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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)

 

 

Alexander Kymn

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

525 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94105

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

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

Date of fiscal year end: January 31

 

 

Registrant is making a filing for 8 of its series:

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

Date of reporting period: January 31, 2019

 

 

 


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REPORT TO STOCKHOLDERS


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Annual Report

January 31, 2019

 

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Retail Money Market Funds

 

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Wells Fargo Money Market Fund

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by new regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Wells Fargo Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports issued after this date will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically at any time by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by enrolling at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports; if you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-222-8222. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all Wells Fargo Funds held in your account with your financial intermediary or, if you are a direct investor, to all Wells Fargo Funds that you hold.

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    16  

Statement of operations

    17  

Statement of changes in net assets

    18  

Financial highlights

    19  

Notes to financial statements

    23  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    28  

Other information

    29  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED    NO BANK GUARANTEE     MAY LOSE VALUE



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

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2019. An upward trend for short-term interest rates, inflation concerns, trade tensions, and geopolitical events contributed to investment market volatility throughout the year.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 fell 2.31% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 declined 12.58%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net),3 emerging market stocks lost 14.24%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 2.25% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 fell 3.26%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 3.26%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 1.57%.

A move to normalize U.S. monetary policy influenced markets.

Through January 2018, the S&P 500 Index and MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) delivered positive returns every month for more than a year. In February 2018, that streak ended. The S&P 500 Index fell 3.69% during February and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) dropped 4.72%. For the quarter, the S&P 500 Index recorded its first negative quarterly return since 2014. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) fell 1.18% for the quarter.

During the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) sought to normalize accommodative monetary policies in place since the 2008 global financial crisis and recession. Short-term interest rates, as measured by U.S. Treasury bills—maturities ranging from 3 to 12 months—increased an average of 89 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). Rates for 10-year and 30-year Treasuries increased 17 bps and 18 bps, respectively. Slower growth of long-term rates raised concerns for a flattening yield curve, sometimes associated with recessions. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps in March 2018 to a target range of between 1.50% and 1.75%. The Bank of England (BOE) indicated a bias to increase rates later in 2018. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) maintained low interest rates.

Global trade tensions heightened investor concerns.

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018. A tit-for-tat tariff spat intensified between the U.S. and other governments. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 1.75% and 2.00% in June. Market index results reflected the global concerns. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) lost 2.61% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index dropped 4.76%.

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure large- and mid-cap equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI EM Index (Net) consists of the following 24 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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

 

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The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.


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

Not all news was bad. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) annualized growth of 4.2%. Hiring improved. Employment data remained strong. Consumer confidence and spending increased. The S&P 500 Index recorded a 3.43% second-quarter gain. Stocks of companies with smaller capitalizations were even better, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index,8 adding 7.75%.

Investors appeared to shake off lingering concerns during the third quarter.

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors. U.S. trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada progressed. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®9 reached its highest level in 18 years during September. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.00% and 2.25% in September. For the quarter that ended September 30, 2018, the S&P 500 Index added 7.71%.

Investors in international markets were not as reassured. Tensions between the U.S. and China increased. The U.S. imposed $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. China reacted with $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. Economic growth in China caused concern. The BOE raised its monetary policy rate to 0.75% in August. During the quarter, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 0.71%. The MSCI EM Index (Net) declined 1.09%. In fixed-income markets, U.S. bonds were flat, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index fell 1.74%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets during the fourth quarter.

For the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), negative stock market performance during October and December bracketed positive November returns. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year.

November’s U.S. mid-term elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that third-quarter U.S. GDP grew at an annualized 3.4% rate, solid, but lower than the second quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The PBOC cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes even as the value of the yuan declined to low levels last seen in 2008.

After the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% in December—the ninth such increase since the Fed began three years ago to raise rates from near zero—it softened its outlook for further interest rate increases in 2019.

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investors entered 2019 with reasons to be concerned. A partial U.S government shutdown driven by partisan spending and immigration policy disputes extended into January. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX10.

 

 

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® measures the degree of optimism on the state of the U.S. economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX) is a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 Index options. It represents one measure of the market’s expectation of stock market volatility over the next 30-day period. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month that ended January 31, 2019, its best monthly performance in 30 years. Returns for the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index also were positive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

    

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222.


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6   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

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

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadvisers

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Wells Capital Management Singapore

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2019

 

        Including sales charge     Excluding sales charge     Expense ratios(%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (STGXX)   7-1-1992                       1.61       0.46       0.24       0.70       0.60  
 
Class C*,3   6-30-2010     -0.16       0.18       0.10       0.84       0.18       0.10       1.45       1.35  
 
Premier Class (WMPXX)4   3-31-2016                       2.03       0.70       0.36       0.31       0.20  
 
Service Class (WMOXX)5   6-30-2010                       1.72       0.53       0.28       0.60       0.50  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20192

 

    Class A   Class C*    

Premier

Class

   

Service

Class

 
7-day current yield   2.09     1.34       2.49       2.19  
7-day compound yield   2.11     1.34       2.52       2.21  
30-day simple yield   2.09     1.34       2.49       2.19  
30-day compound yield   2.11     1.34       2.51       2.21  
*   Class C shares are available only to shareholders making an exchange out of Class C shares of another mutual fund within the Wells Fargo family of funds.

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

Class A shares, Premier Class shares, and Service Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. For Class C shares, the maximum contingent deferred sales charge is 1.00%. Performance including a contingent deferred sales charge assumes the sales charge for the corresponding time period.

