,000   Sacramento City Financing Authority CA Un-refunded Balance   6.70     11/01/2011     5,070
  2,870,000   Sacramento County Housing Authority Verandas Apartments Project Series H   5.70     03/01/2034     2,989,105
  2,500,000   Sacramento Municipal Utility District Series A   6.25     08/15/2010     3,026,200
  300,000   Sacramento Municipal Utility District CA Escrowed To Maturity Series C   5.75     11/15/2008     307,083
  2,885,000   Salinas Union High School District CA Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.05     10/01/2023     1,050,688
  1,000,000   San Diego CA Public Facilities Finance Authority Series A   5.25     05/15/2020     1,020,140
  5,000,000   San Diego California Financing Authority Water Revenue   5.00     08/01/2015     5,517,850
  3,300,000   San Diego County CA Burnham Institute Project   6.25     09/01/2029     3,501,036
  4,500,000   San Diego County Regional Transportation Commission CA Series A   6.00     04/01/2008     5,104,170

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 3,910,000   San Diego Redevelopment Agency CA Capital Appreciation Tax Allocation Centre††   5.52 %   09/01/2023   $ 1,418,744
  1,060,000   San Diego Redevelopment Agency CA Centre City SUB Parking Series B   5.30     09/01/2020     1,082,037
  1,000,000   San Diego Redevelopment Agency CA Tax Allocation SUB Centrer City Series C   4.75     09/01/2024     1,018,240
  5,735,000   San Francisco City & County Airport Commission CA Second Series 27B   5.25     05/01/2017     6,298,406
  2,500,000   San Francisco City & County Airport Commission CA Second Series 27B   5.00     05/01/2019     2,651,075
  1,425,000   San Francisco City & County Airport Commission CA Second Series Issue 16B   5.00     05/01/2019         1,506,653
  1,000,000   San Francisco City & County Airport Commission CA Second Series Issue 29 B   5.25     05/01/2013     1,158,050
  2,390,000   San Francisco City & County Airport Commission Second Series Issue 15A   5.00     05/01/2017     2,486,771
  1,055,000   San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Financing Authority CA Series C   5.25     08/01/2016     1,185,904
  650,000   San Jacinto Community Facilities District CA Series A   2.90     09/01/2006     658,574
  1,640,000   San Joaquin County California Revenue   5.00     04/01/2017     1,782,319
  4,000,000   San Joaquin Hills Transportation Corridor Agency CA Senior Lien   7.55     01/01/2008     5,034,440
  2,000,000   San Jose CA Capital Accumulator††   10.02     04/01/2016     1,136,700
  3,300,000   San Jose CA El Parador Apartments Project Series A   6.20     01/01/2041     3,497,769
  4,710,000   San Jose Redevelopment Agency Merged Area Redevelopment Project   5.00     08/01/2022     4,916,863
  1,205,000   San Jose Unified School District††   5.33     01/01/2021     511,161
  1,300,000   San Jose Unified School District CA††   5.52     01/01/2019     625,976
  1,310,000   San Marcos Public Facilities Authority CA Escrowed To Maturity††   4.77     01/01/2015     822,261
  1,000,000   San Mateo Redevelopment Agency   5.40     08/01/2018     1,085,230
  6,250,000   Santa Clara County Housing Authority CA Blossom River Apartments Series A   6.50     09/01/2039     5,933,938
  2,000,000   Santa Clara County Housing Authority CA Rivertown Apartments Series A   6.00     08/01/2041     2,025,160
  4,284,000   Santa Clara County Housing Authority CA The Willows Apartments Series A   6.40     06/01/2030     4,139,929
  1,195,000   Santa Rosa High School District CA   5.90     05/01/2013     1,260,546
  1,550,000   Simi Valley Unified School District Capital Improvement Projects   5.25     08/01/2022     1,744,680
  1,000,000   Sonoma Valley Unified School District   6.00     07/15/2021     1,120,240
  1,765,000   South Gate Public Financing Authority CA South Gate Redevelopment Project No 1   5.25     09/01/2019     1,940,212
  1,225,000   South Tahoe Joint Powers Financing Authority Series A South Tahoe Redevelopment Project 1   5.45     10/01/2033     1,253,102
  170,000   Southern California Home Financing Authority GNMA & FNMA Series A   6.75     09/01/2022     171,294
  125,000   Southern California Home Financing Authority GNMA Series A   7.63     10/01/2022     125,149
  1,000,000   Southern California Public Power Authority   6.75     07/01/2011     1,240,120
  8,000,000   Southern California Public Power Authority REG Linked ACES & Inverse-REF-SUB   5.45     07/01/2017     8,160,800
  10,000   Stockton CA Mortgage Backed Securities Program Series A   7.50     02/01/2023     11,004
  1,000,000   Stockton CA Wastewater Systems Project Series A   5.13     09/01/2016     1,090,660
  5,690,000   Sulphur Springs Union School District CA Interest Accrual Series A††   7.00     09/01/2013     3,841,717
  1,000,000   Temecula Valley Unified School District Series D   6.00     09/01/2014     1,017,320
  2,705,000   Torrance California   5.75     04/01/2016     2,932,004
  3,000,000   Tustin Unified School District CA Community Facilities District N088-1   4.38     09/01/2019     3,023,250
  1,000,000   Union City Community Redevelopment Agency CA Community Redevelopment Project   5.65     10/01/2014     1,031,900
  5,725,000   Union City Community Redevelopment Agency Series A Community Redevelopment Project   5.38     10/01/2034     6,181,626
  3,200,000   University of California Housing System Series A   5.50     11/01/2010     3,309,120
  940,000   University of California Multi Purpose Series K   5.25     09/01/2024     984,923
  3,275,000   Vallejo CA Water Improvement Project Series A   5.70     05/01/2016     3,644,158
  2,000,000   Ventura County CA Public Facilities Corporation IV   5.75     12/01/2003     2,080,180

 

 

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CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
California (continued)                
$ 2,000,000   Ventura County CA Public Facilities Corporation IV   5.75 %   12/01/2003   $ 2,080,180
  2,595,000   Vernon California Malburg Generating Station Project   5.50     04/01/2021     2,650,170
  1,140,000   Vernon California Malburg Generating Station Project   5.50     04/01/2023     1,160,372
  2,500,000   Vista Community Development Commission CA Vista Redevelopment Project Area   5.88     09/01/2037     2,646,150
  1,135,000   Walnut Valley Unified School District CA Series C   5.75     08/01/2015     1,159,664
  1,000,000   West Contra Costa Unified School District Election of 2000 Series C   5.25     08/01/2016     1,113,390
  1,100,000   Westminster Redevelopment Agency CA Rose Gardens Apartment Project Series A   6.50     08/01/2010     1,126,388
  2,395,000   Windsor Joint Powers Financing Authority CA Windsor Civic Center Series A   5.38     10/01/2018     2,668,460
  995,000   Yolo County Housing Authority Mortgage CA Walnut Park Apartments   7.20     08/01/2033     1,016,272
  1,600,000   Yorba Linda Redevelopment Agency CA Series A Capital Appreciation Yorba Linda Redevelopment††   5.27     09/01/2019     746,607
                      599,481,216
                   

Puerto Rico – 0.72%                
  3,700,000   Children’s Trust Fund Puerto Rico Tobacco Settlement   6.00     07/01/2010     4,488,803

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $561,255,713)

        603,970,019
                   

Shares                  
Closed End Mutual Funds – 2.49%                
  64,600   Blackrock California Insured Municipal 2008 Term Trust               1,096,908
  414,378   MuniYield California Insured Fund II               5,996,050
  314,300   MuniYield California Fund               4,739,644
  30,000   Putnam California Investment Grade Municipal Trust               411,000
  135,000   Van Kampen California Quality Municipal Trust               2,301,750
  60,100   Van Kampen California Value Municipal Income Trust               1,016,892
Total Closed End Mutual Funds (Cost $13,514,436)               15,562,244
             

Short Term Investments – 0.04%                
  250,443   Wells Fargo California Money Market Fund~               250,443
Total Short Term Investments (Cost $250,443)               250,443
                   

Total Investment in Securities
(Cost $575,020,592)*
  99.33 %              $ 619,782,706

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

  0.67                  4,169,319
   

            

Total Net Assets   100.00 %              $ 623,952,025
   

            

 

~   This Wells Fargo Fund invests cash balances that it retains for liquidity purposes in a Wells Fargo money market fund. The fund does not pay an investment advisory fee to the Wells Fargo money market fund for such investments.
±   Variable Rate Securities.
††   Zero coupon bond. Interest rate presented is Yield to Maturity.
*   Cost for federal income tax purposes is $575,374,950 and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 44,806,031  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (398,275 )
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 44,407,756  

 

 

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

 

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COLORADO TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Municipal Bonds – 95.40%                
Colorado – 94.44%                
$ 1,250,000   Adams & Weld Counties CO School District #27J Brighton GO   5.50 %   12/01/2019   $     1,395,500
  1,380,000   Adams & Weld Counties School District No #27J Brighton GO   5.00     12/01/2015     1,535,981
  1,250,000   Arapahoe County CO Water & Wastewater Authority Revenue   6.25     12/01/2020     1,308,250
  500,000   Aspen Valley Hospital District CO Hospital Revenue   6.80     10/15/2024     540,780
  1,500,000   Aurora Housing Authority CO River Falls Project Series A   5.60     07/01/2019     1,524,150
  800,000   Black Hawk CO Business Improvement Revenue District #97-1 Project   6.00     12/01/2009     805,032
  825,000   Black Hawk CO Business Improvement Revenue District #98-1 Project   7.00     12/01/2011     831,955
  1,000,000   Boulder CO Water & Sewer Revenue   5.60     12/01/2017     1,138,580
  1,235,000   Boulder County CO LDR University Corporation For Atmospheric Project   5.50     09/01/2020     1,368,985
  1,000,000   Boulder County CO MFHR Thistle Community Housing Project   6.38     06/01/2029     927,890
  95,000   Boulder County CO MFHR Thistle Community Housing Project   6.00     06/01/2011     91,805
  1,530,000   Boulder County Colorado   5.00     07/15/2015     1,686,596
  900,000   Broomfield Colorado Sales & Use Tax Revenue   5.10     12/01/2016     994,743
  1,265,000   Broomfield Colorado   5.00     12/01/2019     1,354,195
  500,000   Centennial 25 Metropolitan District CO Arapahoe County GO   6.38     12/01/2016     516,895
  1,250,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority   5.25     06/01/2021     1,294,138
  1,000,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Academy Charter School Project   6.25     12/15/2012     1,106,280
  1,000,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Academy Charter School Project   7.13     12/15/2030     1,098,210
  3,750,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Alexander Dawson School CO Project   5.30     02/15/2029     3,886,125
  500,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Charter School Core Knowledge Project   7.00     11/01/2029     544,075
  600,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Charter School Renaissance School Project   6.75     06/01/2029     590,580
  1,000,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Charter School University Lab School Project   5.75     06/01/2016     1,021,620
  1,500,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Pinnacle Charter School Project   6.00     12/01/2021     1,509,750
  1,500,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Series A Johnson & Wales University Project   5.00     04/01/2023     1,563,390
  2,000,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Catholic Health Initiatives   5.25     09/01/2021     2,069,660
  1,040,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Exempla Incorporated Series A   5.50     01/01/2023     1,085,344
  1,000,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Exempla Incorporated Series A   5.63     01/01/2033     1,040,680
  415,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority National Jewish Medical & Research   5.00     01/01/2008     438,070
  2,000,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Parkview Medical Center Project   6.50     09/01/2020     2,137,740
  1,250,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Sisters of Charity Series A   6.25     05/15/2011     1,542,588
  1,000,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Steamboat Springs Health Project   5.75     09/15/2022     966,090
  2,000,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Steamboat Springs Health Project   5.70     09/15/2023     1,898,700
  580,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series A-3 Single Family Project   6.50     05/01/2016     605,131
  4,885,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series B-3 Single Family Project   6.70     08/01/2017     5,271,599
  1,000,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series B-3 Single Family Project   6.55     08/01/2033     1,076,750
  60,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series B-2 Single Family Project   7.50     12/01/2016     60,496
  485,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series C-2 Single Family Project   7.45     06/01/2017     498,604
  1,010,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series C-3 Single Family Project   6.38     08/01/2033     1,084,447
  130,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series D-1   8.00     12/01/2024     132,194
  115,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series D-2   8.13     06/01/2025     116,018

 

 

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COLORADO TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Colorado (continued)                
$ 410,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series D-2 Single Family Project   7.10 %   06/01/2014   $ 427,679
  5,350,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series E-3±   11.42     04/01/2011         6,014,791
  2,040,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series E-3   6.60     08/01/2017     2,127,863
  1,500,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Winridge Apartments±   1.50     02/15/2028     1,500,000
  1,200,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Amt-Single Family Prog-Sr-A-2   6.50     08/01/2031     1,284,828
  1,000,000   Colorado Springs CO Series A   5.00     11/15/2021     1,047,930
  1,000,000   Colorado State Board of Governors Series A   5.25     03/01/2015     1,132,810
  1,000,000   Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority Series A   5.00     09/01/2019     1,048,710
  1,810,000   Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority Series A   4.88     09/01/2017     1,920,102
  1,000,000   Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority Series A   5.13     09/01/2018     1,074,970
  1,000,000   Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority Series A   5.63     09/01/2015     1,160,540
  2,255,000   Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority Series A   5.25     09/01/2015     2,543,279
  1,000,000   Colorado Water Resources & Power Development Authority Series B   5.00     09/01/2019     1,053,400
  1,000,000   Denver City & County Board of Water Commission   5.00     11/15/2016     1,085,460
  1,000,000   Denver City & County CO 2000 West 3rd Avenue Property Series A   5.13     12/01/2021     1,060,860
  1,000,000   Denver City & County Colorado Convention Center Project Series A   5.50     09/01/2016     1,132,580
  1,000,000   Denver City & County CO Helen G Bonfils Foundation Project Series B   5.13     12/01/2017     1,076,770
  1,000,000   Denver City & County CO Series A   5.50     11/15/2025     1,068,220
  2,000,000   Denver City & County CO Series B   5.50     11/15/2015     2,259,160
  1,000,000   Denver City & County CO Series C   5.60     11/15/2010     1,120,140
  2,000,000   Denver City & County Colorado Convention Center Project Series A   5.50     09/01/2017     2,252,560
  935,000   Denver Colorado Gateway Center Metropolitan District GO   6.40     12/01/2018     953,878
  1,000,000   Denver Colorado City & County Water Commissioners   5.00     12/01/2012     1,144,660
  1,145,000   Denver Colorado City & County Water Commissioners   5.00     12/01/2013     1,304,544
  1,000,000   Douglas County CO Autumn Chase Project±   1.00     12/01/2029     1,000,000
  1,475,000   Douglas County CO Parker Hilltop Project   5.35     08/01/2018     1,546,095
  2,500,000   El Paso County CO GO School District #11 Colorado Springs   7.10     12/01/2017     3,358,425
  1,160,000   El Paso County CO GO School District #49 Falcon Project   5.63     12/01/2016     1,330,787
  1,500,000   Englewood CO MFHR Marks Apartments Project   6.65     12/01/2026     1,534,020
  1,200,000   Garfield County CO Building Corporation Lease Revenue   5.75     12/01/2019     1,365,240
  1,000,000   Golden Colorado Series B   5.25     12/01/2016     1,114,470
  1,305,000   Greeley Colorado   4.00     10/01/2012     1,387,450
  1,165,000   Green Valley CO Metropolitan District   5.75     12/01/2019     1,328,333
  1,000,000   Highlands Ranch CO Metropolitan District #2 UTGO   6.50     06/15/2011     1,236,640
  3,000,000   Jefferson County CO School District #R001 GO   6.50     12/15/2011     3,769,260
  500,000   La Junta CO Hospital Revenue Ark Valley Regional Medical Center Project   6.00     04/01/2019     508,205
  500,000   La Junta CO Hospital Revenue Ark Valley Regional Medical Center Project   6.10     04/01/2024     498,425
  1,090,000   Larimer County CO Fairgrounds & Events Center Project   5.25     12/15/2015     1,228,419
  2,000,000   Metex Metropolitan District CO GO Series A   5.80     12/01/2016     2,296,940
  1,210,000   Montrose County CO COP Lease Revenue Series A   6.40     12/01/2012     1,294,035
  890,000   Northern Metropolitan District CO Adams County   6.50     12/01/2016     906,260
  295,000   Pueblo CO COP Public Parking Lease Purchase & Sublease Revenue   6.90     07/01/2015     306,387
  1,000,000   Saddle Rock CO Metropolitan District   5.20     12/01/2021     1,034,400
  1,500,000   San Miguel County Housing Authority CO Telluride Village Apartments Project   6.40     07/01/2023     1,515,210
  600,000   Summit County CO Keystone Resorts Management Project   7.38     09/01/2010     744,792
  1,000,000   Summit County School District No Re001 Summit CO   5.75     12/01/2013     1,177,340

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Colorado (continued)                
$ 1,730,000   University of Northern Colorado Revenue Auxiliary Facilities System   5.50 %   06/01/2019   $ 1,927,150
  1,000,000   Weld County Colorado School District No Re-2   5.25     12/01/2017     1,108,032
                       
                      118,971,665
                   

Puerto Rico – 0.96%
  1,000,000   Children’s Trust Fund PR Tobacco Settlement Revenue   6.00     07/01/2026     1,213,190
                       

Total Municipal (Cost $112,662,665)

        120,184,855
                   

Shares                  
Closed End Mutual Fund – 2.28%          
  8,248   Blackrock Strategic Municipal Trust               124,544
  50,096   Dreyfus Municipal Income Fund               496,951
  27,791   Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund               247,618
  17,748   Municipal Advantage Fund Incorporated               252,377
  15,692   Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund               247,149
  25,652   Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund               414,793
  18,339   Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund               278,203
  15,188   Salomon Brothers Municipal Partners Fund Incorporated               215,214
  12,543   Seligman Select Municipal Fund               142,363
  8,528   Van Kampen Advantage Municipal Income Trust II               124,765
  7,778   Van Kampen Advantage Municipal Income Trust               128,493
  12,032   Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Municipals               195,520
                       

Total Closed End Mutual Funds (Cost $2,277,547)

              2,867,990
                   

Short Term Investments – 0.97%                
  1,218,511   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Trust~               1,218,511
Total Short Term Investments (Cost $1,218,511)               1,218,511
                   

                    

Total Investment in Securities

(Cost $116,158,723)*

  98.65 %          $ 124,271,356

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

  1.35              1,703,696
   

        

Total Net Assets   100.00 %          $ 125,975,052
   

        

 

~   This Wells Fargo Fund invests cash balances that it retains for liquidity purposes in a Wells Fargo money market fund. The fund does not pay an investment advisory fee to the Wells Fargo money market fund for such investments.
±   Variable Rate Securities.
*   Cost for federal income tax purposes is $116,526,761 and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consists of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 8,100,192  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (355,597 )
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 7,744,595  

 

 

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

 