For retail money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     7  
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20196
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Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20196
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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20197

19 days

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20198

55 days

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2019, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at at the amounts shown. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 1.98%, 1.23%, 2.37%, and 2.08% for Class A, Class C, Premier Class, and Service Class, respectively. The expense ratio paid by an investor is the net expense ratio (the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers) as stated in the prospectuses.

 

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Historical performance shown for the Class C shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the former Class B shares. Class B and Class C shares had the same expenses.

 

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Historical performance shown for the Premier Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Class A shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Class A shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for Premier Class shares would be higher.

 

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Historical performance shown for Service Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the former Investor Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to the former Investor Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for Service Class shares would be higher.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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Crane Data LLC is a money market and mutual fund information company that collects, tracks, and maintains data about money markets, money market mutual funds based on types of funds, bank savings, and cash investments. The data includes performance, statistics, and related information. Crane Data LLC distributes rankings, news, and indexes, including the Crane Prime Institutional Money Market Index, based on the data. Crane Data publishes Money Fund Intelligence, Money Fund Intelligence XLS, Money Fund Wisdom, the Crane Money Fund Indexes, and other products.


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8   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGERS’ DISCUSSION

For most of the reporting period, continued economic improvement allowed the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to remove policy accommodation on a fairly predictable quarterly basis. The U.S. economy achieved above-trend growth, low unemployment, and moderating inflation at the same time as fiscal policy was proving to be an economic tailwind. The FOMC’s Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) through September reflected this scenario and provided the market with some clarity as to the path of future interest rate policy. However, the economic landscape changed in the fourth quarter as the U.S. engaged in various trade wars, the midterm elections disrupted the legislative composition, and financial conditions tightened. These factors began softening economic data and confidence, leading to increased volatility in risk assets. At the conclusion of the FOMC policy meeting on December 19, 2018, the federal funds target rate was raised to a target range of between 2.25% to 2.50% while the rate of interest on excess reserves (IOER) was increased by only 20 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) to 2.40%. That was the second time the IOER rate was increased 5 bps less than the increase in the target rate in an effort to keep the effective federal funds rate from drifting to the upper level of the target range.

In the accompanying SEP, the FOMC provided insight on its view of the economy, inflation, and the corresponding monetary policy expected over the next few years. And the December projections did not disappoint market observers, with the FOMC marginally decreasing its outlook on growth and inflation and correspondingly lowering the glide path for its target rate to 2.875% and decreasing its median outlook for the number of interest rate hikes in 2019 from three to two. Comparing the September and December target rate projections, the longer-term section points to an expectation of the eventual neutral rate being marginally lower at 2.75% and lowered 2020 and 2021 median interest rate expectations at 3.125%. On the growth front, the 2019 median gross domestic product projection edged down 0.2% to 2.3% while 2020 and 2021 growth projections remained unchanged at 2.0% and 1.8%, respectively. Core inflation in the 2019 to 2021 projections all declined 0.1% to 2.0%. The lower expectations for interest rates in the next three years show the FOMC members are less concerned regarding the potential for inflationary pressures and more focused on balancing a somewhat softer economy. In fact, the statement released at the conclusion of the January 2019 FOMC meeting removed the wording of “some further gradual increases,” citing increasing downside risk from abroad, weaker domestic data, and tighter financial conditions.

As the FOMC’s expectations for rate increases moved lower, the market expectations for federal funds rate increases, as measured by federal funds futures, moved even lower still. Market participants are barely pricing in any rate hike in 2019 and may even be starting to prepare for a possible rate cut toward the end of 2019 and into 2020. The U.S. Federal Reserve will have plenty of opportunities to adjust expectations starting in 2019 as Chair Jerome Powell will conduct a press conference after each FOMC meeting instead of only quarterly. On the heels of the FOMC lowering its economic and inflation projections, risk assets underperformed and U.S. equities are teetering near bear-market territory.

The rise in short rates has brought not only attention but perhaps also nontraditional money market investors (those who typically invest in longer-term debt or equities) into the short end of the market. The Crane Prime Institutional Money Market Index, maintained by Crane Data LLC9, was up over $61 billion during the period, with all prime assets up over $152 billion. Investors reexamining this product may be realizing that the changes implemented from the 2010 money market reform have made a material difference in the construction of prime money market fund portfolios. The added liquidity requirements and maturity restrictions have had a beneficial impact on dampening net asset value (NAV) volatility even as the FOMC continued to raise rates and credit spreads widened. In addition, added transparency of holdings can provide a daily view of the portfolio construction process and allow shareholders to assess portfolio risks.