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MINNESOTA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Municipal Bonds – 97.66%                
Minnesota – 94.61%                
$ 2,845,000   Anoka-Hennepin MN Independent School District #11 Series A FSA School District Center For Enhancement Project   5.00 %   02/01/2018   $     3,033,537
  650,000   Austin MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Series A Courtyard Residence Project   7.15     01/01/2020     661,452
  1,500,000   Austin MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Series A Courtyard Residence Project   7.25     01/01/2032     1,526,354
  1,055,000   Bemidji MN First Mortgage Revenue Country Health   5.63     09/01/2021     1,073,725
  160,000   Blaine MN Ball Corporation Project   7.13     12/01/2004     172,980
  3,000,000   Bloomington MN Independent School District N271 Building Series B   5.00     02/01/2016     3,238,770
  3,000,000   Bloomington MN Independent School District N271 Building Series B   5.00     02/01/2019     3,163,170
  7,435,000   Bloomington MN Independent School District N271 Series A   5.13     02/01/2024     7,866,824
  1,145,000   Bloomington MN Port Authority Mall of America Project Series A   5.35     02/01/2004     1,155,774
  1,000,000   Bloomington MN Port Authority Mall of America Project Series A   5.00     02/01/2013     1,114,340
  100,000   Bloomington MN Tax Increment   9.70     02/01/2004     105,009
  210,000   Bloomington MN Tax Increment   9.75     02/01/2005     237,959
  290,000   Bloomington MN Tax Increment   9.75     02/01/2005     328,611
  1,450,000   Brainerd MN Independent School District N181 Series A   5.00     02/01/2020     1,543,583
  1,455,000   Brainerd MN Independent School District N181 Series A   5.00     02/01/2021     1,542,125
  2,195,000   Breckenridge MN Catholic Health Corporation   5.00     11/15/2005     2,266,535
  4,805,000   Burnsville MN Fairview Community Hospitals Zero Coupon††   5.75     05/01/2012     3,018,069
  750,000   Chaska MN Independent School District N112 Series A   5.70     02/01/2017     854,670
  1,250,000   Chaska MN Independent School District N112 Series B   5.75     02/01/2007     1,379,875
  1,000,000   Chaska MN Independent School District N112 Series B   5.75     02/01/2009     1,103,900
  500,000   Chaska MN Independent School District N112 Series B   6.00     02/01/2013     555,105
  945,000   Chaska MN Series A   5.63     10/01/2014     1,039,538
  995,000   Chaska MN Series A   5.70     10/01/2015     1,089,366
  500,000   City of Pine River MN Evan Lutheran Good Samaritan Project   6.40     08/01/2015     519,125
  180,000   City of St Cloud Minnesota   5.20     12/01/2005     193,300
  400,000   City of St Cloud Minnesota   5.90     12/01/2017     413,020
  1,335,000   City of St Cloud MN St Cloud Hospital Obligation Group Series A   5.75     05/01/2010     1,543,981
  1,750,000   City of St Cloud MN St Cloud Hospital Obligation Group Series A   5.38     05/01/2011     1,976,485
  4,875,000   City of St Cloud MN St Cloud Hospital Obligation Group Series A   5.75     05/01/2026     5,306,145
  185,000   City of St Cloud Minnesota   5.30     12/01/2006     197,713
  1,000,000   Cuyuna Range Hospital District MN Series A   6.00     06/01/2019     984,850
  1,000,000   Cuyuna Range Hospital District MN Series A   5.75     06/01/2014     991,960
  1,395,000   Dakota County MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Multi Family Housing   7.38     12/01/2029     1,458,333
  65,000   Duluth Minnesota Independent School District N709 Series A Certificates of Partners   5.10     02/01/2010     66,588
  635,000   Duluth MN Economic Development Authority Benedictine Health System Series A St Mary   5.55     02/15/2004     650,050
  690,000   Duluth MN Economic Development Authority Benedictine Health System Series A St Mary   5.65     02/15/2005     706,153
  465,000   Duluth MN Economic Development Authority Benedictine Health System Series A St Mary   5.75     02/15/2006     475,802
  255,000   East Grand Forks Minnesota   6.00     02/01/2018     264,086
  300,000   East Grand Forks Minnesota   6.10     02/01/2021     308,583
  155,000   East Grand Forks Minnesota   5.90     02/01/2015     162,031
  1,220,000   Eden Prairie MN Rolling Hills Project Series A GNMA Collateralized   6.15     08/20/2031     1,355,078

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Minnesota (continued)                
$ 1,000,000   Elk River Independent School District No728 Mn Series A   5.00 %   02/01/2018   $     1,066,270
  430,000   Fergus Falls Lake Region Hospital Corporation Project Series A   6.50     09/01/2018     442,449
  1,000,000   Fergus Falls Lake Region Hospital Corporation Project Series A   6.50     09/01/2018     1,028,950
  580,000   Fergus Falls MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Lake Region Healthcare   5.10     09/01/2014     606,320
  605,000   Fergus Falls MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Lake Region Healthcare   5.20     09/01/2015     630,628
  560,000   Fergus Falls MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Lake Region Healthcare   5.30     09/01/2016     581,672
  670,000   Fergus Falls MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Lake Region Healthcare   5.40     09/01/2017     694,810
  500,000   Glencoe Minnesota   6.40     06/01/2005     556,130
  1,390,000   Glencoe Minnesota   6.63     04/01/2011     1,498,114
  700,000   Glencoe MN Glencoe Regional Health Services Project   7.20     04/01/2016     713,629
  600,000   Glencoe MN Glencoe Regional Health Services Project   7.40     04/01/2021     620,946
  585,000   Glencoe MN Glencoe Regional Health Services Project   7.50     04/01/2031     605,329
  1,075,000   Hibbing MN Duluth Clinic Limited   5.50     11/01/2013     1,280,648
  2,785,000   Itasca County MN Independent School District No318 GO FSA Insured   5.00     02/01/2017     3,012,952
  1,735,000   Lake Superior Independent School District No381 MN Building Series A   5.00     04/01/2019     1,866,600
  1,080,000   Lino Lake MN Economic Development Authority Series A   5.25     02/01/2016     1,100,315
  500,000   Lino Lake MN Economic Development Authority Series A   5.35     02/01/2019     507,540
  315,000   Mankato MN Un-refunded Balance 1St Mortgage Series C   6.10     08/01/2005     322,393
  390,000   Mankato MN Un-refunded Balance 1St Mortgage Series C   6.15     08/01/2006     399,071
  2,000,000   Minneapolis & St Paul MN Metropolitan Airports Commission Series B   5.25     01/01/2013     2,164,780
  4,860,000   Minneapolis & St Paul MN Metropolitan Airports Commission Series C   5.25     01/01/2021     5,212,642
  290,000   Minneapolis MN Abbott Northwestern Hospital Incorporated   6.50     12/01/2006     315,601
  1,000,000   Minneapolis MN Allina Health Systems Series A   6.00     11/15/2023     1,075,680
  1,000,000   Minneapolis MN Allina Health Systems Series A   5.75     11/15/2032     1,051,700
  500,000   Minneapolis MN Ebenezer Society Project Series A   7.20     07/01/2023     494,780
  745,000   Minneapolis MN Fairview Health Services Series B   5.00     05/15/2021     779,218
  1,620,000   Minneapolis MN Special School District No1   5.50     02/01/2021     1,771,810
  1,960,000   Minneapolis MN Special School District No1 Series A   5.38     02/01/2007     2,205,372
  575,000   Minneapolis MN Walker Methodist Senior Services Series A   5.50     11/15/2012     539,891
  1,060,000   Minneapolis MN Walker Methodist Senior Services Series A   5.88     11/15/2018     939,213
  570,000   Minneapolis MN Walker Methodist Senior Services Series A   6.00     11/15/2028     480,590
  1,130,000   Minnesota Agriculture & Economic Development Board Evangelical Lutheran   6.00     02/01/2022     1,189,472
  5,350,000   Minnesota Agriculture & Economic Development Board Series A Fairview Hospital Health Care   5.50     11/15/2017     5,911,483
  2,025,000   Minnesota Agriculture & Economic Development Board Series A Health Care Systems   5.88     11/15/2010     2,285,456
  2,130,000   Minnesota Agriculture & Economic Development Board Series A Health Care Systems   6.38     11/15/2022     2,336,014
  295,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 3-Q St Mary’s College   5.90     10/01/2005     300,670
  150,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 3-Q St Mary’s College   5.70     10/01/2003     151,529
  280,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 3-Q St Mary’s College   5.80     10/01/2004     285,631
  340,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 3-Q St Mary’s College   6.00     10/01/2008     345,746
  365,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 3-W Pre-refunded   6.00     03/01/2004     377,191
  135,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 3-W Un-refunded Balance   6.00     03/01/2007     137,870
  700,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 4-C Macalester College   5.55     03/01/2016     741,174
  1,000,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 4-L St Johns University   5.35     10/01/2017     1,042,000
  1,000,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 4-N Carleton College   5.00     11/01/2018     1,054,900
  2,000,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 4-T College At St Benedict   5.35     03/01/2020     2,032,300

 

 

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MINNESOTA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Minnesota (continued)                
$ 600,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 4-Z Northwestern College   5.20 %   10/01/2013   $ 617,922
  895,000   Minnesota Higher Education Facilities Authority Series 5-E St Mary’s University   6.75     03/01/2019     991,642
  1,985,000   Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Rental Housing Series D   5.80     08/01/2011         2,070,415
  225,000   Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Single Family Mortgage Series A   5.75     07/01/2018     239,895
  1,345,000   Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Single Family Mortgage Series A   5.85     07/01/2020     1,426,964
  1,475,000   Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Single Family Mortgage Series A   5.35     07/01/2017     1,539,340
  2,725,000   Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Single Family Mortgage Series D   5.80     07/01/2021     2,851,358
  790,000   Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Single Family Mortgage Series I   6.25     01/01/2015     807,017
  1,975,000   Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Single Family Mortgage Series M   5.88     01/01/2017     2,108,846
  850,000   Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Rental Housing Series D   5.90     08/01/2015     885,343
  130,000   Minnesota Housing Finance Agency Singe Family Mortgage Series D-2   5.60     01/01/2006     132,939
  2,000,000   Minnesota Public Facilities Authority Series B   5.13     03/01/2015     2,198,260
  1,000,000   Minnesota Public Facilities Authority   5.00     03/01/2016     1,090,260
  1,110,000   Minnesota Public Facilities Authority Closed Lane Pool   5.00     03/01/2008     1,247,174
  4,490,000   Minnesota Public Facilities Authority Series A   5.00     03/01/2018     4,824,011
  1,500,000   Minnesota St Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Giants Ridge Recreational Area   7.25     11/01/2016     1,614,390
  1,500,000   Minnesota St Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Giants Ridge Recreational Area   7.50     11/01/2025     1,576,785
  2,300,000   Minnesota State   5.30     08/01/2009     2,307,797
  1,000,000   Minnesota State   5.25     11/01/2008     1,151,810
  1,000,000   Minnetonka MN Independent School District No276 Series B   5.65     02/01/2010     1,135,530
  1,650,000   Minnetonka MN Independent School District No276 Series B   5.75     02/01/2022     1,837,028
  505,000   Monticello-Big Lake MN Community Hospital District Series A Healthcare Facilities   5.20     12/01/2009     533,780
  500,000   Monticello-Big Lake MN Community Hospital District Series A Healthcare Facilities   5.30     12/01/2010     521,250
  825,000   Monticello-Big Lake MN Community Hospital District Series A Healthcare Facilities   5.45     12/01/2012     847,729
  700,000   Monticello-Big Lake MN Community Hospital District Series A Healthcare Facilities   5.75     12/01/2019     752,591
  725,000   Monticello-Big Lake MN Community Hospital District Series A Healthcare Facilities   5.40     12/01/2011     749,367
  1,530,000   Moorhead Minnesota   7.10     08/01/2011     1,831,425
  2,040,000   Mounds View MN Independent School District No621 Series A   5.38     02/01/2019     2,247,998
  1,430,000   Mounds View MN Independent School District No621 Series A   5.38     02/01/2017     1,591,561
  560,000   Mountain Iron MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Series A Northeast Service Cooperative Project   6.25     10/01/2019     587,037
  1,000,000   New Hope Minnesota Masonic Home North Ridge   5.90     03/01/2019     1,004,180
  2,000,000   Northern Municipal Power Agency Minnesota   5.40     01/01/2015     2,246,700
  1,000,000   Northern Municipal Power Agency MN   5.30     01/01/2021     1,069,810
  1,800,000   Northfield Minnesota Series C   6.00     11/01/2026     1,840,068
  360,000   Osseo MN Economic Development Authority Series B   5.90     02/01/2018     389,167
  455,000   Osseo MN Economic Development Authority Series B   6.00     02/01/2022     484,625
  1,000,000   Otter Trail County MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Series A   5.00     02/01/2019     1,038,550
  1,550,000   Pequot Lakes MN Independent School District No186   5.25     02/01/2022     1,662,778
  1,470,000   Prior Lake MN Independent School District No719 Series A   5.25     02/01/2023     1,575,869
  1,890,000   Ramsey County MN Capital Improvement Plan Series A   5.00     02/01/2017     2,059,117
  1,000,000   Ramsey County MN Capital Improvement Plan Series A   5.00     02/01/2018     1,083,370
  1,260,000   Ramsey County MN Capital Improvements Plan Series B   5.25     02/01/2012     1,442,587
  115,000   Red Wing MN River Region Obligated Group Series B   6.35     09/01/2005     127,127
  300,000   Robbinsdale MN Economic Development Authority Series A Senior Housing Project   6.63     01/01/2019     290,283
  1,195,000   Robbinsdale MN Independent School District No281   5.60     02/01/2018     1,381,396

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Minnesota (continued)                
$ 2,900,000   Robbinsdale MN Independent School District No281   5.63 %   02/01/2020   $ 3,356,083
  2,805,000   Robbinsdale MN Independent School District No281   5.00     02/01/2019     2,996,525
  2,900,000   Robbinsdale MN Independent School District No281   5.00     02/01/2020     3,085,049
  1,000,000   Robbinsdale MN Independent School District No281 School Building   5.00     02/01/2018     1,071,280
  2,285,000   Rochester MN Mayo Foundation/Mayo Medical Center Series I   5.80     11/15/2007     2,609,836
  1,650,000   Rochester MN Mayo Foundation/Mayo Medical Center Series I   5.90     11/15/2009     1,923,933
  1,875,000   Rochester MN Mayo Foundation/Mayo Medical Center Series I   5.90     11/15/2010     2,186,794
  2,000,000   Rosemount Independent School District No196 Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.50     04/01/2009     1,705,320
  3,000,000   Rosemount Independent School District No196 Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.55     04/01/2010     2,430,810
  2,000,000   Rosemount Independent School District No196 Capital Appreciation Series A††   5.60     04/01/2011     1,539,980
  900,000   Sartell Minnesota Environmental   5.20     06/01/2027     896,661
  2,100,000   Seaway Port Authority of Duluth MN Cargill Incorporated Project Series B   6.80     05/01/2012     2,173,920
  695,000   South Washington County MN Independent School District No833 Series A   5.50     02/01/2017     780,117
  5,000,000   Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Capital Appreciation Series A††   6.07     01/01/2020     2,383,550
  1,000,000   Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Series A   5.25     01/01/2017     1,154,340
  975,000   Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency Predefined Series A   5.00     01/01/2009     1,104,412
  2,025,000   St Louis Park Independent School District No283 MN   5.45     02/01/2013     2,304,936
  1,050,000   St Michael MN Independent School District No885   5.00     02/01/2018     1,128,792
  2,000,000   St Michael MN Independent School District No885   5.00     02/01/2019     2,136,560
  500,000   St Paul MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Regions Hospital Project   5.20     05/15/2013     515,730
  1,700,000   St Paul MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Regions Hospital Project   5.25     05/15/2018     1,703,213
  3,525,000   St Paul MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Regions Hospital Project   5.30     05/15/2028     3,402,965
  2,500,000   St Paul MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority St Paul Academy & Summit School Project   5.50     10/01/2024     2,622,250
  1,050,000   St Paul MN Independent School District No625 Series B   5.70     02/01/2009     1,117,704
  195,000   St Paul MN Independent School District No625 Series B   5.90     02/01/2004     195,761
  215,000   St Paul MN Independent School District No625 Series B   6.10     02/01/2006     215,836
  230,000   St Paul MN Independent School District No625 Series B   6.20     02/01/2007     230,913
  245,000   St Paul MN Independent School District No625 Series B   6.25     02/01/2008     245,985
  260,000   St Paul MN Independent School District No625 Series B   6.30     02/01/2009     261,082
  200,000   State of Minnesota   5.00     08/01/2009     228,366
  1,000,000   University of Minnesota Series A   5.75     07/01/2011     1,188,100
  7,285,000   University of Minnesota Series A   5.50     07/01/2021     8,543,921
  2,795,000   University of Minnesota Series A   5.75     07/01/2017     3,389,413
  1,000,000   University of Minnesota Series A   5.75     07/01/2018     1,212,450
  55,000   Vadnais Heights Minnesota   6.00     11/01/2009     55,536
  500,000   Waconia MN Housing & Redevelopment Authority Evangelical Lutheran Series A   5.85     06/01/2006     511,295
  1,000,000   Wayzata MN Independent School District No284 Series B   5.85     02/01/2010     1,027,360
  2,895,000   Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency 1977 Series A   6.38     01/01/2016     3,481,643
                      235,533,545
                   

 

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

MINNESOTA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Puerto Rico – 3.05%                
$ 1,000,000   Puerto Rico Commonwealth Series C   5.00 %   07/01/2028   $ 1,123,130
  2,000,000   Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority Series Ll   5.50     07/01/2016     2,378,040
  3,500,000   Puerto Rico Highway & Transportation Authority Series E   5.50     07/01/2022     4,101,685
                      7,602,855

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $225,305,070)

        243,136,400
                   

Shares                  
Short-Term Investment – 1.07%                
  1,753,588   Federated Tax-Free Obligation Money Market Fund               1,753,588
  896,900   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Trust~               896,900
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $2,650,488)               2,650,488
                   

Total Investment in Securities
(Cost $227,955,558)*
  98.73 %          $ 245,786,888

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

  1.27              3,159,052
   

        

Total Net Assets   100.00 %          $ 248,945,940
   

        

 

~   This Wells Fargo Fund invests cash balances that it retains for liquidity purposes in a Wells Fargo money market fund. The fund does not pay an investment advisory fee to the Wells Fargo money market fund for such investments.
††   Zero coupon bond. Interest rate presented is Yield to Maturity.
*   Cost for federal income tax purposes is $228,389,988 and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consist of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 18,008,394  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (611,494 )
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 17,396,900  

 

 

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

 

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NATIONAL LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Municipal Bond – 97.33%                
Alaska – 1.87%                
$ 1,000,000   Alaska Energy Authority   7.00 %   07/01/2009   $     1,168,460
  360,000   Alaska Student Loan Corporation Series A   5.50     07/01/2006     382,057
  1,500,000   North Slope Boro Alaska††   2.53     06/30/2008     1,315,005
                      2,865,522
                   

Arizona – 1.35%                
  1,350,000   Maricopa County School District No6 Washington Elementary AZ Series B   7.10     07/01/2008     1,652,792
  400,000   Pima County Industrial Development Authority AZ Series A   6.50     02/01/2017     412,372
                      2,065,164
                   

California – 0.40%                
  500,000  

Santa Clara California Redevelopment Agency Tax Allocation

  7.00     07/01/2010     610,040
                   

Colorado – 12.34%                
  575,000   Arvada Company Springwood Community Project Series A   5.60     08/20/2008     588,236
  200,000   Boulder County CO Longmont United Hospital Project   4.80     12/01/2003     202,564
  385,000   Boulder County CO Longmont United Hospital Project   5.00     12/01/2005     407,203
  621,000   Bowles Metropolitan District CO   7.75     12/01/2005     705,189
  2,000,000   Central Platte Valley Metropolitan District Series A   5.00     12/01/2009     2,177,320
  250,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Renaissance Schools Charter Schools   5.85     06/01/2008     248,628
  1,385,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Pinnacle Charter   5.25     12/01/2011     1,413,268
  500,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority CO Hospital Steamboat Springs Health   5.30     09/15/2009     513,895
  585,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority CO National Jewish Medical & Research   4.80     01/01/2005     604,463
  1,000,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Catholic Health Initiatives Series A   5.50     12/01/2008     1,131,980
  380,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Evangelical Lutheran   6.00     12/01/2006     420,139
  455,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Evangelical Lutheran   6.25     12/01/2010     520,493
  30,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Series C Single Family Project   5.00     05/01/2005     30,134
  1,000,000   Colorado State Student Obligation Bond Authority CO Series LI-B   6.20     12/01/2008     1,053,940
  1,350,000   Denver City & County CO Series A   4.90     11/15/2008     1,491,224
  1,060,000   Denver City & County CO   7.00     08/01/2010     1,267,781
  220,000   Denver West Metropolitan District CO Series B   4.90     12/01/2003     223,089
  205,000   Denver West Metropolitan District CO Series B   5.00     12/01/2004     214,481
  775,000   Highlands Ranch Metropolitan District No2 CO   6.50     06/15/2009     940,974
  350,000   Interlocken Metropolitan District CO Series A   5.50     12/15/2009     398,181
  620,000   Mesa County CO Hilltop Community Resources Series A   5.00     12/01/2008     682,136
  650,000   Mesa County CO Hilltop Community Resources Series A   5.50     12/01/2009     732,979
  460,000   Mesa County CO Hilltop Community Resources Series A   5.50     12/01/2010     516,548
  2,675,000   Metropolitan Football Stadium District CO Capital Appreciation Series A††   2.75     01/01/2008     2,382,328
                      18,867,173
                   

District of Columbia – 0.63%                
  545,000   District of Columbia Un-refunded Balance 2001 Series B   5.50     06/01/2008     623,567
  300,000   District of Columbia Series B-1   5.50     06/01/2008     343,248
                      966,815
                   

 

 

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NATIONAL LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Florida – 2.39%                
$ 1,120,000   Boynton Beach FL   5.00 %   11/01/2012   $     1,251,914
  165,000   Bradford County FL Sante Fe Healthcare Facilities Project   6.00     11/15/2009     186,698
  1,485,000   Hillsborough County FL   6.20     12/01/2008     1,661,774
  500,000   Miami-Dade County School Board FL Series A   5.00     08/01/2027     558,580
                      3,658,966
                   

Hawaii – 0.74%                
  1,000,000   Hawaii State Series C-1 MBIA LBC   4.75     11/01/2009     1,125,440
                   

Idaho – 0.80%                
  1,000,000   Boise City Independent School District ID   5.00     08/15/2008     1,132,390
  90,000   Pocatello Development Authority ID Series B   7.25     12/01/2008     95,553
                      1,227,943
                   

Illinois – 9.54%                
  1,915,000   Berwyn Illinois   5.00     11/15/2010     2,130,495
  2,000,000   Chicago Il Emergency Telephone Systems   5.00     01/01/2009     2,247,900
  700,000   Chicago Il Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Greater Chicago Il Capital Improvement Bonds   6.90     01/01/2007     815,577
  1,500,000   Chicago Il Allocation Capital Appreciation Central Series A††   5.03     12/01/2005     1,443,615
  1,050,000   Grundy County School District No 54 Morris Il Series A   7.13     12/01/2005     1,190,637
  1,130,000   Grundy County School District No 54 Morris Il Series A   7.13     12/01/2006     1,330,891
  565,000   Illinois Development Finance Authority Midwestern University Series B   5.00     05/15/2007     608,279
  1,000,000   Illinois Health Facilities Authority Series A Lutheran General Health System   6.13     04/01/2012     1,170,800
  550,000   Illinois Health Facilities Authority Mercy Hospital Project   7.10     06/01/2009     640,244
  1,000,000   Illinois State   5.00     06/01/2008     1,123,060
  800,000   North Chicago Il   5.75     01/01/2010     932,176
  1,030,000   Northern Illinois University Il Auxiliary Facilities System Capital Appreciation††   2.66     04/01/2007     948,805
                      14,582,479
                   

Indiana – 5.41%                
  250,000   Bluffton-Harrison IN High School   4.60     08/01/2009     274,297
  1,295,000   Decatur Township Marion County Metropolitan School District School Building   5.20     09/15/2008     1,468,905
  1,980,000   Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority Un-refunded Balance Series A   5.50     11/01/2007     2,235,895
  1,000,000   Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority   5.75     11/15/2014     1,203,120
  850,000   Indiana Educational Facilities Authority IN De Paul University Project   5.00     07/01/2012     922,752
  1,000,000   Indiana University IN Capital Appreciation Student Fee Series H††   4.04     08/01/2009     830,600
  1,150,000   Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank Series A Capital Appreciation††   2.88     02/01/2005     1,119,882
  200,000   Merrillville Multi School Building Corporation First Mortgage   6.55     07/01/2005     220,306
                      8,275,757
                   

Iowa – 2.37%                
  395,000   Clinton Community School District IA Series A   5.38     06/01/2005     424,028
  1,965,000   Iowa Finance Authority IA Catholic Health Initiatives Series A   5.38     12/01/2005     2,127,781
  1,000,000   Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corporation IA Series B   4.90     12/01/2005     1,068,730
                      3,620,539
                   

 

 

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NATIONAL LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Kansas – 0.13%                
$ 185,000  

City of Lawrence KS – Lawrence Memorial Hospital

  5.00 %   07/01/2004   $ 191,233
                   

Louisiana – 1.76%                
  125,000   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority LA Edgewood Apartments   5.70     06/01/2005     126,151
  350,000   Louisiana State University & Agricultural & Mechanical College University at Eunice Project   5.00     06/01/2008     380,587
  1,900,000   Shreveport LA Series A   5.63     05/01/2008     2,189,104
                      2,695,842
                   

Massachusetts – 3.90%                
  500,000   Massachusetts State   5.25     01/01/2009     565,340
  1,515,000   Massachusetts State Series A   5.50     01/01/2010     1,738,220
  2,410,000   Massachusetts State Series C   5.25     12/01/2007     2,725,180
  860,000   Massachusetts State Development Finance Agency Revenue   5.13     12/01/2011     924,861
                      5,953,601
                   

Michigan – 5.20%                
  375,000   Battle Creek MI Economic Development Corporation Kellogg Company Project   5.13     02/01/2009     387,195
  1,000,000   Detroit MI Distributable State Aid   5.25     05/01/2008     1,135,090
  1,960,000   Detroit Michigan   7.10     12/15/2009     2,275,168
  300,000   Lakeview Community School MI   6.50     05/01/2005     328,035
  305,000   Lakeview Community School MI   6.50     05/01/2006     346,297
  395,000   Merrill Community School District   6.50     05/01/2005     431,913
  185,000   Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority Henry Ford Hospital   9.00     05/01/2004     197,278
  250,000   Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority Ascension Health Credit Series A   5.50     11/15/2007     282,775
  300,000   Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority Revenue Hospital Charity Obligation Group Series A   5.13     11/01/2029     339,507
  415,000   Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority OSF Healthcare Systems   5.25     11/15/2006     452,026
  435,000   Michigan State Hospital Finance Authority OSF Healthcare Systems   5.38     11/15/2007     479,544
  2,405,000   Romulus Township Community Schools MI Capital Appreciation Series LI††   4.95     05/01/2007     817,460
  450,000   Schoolcraft Community School District   6.50     05/01/2004     470,457
                      7,942,745
                   

Minnesota – 1.31%                
  405,000   Minneapolis MN Allina Health Systems Series A   5.00     11/15/2008     440,700
  365,000   Minnesota State Higher Education Facilities Authority MN Series 5-J State Scholastical   4.88     12/01/2007     395,576
  225,000   Minnesota Agricultural & Economic Development Board MN Evangelical Lutheran Project   5.00     02/01/2006     237,839
  230,000   Minnesota Agricultural & Economic Development Board MN Evangelical Lutheran Project   5.00     02/01/2007     244,789
  250,000   Minnesota Agricultural & Economic Development Board MN Evangelical Lutheran Project   5.00     02/01/2008     265,908
  345,000   Western Minnesota Municipal Power Agency SD 1977 Series A   6.38     01/01/2016     414,911
                      1,999,723
                   

Mississippi – 3.69%                
  3,885,000   Mississippi State   6.20     02/01/2008     4,507,727
  1,000,000   Mississippi State   5.25     09/01/2007     1,131,500
                          5,639,227
                   

 

 

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NATIONAL LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Nebraska – 0.28%                
$ 415,000  

Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Great Plains Regular Medical Center

  4.80 %   11/15/2004   $        433,534
                   

Nevada – 0.83%                
  645,000   Sparks Redevelopment Agency NV Series A   5.10     01/15/2008     706,836
  500,000   Washoe County Nevada Airport Authority   5.25     07/01/2008     563,780
                      1,270,616
                   

New Jersey – 0.34%                
  500,000  

New Jersey Health Care Facilities Financing Authority Capital Health Systems Obligation Group

  5.00     07/01/2005     522,375
                   

New York – 4.91%                
  1,000,000   City of New York NY Series E   5.25     08/01/2009     1,113,990
  1,000,000   New York   4.90     02/01/2007     1,100,590
  335,000   New York State Dormitory Authority Un-refunded Balance Series B   7.50     05/15/2011     414,160
  310,000   New York State Dormitory Authority NY Pre-refunded City Series A Capital Appreciation††   5.29     07/01/2005     275,978
  345,000   New York Mortgage Agency Homeowner Mortgage Series 46   5.85     10/01/2005     371,251
  500,000   New York State Dorm Authority Revenue State Personal Income Tax   5.00     03/15/2008     559,045
  1,000,000   New York State Thruway Authority Un-refunded Balance Local Highway & Bridges   5.25     04/01/2010     1,130,010
  2,135,000   Tri-Borough Bridge 7 Tunnel Authority NY Convention Center Project Series E MBIA-LBC   7.25     01/01/2010     2,537,725
                      7,502,749
                   

North Dakota – 0.74%                
  1,000,000  

North Dakota Building Authority Series A

  5.25     06/01/2008     1,130,140
                   

Ohio – 6.06%                
  230,000   Akron Ohio Akron Municipal Baseball Stadium Projects   6.50     12/01/2007     250,620
  1,000,000   Franklin County Ohio American Chemical Society Project   5.13     10/01/2008     1,111,250
  1,000,000   Lucas County OH Pre-medical Healthcare Obligation   6.00     11/15/2007     1,139,380
  2,000,000   Ohio State   6.65     09/01/2009     2,359,600
  560,000   Ohio State Infrastructure Improvements Series B   5.00     03/01/2008     628,941
  2,455,000   Ohio State Infrastructure Improvements Series C   5.00     08/01/2007     2,751,785
  900,000   Ohio State Water Development Authority Pure Water Development   5.00     06/01/2008     1,014,318
                      9,255,894
                   

Oregon – 0.70%                
  1,000,000   Grants Pass Urban Renewal Agency   5.00     08/01/2008     1,073,180
                   

Pennsylvania – 1.70%                
  530,000   Dover Township Authority   6.25     05/01/2012     584,293
  1,000,000   Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority Series B Pecos Energy Company Project   5.30     10/01/2004     1,035,400
  890,000   Windber Area Authority PA Windber Hospital Project   6.50     08/01/2005     975,912
                      2,595,605
                   

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Puerto Rico – 0.73%                
$ 1,000,000   Puerto Rico Commonwealth Series C   5.00 %   07/01/2028   $     1,123,130
                   

South Carolina – 0.81%                
  280,000   University of Medical Associates University of South Carolina Harborview office Tower Project   7.38     01/01/2004     285,647
  925,000   South Carolina State Housing Finance & Development Authority Series A-2   5.50     07/01/2004     954,739
                      1,240,386
                   

South Dakota – 2.11%                
  970,000   Heartland Consumers Power District   6.00     01/01/2009     1,110,660
  1,000,000   Rapid City Area School District No51-4 SD Capital Outlay Certificate   5.00     01/01/2009     1,123,950
  910,000   South Dakota Health & Educational Facilities Authority SD Healthcare   5.20     04/01/2008     995,485
                      3,230,095
                   

Tennessee – 3.83%                
  1,000,000   Memphis Shelby County Airport Authority Federal Express Corporation   5.00     09/01/2009     1,080,980
  1,215,000   Shelby County Tennessee   5.00     03/01/2008     1,362,853
  1,000,000   Tennessee State Series A   5.00     05/01/2007     1,114,650
  2,000,000   Tennessee State Series A   5.25     02/01/2009     2,287,840
                      5,846,323
                   

Texas – 8.43%                
  1,000,000   Brazos River Harbor Navigation District TX Series B-1 Dow Chemical Company   4.20     05/15/2005     1,023,900
  135,000   Desoto Housing Finance Corporation Windsor Foundation Project Series A   6.13     02/01/2005     138,976
  300,000   Denison Housing Authority Manning Park Plaza   5.00     10/01/2009     319,155
  240,000   Harlandale Independent School District TX   5.20     10/15/2006     263,407
  2,330,000   Harris County Houston Sports Authority TX Senior Lien Series A   5.25     11/15/2007     2,640,426
  590,000   City of Houston Texas   6.25     07/01/2012     687,250
  50,000   Houston Housing Finance Corporation Series A-1   8.00     06/01/2014     50,164
  15,000   Houston Housing Finance Corporation Series B-1   8.00     06/01/2014     15,253
  400,000   Lufkin Health Facilities Development Corporation TX Memorial Health Systems of East Texas   6.50     02/15/2006     411,304
  1,115,000   Lyford Consolidated School District   5.00     08/15/2007     1,215,127
  3,100,000   Midland County Hospital District TX Capital Appreciation AMBAC/TCRS††   5.73     06/01/2007     2,586,764
  3,000,000   Sam Rayburn Municipal Power Agency TX   6.00     09/01/2009     3,534,270
                      12,885,996
                   

Utah – 0.38%                
  500,000   Intermountain Power Agency Utah Power Supply Revenue References-Series A   6.00     07/01/2008     585,665
                   

Washington – 7.38%                
  1,000,000   Cowlitz County Public Utility District No1 WA Distribution Systems   5.25     09/01/2009     1,142,150
  2,000,000   King County Washington Series B   5.25     01/01/2008     2,252,820
  950,000   Port Anacortes Washington Series A   5.13     09/01/2009     1,008,758
  190,000   Seattle Housing Authority WA Market House Elderly Housing Series A   6.20     02/01/2004     190,144
  1,330,000   Spokane Washington   5.00     06/01/2008     1,493,670
  695,000   Tacoma Washington Department Public Utility & Lighting   4.20     01/01/2008     757,084
  555,000   Tacoma Washington Department Public Utility & Lighting   4.20     07/01/2008     608,691

 

 

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NATIONAL LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Washington (continued)                
$ 1,155,000   State of Washington Series A & At-6   6.25 %   02/01/2011   $ 1,372,209
  800,000   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority WA Good Samaritan Hospital   5.00     10/01/2008     877,592
  1,850,000   Washington Public Power Supply System Series A††   3.86     07/01/2009     1,541,716
                      11,244,834
                   

West Virginia – 0.92%                
  200,000   Kanawha County WV   7.38     09/01/2011     259,314
  980,000   West Virginia Water Development Authority WV Sewer Systems Loan Project   7.10     11/01/2009     1,142,219
                      1,401,533
                   

Wisconsin – 3.35%                
  2,500,000   Milwaukee County WI Series A   5.00     09/01/2009     2,842,925
  2,000,000   Wisconsin State Series 2   5.13     11/01/2008     2,279,980
                      5,122,905
                   

Total Municipal Bonds ($143,045,535)

              148,753,169
                   

Shares                  
Short Term Investments – 1.34%                
  842,059   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund ~               842,059
  1,201,870   Federated Tax-Free Obligation Money Market Fund               1,201,870
Total Short Term Investments (Cost $2,043,929)               2,043,929
                   

Total Investment in Securities

(Cost $145,089,464)*

  98.67 %       $ 150,797,098

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

  1.33           2,038,278
   

     

Total Net Assets   100.00 %       $ 152,835,376
   

     

 

~   This Wells Fargo Fund invests cash balances that it retains for liquidity purposes in a Wells Fargo money market fund. The fund does not pay an investment advisory fee to the Wells Fargo money market fund for such investments.
††   Zero coupon bond. Interest rate presented is Yield to Maturity.
*   Cost for federal income tax purposes is $145,151,036 and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consist of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 5,812,050  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (165,988 )
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 5,646,062  

 

 

 

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

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Municipal Bonds – 91.10%                
Alabama – 0.26%                
$ 60,000   Alabama Housing Finance Authority Series B College Home Mortgage Board Program   6.10 %   10/01/2020   $ 62,412
    1,000,000   County of Jefferson AL Capital Improvements Waste Series D   5.25     02/01/2022         1,073,910
                      1,136,322
                   

Alaska – 1.03%                
  35,000   Alaska Housing Finance Corporation College First Series Veterans Mortgage Project   5.40     12/01/2023     35,410
  500,000   Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Housing Development Series A   5.70     12/01/2029     516,985
  400,000   Alaska Student Loan Corporation Series A   5.75     07/01/2014     421,572
  1,000,000   Valdez AK BP Pipelines Incorporated Project Series A   5.85     08/01/2025     1,023,150
  2,500,000   Valdez AK BP Pipelines Incorporated Project Series B   5.50     10/01/2028     2,537,550
                      4,534,667
                   

Arizona – 5.99%                
  350,000   Arizona Health Facilities Authority Catholic HealthCare West Series A   6.63     07/01/2020     375,340
  1,000,000   Arizona Power Authority Crossover Series A Special Obligation References Hoover   5.25     10/01/2014     1,166,629
  250,000   Arizona State Transportation Board   5.25     07/01/2015     280,573
  500,000   Chandler Arizona   6.00     07/01/2011     587,925
  200,000   Gilbert Water Resource Municipal Property Corporation AZ Sub Lien-Connection DEV Fee   6.40     04/01/2016     200,501
  630,000   Glendale Industrial Development Authority AZ Un-refunded Balance Series A   6.00     05/15/2026     706,079
  200,000   Maricopa County AZ Elementary School District No68 Alhambra   5.50     07/01/2013     237,602
  500,000   Maricopa County AZ Elementary School District No68 Alhambra School Improvements Project   5.10     07/01/2004     528,625
  1,400,000   Maricopa County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series A Arizona Charter Schools Project 1   6.63     07/01/2020     1,415,582
  4,000,000   Maricopa County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series A Arizona Charter Schools Project 1   6.75     07/01/2029     4,000,000
  2,000,000   Maricopa County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series A Catholic Healthcare West Project   5.00     07/01/2016     1,960,680
  525,000   Maricopa County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series A Metro Gardens Mesa Ridge Project   5.65     07/01/2019     557,156
  200,000   Maricopa County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series A Sun King Apartments Project   6.75     05/01/2031     170,100
  750,000   Maricopa County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series A Whispering Palms Apartments   5.85     07/01/2019     788,895
  840,000   Maricopa County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series B Gran Victoria Housing LLC Project   10.00     05/01/2031     852,936
  585,000   Maricopa County AZ Pollution Control Corporation Series A Public Service Company   5.75     11/01/2022     586,416
  215,000   Navajo County AZ Municipal Property Corporation Jail Facilities   5.63     07/01/2010     241,950
  750,000   Navajo County AZ Polluting Control Corporation Series A Arizona Public Service Company   5.88     08/15/2028     755,213
  1,000,000   Phoenix Arizona Series A   6.25     07/01/2016     1,262,510
  2,575,000   Phoenix AZ Industrial Development Authority Bay Club Apartments Project Collateralized By GNMA   5.90     11/20/2031     2,716,059

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Arizona (continued)                
$ 250,000   Phoenix AZ Industrial Development Authority Bay Club Apartments Project GNMA Collateralized   5.80 %   11/20/2021   $ 266,915
  250,000   Phoenix AZ Industrial Development Authority Camelback Crossing GNMA   6.35     09/20/2035     274,673
  250,000   Phoenix AZ Industrial Development Authority Capital Mall LLC Project   5.38     09/15/2022     270,845
  900,000   Phoenix AZ Industrial Development Authority John C Lincoln Health Series B   5.65     12/01/2012     1,038,672
  490,000   Phoenix AZ Industrial Development Authority Series 1A   6.25     09/01/2032     545,169
  190,000   Phoenix AZ Industrial Development Authority Statewide Series C   5.30     04/01/2020     197,268
  395,000   Pima County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series A   6.50     02/01/2017     407,217
  250,000   Pima County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series A AZ Charter Schools Project LI   6.75     07/01/2031     250,000
  250,000   Pima County AZ Industrial Development Authority Series C Arizona Charter Schools Project   6.70     07/01/2021     253,080
    1,440,000   Pima County AZ Industrial Development Authority Willowick Apartment Project   5.50     03/01/2028     1,484,366
  300,000   Scottsdale AZ Preservation Authority   5.25     07/01/2017     330,747
  500,000   Tucson AZ Senior Lien Series 1994-C   7.00     07/01/2012     645,335
  275,000   University of Arizona Systems Series A   6.00     06/01/2010     328,721
  500,000   Yuma County AZ Elementary School District No1   5.00     07/01/2014     572,920
                        26,256,699
                   

Arkansas – 0.35%                
  1,345,000   Little Rock Arkansas Airport Revenue   5.00     11/01/2013     1,519,030
                   

California – 4.64%                
  2,500,000   Access To Loans For Learning Student Loan Corporation CA Series D-2 Student Loan PG-JR-SUB-IV   7.85     07/01/2025     2,507,975
  3,785,000   California Statewide Communities Development Authority Series A Aspire Public Schools Oakland Project   7.25     08/01/2031     3,808,618
  160,000   City of Los Angeles CA Series A   5.88     06/01/2024     170,424
  705,000   Los Angeles CA Community Redevelopment Agency Series A Monterey Hills Redevelopment Project   8.20     12/01/2013     742,294
  6,900,000   Metropolitan Water District of Southern California Series A6^   9.44     08/10/2018     9,829,050
  920,000   Pico Rivera CA Water Authority Series A   5.75     12/01/2012     954,491
  250,000   San Francisco CA Airport Improvement Airport United Airlines Incorporated   8.00     07/01/2013     313,108
  1,000,000   Santa Clara County CA Housing Authority Rivertown Apartment Project Series A   6.00     08/01/2041     1,012,580
  1,000,000   Student Education Loan Marketing Corporation CA Series IV D1 Junior Subordinates   5.88     01/01/2018     1,012,570
                      20,351,110
                   

Colorado – 6.71%                
  1,750,000   Arapahoe County Water & Wastewater Authority CO   6.25     12/01/2020     1,831,550
  1,640,000   Black Hawk Business Improvement District CO Series 1 Special Improvements District No 98   7.00     12/01/2011     1,653,825
  200,000   Colorado Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority CO Charter Schools Core Knowledge Project   7.00     11/01/2029     217,630
  3,100,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority CO Steamboat Springs Health Project   5.70     09/15/2023     2,942,985
  1,500,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority AMT-Single Family Mortgage-Class 3-B-4   5.00     05/01/2032     1,566,270
  3,000,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority AMT-Single Family Program-Series A MBIA Insured   6.50     08/01/2031     3,215,220
  1,625,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority CO Single Family Program Series B-2   7.10     04/01/2017     1,691,658