Strategic outlook

The FOMC has pivoted from a gradually removing accommodation outlook to a data-dependent stance requiring what it terms as “patience.” Going forward, money market investors should continue to look toward the FOMC and other market indicators for future rate guidance. As we get more clarity as to the end of the tightening cycle, money market participants may look to extend weighted average maturities (WAMs) to capture higher yields. Our strategy of emphasizing highly liquid portfolios, relatively short WAMs, and a position in securities that reset frequently allows us to capture elevated London Interbank Offered Rate levels with minimal NAV pricing pressures and afford the flexibility to add longer-dated securities as opportunities arise.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Fund expenses (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     9  

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including contingent deferred sales charges (if any) on redemptions and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution (12b-1) and/or shareholder servicing fees, and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as contingent deferred sales charges. Therefore, the “Hypothetical” line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    

Beginning

account value

8-1-2018

    

Ending

account value

1-31-2019

    

Expenses
paid during

the period¹

    

Annualized net

expense ratio

 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,009.25      $ 3.04        0.60

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.18      $ 3.06        0.60

Class C

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,005.43      $ 6.82        1.35

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,018.40      $ 6.87        1.35

Premier Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,011.27      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,009.74      $ 2.53        0.50

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.69      $ 2.55        0.50

 

 

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


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10   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Certificates of Deposit: 19.61%

         

Bank of Montreal (1 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.66     3-12-2019      $ 5,000,000      $ 5,000,000  

Bank of Montreal (1 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±

    2.73       10-4-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Bank of Montreal (3 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±

    2.99       12-10-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.71       8-14-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±

    2.89       9-16-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Canadian Imperial Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.74       5-1-2019        7,000,000        7,001,869  

Canadian Imperial Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.94       1-30-2020        5,000,000        4,999,598  

China Construction Bank Corporation NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    2.76       7-19-2019        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (3 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    3.06       4-3-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

First Abu Dhabi Bank

    2.38       2-1-2019        10,000,000        10,000,000  

HSBC Bank USA NA

    2.42       2-1-2019        15,000,000        15,000,000  

HSBC Bank USA NA (3 Month LIBOR +0.13%) ±

    2.73       8-9-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

HSBC Bank USA NA (3 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±

    2.80       5-10-2019        2,500,000        2,500,000  

Mizuho Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.71       4-10-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Mizuho Bank Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±

    3.04       4-30-2019        2,000,000        2,000,817  

MUFG Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±

    2.82       5-1-2019        4,000,000        4,000,000  

National Bank of Kuwait

    2.37       2-1-2019        5,450,000        5,450,000  

Nordea Bank AB (1 Month LIBOR +0.17%) ±

    2.68       6-13-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Norinchukin Bank

    2.75       4-8-2019            15,000,000        15,000,000  

Oversea Chinese Banking (1 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±

    2.65       3-13-2019        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Oversea Chinese Banking (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.71       9-19-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (3 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±

    3.03       7-26-2019        4,000,000        4,001,535  

State Street Bank & Trust (1 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±

    2.78       5-15-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.69       3-27-2019        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.70       3-28-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±

    2.69       2-6-2019        2,000,000        2,000,002  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±

    2.81       5-21-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (3 Month LIBOR +0.12%) ±

    2.92       7-8-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (3 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.93       4-18-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Svenska Handelsbanken (3 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±

    3.03       10-21-2019        5,000,000        5,002,345  

Svenska Handelsbanken (3 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.95       10-2-2019        7,000,000        7,000,000  

US Bank NA (1 Month LIBOR +0.26%) ±

    2.77       7-23-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $154,956,166)

 

     154,956,166  
         

 

 

 

Commercial Paper: 48.22%

         
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 25.02%          

Alpine Securitization LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±144A

    2.68       4-1-2019        2,000,000        2,000,142  

Alpine Securitization LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.71       3-6-2019        1,000,000        1,000,109  

Alpine Securitization LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.72       6-28-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.71       3-8-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.71       3-15-2019        6,000,000        6,000,000  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A%%

    2.71       7-31-2019        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A

    2.75       5-20-2019        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Atlantic Asset Securitization Corporation 144A(z)

    2.84       3-4-2019        2,238,000        2,232,565  

Bennington Stark Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.85       4-8-2019        5,000,000        4,974,058  

Cedar Spring Capital Corporation 144A(z)

    2.52       2-6-2019        6,000,000        5,997,900  

Chesham Finance Limited 144A(z)

    2.55       2-1-2019        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Collateralized Commercial Paper II Company LLC (3 Month LIBOR +0.26%) ±144A

    3.06       12-31-2019            3,000,000        3,000,000  

 

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


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

 

Collateralized Commercial Paper II Company LLC (3 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±144A

    3.07     1-8-2020      $ 5,000,000      $ 5,000,000  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.55       2-8-2019        3,000,000        2,998,513  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.66       2-11-2019        4,500,000        4,496,688  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.83       4-2-2019        3,000,000        2,985,950  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.85       2-27-2019        1,300,000        1,297,343  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.87       4-9-2019        6,000,000        5,968,175  

Crown Point Capital Company LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.72       3-11-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Crown Point Capital Company LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.23%) ±144A

    2.74       5-15-2019        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Great Bridge Capital Company LLC 144A(z)

    2.71       2-21-2019        5,000,000        4,992,500  

Great Bridge Capital Company LLC 144A(z)

    2.77       2-5-2019        5,000,000        4,998,466  

Institutional Secured Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.57       2-1-2019        17,000,000        17,000,000  

Kells Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.71       2-6-2019        3,000,000        2,998,875  

Komatsu Finance America Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.49       2-7-2019        2,000,000        1,999,170  

Komatsu Finance America Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.50       2-12-2019        10,000,000        9,992,361  

Komatsu Finance America Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.50       2-19-2019        5,000,000        4,993,750  

Legacy Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.77       2-21-2019        9,334,000        9,319,688  

Lexington Parker Capital Company LLC 144A(z)

    2.50       2-6-2019        4,000,000        3,998,611  

Liberty Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.72       4-18-2019        7,000,000        6,960,100  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    2.86       2-27-2019        2,550,000        2,544,770  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    2.87       2-26-2019        2,000,000        1,996,042  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    2.87       3-5-2019        1,000,000        997,467  

Manhattan Asset Funding Company LLC 144A(z)

    2.56       2-15-2019        3,000,000        2,997,025  

Mountcliff Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.50       2-1-2019        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Mountcliff Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A

    2.75       8-30-2019        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Old Line Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±144A

    2.70       5-13-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Old Line Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±144A

    2.74       8-1-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Victory Receivables Corporation 144A(z)

    2.55       2-1-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

White Plains Capital 144A(z)

    2.95       4-16-2019        4,974,000        4,944,043  

White Plains Capital 144A(z)

    3.02       3-5-2019        2,000,000        1,994,667  

White Plains Capital 144A(z)

    3.02       4-9-2019        4,000,000        3,977,667  
     197,656,645  
         

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper: 16.88%          

Banco Santander Chile 144A(z)

    2.96       3-5-2019        3,500,000        3,490,822  

Bank of Nova Scotia (1 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±144A

    2.70       7-2-2019        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±144A

    2.70       5-6-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

BNZ International Funding Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±144A

    2.69       5-20-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

BNZ International Funding Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±144A

    2.90       4-26-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

CME Group Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.50       2-12-2019            10,000,000        9,992,361  

CME Group Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.52       2-5-2019        7,000,000        6,998,040  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±144A

    2.68       5-3-2019        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1 Month LIBOR +0.21%) ±144A

    2.72       9-16-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (3 Month LIBOR +0.60%) ±144A

    3.40       12-19-2019        4,000,000        4,011,614  

DBS Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±144A

    2.64       3-21-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Federation des Caisses (z)

    2.50       2-1-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Federation des Caisses (1 Month LIBOR +0.26%) ±144A

    2.78       2-11-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Federation des Caisses (3 Month LIBOR +0.13%) ±144A

    2.81       5-22-2019        1,000,000        1,000,000  

Federation des Caisses (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±144A

    2.81       6-25-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

HSBC Bank Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +0.42%) ±144A

    2.93       5-7-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Financial Company Commercial Paper (continued)          

ING Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    2.77     2-11-2019      $ 2,000,000      $ 2,000,001  

JPMorgan Securities (1 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.65       2-28-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Macquarie Bank Limited 144A(z)

    2.54       2-25-2019        4,000,000        3,993,253  

Macquarie Bank Limited 144A(z)

    2.65       2-14-2019        5,000,000        4,995,215  

National Australia Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.72       8-2-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

National Australia Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±144A

    2.77       5-21-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±144A

    2.75       5-10-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A

    2.77       5-8-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 144A(z)

    2.72       4-4-2019            10,000,000        9,953,500  

Toronto Dominion Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±144A

    2.70       5-2-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Toronto Dominion Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.08%) ±

    2.71       8-16-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Toronto Dominion Bank (1 Month LIBOR +0.37%) ±144A

    2.88       11-7-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Toronto Dominion Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.21%) ±144A

    2.98       12-6-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

UBS AG London (3 Month LIBOR +0.08%) ±144A

    2.67       2-7-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

United Overseas Bank Limited 144A(z)

    2.61       3-21-2019        9,000,000        8,968,800  

Westpac Banking Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.07%) ±144A

    2.63       8-2-2019        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Westpac Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.21%) ±144A

    2.72       9-19-2019        4,000,000        3,999,838  

Westpac Banking Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±144A

    2.81       5-31-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  
     133,403,444  
         

 

 

 

Other Commercial Paper: 6.32%

 

CNPC Finance Limited 144A(z)

    2.80       2-6-2019        7,000,000        6,997,278  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.48       2-22-2019        5,000,000        4,992,767  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.49       2-5-2019        3,000,000        2,999,170  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.50       2-4-2019        7,000,000        6,998,540  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.50       2-12-2019        3,000,000        2,997,708  

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (z)

    2.59       2-19-2019        10,000,000        9,987,100  

Toyota Credit Canada Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.70       7-5-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Toyota Finance Australia Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.08%) ±

    2.73       2-15-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Toyota Finance Australia Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.09%) ±

    2.91       3-22-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Toyota Motor Finance (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±

    2.68       4-30-2019        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Toyota Motor Finance (3 Month LIBOR +0.13%) ±

    2.87       6-4-2019        4,000,000        4,000,000  
     49,972,563  
         

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $381,032,652)

 

     381,032,652  
         

 

 

 

Municipal Obligations: 16.67%

         

California: 2.28%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 2.28%          

California Imperial Irrigation District Series B (Utilities Revenue)

    2.60       2-20-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

California Series B-5 (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    2.55       2-6-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Orange County CA Water District Series B (Water Utilities)

    2.58       2-14-2019        8,000,000        8,000,000  
     18,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 2.64%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.64%          

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

    2.55       5-1-2052        3,895,000        3,895,000  

Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation Series 2007 (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    2.55       1-1-2027        5,450,000        5,450,000  

Colorado Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-TPG007 (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    3.01       10-29-2027            11,500,000        11,500,000  
     20,845,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Georgia: 4.00%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.25%          

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (Utilities Revenue)

    2.57     2-19-2019      $ 2,000,000      $ 2,000,000  
         

 

 

 
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.75%          

Columbus GA Housing Development Authority Puttable Floating Option Taxable Notes Series TN-024 (Housing Revenue, ACA Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    2.72       10-1-2039        4,595,000        4,595,000  