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Colorado (continued)                
$ 320,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority CO Single Family Program Series C   7.90 %   12/01/2024   $ 328,320
  295,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority CO Single Family Series D-1   8.00     12/01/2024     299,980
  5,195,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Single Family PG-B3-FSA-CR   6.70     08/01/2017     5,617,146
  335,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Single Family Program Series A-2   7.15     11/01/2014     340,038
  360,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Single Family Program Series B2   7.50     12/01/2016     362,974
  105,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Single Family Series D-LI   8.13     06/01/2025     105,929
    1,000,000   Colorado Housing & Finance Authority Winridge Apartments Project Collateralized By FNMA±   1.00     02/15/2028         1,000,000
  500,000   Denver City & County CO Series E   5.50     11/15/2025     534,110
  500,000   Denver City & County CO The Boston Lofts Project Series A   5.75     10/01/2027     517,440
  5,200,000   Denver Urban Renewal Authority CO Tax Exempt Rice Series A   9.13     09/01/2017     5,708,196
  920,000   Northern Metropolitan District CO Adams County   6.50     12/01/2016     936,808
  420,000   Summit County CO Keystone Resorts Management Project   7.38     09/01/2010     521,354
                      29,391,433
                   

Connecticut – 0.04%                
  115,000   Connecticut State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Series B New Britain General Hospital   6.00     07/01/2024     121,774
  40,000   Connecticut State Housing Finance Authority Series B4 Housing Mortgage Finance Program Sub B-4   7.30     11/15/2003     40,170
                      161,944
                   

District of Columbia – 1.11%                
  3,995,000   District of Columbia Capital Appreciation Mandarin Oriental††   5.38     07/01/2013     2,631,385
  3,850,000   District of Columbia Capital Appreciation Mandarin Oriental††   5.38     07/01/2015     2,246,206
                      4,877,591
                   

Florida – 1.33%                
  505,000   Boynton Beach FL Housing Mortgage Clipper Cove Apartments   6.45     01/01/2027     575,907
  500,000   Florida Housing Finance Agency Housing Glen Oaks Apartments Project   5.90     02/01/2030     524,405
  4,445,000   Palm Beach County Housing Finance Authority Housing Revenue Series A   4.85     04/01/2032     4,733,392
                      5,833,704
                   

Georgia – 0.34%                
  500,000   Fulton County Housing Authority Concorde Place Apartment Project Series C   6.90     07/01/2008     605,475
  435,000   Georgia State Housing & Finance Authority Single Family Mortgage Series B-2   5.85     12/01/2028     453,496
  500,000   Smyrna GA Hospital Authority First Mortgage Ridgeview Institution Incorporated   6.00     11/01/2028     445,875
                      1,504,846
                   

Guam – 0.02%                
  60,000   Guam Housing Corporation Series A Mortgage-GTD Mortgage-Backed Securities   5.75     09/01/2031     65,973
                   

Hawaii – 1.05%                
  3,950,000   Hawaii State Department of Budget & Finance Queens Health System Series A   5.75     07/01/2026     4,090,304
  490,000   Hawaii State Housing Finance & Development Corporation Series A   5.75     07/01/2030     507,317
                      4,597,621
                   

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Idaho – 1.39%                
$ 95,000   Ammon Urban Renewal Agency ID Tax Increment Series B   6.00 %   08/01/2006   $ 107,239
  135,000   Blackfoot Idaho Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities Project   5.80     09/01/2018     155,424
  115,000   Blackfoot Idaho Wastewater Treatment Plant Facilities Project   5.85     09/01/2019     132,548
  500,000   Boise City Idaho Urban Renewal Agency Ada County Courts   5.90     08/15/2029     563,775
  500,000   Canyon County School District No132 Idaho   5.45     07/30/2004     528,990
  125,000   Fremont & Madison Counties School District No215 St Anthony ID   5.60     08/01/2004     131,283
  765,000   Fremont & Madison Counties School District No215 St Anthony ID   5.60     08/01/2004     803,449
  150,000   Idaho Health Facilities Authority ID IHC Hospitals Incorporated   6.65     02/15/2021     195,078
  555,000   Idaho Housing Agency Single Family Mortgage Series C-2   6.35     07/01/2015     578,327
  735,000   Idaho Housing & Finance Association Single Family Mortgage Series H-2   6.15     01/01/2028     772,470
  425,000   Idaho Water Resource Board Resource Pooled Loan Program Series A   6.20     05/01/2020     454,504
  100,000   Payette County ID School District No372   6.75     07/31/2003     100,482
  55,000   Pocatello ID Development Authority Series B   7.25     12/01/2008     58,394
  500,000   Southern Idaho Regional Solid Waste District   5.45     11/01/2013     511,858
  400,000   Twin Falls County School District No413 Idaho   5.25     07/30/2003     401,436
  500,000   University of Idaho Student Fee Kibbie & Enroll Series D   6.00     04/01/2026     575,645
                      6,070,902
                   

Illinois – 8.53%                
  2,500,000   Bridgeview Illinois   5.00     12/01/2017     2,698,600
  2,250,000   Chicago Housing Authority Il   5.38     07/01/2019     2,371,410
  500,000   Chicago Il GNMA College Bella Project   6.13     06/01/2039     525,580
  2,495,000   Chicago Illinois Series B   5.38     01/01/2017     2,749,366
    1,630,000   Illinois Development Finance Authority Series A Community Rehabilitation Pre-refunded   7.88     07/01/2005         1,860,286
  925,000   Illinois Development Finance Authority Series A Un-refunded Balance Community Rehabilitationªª   7.88     07/01/2020     418,396
  1,020,000   Illinois Health Facilities Authority Edgewater Medical Center Series A   9.25     07/01/2004     1,113,177
  135,000   Illinois Health Facilities Authority Holy Cross Hospital Project   6.25     03/01/2004     113,446
  4,000,000   Illinois Health Facilities Authority OSF Healthcare System   6.25     11/15/2029     4,260,680
  235,000   Illinois Housing Development Authority Multi-Family Housing   7.00     07/01/2017     237,223
  5,000,000   Illinois State GO MBIA Insured   5.00     06/01/2013     5,674,100
  500,000   Jackson & Williamson Counties Il Community High School District No165   6.25     12/01/2015     597,455
  2,760,000   Regional Transportation Authority Il   5.75     06/01/2016     3,330,492
  7,350,000   Regional Transportation Authority Il Series D   7.75     06/01/2019     10,362,912
  1,000,000   Rockford Il Faust Landmark Apartments Project Series A   6.75     01/01/2018     1,085,110
                      37,398,233
                   

Indiana – 0.88%                
  720,000   Hammond Multi-School Building Corporation First Mortgage   6.13     07/15/2019     764,957
  2,515,000   Indiana Health Facility Financing Authority Ascension Health Series F   5.50     11/15/2018     2,717,180
  25,000   Indiana State Toll Finance Authority   6.00     07/01/2013     25,046
  290,000   Indianapolis Local Public Improvements Board Bank Series B   6.00     01/10/2020     351,935
                      3,859,118
                   

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Iowa – 0.10%                
$ 400,000   Iowa Finance Authority Series F   5.70 %   01/01/2027   $ 417,396
                   

Kansas – 1.32%                
  400,000   Kansas State Department of Transportation Series B-2±   1.00     09/01/2020     400,000
    2,595,000   Sedgwick & Shawnee Counties KS Series A2 Mortgage Backed Securities   6.70     06/01/2029         2,740,605
  2,500,000   Sedgwick & Shawnee Counties Mortgage Backed Securities Program Series B-4   4.00     12/01/2034     2,653,800
                      5,794,405
                   

Louisiana – 1.51%                
  2,000,000   Jefferson Parish Home Mortgage Authority LA Series A   5.13     06/01/2026     2,183,800
  3,070,000   Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Series A Development Authority—Housing-Bellemont Apartments Projects   6.00     09/01/2022     3,093,363
  60,000   Louisiana Public Facilities Authority LA Opportunity Loan Series A Student Loan   6.85     01/01/2009     60,742
  2,900,000   St Bernard Parish Home Mortgage La Zero Coupon Series C††   7.65     07/10/2014     1,295,923
                      6,633,828
                   

Massachusetts – 0.92%                
  2,500,000   Massachusetts State College Building Authority Series A   7.50     05/01/2014     3,339,225
  200,000   Massachusetts State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Series B Melrose-Wakefield Hospital Project   5.88     07/01/2018     239,238
  400,000   Massachusetts State Water Pollution Abatement MWRA Program Series A   6.00     08/01/2023     461,412
                      4,039,875
                   

Michigan – 1.55%                
  1,760,000   Detroit Michigan Series B   5.25     07/01/2017     1,958,317
  1,160,000   Michigan Strategic Fund UTD Waste Systems Project   5.20     04/01/2010     1,213,279
  2,760,000   Wayland Union School District MI   8.00     05/01/2010     3,620,430
                      6,792,026
                   

Minnesota – 0.96%                
  500,000   Austin Housing & Redevelopment Authority MA Series A Courtyard Residence Project   7.25     01/01/2032     508,785
  3,500,000   Minnesota State Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation Giants Ridge Recreational Area   7.50     11/01/2025     3,679,165
                      4,187,950
                   

Mississippi – 0.25%                
  1,000,000   Mississippi Development Bank Special Obligation Madison County MS GO Road & Bridge   5.10     06/01/2020     1,075,560
                   

Nebraska – 0.04%                
  150,000   Lincoln-Lancaster County NE Public Building Commission Tax Supported Lease Rental   6.00     10/15/2026     170,018
                   

Nevada – 0.58%                
  1,065,000   Las Vegas NV Limited Tax Parking Series A   5.25     12/01/2018     1,171,223
  1,000,000   Las Vegas NV Limited Tax Parking Series A   5.25     12/01/2020     1,086,630
  275,000   Nevada Housing Division Saratoga Palms Multi Unit Housing   6.25     10/01/2016     285,940
                      2,543,793
                   

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
New Jersey – 3.34%                
$   3,000,000   New Jersey Health Care Facilities Authority Raritan Bay Medical Center   7.25 %   07/01/2027   $     3,126,180
  1,250,000   New Jersey State Housing & Mortgage Finance Agency Series 1 Presidential Plaza FHA   7.00     05/01/2030     1,285,313
  5,750,000   New Jersey State Turnpike Authority Turnpike Revenue Series A   5.00     01/01/2023     6,079,187
  3,500,000   New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Series A Transportation Systems   5.50     12/15/2016     4,138,540
                      14,629,220
                   

New Mexico – 2.12%                
  3,040,000   Bernalillo County NM   5.20     04/01/2021     3,433,893
  1,475,000   Bernalillo County NM   5.25     04/01/2027     1,652,885
  375,000   Carlsbad Housing Corporation NM Housing Colonial Hillcrest   7.38     08/15/2027     363,675
  3,365,000   New Mexico Educational Assistance Foundation Educational Loan Series B-1   5.90     09/01/2031     3,454,980
  430,000   Southeastern NM Affordable Housing Corporation Casa Hermosa Apartments   7.25     12/01/2027     387,555
                      9,292,988
                   

New York – 1.28%                
  3,500,000   Metropolitan Transportation Authority New York Revenue Transportation Series A   5.00     11/15/2015     3,985,695
  1,000,000   New York State Dormitory Authority Nursing Home Menorah Campus Project FHA Insured   6.10     02/01/2037     1,134,350
  500,000   United Nations Development Corporation NY Senior Lien Series B   5.60     07/01/2026     500,420
                      5,620,465
                   

North Carolina – 0.96%                
  4,000,000   North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency Series B   5.70     01/01/2017     4,211,720
                   

North Dakota – 0.10%                
  185,000   North Dakota State Housing Finance Agency Series C Housing Finance Home Mortgage   5.95     07/01/2017     195,170
  240,000   North Dakota State Housing Finance Agency Series C Housing Finance Home Mortgage   6.10     07/01/2028     250,790
                      445,960
                   

Ohio – 0.93%                
  2,000,000   Cuyahoga County Ohio Refunding Series A   6.00     01/01/2019     2,205,600
  1,000,000   Erie County Franciscan Services Corporation Providence Hospital   6.00     01/01/2004     1,043,500
  250,000   Johnstown Ohio Mortgage   6.00     12/01/2017     269,525
  500,000   Oak Hills OH Local School District Series A   5.70     12/01/2025     557,385
                      4,076,010
                   

Oklahoma – 0.49%                
  1,655,000   Oklahoma State Industries Authority Health System Integris Baptist   6.00     08/15/2010     1,933,735
  195,000   Pryor Creek OK Economic Development Authority Series A   7.13     07/01/2021     195,320
                      2,129,055
                   

Oregon – 7.71%                
  250,000   Chemeketa Community College District OR   6.50     07/01/2007     274,520
  1,000,000   Chemeketa Community College District OR Series B   5.60     06/01/2014     1,104,390
  1,800,000   Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority Legacy Health System   5.25     02/15/2017     1,881,252
  650,000   Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority Odd Fellow Home Series A   5.88     09/15/2021     625,898

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Oregon (continued)                
$ 2,500,000   Clackamas County Hospital Facility Authority OR Legacy Health System   5.25 %   05/01/2021   $ 2,580,074
  900,000   Hillsboro OR Various Oregon Graduate Center Project±   1.05     06/01/2009     900,000
  1,500,000   Klamath Falls OR Senior Lien Klamath Cogen   5.88     01/01/2016     1,497,375
  10,300,000   Klamath Falls OR Senior Lien Klamath Cogen   6.00     01/01/2025     9,657,074
  500,000   Lane County OR School District No52 Bethel   5.63     06/15/2010     591,370
  175,000   Oregon State   9.00     10/01/2005     204,131
    1,000,000   Oregon State Board Higher Education Series D   5.75     08/01/2029         1,113,280
  1,000,000   Oregon State Department of Administrative Services Series A   6.25     05/01/2010     1,227,830
  3,650,000   Oregon State Health Housing Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority^ªª   5.25     10/01/2016     1,350,500
  1,500,000   Oregon State Health Housing Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Series A Aspen Foundation LI   6.13     04/15/2029     1,288,650
  1,760,000   Oregon State Health Housing Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Series A GNMA Mortgage Backed Securities   5.00     06/20/2042     1,929,312
  1,250,000   Oregon State Health Housing Educational & Cultural Facilities Authority Series A Linfeld College Project   6.50     10/01/2015     1,393,300
  1,830,000   Oregon State Housing & Community Services Department Series M Single Family Mortgage Program   6.20     07/01/2028     1,935,298
  1,000,000   Port of St Helens Oregon Portland General Electric Company Project Series A   5.25     08/01/2014     835,190
  1,000,000   Portland OR Oregon Convention Center Project Series A   5.75     06/15/2016     1,154,750
  579,000   Portland Oregon Series A   4.88     06/01/2018     601,402
  1,000,000   Washington County OR Housing Authority Tualatin Meadows Project   6.00     05/01/2032     1,042,090
  550,000   Western Lane OR Hospital District Hospital Facility Authority Sisters of St Joseph Peace Project   5.63     08/01/2007     586,680
                      33,774,366
                   

Pennsylvania – 6.49%                
  1,965,000   Carbon County Industrial Development Authority Panther Creek Partners   6.65     05/01/2010     2,105,517
  2,000,000   Carbon County Industrial Development Authority Panther Creek Partners   6.70     05/01/2012     2,120,320
  500,000   Dauphin County General Authority Office & Parking Forum Place Series A   6.00     01/15/2025     242,270
  500,000   Delaware County Authority PA Crozer Chester   6.00     12/15/2020     505,215
  3,210,000   Montgomery County PA Higher Education & Health Authority Series B Montgomery Hospital Medical Center Project   6.60     07/01/2010     3,315,930
  5,100,000   Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority Amtrak Series A   6.38     11/01/2041     4,829,649
  1,250,000   Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency Single Family Mortgage Series 59A   5.80     10/01/2029     1,302,975
  5,000,000   Philadelphia PA Hospitals & Higher Education Facilities Authority Jeanes Health System Project   6.85     07/01/2022     5,044,250
  1,250,000   Sayre PA Health Care Facilities Authority Guthrie Health Project Series A   5.88     12/01/2031     1,303,163
  7,000,000   Sayre PA Health Care Facilities Authority Guthrie Health Project Series B   1.00     12/01/2031     7,676,620
                      28,445,909
                   

Puerto Rico – 0.32%                
  470,000   Children’s Trust Fund Project   5.75     07/01/2010     526,945
  300,000   Children’s Trust Fund Project   6.00     07/01/2010     363,957
  20,000   Puerto Rico Commonwealth Aqueduct & Sewer Authority   10.25     07/01/2009     25,568
  220,000   Puerto Rico Housing Finance Corporation Multi Family Mortgage Series A-1   7.50     04/01/2022     223,080
  250,000   Puerto Rico Public Finance Corporation Series A Commonwealth Appropriation   5.00     08/01/2021     265,028
                      1,404,578
                   

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Rhode Island – 0.24%                
$   1,000,000   Rhode Island Housing & Mortgage Finance Corporation Series 23 Homeownership Project   5.95 %   04/01/2029   $     1,044,530
                   

South Carolina – 1.31%                
  8,800,000   Connector 2000 Association Incorporated Capital Appreciation Series B††   5.73     01/01/2017     1,642,784
  9,100,000   Connector 2000 Association Incorporated Capital Appreciation Series B††   5.75     01/01/2018     1,537,991
  9,400,000   Connector 2000 Association Incorporated Capital Appreciation Series B††   5.75     01/01/2019     1,460,102
  500,000   Connector 2000 Association Incorporated Capital Appreciation Series B††   5.90     01/01/2031     20,800
  1,000,000   University of South Carolina   5.75     06/01/2026     1,098,450
                      5,760,127
                   

South Dakota – 0.90%                
  3,500,000   South Dakota Health & Educational Facilities Authority Huron Regional Medical Center   7.30     04/01/2016     3,957,975
                   

Tennessee – 1.50%                
  4,150,000   Knox County TN Health Educational & Housing Facilities Board Baptist Health System East TN   6.50     04/15/2031     4,367,419
  2,000,000   Shelby County TN Health Educational & Housing Facility Board Methodist Healthcare   6.50     09/01/2021     2,220,340
                      6,587,759
                   

Texas – 10.48%                
  1,000,000   Alief Independent School District Texas   4.75     02/15/2019     1,029,140
  1,215,000   Arlington Texas References & Important   5.00     08/15/2023     1,274,997
  3,500,000   Austin Texas Convention Enterprises Incorporated Second Tier Series B   5.75     01/01/2032     3,691,625
  500,000   Beaumont Housing Corporation Park Shadows Project Series A   6.45     06/15/2022     500,590
  325,000   Carroll Independent School District TX   6.75     08/15/2020     425,464
  1,730,000   Comal Independent School District Texas   5.25     02/01/2020     1,861,495
  480,000   Corpus Christi Housing Finance Corporation TX Series A   7.70     07/01/2011     486,029
  1,000,000   Dallas Independent School District   5.00     02/15/2018     1,072,290
  2,395,000   De Soto Housing Finance Corporation Windsor Foundation Project Series A   7.00     02/01/2025     2,631,387
  1,000,000   Denton Texas Improvements   5.13     12/01/2018     1,078,180
  4,000,000   El Paso Housing Finance Corporation TX Single Family Series A-3   6.18     04/01/2033     4,376,200
  105,000   Galveston Property Finance Authority TX Series A   8.50     09/01/2011     107,427
  1,300,000   Grape Creek-Pulliam Independent School District TX   7.25     05/15/2006     1,533,025
  1,100,000   Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority TX Exxon Project±   0.86     10/01/2024     1,100,000
  500,000   Harris Industrial Development Corporation TX Gatx Terminals Corporation   6.95     02/01/2022     516,250
  510,000   Houston Housing Finance Corporation Series A-1   8.00     06/01/2014     511,673
  310,000   Houston Housing Finance Corporation Series B-1   8.00     06/01/2014     315,233
  1,000,000   La Porte TX Independent School District   4.25     02/15/2019     997,690
  1,170,000   Lubbock TX Housing Finance Corporation Las Colonas Quail Creek Series A   6.00     07/01/2022     1,182,964
  1,530,000   Lubbock TX Housing Finance Corporation Las Colonas Quail Creek Series A   6.00     07/01/2025     1,541,628
  1,200,000   Mansfield Texas Independent School District References-School Building   5.00     02/15/2012     1,363,572
  4,180,000   San Antonio Higher Education Authority University of Texas at San Antonio Phase 1 Project   7.13     11/01/2015     4,493,542

 

 

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Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Texas (continued)                
$ 200,000   Socorro TX Independent School District   5.75 %   02/15/2021   $ 216,622
  1,075,000   South San Antonio TX Independent School District   5.00     08/15/2018     1,152,217
  2,000,000   Tarrant Regional Water District TX Improvements   5.38     03/01/2014     2,305,280
  160,000   Texarkana TX Health Facilities Development Corporation Series B Wadley Regional Medical Center   6.00     10/01/2017     192,942
    3,250,000   Texas State Veterans Housing Assistance Program FD LI Series A   5.65     12/01/2017         3,457,708
  2,455,000   Texas State Student Housing Authority Series B Junior Lien Student Housing   6.75     01/01/2033     2,427,136
  4,780,000   Travis County TX Housing Finance Authority Lakeview Apartment Project Series A   6.25     07/01/2027     4,095,886
                      45,938,192
                   