Georgia Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-TPG010 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    2.79       7-1-2020        20,040,000        20,040,000  

Macon-Bibb County GA Industrial Authority Development Kumho Tire Georgia Incorporated Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC)

    2.66       12-1-2022        5,000,000        5,000,000  
     29,635,000  
         

 

 

 

Kentucky: 0.51%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.51%          

Kentucky Housing Corporation Series O (Housing Revenue, Kentucky Housing Corporation SPA)

    2.51       1-1-2036        4,000,000        4,000,000  
         

 

 

 

New Hampshire: 0.63%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.63%          

New Hampshire National Business Finance Authority CJ Foods Manufacturing Beaumont Corporation Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC) 144A

    2.66       10-1-2028        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

New Jersey: 0.88%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.88%          

Jets Stadium Development Series A-4B (Miscellaneous Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation LOC) 144A##

    2.50       4-1-2047        6,970,000        6,970,000  
         

 

 

 

New York: 2.41%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.64%          

Long Island Power Authority Series 2015 (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    2.65       3-12-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.77%          

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

    2.60       11-1-2049            10,000,000        10,000,000  

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

    2.81       12-1-2019        4,000,000        4,000,000  
     14,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Oregon: 1.14%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.25%          

Port of Portland Oregon International Airport Revenue Series C (Transportation Revenue)

    2.83       4-3-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  
         

 

 

 
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.89%          

Oregon Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZF2515 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    2.61       5-1-2035            7,000,000        7,000,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Other: 1.04%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.04%          

SSAB AB Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, DNB Banking ASA LOC)

    2.49     6-1-2035      $ 1,000,000      $ 1,000,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series A (Health Revenue, American AgCredit LOC)

    2.50       2-1-2056        4,240,000        4,240,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series B (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    2.50       2-1-2056        3,000,000        3,000,000  
     8,240,000  
         

 

 

 

Pennsylvania: 1.14%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.89%          

University of Pittsburgh (Education Revenue)

    2.72       2-1-2019        7,000,000        7,000,000  
         

 

 

 
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.25%          

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-52 Invesco Van Kampen Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    2.81       12-1-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $131,690,000)

 

     131,690,000  
         

 

 

 

Other Instruments: 0.88%

         

Invesco Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund Series W-7 §

    2.56       6-1-2028        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Banking Limited 144A

    2.05       3-6-2019        2,000,000        1,998,834  

Total Other Instruments (Cost $6,998,834)

 

     6,998,834  
         

 

 

 

Other Notes: 0.51%

         
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 0.51%          

Cellmark Incorporated Secured øø§

    2.49       6-1-2038        4,000,000        4,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Other Notes (Cost $4,000,000)

 

     4,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements ^^: 14.18%

         

Bank of America Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $35,002,499 (1)

    2.57       2-1-2019        35,000,000        35,000,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $35,002,499 (2)

    2.57       2-1-2019        35,000,000        35,000,000  

BNP Paribas, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $8,000,578 (3)

    2.60       2-1-2019        8,000,000        8,000,000  

GX Clarke & Company, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $34,002,456 (4)

    2.60       2-1-2019            34,000,000        34,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $112,000,000)

 

     112,000,000  
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $790,677,652)     100.07        790,677,652  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (0.07        (562,751
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 790,114,901  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

±

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

 

144A

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

 

%%

The security is issued on a when-issued basis.

(z)

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

 

ø

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

 

##

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

 

§

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

 

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     15  

    

 

 

øø

The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer periodically depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

^^

Collateralized by:

 

  (1)

U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 3.50%, 8-20-2042 to 10-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $36,050,000.

 

  (2)

U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 7.00%, 12-1-2023 to 1-20-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $36,048,726.

 

  (3)

U.S. government securities, 1.13% to 7.00%, 2-28-2019 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $8,232,524.

 

  (4)

U.S. government securities, 1.38% to 10.00%, 2-15-2019 to 2-1-2057, fair value including accrued interest is $34,984,992.

Abbreviations:

 

ACA

ACA Financial Guaranty Corporation

 

FHLB

Federal Home Loan Bank

 

HFA

Housing Finance Authority

 

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

 

LIQ

Liquidity agreement

 

LOC

Letter of credit

 

MFHR

Multifamily housing revenue

 

SPA

Standby purchase agreement

 

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


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16   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2019
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

  $ 678,677,652  

Investments in repurchase agreements, at amortized cost

    112,000,000  

Cash

    12,308  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    3,610,101  

Receivable for interest

    1,164,226  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    59,336  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    795,523,623  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

    4,000,000  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    1,021,831  

Administration fees payable

    108,637  

Management fee payable

    53,929  

Dividends payable

    40,508  

Distribution fee payable

    6,555  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    2,076  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    175,186  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    5,408,722  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 790,114,901  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 790,449,841  

Total distributable loss

    (334,940
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 790,114,901  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 474,039,960  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    473,834,763  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Class C

  $ 8,228,757  

Shares outstanding – Class C1

    8,224,999  

Net asset value per share – Class C

    $1.00  

Net assets – Premier Class

  $ 295,962,073  

Shares outstanding – Premier Class1

    295,836,904  

Net asset value per share – Premier Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 11,884,111  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    11,878,963  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

 

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

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


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Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     17  
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 13,092,960  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    1,403,356  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    1,028,372  

Class C

    16,194  

Premier Class

    75,603  

Service Class

    14,413  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    1,168,604  

Class C

    18,402  

Service Class

    30,026  

Distribution fee

 

Class C

    55,206  

Custody and accounting fees

    26,200  

Professional fees

    50,877  

Registration fees

    147,231  

Shareholder report expenses

    548  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    23,744  

Other fees and expenses

    15,071  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    4,073,847  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (842,755
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    3,231,092  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    9,861,868  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    10,335  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 9,872,203  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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18   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2019
    Year ended
January 31, 2018¹
 

Operations

     

Net investment income

    $ 9,861,868       $ 3,274,201  

Net realized gains on investments

      10,335         33,646  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      9,872,203         3,307,847  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

     

Class A

      (7,460,070       (3,150,526

Class B

      N/A         (4 )2 

Class C

      (63,691       (3,401

Premier Class

      (2,133,009       (1,098

Service Class

      (205,098       (119,172
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (9,861,868       (3,274,201
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    189,447,415       189,447,415       106,393,075       106,393,075  

Class C

    10,651,512       10,651,512       3,338,043       3,338,043  

Premier Class

    422,176,563       422,176,563       6,501       6,501  

Service Class

    2,334,760       2,334,760       4,295,757       4,295,757  
 

 

 

 
      624,610,250         114,033,376  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    7,366,361       7,366,361       3,062,652       3,062,652  

Class B

    N/A       N/A       4 2       4 2  

Class C

    62,701       62,701       3,322       3,322  

Premier Class

    2,040,299       2,040,299       564       564  

Service Class

    198,869       198,869       110,385       110,385  
 

 

 

 
      9,668,230         3,176,927  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (185,079,647     (185,079,647     (187,066,557     (187,066,557

Class B

    N/A       N/A       (195,599 )2      (195,599 )2 

Class C

    (10,246,505     (10,246,505     (8,870,153     (8,870,153

Premier Class

    (128,480,875     (128,480,875     (6,507     (6,507

Service Class

    (2,556,663     (2,556,663     (14,094,565     (14,094,565
 

 

 

 
      (326,363,690       (210,233,381
 

 

 

 

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

      307,914,790         (93,023,078
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      307,925,125         (92,989,432
 

 

 

 

Net assets

   

Beginning of period

      482,189,776         575,179,208  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 790,114,901       $ 482,189,776  
 

 

 

 

 

 

¹

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the SEC prospectively eliminated the requirement to parenthetically disclose undistributed net investment income at the end of the period and permitted the aggregation of distributions, with the exception of tax basis returns of capital. Overdistributed net investment income at January 31, 2018 was $355,511. The disaggregated distributions information for the year ended January 31, 2018 is included in Note 5, Distributions to Shareholders, in the notes to the financial statements.

 

²

For the period from February 1, 2017 to July 5, 2017. Effective at the close of business on July 5, 2017, Class B shares were converted to Class A shares and are no longer offered by the Fund.

 

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


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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     19  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.61     0.64     0.05     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.76     0.85     0.83     0.82     0.83

Net expenses

    0.62     0.65     0.55     0.29     0.19

Net investment income

    1.60     0.63     0.03     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $474,040       $462,416       $539,989       $1,205,785       $876,562  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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


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20   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS C   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return2

    0.84     0.04     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    1.51     1.60     1.58     1.57     1.58

Net expenses

    1.37     1.23     0.60     0.29     0.19

Net investment income

    0.87     0.03     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $8,229       $7,763       $13,293       $16,617       $13,628  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Total return calculations do not include any sales charges.

 

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


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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     21  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
PREMIER CLASS   2019     2018     2017¹  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.01       0.00 2  

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 2       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

     

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return3

    2.03     1.09     0.36

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

     

Gross expenses

    0.33     0.45     0.45

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.20

Net investment income

    2.26     1.08     0.43

Supplemental data

     

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $295,962       $101       $100  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

For the period from March 31, 2016 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2017

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

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

 

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


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22   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.72     0.79     0.11     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.66     0.74     0.72     0.72     0.73

Net expenses

    0.50     0.50     0.50     0.28     0.19

Net investment income

    1.71     0.74     0.05     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $11,884       $11,910       $21,602       $274,245       $281,157  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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


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Notes to financial statements   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     23  

1. ORGANIZATION

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

Effective at the close of business on July 5, 2017, Class B shares were converted to Class A shares and are no longer offered by the Fund. Information for Class B shares reflected in the financial statements represents activity through July 5, 2017.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Securities valuation

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

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

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. Repurchase agreements are agreements where the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain a market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.

When-issued transactions

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

Security transactions and income recognition

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

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


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24   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. Such distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may be categorized as a tax return of capital at year end.

Federal and other taxes

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

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

As of January 31, 2019, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

Reclassifications are made to the Fund’s capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The primary permanent difference causing such reclassification is due to expiration of capital loss carryforwards. At January 31, 2019, as a result of permanent book-to-tax differences, the following reclassification adjustments were made on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

Paid-in capital   

Total distributable

loss

$(385,874)    $385,874

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

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

 

 

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

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


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Notes to financial statements   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund     25  

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2019:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Certificates of deposit

   $ 0      $ 154,956,166      $ 0      $ 154,956,166  

Commercial paper

     0        381,032,652        0        381,032,652  

Municipal obligations

     0        131,690,000        0        131,690,000  

Other instruments

     0        6,998,834        0        6,998,834  

Other notes

     0        4,000,000        0        4,000,000  

Repurchase agreements

     0        112,000,000        0        112,000,000  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 790,677,652      $ 0      $ 790,677,652  

Additional sector, industry or geographic detail is included in the Portfolio of Investments.