Utah – 2.26%                
  500,000   Provo City UT Housing Authority Lookout Pointe Apartments Project Collateralized By GNMA   5.80     07/20/2022     522,890
  3,270,000   Salt Lake County UT Housing Authority Bridgeside Project FHA Insured   6.38     11/01/2033     3,415,809
  1,860,000   Salt Lake County UT Westminster College Project   5.75     10/01/2027     1,902,892
  5,000   Utah Housing Finance Agency Single Family Mortgage Senior Issue Series D-2   6.45     01/01/2011     5,166
  2,500,000   Utah State Building Ownership Authority Series B State Facilities Master Lease Program   5.25     05/15/2024     2,647,150
  250,000   Utah State Building Ownership Authority Series C State Facilities Master Lease Program   5.50     05/15/2019     292,775
  1,000,000   Weber Municipal Building Authority Utah   5.75     12/15/2019     1,131,659
                      9,918 ,341
                   

Vermont – 0.28%                
  275,000   Vermont Housing Finance Agency VT Housing Series 9   6.00     05/01/2037     286,168
  900,000   Vermont State Student Assistance Financing Program Series B   6.70     12/15/2012     935,919
                      1,222,087
                   

Virginia – 1.76%                
  3,000,000   Fairfax County Redevelopment & Housing Authority VA Burke Shire Commons   7.60     10/01/2036     3,168,960
  5,775,000   Pocahontas Parkway Association VA Capital Appreciation Series B ††   5.50     08/15/2012     2,725,627
  250,000   Pocahontas Parkway Association VA Series A   5.00     08/15/2005     236,510
  1,000,000   Pocahontas Parkway Association VA Series A   5.25     08/15/2008     880,360
  1,000,000   Pocahontas Parkway Association VA Series A   5.50     08/15/2028     698,330
                      7,709,787
                   

Washington – 5.79%                
  3,045,000   Benton County Washington School District # 400 GO FSA Insured   5.00     12/01/2015     3,371,089
  500,000   Clark County School District No98 Hockinson WA   6.15     12/01/2015     593,445
  2,125,000   Clark County School District No101 La Center WA   5.00     12/01/2015     2,342,961
  110,000   King County WA Sewer   6.13     01/01/2033     120,258
  1,748,000   Kitsap County WA Consolidated Housing Authority Low Income Housing Martha GNMA   7.10     08/20/2016     2,124,816
  6,205,000   Port Longview WA Series A   5.00     12/01/2014     6,686,508
  1,000,000   Seattle WA Housing Authority Kin On Project Collateralized By GNMA   7.40     11/20/2036     1,169,810
  500,000   Seattle WA Series B   6.00     07/01/2029     577,930

 

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

NATIONAL TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Coupon Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Washington (continued)                
$ 2,480,000   Snohomish County Fire Protection District No1 WA   5.25 %   12/01/2012   $ 2,875,684
  1,290,000   Spokane Washington   5.00     06/01/2013     1,458,113
  1,000,000   Vancouver WA Housing Authority Pooled Housing Senior Series A   5.50     03/01/2028     1,009,740
    1,100,000   Vancouver WA Housing Authority Springbrook Square Series A   5.65     03/01/2031     1,039,742
  500,000   Washington Health Care Facilities Authority Series B Virginia Mason Medical Center±   1.03     02/15/2027     500,000
  1,400,000   Washington State Health Care Facilities Authority Kadlec Medical Center   6.00     12/01/2030     1,519,392
                      25,389,488
                   

Wisconsin – 1.47%                
  550,000   Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority Series A   6.00     09/01/2015     583,842
  1,000,000   Wisconsin State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Agnesian Healthcare Incorporated Project   6.00     07/01/2030     1,048,490
  1,000,000   Wisconsin State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Revenue Wheaton Franciscan Services Project   5.75     08/15/2025     1,041,940
  1,000,000   Wisconsin State Health & Educational Facilities Authority Wheaton Franciscan Services Project   6.13     11/15/2015     1,096,030
  2,345,000   Wisconsin State Series A   5.00     07/01/2015     2,602,082
  75,000   Wisconsin State Series D   5.80     05/01/2020     78,445
                      6,450,829
                   

Wyoming – 0.47%                
  500,000   Jackson WY National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corporation Series B Lower Valley Power & Light Project   5.88     05/01/2026     523,620
  800,000   Lincoln County WY Exxon Project Series C Floating Rate Dates±   0.86     11/01/2014     800,000
  600,000   Teton County WY Hospital District Revenue Improvements ACA CBI Insured   5.80     12/01/2017     637,314
  95,000   Wyoming Community Development Authority Series 4   5.85     06/01/2028     98,231
                      2,059,165
                   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $384,741,994)

              399,282,595
                   

Shares        
Closed End Mutual Funds – 4.20%    
60,485   Blackrock Strategic Municipal Trust          913,324
       380,000   Dreyfus Municipal Income Fund   3,769,600
91,802   Dreyfus Strategic Municipal Bond Fund   817,956
103,352   Municipal Advantage Fund Incorporated   1,469,665
115,082   Nuveen Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund   1,812,542
204,862   Nuveen Insured Municipal Opportunity Fund   3,312,619
116,037   Nuveen Premium Income Municipal Fund   1,760,281
30,612   Salomon Brothers Municipal Partners Fund Incorporated   433,772
91,984   Seligman Select Municipal Fund   1,044,018
57,005   Van Kampen Advantage Municipal Income Trust   941,723
45,072   Van Kampen Advantage Municipal Income Trust II   659,403
91,637   Van Kampen Trust for Investment Grade Municipals   1,489,101

Total Closed End Mutual Funds (Cost $14,563,803)

  18,424,004
       

 

 

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NATIONAL TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Value
Short-Term Investments – 6.15%      
$ 4,960,000   Federated Tax Free Obligation Money Market Fund   $     4,960,000
  21,978,697   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund~     21,978,697
Short-Term Investments (Cost $26,938,697)     26,938,697
         

             

Total Investment in Securities

(Cost $426,244,494)*

  101.45 %       $ 444,645,296

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

  (1.45 )         6,339,949
   

     

Total Net Assets   100.00 %       $ 438,305,347
   

     

 

~   This Wells Fargo Fund invests cash balances that it retains for liquidity purposes in a Wells Fargo money market fund. The fund does not pay an investment advisory fee to the Wells Fargo money market fund for such investments.
±   Variable Rate Securities.
††   Zero coupon bond. Interest rate presented is Yield to Maturity.
ªª   This security is currently in default.
^   Securities that may be resold to “Qualified institutional buyers” under rule 144A or securities offered pursuant to section 4 (2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
*   Cost for federal income tax purposes is $426,495,283 and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consist of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 27,920,730  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (9,770,717 )
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 18,150,013  

 

 

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

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

NEBRASKA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Municipal Bonds – 98.75%                
Colorado – 0.88%                
$ 600,000   Colorado Health Facilities Authority Steamboat Springs Health Project   5.70 %   09/15/2023   $      569,610
                   

Minnesota – 1.65%                
  1,000,000   Minnesota State Iron Range Resources & Rehabilitation MN Revenue Giants Ridge Recreational Area Project   7.25     11/01/2016     1,076,260
                   

Nevada – 0.18%                
  105,000   Nevada Housing Division Single Family Series A1   5.60     10/01/2007     114,062
                   

New York – 0.24%                
  150,000   City of New York NY Series B   7.25     10/01/2005     152,264
                   

Puerto Rico – 3.55%                
  1,000,000   Puerto Rico Commonwealth Series C   5.00     07/01/2028     1,123,130
  1,000,000   Puerto Rico Municipal Finance Agency Series A   5.75     08/01/2011     1,178,040
                      2,301,170
                   

Nebraska – 92.25%                
  1,500,000   City of Lincoln NE   5.00     09/01/2018     1,602,194
  500,000   City of Lincoln NE   5.30     08/15/2009     512,684
  1,200,000   City of Lincoln NE Pre-refunded Series A   5.30     09/01/2009     1,232,735
  1,250,000   City of Lincoln NE Series A   5.38     08/15/2014     1,403,038
  1,000,000   City of Lincoln NE Tax Supported Antelope Valley Project   5.00     09/15/2016     1,090,820
  300,000   City of Lincoln NE Un-refunded Balance Series A   5.30     09/01/2009     308,016
  1,100,000   City of Lincoln NE   5.00     08/15/2017     1,193,863
  2,000,000   Dodge County School District No. 1 NE   5.50     12/15/2020     2,219,480
  1,000,000   Douglas County NE Omaha Henry Doorly Zoo Project   5.88     09/01/2014     1,110,780
  1,500,000   Douglas County School District No. 1 NE Series B   5.00     12/15/2018     1,614,135
  1,000,000   Fremont NE Series B   5.00     10/15/2021     1,047,780
  500,000   Grand Island Nebraska   5.60     04/01/2006     533,425
  500,000   Grand Island Nebraska   5.75     04/01/2007     534,360
  1,000,000   Grand Island Nebraska System   5.13     08/15/2016     1,096,790
  1,000,000   Lancaster County Hospital Authority No. 1 NE Series A Bryan Memorial Hospital   5.10     06/01/2010     1,090,480
  2,520,000   Lancaster County Hospital Authority Series A Bryanlgh Medical Center Project   5.50     06/01/2020     2,741,054
  600,000   Lancaster County School District No. 1 NE Lincoln Public Schools   5.00     07/15/2011     675,234
  1,000,000   Lancaster County School District No. 1 NE Lincoln Public Schools   5.25     07/15/2019     1,089,810
  1,750,000   Lancaster County School District No. 1 NE Lincoln Public Schools   5.25     01/15/2022     1,884,295
  745,000   Lincoln-Lancaster County Public Building Commission NE Tax Supported Lease Rental   5.80     10/15/2018     845,851
  500,000   Lincoln-Lancaster County Public Building Commission NE Tax Supported Lease Rental Revenue   5.25     10/15/2008     564,615
  1,000,000   Madison County Hospital Authority No. 1 NE Faith Regional Health Services Project Radian Insured   5.50     07/01/2021     1,056,260
  575,000   Nebraska Educational Finance Authority   5.00     04/01/2016     616,199
  500,000   Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission NE DTV Project   6.00     02/01/2007     564,610
  1,250,000   Nebraska Educational Telecommunications Commission NE DTV Project   6.00     02/01/2010     1,452,050
  1,000,000   Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Children’s Healthcare Services   5.00     08/15/2011     1,079,540

 

 

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NEBRASKA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Principal   Security Name   Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Value
Nebraska (continued)                
$ 500,000   Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Father Flanagan’s Boys Home   5.00 %   07/01/2003   $ 500,055
  75,000   Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Series A1   5.40     09/01/2003     75,105
  625,000   Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Series C   5.65     03/01/2028          643,800
  1,440,000   Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Series C   6.30     09/01/2020     1,551,874
  930,000   Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Series E   5.90     09/01/2024     976,984
  1,855,000   Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Series E   5.95     09/01/2031     1,939,477
  100,000   Nebraska Public Power District Revenue   5.25     01/01/2009     112,309
  675,000   Nebraska Public Power District Revenue Series B   5.00     01/01/2017     732,375
  1,000,000   Nebraska Public Power District Series A   5.25     01/01/2008     1,127,330
  1,020,000   Nebraska Public Power District Series A   5.25     01/01/2012     1,149,734
  1,000,000   Nebraska Public Power District Series A   5.13     01/01/2019     1,065,760
  500,000   Omaha Impound Facilities Corporation NE   5.55     08/01/2014     522,540
  1,000,000   Omaha NE Downtown Northeast Redevelopment Project   6.00     11/01/2014     1,102,750
  865,000   Omaha NE Riverfront Redevelopment Project Series A   5.50     02/01/2017     978,107
  350,000   Omaha Nebraska   5.13     11/15/2009     402,885
  500,000   Omaha Nebraska   5.25     12/01/2012     566,590
  1,000,000   Omaha Nebraska   5.00     11/01/2014     1,126,800
  1,000,000   Omaha Nebraska Facilities   5.50     01/01/2012     1,141,590
  2,000,000   Omaha Nebraska Facilities   5.50     01/01/2014     2,249,300
  415,000   Omaha Nebraska Series A   6.50     12/01/2014     534,072
  250,000   Omaha Parking Facilities Corporation NE Omaha Park Seven Project Series A   5.50     05/01/2016     270,940
  475,000   Omaha Parking Facilities Corporation NE Park Four & Five Projects   5.20     09/15/2009     521,127
  500,000   Omaha Parking Facilities Corporation NE Park Four & Five Projects   5.70     09/15/2015     550,705
  1,000,000   Omaha Public Power District NE Series A   5.20     02/01/2022     1,054,330
  1,000,000   Omaha Public Power District NE Series A   5.40     02/01/2006     1,098,280
  500,000   Omaha Public Power District NE Series B   5.60     02/01/2012     510,960
  2,500,000   Omaha Public Power District NE Series C   5.50     02/01/2014     2,946,350
  250,000   Omaha Public Power District NE Series C   5.50     02/01/2010     289,473
  1,000,000   University of Nebraska Facilities Corporation Deferred Maintenance Project   5.25     07/15/2011     1,128,380
  700,000   University of Nebraska Facilities Corporation Medical Center Project   5.45     07/01/2005     752,332
  1,000,000   University of Nebraska Facilities Corporation Memorial Stadium Improvement   4.95     11/01/2009     1,031,820
  740,000   University of Nebraska Kearney Students Fees & Facilities   5.75     07/01/2020     775,313
  800,000   University of Nebraska Lincoln Parking Project   5.80     06/01/2020     873,848
  275,000   University of Nebraska Student Fees & Facilities Kearney Project   5.15     07/01/2009     275,472
                      59,738,865
                   

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $59,562,715)

        63,952,231
                   

 

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

NEBRASKA TAX-FREE FUND


 

Shares   Security Name   Value
Short-Term Investment – 0.03%      
17,880   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Trust~   $        17,880

Total Short-Term Investment (Cost $17,880)

    17,880
       

           
Short-Term Investment – 0.03%             
Total Investment in Securities
(Cost $59,580,595)*
  98.78 %          $ 63,970,111

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

  1.22              790,016
   

        

Total Net Assets   100.00 %          $ 64,760,128
   

        

 

~   This Wells Fargo Fund invests cash balances that it retains for liquidity purposes in a Wells Fargo money market fund.
       The fund does not pay an investment advisory fee to the Wells Fargo money market fund for such investments.
*   Cost for federal income tax purposes is $59,580,595 and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) consist of:

 

Gross Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 4,403,250  

Gross Unrealized Depreciation

     (13,734 )
    


Net Unrealized Appreciation

   $ 4,389,516  

 

 

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

 

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TAX-FREE FUNDS   

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — JUNE 30, 2003


 

     California
Limited Term
Tax-Free
     California
Tax-Free

ASSETS

               

INVESTMENTS:

               

In securities, at market value (see cost below)

   $ 145,938,562      $ 619,782,706
    


  

TOTAL IN SECURITIES, AT MARKET VALUE

   $ 145,938,562      $ 619,782,706
    


  

Cash

     51,987        51,139

Receivable for dividends and interest and other receivables

     1,621,537        8,186,274

Receivable for investments sold

     5,222,331        9,766,881

Receivable for Fund shares issued

     2,785,829        772,291
    


  

TOTAL ASSETS

     155,620,246        638,559,291
    


  

LIABILITIES

               

Payable for investments purchased

     4,721,738        12,231,525

Dividends Payable

     62,008        778,072

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

     485,693        1,045,195

Payable to investment advisor and affiliates

     64,307        249,043

Payable to other related parties(1)

     32,424        240,584

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     48,030        62,847

TOTAL LIABILITIES

     5,414,200        14,607,266
    


  

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 150,206,046      $ 623,952,025
    


  

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF:

               

Paid-in capital

   $ 146,565,527      $ 575,259,616

Undistributed net investment income (loss)

     (57 )      64

Undistributed net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions and futures

     683,090        3,930,231

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     2,957,486        44,762,114
    


  

TOTAL NET ASSETS

   $ 150,206,046      $ 623,952,025
    


  

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE AND OFFERING PRICE PER SHARE

               

Net assets – Class A

   $ 99,567,694      $ 398,185,771

Shares outstanding – Class A

     9,270,092        34,420,654

Net asset value per share – Class A

   $ 10.74      $ 11.57

Maximum offering price per share – Class A(2)

   $ 11.25      $ 12.12

Net Assets – Class B

     N/A      $ 140,419,316

Shares outstanding – Class B

     N/A        11,907,678

Net asset value and offering price per share – Class B

     N/A      $ 11.79

Net Assets – Class C

   $ 11,300,504      $ 46,665,642

Shares outstanding – Class C

     1,052,465        3,956,879

Net asset value per share – Class C

   $ 10.74      $ 11.79

Maximum offering price per share – Class C(3)

   $ 10.74      $ 11.91

Net Assets – Institutional Class

   $ 39,337,848      $ 38,681,296

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class

     3,720,706        3,337,331

Net asset value and offering price per share – Institutional Class

   $ 10.57      $ 11.59
    


  

INVESTMENTS AT COST (NOTE 10)

   $ 142,981,076      $ 575,020,592
    


  

 

 

(1)   Other related parties include the Funds’ trustees and distributor.
(2)   Maximum offering price is computed as 100/95.50 of net asset value. On investments of $50,000 or more, the offering price is reduced.
(3)   Maximum offering price is computed as 100/99.00 of net asset value, except for California Limited Tax-Free Fund.

 

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

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

Colorado
Tax-Free
    Minnesota
Tax-Free
    National
Limited Term
Tax-Free
    National
Tax-Free
    Nebraska
Tax-Free
 

                                     
                                     
$ 124,271,356     $ 245,786,888     $ 150,797,098     $ 444,645,296     $ 63,970,111  



 


 


 


 


$ 124,271,356     $ 245,786,888     $ 150,797,098     $ 444,645,296     $ 63,970,111  



 


 


 


 


  56,272       49,998       49,999       51,184       50,000  
  1,548,049       4,056,608       1,786,470       6,136,818       1,057,430  
  0       0       0       264,490       0  
  604,230       288,285       638,200       1,071,458       0  



 


 


 


 


  126,479,907       250,181,779       153,271,767       452,169,246       65,077,541  



 


 


 


 


                                     
  0       0       0       12,062,335       0  
  266,269       584,207       269,383       1,050,871       191,889  
  111,053       447,058       48,727       274,884       2,000  
  54,870       107,060       66,794       188,400       37,803  
  26,769       29,509       2,420       78,835       2,350  
  45,894       68,005       49,067       208,574       83,371  
  504,855       1,235,839       436,391       13,863,899       317,413  



 


 


 


 


$ 125,975,052     $ 248,945,940     $ 152,835,376     $ 438,305,347     $ 64,760,128  



 


 


 


 


                                     

$ 118,850,170     $ 232,443,291     $ 147,978,420     $ 430,091,780     $ 60,082,069  
  34,476       (9,148 )     (56,368 )     501,417       (3 )
  (1,022,227 )     (1,319,533 )     (794,310 )     (10,688,652 )     288,546  
  8,112,633       17,831,330       5,707,634       18,400,802       4,389,516  



 


 


 


 


$ 125,975,052     $ 248,945,940     $ 152,835,376     $ 438,305,347     $ 64,760,128  



 


 


 


 


                                     

$ 59,877,099     $ 41,484,500       N/A     $ 113,615,910       N/A  
  5,439,478       3,681,843       N/A       10,789,336       N/A  
$ 11.01     $ 11.27       N/A     $ 10.53       N/A  
$ 11.53     $ 11.80       N/A     $ 11.03       N/A  
$ 14,368,076     $ 22,011,632       N/A     $ 48,539,847       N/A  
  1,303,413       1,953,568       N/A       4,608,756       N/A  
$ 11.02     $ 11.27       N/A     $ 10.53       N/A  
  N/A       N/A       N/A     $ 15,160,701       N/A  
  N/A       N/A       N/A       1,440,060       N/A  
  N/A       N/A       N/A     $ 10.53       N/A  
  N/A       N/A       N/A     $ 10.64       N/A  
$ 51,729,877     $ 185,449,808     $ 152,835,376     $ 260,988,889     $ 64,760,128  
  4,698,589       16,461,638       13,783,715       24,779,742       6,203,840  
$ 11.01     $ 11.27     $ 11.09     $ 10.53     $ 10.44  



 


 


 


 


$ 116,158,723     $ 227,955,558     $ 145,089,464     $ 426,244,494     $ 59,580,595  



 


 


 


 


 

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TAX-FREE FUNDS

   STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS — FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2003

 

     California
Limited Term
Tax-Free
       California
Tax-Free
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

                   

Dividends

   $ 22,642        $ 990,693  

Interest

     3,377,137          32,035,770  
    


    


TOTAL INVESTMENT INCOME

     3,399,779          33,026,463  
    


    


EXPENSES

                   

Advisory fees

     432,262          2,526,203  

Administration fees

     247,066          1,558,123  

Custody fees

     21,612          126,310  

Shareholder servicing fees

     228,344          1,462,629  

Portfolio accounting fees

     56,372          87,579  

Distribution fees

                   