At January 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadvisers and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.20% and declining to 0.18% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Prior to June 1, 2018, Funds Management received a fee at an annual rate which started at 0.35% and declined to 0.23% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increased. For the year ended January 31, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.24% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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

Administration fees

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

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Class A, Class C

     0.22

Premier Class

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  


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26   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. When each class of the Fund has exceeded its expense cap, Funds Management has waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses; otherwise, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.60% for Class A shares, 1.35% for Class C shares, 0.20% for Premier Class shares, and 0.50% for Service Class shares. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Prior to June 1, 2018, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 0.65% for Class A shares and 1.40% for Class C shares.

Distribution fee

The Trust has adopted a distribution plan for Class C shares of the Fund pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. A distribution fee is charged to Class C shares and paid to Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (“Funds Distributor”), the principal underwriter, at an annual rate of 0.75% of the average daily net assets of Class C shares.

In addition, Funds Distributor is also entitled to receive the contingent deferred sales charges from redemptions of Class C shares. No contingent deferred sales charges were incurred by Class C shares for the year ended January 31, 2019.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

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

Interfund transactions

The Fund may purchase or sell portfolio investment securities to certain other Wells Fargo affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act and under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that these interfund transactions, which do not incur broker commissions, are effected at current market prices.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $9,861,868 and $3,274,201 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2018, respectively.

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to separately state the components of distributions to shareholders under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The amounts of distributions to shareholders for the year ended January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Net investment
income
 

Class A

     $3,150,526  

Class B

      

Class C

     3,401  

Administrator Class

     1,098  

Institutional Class

     119,172  

 

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For the period from February 1, 2017 to July 5, 2017.

6. INDEMNIFICATION

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


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7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 updates the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by modifying or removing certain disclosures and adding certain new disclosures. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Management has adopted the removal and modification of disclosures early, as permitted, and will adopt the additional new disclosures at the effective date.


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28   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Money Market Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of January 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years or periods in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of January 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years or periods in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

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We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies since at least 1955.

Boston, Massachusetts

March 27, 2019


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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $6,362,731 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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


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30   Wells Fargo Money Market Fund   Other information (unaudited)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 152 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or

investment company

directorships

William R. Ebsworth

(Born 1957)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief investment officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Audit Committee Chair and Investment Committee Chair of the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization). Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder.   N/A

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2015; Chair Liaison, since 2018   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of The Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization). She is also an inactive Chartered Financial Analyst.   N/A

Isaiah Harris, Jr.3

(Born 1952)

  Trustee, since 2009; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2019   Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (private school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   CIGNA Corporation

Judith M. Johnson3

(Born 1949)

  Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, from 2009 to 2018   Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant.   N/A

David F. Larcker

(Born 1950)

  Trustee, since 2009   James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.   N/A


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Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or

investment company

directorships

Olivia S. Mitchell

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2006; Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman, since 2018   International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993.   N/A

Timothy J. Penny

(Born 1951)

  Trustee, since 1996; Chairman, since 2018; Vice Chairman, from 2017 to 2018   President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.   N/A

James G. Polisson

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Retired. Chief Marketing Officer, Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd, from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to 2015, Principal of The Polisson Group, LLC, a management consulting, corporate advisory and principal investing company. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Russell Investments, Global Exchange Traded Funds from 2010 to 2012. Managing Director of Barclays Global Investors from 1998 to 2010 and Global Chief Marketing Officer for iShares and Barclays Global Investors from 2000 to 2010. Trustee of the San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute, a non-profit organization, from 2013 to 2015. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Fund Trust from 2011 to 2012. Director of Barclays Global Investors Holdings Deutschland GmbH from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Polisson is an attorney and has a retired status with the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations.   N/A

Pamela Wheelock

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Board member of the Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Rochester, Minnesota since 2019. Chief Operating Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity from 2017 to 2019. Vice President of University Services, University of Minnesota from 2012 to 2016. Prior thereto, on the Board of Directors, Governance Committee and Finance Committee for the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners (Saint Paul Foundation) from 2012 to 2018, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2011 to 2012, Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2012 and Board Director from 2003 to 2015. Vice President, Leadership and Community Engagement, Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota (a private foundation) from 2009 to 2011. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Sports and Entertainment from 2004 to 2009 and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2004. Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Wild Foundation from 2004 to 2008. Commissioner of Finance, State of Minnesota, from 1999 to 2002. Currently Board Chair of the Minnesota Wild Foundation since 2010.   N/A

 

*

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

 


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Officers

 

Name and

year of birth

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

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(Born 1967)

  Treasurer, since 2012   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary, since 2018; Chief Legal Officer, since 2018   Senior Company Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018 (previously Senior Counsel from 2007 to 2018). Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from 2008 to 2014.    

Michael H. Whitaker

(Born 1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

David Berardi

(Born 1975)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

 

1

Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 76 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2

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

 

3 

Mr. Harris became Chairman of the Audit Committee effective January 1, 2019.


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More information about Wells Fargo Funds is available free upon request. To obtain literature, please write, visit the Fund’s website, or call:

Wells Fargo Funds

P.O. Box 219967

Kansas City, MO 64121-9967

Website: wellsfargofunds.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275

Institutional investment professionals: 1-866-765-0778

 

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

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is the trade name for certain investment advisory/management firms owned by Wells Fargo & Company. These firms include but are not limited to Wells Capital Management Incorporated and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Certain products managed by WFAM entities are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (a broker/dealer and Member FINRA).