Class B

     N/A          1,086,591  

Class C

     33,440          355,194  

Legal and audit fees

     24,729          35,079  

Registration fees

     7,516          26,406  

Directors’ fees

     5,307          5,307  

Shareholder reports

     2,300          25,994  

Other

     3,021          7,423  
    


    


TOTAL EXPENSES

     1,061,969          7,302,838  

LESS:

                   

Waived fees and reimbursed expenses (Note 8)

     (183,453 )        (970,235 )

Net expenses

     878,516          6,332,603  
    


    


NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)

     2,521,263          26,693,860  
    


    


REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS

                   

NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) FROM:

                   

Securities

     722,015          6,106,413  
    


    


NET REALIZED GAIN (LOSS) FROM INVESTMENTS

     722,015          6,106,413  
    


    


NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) OF:

                   

Securities

     1,421,608          11,711,691  
    


    


NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION (DEPRECIATION) OF INVESTMENTS

     1,421,608          11,711,691  
    


    


NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS

     2,143,623          17,818,104  
    


    


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 4,664,886        $ 44,511,964  
    


    


 

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

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS — FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2003

   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

Colorado
Tax-Free
    Minnesota
Tax-Free
    National
Limited Term
Tax-Free
    National
Tax-Free
    Nebraska
Tax-Free
 

                                     
$ 202,809     $ 24,362     $ 16,104     $ 1,508,805     $ 5,293  
  6,432,009       12,971,265       4,566,748       24,155,428       3,206,944  



 


 


 


 


  6,634,818       12,995,627       4,582,852       25,664,233       3,212,237  



 


 


 


 


                                     
  495,212       1,032,543       471,252       1,844,173       329,217  
  268,487       528,973       238,999       981,155       126,722  
  24,760       51,626       23,563       92,209       13,169  
  184,492       163,172       0       459,970       0  
  61,140       66,350       47,752       80,793       39,839  
                                     
  102,606       163,585       N/A       385,574       N/A  
  N/A       N/A       N/A       101,449       N/A  
  28,564       32,511       25,513       33,270       32,453  
  12,563       9,784       16,082       72,395       6,588  
  5,307       5,307       5,307       5,307       5,307  
  4,528       3,695       2,828       17,672       2,439  
  4,639       4,325       3,963       22,731       13,907  



 


 


 


 


  1,192,298       2,061,871       835,259       4,096,698       569,641  
                                     
  (224,476 )     (241,346 )     (127,932 )     (416,239 )     (29,446 )
  967,822       1,820,525       707,327       3,680,459       540,195  



 


 


 


 


  5,666,996       11,175,102       3,875,525       21,983,774       2,672,042  



 


 


 


 


                                     

                                     
  1,882,219       1,499,724       691,434       7,554,465       365,130  



 


 


 


 


  1,882,219       1,499,724       691,434       7,554,465       365,130  



 


 


 


 


                                     
  2,631,290       8,176,692       3,175,312       2,646,498       1,974,365  



 


 


 


 


  2,631,290       8,176,692       3,175,312       2,646,498       1,974,365  



 


 


 


 


  4,513,509       9,676,416       3,866,746       10,200,963       2,339,495  



 


 


 


 


$ 10,180,505     $ 20,851,518     $ 7,742,271     $ 32,184,737     $ 5,011,537  



 


 


 


 


 

 

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TAX-FREE FUNDS   

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS


 

    CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE

 
   

For the

Year Ended

June 30, 2003

   

For the

Year Ended

June 30, 2002

 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

               

Beginning net assets

  $ 82,365,726     $ 51,094,208  

OPERATIONS:

               

Net investment income (loss)

    2,521,263       1,829,761  

Net realized gain (loss) on sale of investments

    722,015       48,468  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

    1,421,608       1,080,243  
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

    4,664,886       2,958,472  
   


 


Distributions to shareholders:

               

Net investment income

               

Class A

    (2,040,598 )     (1,569,792 )

Class B

    N/A       N/A  

Class C

    (62,751 )     N/A  

Institutional Class

    (417,918 )     (260,023 )

Net realized gain on sales of investments

               

Class A

    0       (123,567 )

Class B

    N/A       N/A  

Class C

    0       N/A  

Institutional Class

    0       (23,316 )

Capital shares transactions:

               

Proceeds from shares sold – Class A

    74,517,970       46,685,001  

Reinvestment of dividends – Class A

    1,486,541       1,357,434  

Cost of shares redeemed – Class A

    (48,368,740 )     (24,928,258 )
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONSCLASS A

    27,635,771       23,114,177  
   


 


Proceeds from shares sold – Class B

    N/A       N/A  

Reinvestment of dividends – Class B

    N/A       N/A  

Cost of shares redeemed – Class B

    N/A       N/A  
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONSCLASS B

    N/A       N/A  
   


 


Proceeds from shares sold – Class C

    12,562,570       N/A  

Reinvestment of dividends – Class C

    41,682       N/A  

Cost of shares redeemed – Class C

    (1,367,289 )     N/A  
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONSCLASS C

    11,236,963       N/A  
   


 


Proceeds from shares sold – Institutional Class

    37,715,504       9,215,582  

Reinvestment of dividends – Institutional Class

    210,549       91,707  

Cost of shares redeemed – Institutional Class

    (11,102,086 )     (2,131,722 )
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONSINSTITUTIONAL CLASS

    26,823,967       7,175,567  
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

    67,840,320       31,271,518  
   


 


NET ASSETS:

               

ENDING NET ASSETS

  $ 150,206,046     $ 82,365,726  
   


 


Shares Issued and Redeemed:

               

Shares sold – Class A

    6,987,295       4,471,582  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends – Class A

    139,515       130,151  

Shares redeemed – Class A

    (4,535,645 )     (2,390,272 )
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES OUTSTANDINGCLASS A

    2,591,165       2,211,461  
   


 


Shares sold – Class B

    N/A       N/A  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends – Class B

    N/A       N/A  

Shares redeemed – Class B

    N/A       N/A  
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES OUTSTANDINGCLASS B

    N/A       N/A  
   


 


Shares sold – Class C

    1,176,279       N/A  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends – Class C

    3,900       N/A  

Shares redeemed – Class C

    (127,714 )     N/A  
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES OUTSTANDINGCLASS C

    1,052,465       N/A  
   


 


Shares sold – Institutional Class

    3,576,433       895,255  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends – Institutional Class

    20,027       8,938  

Shares redeemed – Institutional Class

    (1,058,196 )     (207,208 )
   


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES OUTSTANDINGINSTITUTIONAL CLASS

    2,538,264       696,985  
   


 


ENDING BALANCE OF UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME

  $ (57 )   $ (53 )
   


 


 

 

 

(1)   See Footnote 11

 

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

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

     CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE

    COLORADO TAX-FREE

    MINNESOTA TAX-FREE(1)

 

For the

Year Ended
June 30, 2003

   

For the

Year Ended
June 30, 2002

   

For the

Year Ended
June 30, 2003

   

For the

Year Ended
June 30, 2002

   

For the

Year Ended
June 30, 2003

   

For the

Year Ended
June 30, 2002

 

                                             
$ 622,340,129     $ 593,522,218     $ 121,322,286     $ 105,989,828     $ 254,220,949     $ 78,774,949  
                                             
  26,693,860       28,637,750       5,666,996       5,866,568       11,175,102       8,929,546  
  6,106,413       559,772       1,882,219       747,386       1,499,724       520,664  
  11,711,691       4,224,898       2,631,290       1,408,655       8,176,692       377,529  



 


 


 


 


 


  44,511,964       33,422,420       10,180,505       8,022,609       20,851,518       9,827,739  



 


 


 


 


 


                                             
                                             
  (18,173,531 )     (18,180,094 )     (2,756,764 )     (2,776,798 )     (1,855,853 )     (1,811,422 )
  (5,508,532 )     (5,752,532 )     (521,752 )     (468,531 )     (764,822 )     (832,938 )
  (1,796,427 )     (1,545,519 )     N/A       0       N/A       N/A  
  (2,082,275 )     (2,249,711 )     (2,372,984 )     (2,585,999 )     (8,554,378 )     (6,262,077 )
                                             
  (1,108,246 )     (2,043,131 )     0       0       0       0  
  (408,641 )     (782,096 )     0       0       0       0  
  (131,616 )     (211,553 )     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
  (125,047 )     (253,440 )     0       0       0       0  
                                             
  60,787,408       61,148,282       13,133,324       13,010,830       11,447,926       8,550,229  
  12,017,086       12,662,762       1,811,900       1,675,275       1,277,945       1,203,190  
  (71,173,049 )     (67,973,789 )     (15,401,719 )     (5,852,194 )     (13,447,018 )     (4,164,174 )



 


 


 


 


 


 

1,631,445

 

    5,837,255       (456,495 )     8,833,911       (721,147 )     5,589,245  



 


 


 


 


 


  19,935,424       34,865,598       3,559,080       3,545,908       5,732,183       5,447,212  
  4,296,587       4,856,771       353,487       308,563       577,649       634,364  
  (33,754,524 )     (31,231,829 )     (2,573,946 )     (1,718,121 )     (5,436,064 )     (5,552,144 )



 


 


 


 


 


 

(9,522,513

)

    8,490,540       1,338,621       2,136,350       873,768       529,432  



 


 


 


 


 


  14,894,975       22,931,164       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
  1,322,981       1,291,813       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
  (16,695,402 )     (7,652,156 )     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


 


 


 

(477,446

)

    16,570,821       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


 


 


  6,612,921       2,621,520       13,272,472       14,023,670       27,778,538       192,517,027  
  406,898       464,726       132,163       139,453       1,069,076       699,582  
  (12,217,058 )     (7,571,295 )     (14,163,000 )     (11,992,207 )     (43,951,709 )     (24,810,588 )



 


 


 


 


 


 

(5,197,239

)

    (4,485,049 )     (758,365 )     2,170,916       (15,104,095 )     168,406,021  



 


 


 


 


 


  1,611,896       28,817,911       4,652,766       15,332,458       (5,275,009 )     175,446,000  



 


 


 


 


 


                                             

$ 623,952,025     $ 622,340,129     $ 125,975,052     $ 121,322,286     $ 248,945,940     $ 254,220,949  



 


 


 


 


 


                                             
  5,306,051       5,394,747       1,204,943       1,234,305       1,032,283       793,081  
  1,049,153       1,117,982       165,892       158,548       115,135       111,490  
  (6,204,695 )     (5,995,739 )     (1,410,274 )     (558,106 )     (1,209,048 )     (386,189 )



 


 


 


 


 


  150,509       516,990       (39,439 )     834,747       (61,630 )     518,382  



 


 


 


 


 


  1,704,045       3,007,833       325,882       335,952       516,214       503,644  
  368,043       420,830       32,316       29,162       52,037       58,784  
  (2,893,835 )     (2,700,514 )     (234,746 )     (162,982 )     (488,197 )     (515,319 )



 


 


 


 


 


  (821,747 )     728,149       123,452       202,132       80,054       47,109  



 


 


 


 


 


  1,273,925       1,979,391       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
  113,318       111,993       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  
  (1,429,062 )     (664,716 )     N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


 


 


  (41,819 )     1,426,668       N/A       N/A       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


 


 


  575,226       231,033       1,218,396       1,322,814       2,499,870       17,747,962  
  35,499       41,046       12,107       13,188       96,208       64,960  
  (1,064,454 )     (671,339 )     (1,300,266 )     (1,139,939 )     (3,965,190 )     (2,311,035 )



 


 


 


 


 


  (453,729 )     (399,260 )     (69,763 )     196,063       (1,369,112 )     15,501,887  



 


 


 


 


 


$ 64     $ 866,969     $ 34,476     $ 24,474     $ (9,148 )   $ (27,515 )



 


 


 


 


 


 

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TAX-FREE FUNDS   

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS


 

     NATIONAL LIMITED
TERM TAX-FREE


 
     For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2003
    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2003
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

                

Beginning net assets

   $ 85,370,759     $ 62,111,142  

OPERATIONS:

                

Net investment income (loss)

     3,875,525       2,740,888  

Net realized gain (loss) on sale of investments

     691,434       80,966  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments

     3,175,312       1,386,189  
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

     7,742,271       4,208,043  
    


 


Distributions to shareholders:

                

Net investment income

                

Class A

     N/A       N/A  

Class B

     N/A       N/A  

Class C

     N/A       N/A  

Institutional Class

     (3,875,527 )     (2,740,889 )

Net realized gain on sales of investments

                

Class A

     N/A       N/A  

Class B

     N/A       N/A  

Class C

     N/A       N/A  

Institutional Class

     0       0  

Capital shares transactions:

                

Proceeds from shares sold – Class A

     N/A       N/A  

Reinvestment of dividends – Class A

     N/A       N/A  

Cost of shares redeemed – Class A

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONSCLASS A

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


Proceeds from shares sold – Class B

     N/A       N/A  

Reinvestment of dividends – Class B

     N/A       N/A  

Cost of shares redeemed – Class B

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONSCLASS B

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


Proceeds from shares sold – Class C

     N/A       N/A  

Reinvestment of dividends – Class C

     N/A       N/A  

Cost of shares redeemed – Class C

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONSCLASS C

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


Proceeds from shares sold – Institutional Class

     97,744,021       40,716,789  

Reinvestment of dividends – Institutional Class

     921,800       591,356  

Cost of shares redeemed – Institutional Class

     (35,067,948 )     (19,515,682 )
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONSINSTITUTIONAL CLASS

     63,597,873       21,792,463  
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

     67,464,617       23,259,617  
    


 


NET ASSETS:

                

ENDING NET ASSETS

   $ 152,835,376     $ 85,370,759  
    


 


Shares Issued and Redeemed:

              

Shares sold – Class A

     N/A       N/A  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends – Class A

     N/A       N/A  

Shares redeemed – Class A

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES OUTSTANDINGCLASS A

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


Shares sold – Class B

     N/A       N/A  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends – Class B

     N/A       N/A  

Shares redeemed – Class B

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES OUTSTANDINGCLASS B

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


Shares sold – Class C

     N/A       N/A  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends – Class C

     N/A       N/A  

Shares redeemed – Class C

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES OUTSTANDINGCLASS C

     N/A       N/A  
    


 


Shares sold – Institutional Class

     8,953,137       3,833,460  

Shares issued in reinvestment of dividends – Institutional Class

     84,236       55,667  

Shares redeemed – Institutional Class

     (3,211,621 )     (1,835,191 )
    


 


NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN SHARES OUTSTANDINGINSTITUTIONAL CLASS

     5,825,752       2,053,936  
    


 


ENDING BALANCE OF UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   $ (56,368 )   $ (56,366 )
    


 


 

 

(1)   See Footnote 11

 

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

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

NATIONAL TAX-FREE(1)


    NEBRASKA TAX-FREE

 
For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2003
    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2002
    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2003
    For the
Year Ended
June 30, 2002
 

                             
$ 477,668,150     $ 414,999,704     $ 66,453,213     $ 64,929,000  
                             
  21,983,774       22,317,730       2,672,042       2,770,925  
  7,554,465       724,526       365,130       555,906  
  2,646,498       2,977,809       1,974,365       299,512  



 


 


 


  32,184,737       26,020,065       5,011,537       3,626,343  



 


 


 


                             
                             
  (5,556,071 )     (4,651,158 )     N/A       N/A  
  (2,012,737 )     (1,426,110 )     N/A       N/A  
  (525,813 )     (459,961 )     N/A       N/A  
  (13,565,555 )     (15,646,092 )     (2,672,044 )     (2,770,925 )
                             
  0       0       N/A       N/A  
  0       0       N/A       N/A  
  0       0       N/A       N/A  
  0       0       (556,867 )     (161,376 )
                             
  46,430,317       71,223,066       N/A       N/A  
  3,532,856       3,110,180       N/A       N/A  
  (59,535,947 )     (32,007,292 )     N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  (9,572,774 )     42,325,954       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  5,765,108       27,949,927       N/A       N/A  
  1,317,072       990,296       N/A       N/A  
  (11,462,678 )     (5,965,225 )     N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  (4,380,498 )     22,974,998       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  5,633,675       6,837,067       N/A       N/A  
  282,912       272,598       N/A       N/A  
  (2,368,116 )     (5,103,104 )     N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  3,548,471       2,006,561       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  38,235,960       47,438,393       2,987,541       5,048,287  
  1,578,214       1,067,312       133,015       88,902  
  (79,296,737 )     (56,981,516 )     (6,596,267 )     (4,307,018 )



 


 


 


 

(39,482,563

)

    (8,475,811 )     (3,475,711 )     830,171  



 


 


 


  (39,362,803 )     62,668,446       (1,693,085 )     1,524,213  



 


 


 


                             

$ 438,305,347     $ 477,668,150     $ 64,760,128     $ 66,453,213  



 


 


 


                             
  4,447,750       6,951,887       N/A       N/A  
  337,888       302,173       N/A       N/A  
  (5,699,062 )     (3,113,917 )     N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  (913,424 )     4,140,143       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  550,490       2,742,689       N/A       N/A  
  125,967       96,171       N/A       N/A  
  (1,096,136 )     (578,828 )     N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  (419,679 )     2,260,032       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  538,544       662,141       N/A       N/A  
  27,057       26,446       N/A       N/A  
  (227,643 )     (499,005 )     N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  337,958       189,582       N/A       N/A  



 


 


 


  3,662,213       4,623,024       289,394       500,157  
  151,382       103,626       12,912       8,809  
  (7,599,131 )     (5,544,050 )     (638,248 )     (424,197 )



 


 


 


  (3,785,536 )     (817,400 )     (335,942 )     84,769  



 


 


 


$ 501,417     $ 74,015     $ (3 )   $ (1 )



 


 


 


 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS


 

     Beginning
Net Asset
Value Per
Share
   Net
Investment
Income
(loss)
   Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain (loss) on
Investments
    Dividends
From Net
Investment
Income
 

CALIFORNIA LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND

                        

A SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.50    0.25    0.24     (0.25 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.33    0.31    0.20     (0.31 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 10.14    0.41    0.19     (0.41 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.23    0.40    (0.04 )   (0.40 )

July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999

   $ 10.44    0.39    (0.09 )   (0.39 )

C SHARES

                        

August 30, 2002(3) to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.63    0.13    0.11     (0.13 )

INSTITUTIONAL SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.34    0.27    0.23     (0.27 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.17    0.32    0.20     (0.32 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 9.98    0.42    0.19     (0.42 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.07    0.41    (0.04 )   (0.41 )

July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999

   $ 10.27    0.39    (0.08 )   (0.39 )

CALIFORNIA TAX-FREE FUND

                        

A SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 11.29    0.51    0.33     (0.53 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 11.24    0.55    0.10     (0.54 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 10.77    0.54    0.47     (0.54 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 11.00    0.52    (0.20 )   (0.52 )

July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999

   $ 11.38    0.51    (0.23 )   (0.51 )

B SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 11.51    0.42    0.33     (0.44 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 11.46    0.48    0.09     (0.46 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 10.97    0.46    0.49     (0.46 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 11.22    0.45    (0.22 )   (0.45 )

July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999

   $ 11.60    0.44    (0.23 )   (0.44 )

C SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 11.51    0.43    0.32     (0.44 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 11.46    0.47    0.10     (0.46 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 10.97    0.46    0.49     (0.46 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 11.22    0.45    (0.22 )   (0.45 )

July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999

   $ 11.60    0.44    (0.23 )   (0.44 )

INSTITUTIONAL SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 11.32    0.53    0.32     (0.55 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 11.27    0.57    0.10     (0.56 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 10.79    0.56    0.48     (0.56 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 11.03    0.54    (0.21 )   (0.54 )

July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999

   $ 11.40    0.52    (0.22 )   (0.52 )

COLORADO TAX-FREE FUND

                        

A SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.61    0.50    0.40     (0.50 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.39    0.53    0.22     (0.53 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 9.83    0.55    0.56     (0.55 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.30    0.54    (0.46 )   (0.54 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.55    0.04    (0.25 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 10.69    0.51    (0.10 )   (0.51 )

B SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.63    0.42    0.39     (0.42 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.41    0.45    0.22     (0.45 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 9.85    0.48    0.56     (0.48 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.31    0.46    (0.45 )   (0.46 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.56    0.04    (0.25 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 10.71    0.43    (0.11 )   (0.43 )

 

 

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     TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

Distributions
From Net
Realized
Gains
    Ending
Net Asset
Value Per
Share
  Ratio to Average Net Assets (Annualized)

    Total
Return(2)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
    Net Assets at
End of Period
(000’s Omitted)
    Net Investment
Income (loss)
    Net
Expenses
    Gross
Expenses(1)
       

                                             
                                             
0.00     $ 10.74   2.35 %   0.81 %   0.99 %   4.74 %   64 %   $ 99,568
(0.03 )   $ 10.50   2.97 %   0.75 %   1.24 %   5.00 %   34 %   $ 70,142
0.00     $ 10.33   3.90 %   0.75 %   1.12 %   6.01 %   49 %   $ 46,157
(0.05 )   $ 10.14   3.98 %   0.75 %   1.31 %   3.67 %   60 %   $ 34,015
(0.12 )   $ 10.23   3.70 %   0.75 %   1.42 %   2.84 %   68 %   $ 41,299
                                             
0.00     $ 10.74   1.39 %   1.60 %   1.79 %   2.26 %   52 %   $ 11,301
                                             
0.00     $ 10.57   2.49 %   0.60 %   0.72 %   4.93 %   52 %   $ 39,338
(0.03 )   $ 10.34   3.12 %   0.60 %   0.85 %   5.19 %   34 %   $ 12,224
0.00     $ 10.17   4.12 %   0.60 %   0.76 %   6.20 %   49 %   $ 4,937
(0.05 )   $ 9.98   4.07 %   0.63 %   1.07 %   3.79 %   60 %   $ 4,474
(0.12 )   $ 10.07   3.75 %   0.70 %   1.30 %   2.96 %   68 %   $ 7,633
                                             

                                             
(0.03 )   $ 11.57   4.60 %   0.79 %   0.95 %   7.77 %   34 %   $ 398,186
(0.06 )   $ 11.29   4.86 %   0.77 %   0.90 %   5.67 %   31 %   $ 386,927
0.00     $ 11.24   4.82 %   0.77 %   0.90 %   9.53 %   52 %   $ 379,359
(0.03 )   $ 10.77   4.89 %   0.77 %   1.01 %   3.10 %   35 %   $ 385,746
(0.15 )   $ 11.00   4.45 %   0.77 %   1.10 %   2.38 %   17 %   $ 461,574
                                             
(0.03 )   $ 11.79   3.81 %   1.54 %   1.71 %   6.87 %   33 %   $ 140,419
(0.06 )   $ 11.51   3.95 %   1.52 %   1.66 %   4.88 %   31 %   $ 146,487
0.00     $ 11.46   4.06 %   1.51 %   1.63 %   8.81 %   52 %   $ 137,484
(0.03 )   $ 10.97   4.16 %   1.50 %   1.74 %   2.21 %   35 %   $ 116,376
(0.15 )   $ 11.22   3.74 %   1.47 %   1.84 %   1.69 %   17 %   $ 129,699
                                             
(0.03 )   $ 11.79   3.80 %   1.54 %   1.68 %   6.87 %   33 %   $ 46,666
(0.06 )   $ 11.51   3.94 %   1.52 %   1.64 %   4.87 %   31 %   $ 46,013
0.00     $ 11.46   4.04 %   1.52 %   1.62 %   8.81 %   52 %   $ 29,468
(0.03 )   $ 10.97   4.15 %   1.50 %   1.73 %   2.21 %   35 %   $ 16,959
(0.15 )   $ 11.22   3.71 %   1.47 %   1.81 %   1.69 %   17 %   $ 22,251
                                             
(0.03 )   $ 11.59   4.82 %   0.57 %   0.65 %   7.90 %   33 %   $ 38,681
(0.06 )   $ 11.32   4.88 %   0.60 %   0.62 %   5.85 %   31 %   $ 42,913
0.00     $ 11.27   4.99 %   0.60 %   0.60 %   9.80 %   52 %   $ 47,211
(0.03 )   $ 10.79   5.02 %   0.63 %   0.80 %   3.16 %   35 %   $ 47,263
(0.15 )   $ 11.03   4.50 %   0.72 %   1.01 %   2.46 %   17 %   $ 73,625
                                             

                                             
0.00     $ 11.01   4.60 %   0.77 %   0.99 %   8.62 %   37 %   $ 59,877
0.00     $ 10.61   5.01 %   0.60 %   0.96 %   7.34 %   28 %   $ 58,152
0.00     $ 10.39   5.36 %   0.60 %   0.96 %   11.54 %   37 %   $ 48,274
(0.01 )   $ 9.83   5.43 %   0.60 %   1.03 %   0.87 %   106 %   $ 39,280
0.00     $ 10.30   4.94 %   0.60 %   1.08 %   (1.97 )%   11 %   $ 39,066
(0.04 )   $ 10.55   4.71 %   0.60 %   1.02 %   3.79 %   77 %   $ 39,958
                                             
0.00     $ 11.02   3.83 %   1.52 %   1.76 %   7.70 %   35 %   $ 14,368
0.00     $ 10.63   4.25 %   1.35 %   1.77 %   6.53 %   28 %   $ 12,540
0.00     $ 10.41   4.58 %   1.35 %   1.77 %   10.69 %   37 %   $ 10,177
(0.01 )   $ 9.85   4.65 %   1.35 %   1.89 %   0.22 %   106 %   $ 6,842
0.00     $ 10.31   4.17 %   1.35 %   2.08 %   (2.03 )%   11 %   $ 10,959
(0.04 )   $ 10.56   3.96 %   1.35 %   2.03 %   2.92 %   77 %   $ 10,909

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS


 

     Beginning
Net Asset
Value Per
Share
   Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
   Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Investments
    Dividends
From Net
Investment
Income
 

INSTITUTIONAL SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.62    0.52    0.39     (0.52 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.40    0.53    0.22     (0.53 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 9.84    0.55    0.56     (0.55 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.30    0.54    (0.45 )   (0.54 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.55    0.04    (0.25 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 10.69    0.51    (0.10 )   (0.51 )

MINNESOTA TAX-FREE FUND

                        

A SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.84    0.47    0.43     (0.47 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.67    0.52    0.17     (0.52 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 10.18    0.54    0.49     (0.54 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.74    0.53    (0.55 )   (0.53 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.96    0.04    (0.22 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 11.05    0.51    (0.08 )   (0.51 )

B SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.84    0.39    0.43     (0.39 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.67    0.44    0.17     (0.44 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 10.18    0.46    0.49     (0.46 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.74    0.46    (0.55 )   (0.46 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.96    0.04    (0.22 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 11.05    0.43    (0.08 )   (0.43 )

INSTITUTIONAL SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.84    0.49    0.43     (0.49 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.67    0.52    0.17     (0.52 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 10.18    0.54    0.49     (0.54 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.74    0.53    (0.55 )   (0.53 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.96    0.04    (0.22 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 11.05    0.52    (0.09 )   (0.51 )

NATIONAL LIMITED TERM TAX-FREE FUND

                        

INSTITUTIONAL SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.73    0.37    0.36     (0.37 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.52    0.43    0.21     (0.43 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 10.19    0.46    0.33     (0.46 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.39    0.47    (0.20 )   (0.47 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.54    0.04    (0.15 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 10.59    0.46    (0.04 )   (0.47 )

 

 

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   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

Distributions
From Net
Realized
Gains


    Ending
Net Asset
Value Per
Share


  Ratio to Average Net Assets (Annualized)

    Total
Return(2)


    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate


    Net Assets at
End of Period
(000’s omitted)


    Net Investment
Income (Loss)


    Net
Expenses


    Gross
Expenses(1)


       
                                             
0.00     $ 11.01   4.76 %   0.60 %   0.71 %   8.70 %   35 %   $ 51,730
0.00     $ 10.62   5.01 %   0.60 %   0.70 %   7.33 %   28 %   $ 50,630
0.00     $ 10.40   5.38 %   0.60 %   0.67 %   11.54 %   37 %   $ 47,538
(0.01 )   $ 9.84   5.42 %   0.60 %   0.86 %   0.97 %   106 %   $ 44,161
0.00     $ 10.30   4.93 %   0.60 %   1.08 %   (1.97 )%   11 %   $ 49,101
(0.04 )   $ 10.55   4.71 %   0.60 %   0.99 %   3.79 %   77 %   $ 48,926
                                             

                                             
0.00     $ 11.27   4.27 %   0.77 %   0.98 %   8.49 %   23 %   $ 41,485
0.00     $ 10.84   4.81 %   0.60 %   1.03 %   6.58 %   28 %   $ 40,585
0.00     $ 10.67   5.11 %   0.60 %   1.10 %   10.32 %   18 %   $ 34,424
(0.01 )   $ 10.18   5.23 %   0.60 %   1.07 %   (0.02 )%   69 %   $ 29,551
0.00     $ 10.74   4.71 %   0.60 %   1.11 %   (1.63 )%   2 %   $ 37,139
(0.01 )   $ 10.96   4.61 %   0.60 %   1.03 %   3.96 %   25 %   $ 38,255
                                             
0.00     $ 11.27   3.51 %   1.52 %   1.71 %   7.68 %   22 %   $ 22,012
0.00     $ 10.84   4.05 %   1.35 %   1.75 %   5.79 %   28 %   $ 20,310
0.00     $ 10.67   4.36 %   1.35 %   1.81 %   9.50 %   18 %   $ 19,491
(0.01 )   $ 10.18   4.47 %   1.35 %   1.93 %   (0.76 )%   69 %   $ 16,974
0.00     $ 10.74   3.93 %   1.35 %   2.11 %   (1.69 )%   2 %   $ 21,366
(0.01 )   $ 10.96   3.85 %   1.35 %   2.04 %   3.18 %   25 %   $ 21,493
                                             
0.00     $ 11.27   4.43 %   0.60 %   0.65 %   8.67 %   22 %   $ 185,450
0.00     $ 10.84   4.78 %   0.60 %   0.65 %   6.58 %   28 %   $ 193,327
0.00     $ 10.67   5.11 %   0.60 %   0.73 %   10.32 %   18 %   $ 24,860
(0.01 )   $ 10.18   5.22 %   0.60 %   0.91 %   (0.02 )%   69 %   $ 22,451
0.00     $ 10.74   4.69 %   0.60 %   1.11 %   (1.63 )%   2 %   $ 27,197
(0.01 )   $ 10.96   4.62 %   0.60 %   1.00 %   3.96 %   25 %   $ 27,261
                                             

                                             
0.00     $ 11.09   3.29 %   0.60 %   0.71 %   6.86 %   40 %   $ 152,835
0.00     $ 10.73   3.98 %   0.60 %   0.76 %   6.16 %   45 %   $ 85,371
0.00     $ 10.52   4.39 %   0.60 %   0.71 %   7.89 %   57 %   $ 62,111
0.00     $ 10.19   4.53 %   0.61 %   0.86 %   2.64 %   48 %   $ 62,669
0.00     $ 10.39   4.25 %   0.65 %   1.12 %   (1.08 )%   24 %   $ 84,419
0.00     $ 10.54   4.26 %   0.65 %   1.04 %   3.97 %   41 %   $ 88,223

 

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     Beginning
Net Asset
Value Per
Share
   Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)
   Net Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Investments
    Dividends
From Net
Investment
Income
 

NATIONAL TAX-FREE FUND

                        

A SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.29    0.50    0.23     (0.49 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.21    0.52    0.08     (0.52 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 9.72    0.54    0.49     (0.54 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.22    0.54    (0.50 )   (0.53 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.44    0.04    (0.22 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 10.54    0.52    (0.10 )   (0.51 )

B SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.29    0.42    0.23     (0.41 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.21    0.45    0.08     (0.45 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 9.72    0.46    0.49     (0.46 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.22    0.46    (0.50 )   (0.45 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.44    0.04    (0.22 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 10.54    0.44    (0.10 )   (0.43 )

C SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.29    0.42    0.23     (0.41 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.21    0.45    0.08     (0.45 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 9.73    0.46    0.48     (0.46 )

November 8, 1999(3) to June 30, 2000

   $ 9.79    0.30    (0.06 )   (0.30 )

INSTITUTIONAL SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.30    0.52    0.22     (0.51 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.22    0.55    0.08     (0.55 )

July 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001

   $ 9.73    0.56    0.49     (0.56 )

July 1, 1999 to June 30, 2000

   $ 10.22    0.55    (0.49 )   (0.54 )

June 1, 1999 to June 30, 1999(4)

   $ 10.44    0.04    (0.22 )   (0.04 )

June 1, 1998 to May 31, 1999

   $ 10.54    0.52    (0.10 )   (0.51 )

NEBRASKA TAX-FREE FUND

                        

INSTITUTIONAL SHARES

                        

July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003

   $ 10.16    0.42    0.37     (0.42 )

July 1, 2001 to June 30, 2002

   $ 10.06    0.43    0.13     (0.43 )

September 1, 2000 to June 30, 2001(5)

   $ 9.85    0.36    0.21     (0.36 )

September 1, 1999 to August 31, 2000

   $ 9.76    0.42    0.09     (0.42 )

September 1, 1998 to August 31, 1999

   $ 10.13    0.42    (0.36 )   (0.42 )

September 29, 1997(3) to August 31, 1998

   $ 10.00    0.39    0.13     (0.39 )

 

 

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Distributions
From Net
Realized
Gains
    Ending
Net Asset
Value Per
Share
  Ratio to Average Net Assets (Annualized)

    Total
Return(2)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
    Net Assets at
End of Period
(000’s omitted)
    Net Investment
Income (Loss)
    Net
Expenses
    Gross
Expenses(1)
       
                                             

                                             
                                             
0.00     $ 10.53   4.74 %   0.83 %   0.95 %   7.20 %   37 %   $ 113,616
0.00     $ 10.29   5.09 %   0.80 %   0.93 %   5.92 %   39 %   $ 120,439
0.00     $ 10.21   5.33 %   0.80 %   0.96 %   10.90 %   27 %   $ 77,273
(0.01 )   $ 9.72   5.48 %   0.75 %   0.95 %   0.50 %   79 %   $ 64,859
0.00     $ 10.22   5.10 %   0.60 %   1.02 %   (1.69 )%   18 %   $ 41,881
(0.01 )   $ 10.44   4.81 %   0.60 %   0.98 %   4.04 %   106 %   $ 43,388
                                             
0.00     $ 10.53   3.98 %   1.58 %   1.70 %   6.40 %   37 %   $ 48,540
0.00     $ 10.29   4.34 %   1.55 %   1.69 %   5.13 %   39 %   $ 51,754
0.00     $ 10.21   4.56 %   1.55 %   1.72 %   10.07 %   27 %   $ 28,271
(0.01 )   $ 9.72   4.72 %   1.48 %   1.78 %   (0.24 )%   79 %   $ 18,367
0.00     $ 10.22   4.34 %   1.35 %   2.11 %   (1.76 )%   18 %   $ 17,878
(0.01 )   $ 10.44   4.05 %   1.35 %   2.01 %   3.26 %   106 %   $ 17,973
                                             
0.00     $ 10.53   3.95 %   1.58 %   1.71 %   6.40 %   37 %   $ 15,161
0.00     $ 10.29   4.32 %   1.55 %   1.68 %   5.13 %   39 %   $ 11,343
0.00     $ 10.21   4.55 %   1.55 %   1.73 %   9.96 %   27 %   $ 9,319
0.00     $ 9.73   4.75 %   1.55 %   1.68 %   2.50 %   79 %   $ 5,572
                                             
0.00     $ 10.53   4.97 %   0.60 %   0.67 %   7.34 %   37 %   $ 260,989
0.00     $ 10.30   5.30 %   0.60 %   0.63 %   6.24 %   39 %   $ 294,132
0.00     $ 10.22   5.53 %   0.60 %   0.61 %   11.01 %   27 %   $ 300,187
(0.01 )   $ 9.73   5.58 %   0.60 %   0.77 %   0.73 %   79 %   $ 244,626
0.00     $ 10.22   5.09 %   0.60 %   0.95 %   (1.69 )%   18 %   $ 304,170
(0.01 )   $ 10.44   4.83 %   0.60 %   0.91 %   4.04 %   106 %   $ 311,757
                                             

                                             
(0.09 )   $ 10.44   4.06 %   0.82 %   0.87 %   7.91 %   19 %   $ 64,760
(0.03 )   $ 10.16   4.27 %   0.83 %   0.89 %   5.67 %   31 %   $ 66,453
0.00     $ 10.06   4.40 %   0.82 %   0.91 %   5.97 %   45 %   $ 64,929
0.00     $ 9.85   4.38 %   0.88 %   0.88 %   5.43 %   30 %   $ 63,305
(0.01 )   $ 9.76   4.17 %   0.83 %   0.84 %   0.54 %   7 %   $ 68,443
0.00     $ 10.13   4.22 %   0.87 %   0.87 %   5.29 %   8 %   $ 67,372

 

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(1)    During each period, various fees and expenses were waived and reimbursed. The ratio of Gross Expenses to Average Net Assets reflects the expense ratio in the absence of any waivers and reimbursements (Note 8).
(2)    Total return calculations do not include any sales charges, and would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived or reimbursed during the period shown. Returns for periods less than 1 year are not annualized.
(3)    Commencement of operations.
(4)    The Fund changed its fiscal year-end from May 31 to June 30.
(5)    The Fund changed its fiscal year-end from August 31 to June 30.

 

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

 

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1. ORGANIZATION


Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end series management investment company. The Trust commenced operations on November 8, 1999, and is comprised of 71 separate series as of the end of the reporting period. These financial statements present the California Limited Term Tax-Free, California Tax-Free, Colorado Tax-Free, Minnesota Tax-Free, National Limited Term Tax-Free, National Tax-Free and Nebraska Tax-Free Funds (each, a “Fund”, collectively, the “Funds”), each a series of the Trust.

On November 16, 2001, the Wells Fargo Minnesota Tax-Free Fund acquired all of the net assets of the Minnesota Intermediate Tax-Free Fund. The Minnesota Intermediate Tax-Free Fund exchanged its 17,835,674 shares (valued at $176,243,104) for 16,237,125 shares of the Wells Fargo Minnesota Tax-Free Fund. The net assets of the Minnesota Intermediate Tax-Free Fund included unrealized depreciation of $(7,330,147).

On May 20, 2002, the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund acquired assets of the Wells Fargo Arizona Tax-Free Fund and the Wells Fargo Oregon Tax-Free Fund. The Wells Fargo Arizona Tax-Free Fund exchanged 675,454 Class A shares, 553,050 Class B shares, and 1,066,639 Institutional Class shares (valued at $7,049,073, $5,566,868, and $11,135,125, respectively) for 695,814 Class A shares, 549,489 Class B shares, and 1,098,587 Institutional Class shares of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund. The net assets of the Wells Fargo Arizona Tax-Free Fund included unrealized appreciation of $449,745. The Wells Fargo Oregon Tax-Free Fund exchanged 1,328,786 Class A shares, 1,319,042 Class B shares, and 188,090 Institutional Class shares (valued at $21,334,328, $12,974,107, and $3,019,298, respectively) for 2,105,912 Class A shares, 1,280,634 Class B shares, and 297,883 Institutional Class shares of the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Fund. The net assets of the Wells Fargo Oregon Tax-Free Fund included unrealized depreciation of $(213,594).

The California Tax-Free, Colorado Tax-Free, Minnesota Tax-Free and National Tax-Free Funds offer Class A, Class B, and Institutional Class shares. In addition, the California Tax-Free and National Tax-Free Funds also offer Class C shares. The California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund offers Class A, Class C and Institutional Class shares. The National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund and Nebraska Tax-Free Fund only offer Institutional Class shares. Shareholders of each class may bear certain expenses that pertain to that particular class. All shareholders bear the common expenses of the Fund and earn income from the portfolio pro rata based on the average daily net assets of each class, without distinction between share classes. Dividends are determined separately for each class based on income and expenses allocable to each class. Realized gains and losses are allocated to each class pro rata based on the net assets of each class on the date realized. No class has preferential dividend rights. Differences in per share dividend rates generally result from the relative weightings of pro rata income and realized gain allocations and from differences in separate class expenses, including distribution, shareholder servicing, and administration fees.

 

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES


The following significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed by the Trust in the preparation of its financial statements are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for investment companies.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires 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.

 

SECURITY VALUATION

Investments in securities are valued each business day as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, which is usually 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). Securities, which are traded on a national or foreign securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price. Securities listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. are valued at the Nasdaq Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), and if no NOCP is available, then at the last reported sales price. In the absence of any sale of such securities, the valuations are based on the latest quoted bid prices. In the absence of any sale or bid price of such securities, the securities are fair valued in accordance with procedures approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. Certain fixed income securities with maturities exceeding 60 days are valued by using a pricing service approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The service uses market prices as quoted by an independent pricing service or by dealers in these securities when, in the service’s judgment, these prices are readily available and are representative of the securities’ market values. For some securities, such prices are not readily available. These securities will generally be fair valued based on methods which may include consideration of yields or prices of securities

 

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of comparable quality, coupon rate, maturity and type of issue; indications as to values from dealers in securities, trading characteristics and general market conditions. Securities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using the closing rates of exchange in effect on the day of valuation. Securities that cannot be valued by any of these methods are valued in good faith at fair value as determined by policies set by the Board of Trustees.

Debt securities maturing in 60 days or less generally are valued at amortized cost. 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, which approximates market value.

 

SECURITY TRANSACTIONS AND INCOME RECOGNITION

Securities transactions are recorded on a trade date basis. Realized gains or losses are reported on the basis of identified cost of securities delivered. Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts and premiums are accreted or amortized. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date.

 

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

Dividends to shareholders from net investment income, if any, are declared daily and distributed to shareholders monthly. Distributions to shareholders from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually.

Distributions are based on amounts calculated in accordance with the applicable federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. The timing and character of distributions made during the period from net investment income or net realized gains may also differ from their ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. To the extent that these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassifications.

On the Statements of Asset and Liabilities, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, reclassification adjustments were made as follows (Increase(Decrease)):

 

     Undistributed
Net
Investment
Income
    Undistributed
Net Realized
Gain/Loss
    Paid-in
Capital

California Tax-Free Fund

   0     (93,548 )   93,548

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

   (5,494 )   5,494     0

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

   18,318     (18,318 )   0

National Tax-Free Fund

   103,804     (103,804 )   0

Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

   0     (7,010 )   7,010

 

FEDERAL INCOME TAXES

Each Fund is treated as a separate entity for federal income tax purposes. It is the policy of each Fund of the Trust to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the provisions applicable to regulated investment companies, as defined under subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”), and to make distributions of 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 at June 30, 2003.

The following Funds had estimated net capital loss carryforwards at June 30, 2003, which are available to offset future net realized capital gains:

 

Fund

   Year
Expires
   Capital Loss
Carryforwards

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

  

2008

2009

  

224,971

410,897

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

   2009    823,511

National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

   2009    687,969

National Tax-Free Fund

  

2008

2009

  

10,280,222

157,637

 

The capital loss carryforwards of the Minnesota Tax-Free Fund and the National Tax-Free Fund include the capital losses acquired from mergers as discussed in Note 1. The Code may limit the yearly utilization of acquired capital losses.

 

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3. ADVISORY FEES


The Trust has entered into separate advisory contracts on behalf of the Funds with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC (“Funds Management”). Pursuant to the contracts, Funds Management has agreed to provide the Funds with daily portfolio management for which Funds Management is entitled to be paid a monthly advisory fee at the following annual rates:

 

Fund    % of Average Daily Net Assets

California Limited Term Tax-Free

   0.40

California Tax-Free

   0.40

Colorado Tax-Free

   0.40

Minnesota Tax-Free

   0.40

National Limited Term Tax-Free

   0.40

National Tax-Free

   0.40

Nebraska Tax-Free

   0.50

 

The Funds’ adviser is responsible for implementing the investment policies and guidelines for the Funds, and for supervising the sub-adviser who is responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Funds.

Wells Capital Management Incorporated (“Wells Capital Management”), an affiliate of Funds Management, acts as investment sub-adviser to the Funds. Wells Capital Management is entitled to receive from Funds Management, as compensation for its sub-advisory services, a monthly fee at the annual rate of 0.15% of each Fund’s average daily net assets up to $400 million, 0.125% for the next $400 million, and 0.10% of each Fund’s average daily net assets in excess of $800 million.

 

4. DISTRIBUTION FEES


The Trust has adopted a Distribution Plan for Class B and C shares of the relevant Funds pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Distribution fees are charged to the Class B and C shares and paid to Stephens Inc. at a rate of 0.75% of average daily net assets. There are no distribution fees for the Funds’ Class A shares or Institutional Class shares. The distribution fees paid on behalf of the Funds for the year ended June 30, 2003 are disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

 

5. ADMINISTRATION AND TRANSFER AGENT FEES


Through February 28, 2003, the Trust had entered into an Administration Agreement with Funds Management on behalf of the Funds. Under the Administration Agreement, Funds Management acted as administrator to the Funds and was entitled to receive, on a monthly basis, fees at the annual rate of 0.15% of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Trust had also entered into an agreement with Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (“BFDS”) as the transfer agent for the Trust. Under the agreement, BFDS was entitled to receive from the Funds a per-account fee plus transaction fees, certain out-of-pocket costs and a complex based fee.

Effective March 1, 2003, the Trust has entered into a new Administration Agreement with Funds Management on behalf of the Funds. Under this Agreement, for providing administrative services, which now includes paying the Funds’ fees and expenses for services provided by the Funds’ transfer agent and various sub-transfer agents and omnibus account servicers and record-keepers out of the fees it receives as administrator, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual fee of 0.33% of the average daily net assets of a Fund’s Class A, Class B and Class C shares and 0.25% of the average daily net assets of a Fund’s Institutional Class shares.

For financial statement presentation purposes the separate transfer agent and administrative fees for the period prior to March 1, 2003 have been included with the combined fee under the new agreement.

 

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6. SHAREHOLDER SERVICING FEES


The Trust has also entered into contracts on behalf of the Funds with numerous shareholder servicing agents, whereby the Funds are charged 0.25% of the average daily net assets for Class A, Class B, and Class C shares for these services. No fee is currently charged for Institutional Class shares.

The shareholder servicing fees paid on behalf of the Funds for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003 were as follows:

 

Fund      Class A      Class B      Class C

California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

     217,197      N/A      11,147

California Tax-Free Fund

     982,034      362,197      118,398

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

     150,290      34,202      N/A

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

     108,644      54,528      N/A

National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

     N/A      N/A      N/A

National Tax-Free Fund

     297,629      128,525      33,816

Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

     N/A      N/A      N/A

 

7. OTHER FEES AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES


Effective the first quarter of 2003, PFPC Inc. (“PFPC”) serves as fund accountant for all of the Funds. PFPC is entitled to receive an annual asset based fund fee, an annual fixed fee of $20,000 from each Fund and is entitled to be reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in providing these services. Prior to PFPC, Forum Accounting Services, LLC served as fund accountant and was entitled to receive a fixed monthly per fund fee, a basis point fee of 0.0025% of the average daily net assets of each Fund, and was reimbursed for all out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred in providing these services.

The Trust has entered into a contract on behalf of each Fund with Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. (“Wells Fargo Bank, MN”), whereby Wells Fargo Bank, MN is responsible for providing custody services for the Funds. Pursuant to the contract, Wells Fargo Bank, MN is entitled to certain transaction charges plus a monthly fee for custody services at the annual rate of 0.02% of the average daily net assets of each Fund.

 

8. WAIVED FEES AND REIMBURSED EXPENSES


All amounts shown as waived fees or reimbursed expenses on the Statements of Operations, for the year ended June 30, 2003, were waived by Funds Management, first from advisory fees, and then any remaining amounts consecutively from administration, custody and shareholder servicing fees collected.

 

9. DISTRIBUTION TO SHAREHOLDERS


On July 31, 2003, the Funds paid dividends per share as shown below.

 

Fund Name      Class A      Class B      Class C      Institutional
Class

California Limited TermTax-Free Fund

     0.013385073      N/A      0.007476956      0.015430428

California Tax-Free Fund

     0.036209828      0.029618902      0.029618444      0.038314385

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

     0.035227395      0.029169811      N/A      0.037238990

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

     0.033787930      0.027616455      N/A      0.035846571

National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

     N/A      N/A      N/A      0.023393225

National Tax-Free Fund

     0.033213875      0.027433679      0.027436158      0.035139688

Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

     N/A      N/A      N/A      0.03231935

 

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The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended 6/30/2003 and 6/30/2002 was as follows:

 

Fund Name   Tax-exempt Income   Ordinary Income  

Long-Term

Capital Gain

 

Dividends Paid

on Redemptions

  Total
  2003   2003   2003   2003   2003

California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

  2,521,267   0   0   0   2,521,267

California Tax-Free Fund

  27,363,981   196,784   1,773,550   75,633   29,409,948

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

  5,651,405   95   0   0   5,651,500

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

  11,159,378   15,675   0   0   11,175,053

National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

  3,875,527   0   0   0   3,875,527

National Tax-Free Fund

  21,347,402   312,774   0   0   21,660,176

Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

  2,672,044   0   556,867   0   3,228,911
Fund Name   Tax-exempt Income   Ordinary Income  

Long-Term

Capital Gain

 

Dividends Paid

on Redemptions

  Total
  2002   2002   2002   2002   2002

California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

  1,829,815   28,644   118,239   0   1,976,698

California Tax-Free Fund

  27,618,424   260,819   3,138,833   0   31,018,076

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

  5,809,749   21,579   0   0   5,831,328

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

  8,906,437   0   0   0   8,906,437

National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

  2,740,889   0   0   0   2,740,889

National Tax-Free Fund

  22,039,137   144,184   0   0   22,183,321

Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

  2,770,925   79,710   81,666   0   2,932,301

As of June 30, 2003, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Undistributed
Tax-Exempt
Income
  Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain
  Unrealized
Appreciation
  Capital Loss
Carryforwards
    Total

California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

  59,385   133,160   549,930   2,960,056   0     3,702,531

California Tax-Free Fund

  778,200   428,186   3,856,405   44,407,756   0     49,470,547

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

  282,422   0   0   7,744,595   (635,868 )   7,391,149

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

  513,464   0   0   17,396,900   (823,511 )   17,086,853

National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

  168,244   0   0   5,646,062   (687,969 )   5,126,337

National Tax-Free Fund

  1,552,285   0   0   18,150,013   (10,437,859 )   9,264,439

Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

  191,886   0   288,546   4,389,516   0     4,869,948

The difference between book basis and tax basis appreciation is attributable to the tax deferral on wash sales.

 

10. INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO TRANSACTIONS


Purchases and sales of investments, exclusive of short-term securities (securities with maturities of one year or less at purchase date), for each Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003, were as follows:

 

AGGREGATE PURCHASES AND SALES
Fund    Purchases at Cost    Sales Proceeds

California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

   121,415,621    65,079,100

California Tax-Free Fund

   211,227,912    219,334,639

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

   44,056,383    45,452,228

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

   58,134,879    73,354,259

National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

   105,753,294    45,522,539

National Tax-Free Fund

   164,866,872    232,804,115

Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

   12,142,778    16,340,477

 

11. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS


In the Minnesota Tax-Free Fund, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002, “Proceeds from shares sold” includes $176,243,104 for the Institutional Class and “Shares sold” includes 16,237,125 for the Institutional Class as a result of the consolidation of the Minnesota Intermediate Tax Free Fund.

 

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In the National Tax-Free Fund, for the year ended June 30, 2002, “Proceeds from shares sold” includes $7,049,073 for Class A, and “Shares sold” includes 695,814 for Class A as a result of the consolidation of the Arizona Tax-Free Fund. “Proceeds from shares sold” includes $5,566,868 for Class B, and “Shares sold” includes 549,489 for Class B as a result of the consolidation of the Arizona Tax-Free Fund. “Proceeds from shares sold” includes $11,135,125 for the Institutional Class, and “Shares sold” includes 1,098,587 for the Institutional Class as a result of the consolidation of the Arizona Tax-Free Fund. “Proceeds from shares sold” includes $21,334,328 for Class A, and “Shares sold” includes 2,105,912 for Class A as a result of the consolidation of the Oregon Tax-Free Fund. “Proceeds from shares sold” includes $12,974,107 for Class B, and “Shares sold” includes 1,280,634 for Class B as a result of the consolidation of the Oregon Tax-Free Fund. “Proceeds from shares sold” includes $3,019,298 for the Institutional Class, and “Shares sold” includes 297,883 for the Institutional Class as a result of the consolidation of the Oregon Tax-Free Fund.

 

12. BANK BORROWINGS


All of the funds in the Trust and Wells Fargo Variable Trust (excluding the money market funds) share in a revolving Credit Agreement with The Bank of New York, whereby the funds are permitted to use bank borrowings for temporary or emergency purposes, such as to fund shareholder redemption requests. The agreement permits borrowings of up to $225 million, collectively. Interest is charged to each fund based on its borrowing at a rate equal to the Federal Funds Rate plus 0.40%. In addition, the funds pay a quarterly commitment fee equal to 0.1% per annum of the credit line. No borrowings under the agreement occurred during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2003.

 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITORSREPORT

   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

TO THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND SHAREHOLDERS WELLS FARGO FUNDS TRUST:

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of the California Limited Term Tax-Free, California Tax-Free, Colorado Tax-Free, Minnesota Tax-Free, National Limited Term Tax-Free, National Tax-Free and Nebraska Tax-Free Funds of the Wells Fargo Funds Trust (collectively the “Funds”), including the portfolios of investments as of June 30, 2003, and the related statements of operations, statements of changes in net assets and financial highlights for the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. The Nebraska Tax-Free Fund financial highlights for the three periods ended August 31, 2000 were audited by other auditors whose report dated October 13, 2000, expressed an unqualified opinion on the financial highlights.

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. 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 also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of the securities owned as of June 30, 2003, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. 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 each of the aforementioned Funds of the Wells Fargo Funds Trust as of June 30, 2003, the results of their operations, changes in their net assets and their financial highlights for the periods indicated above in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

LOGO

 

San Francisco, California

August 22, 2003

 

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TAX INFORMATION


 

TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)

For federal income tax purposes, the following funds designate the following amounts as long-term capital gain distributions pursuant to Section 852(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code:

 

California Tax-Free Fund

   $ 1,849,185

Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

     556,867

 

For federal income tax purposes, the following funds designate the following percentages of their distributions paid from net investment income for the year ended June 30, 2003, as exempt interest dividends under Section 852(b)(5) of the Internal Revenue Code:

 

California Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

   100.00%

California Tax-Free fund

   99.29%

Colorado Tax-Free Fund

   100.00%

Minnesota Tax-Free Fund

   99.86%

National Limited Term Tax-Free Fund

   100.00%

National Tax-Free Fund

   98.56%

Nebraska Tax-Free Fund

   100.00%

 

For California income tax purposes, the California Limited Tax-Free Fund and California Tax-Free Fund designate 100.00% and 99.29% of their distributions paid from net investment income for the year ended June 30, 2003, as exempt-interest dividends under Section 17145 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code.

 

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES    TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

The following table provides basic information about the Board of Trustees (“Trustees”) of Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) and supplements, and should be read in conjunction with, the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information* of each Fund. Each of the Trustees listed below acts in identical capacities for each of the 94 funds comprising the Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust and Wells Fargo Master Trust (collectively the “Fund Complex”). All of the non-interested Trustees are also members of the Audit and Nominating Committees of each Trust in the Fund Complex. The address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 20th 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.

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEES**

 

Name and Age   

Position held and

length of service ***

   Principal occupations during
past five years
   Other Directorships

Robert C. Brown

71

  

Trustee

since 1992

   Retired. Director, Federal Farm Credit Banks Funding Corporation and Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation until February 1999.    None

J. Tucker Morse

58

  

Trustee

since 1987

   Private Investor/Real Estate Developer; Chairman of White Point Capital, LLC.    None

NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES          
Name and Age   

Position held and

length of service ***

   Principal occupations during
past five years
   Other Directorships

Thomas S. Goho

60

  

Trustee

since 1987

   Wake Forest University, Calloway School of Business and Accountancy, Benson-Pruitt Professorship since 1999, Associate Professor of Finance 1994 - 1999.    None

Peter G. Gordon

60

  

Trustee

since 1998

(Lead Trustee

since 2001)

   Chairman, CEO, and Co-Founder of Crystal Geyser Water Company and President of Crystal Geyser Roxane Water Company.    None

Richard M. Leach

69

  

Trustee

since 1987

   Retired. Prior thereto, President of Richard M. Leach Associates (a financial consulting firm).    None

Timothy J. Penny

51

  

Trustee

since 1996

   Senior Counselor to the public relations firm of Himle-Horner and Senior Fellow at the Humphrey Institute, Minneapolis, Minnesota (a public policy organization).    None

Donald C. Willeke

63

  

Trustee

since 1996

   Principal in the law firm of Willeke & Daniels.    None

 

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES


 

OFFICERS

 

Name and Age    Position held and
length of service
   Principal occupations during
past five years
  Other Directorships

Karla M. Rabusch

44

   President, since 2003    Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from March 2001 to March 2003. Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. from December 1997 to May 2000.   None

Stacie DeAngelo

34

   Treasurer, since 2003    Vice President of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. Vice President of Operations for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Prior thereto, Operations Manager at Scudder Weisel Capital, LLC (2000 to 2001), Director of Shareholder Services at BISYS Fund Services (1999 to 2000) and Assistant Vice President of Operations with Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management (1993 to 1999).   None

C. David Messman

43

   Secretary, since 2000    Vice President and Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since January 1996. Vice President and Secretary of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since March 2001.   None

*   The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-222-8222.
**   Currently, two of the seven Trustees are considered “interested persons” of the Trusts as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940. One of the interested Trustees, Robert C. Brown, owns securities of Wells Fargo & Company, and one of the interested Trustees, J. Tucker Morse, is affiliated with a government securities dealer that is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which is not itself affiliated with Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC.
***   Length of service dates reflects a Trustee’s commencement of service with the Trust’s predecessor entities.

 

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

   TAX-FREE FUNDS

 

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

 

ABAG

  — Association of Bay Area Governments

ADR

  — American Depository Receipts

AMBAC

  — American Municipal Bond Assurance Corporation

AMT

  — Alternative Minimum Tax

ARM

  — Adjustable Rate Mortgages

BART

  — Bay Area Rapid Transit

CDA

  — Community Development Authority

CDSC

  — Contingent Deferred Sales Charge

CGIC

  — Capital Guaranty Insurance Company

CGY

  — Capital Guaranty Corporation

CLO

  — Collateralized Lease Obligation

CMB

  — Collateralized Mortgage Backed

CMT

  — Constant Maturity Treasury

COFI

  — Cost of Funds Index

Connie Lee

  — Connie Lee Insurance Company

COP

  — Certificate of Participation

CP

  — Commercial Paper

CTF

  — Common Trust Fund

DW&P

  — Department of Water & Power

DWR

  — Department of Water Resources

EDFA

  — Education Finance Authority

FGIC

  — Financial Guaranty Insurance Corporation

FHA

  — Federal Housing Authority

FHLB

  — Federal Home Loan Bank

FHLMC

  — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

FNMA

  — Federal National Mortgage Association

FRN

  — Floating Rate Notes

FSA

  — Financial Security Assurance, Inc

GNMA

  — Government National Mortgage Association

GO

  — General Obligation

HFA

  — Housing Finance Authority

HFFA

  — Health Facilities Financing Authority

IDA

  — Industrial Development Authority

LIBOR

  — London Interbank Offered Rate

LLC

  — Limited Liability Corporation

LOC

  — Letter of Credit

LP

  — Limited Partnership

MBIA

  — Municipal Bond Insurance Association

MFHR

  — Multi-Family Housing Revenue

MUD

  — Municipal Utility District

MTN

  — Medium Term Note

PCFA

  — Pollution Control Finance Authority

PCR

  — Pollution Control Revenue

PFA

  — Public Finance Authority

PLC

  — Private Placement

PSFG

  — Public School Fund Guaranty

RAW

  — Revenue Anticipation Warrants

RDA

  — Redevelopment Authority

RDFA

  — Redevelopment Finance Authority

R&D

  — Research & Development

SBA

  — Small Business Administration

SFMR

  — Single Family Mortgage Revenue

TBA

  — To Be Announced

TRAN

  — Tax Revenue Anticipation Notes

USD

  — Unified School District

V/R

  — Variable Rate

WEBS

  — World Equity Benchmark Shares

 

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LOGO

 

More information about Wells Fargo Funds® is available free upon request. To obtain literature, please write or call:

 

Wells Fargo Funds

PO Box 8266

Boston, MA 02266-8266

 

Wells Fargo Funds Investor Services: 1-800-222-8222 or visit our Web site at www.wellsfargofunds.com.

 

This report and the financial statements contained herein are submitted for the general information of the shareholders of the Wells Fargo Funds. If this report is used for promotional purposes, distribution of the report must be accompanied or preceded by a current prospectus. For a prospectus containing more complete information, including charges and expenses, call 1-800-222-8222. Read the prospectus carefully before you invest or send money.

 

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, provides investment advisory and administrative services for the Wells Fargo Funds. Other affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company provide sub-advisory and other services for the Funds. The Funds are distributed by Stephens Inc., Member NYSE/SIPC. Wells Fargo & Company and its affiliates are not affiliated with Stephens Inc.

 

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ITEM 2.   CODE OF ETHICS

 

Not applicable pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-47262 (January 27, 2003).

 

ITEM 3.   AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

 

Not applicable pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-47262 (January 27, 2003).

 

ITEM 4.   PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

 

Not applicable pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-47265 (January 28, 2003).

 

ITEMS 5-6.   [RESERVED]

 

ITEM 7.   DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR  CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.   [RESERVED]

 

ITEM 9.   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a) Not applicable pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-47262 (January 27, 2003).

 

(b) There were no significant changes in the Registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

ITEM 10.   EXHIBITS

 

(a) Not applicable pursuant to SEC Release No. 34-47262 (January 27, 2003).

 

(b) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2) is attached as Exhibit 99.CERT.

 

(c) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) is attached as Exhibit 99.906CERT. The certifications furnished pursuant to this paragraph will not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78r), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section. Such certifications will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the registrant specifically incorporates it by reference.


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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/    KARLA M. RABUSCH        


   

Karla M. Rabusch

President

 

Date: August 25, 2003

 

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/    STACIE D. DEANGELO        


   

Stacie D. DeAngelo

Treasurer

 

Date: August 25, 2003