This material is for general informational and educational purposes only and is NOT intended to provide investment advice or a recommendation of any kind—including a recommendation for any specific investment, strategy, or plan.

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED    NO BANK GUARANTEE     MAY LOSE VALUE

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Annual Report

January 31, 2019

 

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Retail Money Market Funds

 

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Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by new regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Wells Fargo Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports issued after this date will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically at any time by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by enrolling at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports; if you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-222-8222. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all Wells Fargo Funds held in your account with your financial intermediary or, if you are a direct investor, to all Wells Fargo Funds that you hold.

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    20  

Statement of operations

    21  

Statement of changes in net assets

    22  

Financial highlights

    23  

Notes to financial statements

    27  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    31  

Other information

    32  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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2   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2019. An upward trend for short-term interest rates, inflation concerns, trade tensions, and geopolitical events contributed to investment market volatility throughout the year.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 fell 2.31% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 declined 12.58%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net),3 emerging market stocks lost 14.24%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 2.25% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 fell 3.26%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 3.26%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 1.57%.

A move to normalize U.S. monetary policy influenced markets.

Through January 2018, the S&P 500 Index and MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) delivered positive returns every month for more than a year. In February 2018, that streak ended. The S&P 500 Index fell 3.69% during February and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) dropped 4.72%. For the quarter, the S&P 500 Index recorded its first negative quarterly return since 2014. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) fell 1.18% for the quarter.

During the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) sought to normalize accommodative monetary policies in place since the 2008 global financial crisis and recession. Short-term interest rates, as measured by U.S. Treasury bills—maturities ranging from 3 to 12 months—increased an average of 89 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). Rates for 10-year and 30-year Treasuries increased 17 bps and 18 bps, respectively. Slower growth of long-term rates raised concerns for a flattening yield curve, sometimes associated with recessions. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps in March 2018 to a target range of between 1.50% and 1.75%. The Bank of England (BOE) indicated a bias to increase rates later in 2018. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) maintained low interest rates.

Global trade tensions heightened investor concerns.

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018. A tit-for-tat tariff spat intensified between the U.S. and other governments. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 1.75% and 2.00% in June. Market index results reflected the global concerns. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) lost 2.61% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index dropped 4.76%.

 

 

 

1

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure large- and mid-cap equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI EM Index (Net) consists of the following 24 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

4

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

 

5 

The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

6 

The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

7

The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.


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Letter to shareholders (unaudited)   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     3  

Not all news was bad. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) annualized growth of 4.2%. Hiring improved. Employment data remained strong. Consumer confidence and spending increased. The S&P 500 Index recorded a 3.43% second-quarter gain. Stocks of companies with smaller capitalizations were even better, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index,8 adding 7.75%.

Investors appeared to shake off lingering concerns during the third quarter.

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors. U.S. trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada progressed. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®9 reached its highest level in 18 years during September. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.00% and 2.25% in September. For the quarter that ended September 30, 2018, the S&P 500 Index added 7.71%.

Investors in international markets were not as reassured. Tensions between the U.S. and China increased. The U.S. imposed $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. China reacted with $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. Economic growth in China caused concern. The BOE raised its monetary policy rate to 0.75% in August. During the quarter, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 0.71%. The MSCI EM Index (Net) declined 1.09%. In fixed-income markets, U.S. bonds were flat, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index fell 1.74%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets during the fourth quarter.

For the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), negative stock market performance during October and December bracketed positive November returns. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year.

November’s U.S. mid-term elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that third-quarter U.S. GDP grew at an annualized 3.4% rate, solid, but lower than the second quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The PBOC cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes even as the value of the yuan declined to low levels last seen in 2008.

After the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% in December—the ninth such increase since the Fed began three years ago to raise rates from near zero—it softened its outlook for further interest rate increases in 2019.

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investors entered 2019 with reasons to be concerned. A partial U.S government shutdown driven by partisan spending and immigration policy disputes extended into January. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX10.

 

 

 

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors.

 

 

 

 

 

8 

The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

9 

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® measures the degree of optimism on the state of the U.S. economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

10 

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX) is a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 Index options. It represents one measure of the market’s expectation of stock market volatility over the next 30-day period. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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4   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Letter to shareholders (unaudited)

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month that ended January 31, 2019, its best monthly performance in 30 years. Returns for the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index also were positive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222.


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6   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income exempt from federal income tax, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

James Randazzo Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2019

 

              Expense ratios(%)  
    Inception Date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (NWMXX)   7-28-2003     0.89       0.28       0.15       0.68       0.60  
 
Administrator Class (WNTXX)   4-8-2005     1.21       0.45       0.26       0.41       0.30  
 
Premier Class (WFNXX)   11-8-1999     1.31       0.51       0.31       0.29       0.20  
 
Service Class (MMIXX)   8-3-1993     1.06       0.37       0.20       0.58       0.45  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20192

 

    Class A   Administrator
Class
    Premier
Class
    Service
Class
 
7-day current yield   0.83     1.13       1.23       0.98  
7-day compound yield   0.83     1.13       1.23       0.98  
30-day simple yield   0.90     1.20       1.30       1.05  
30-day compound yield   0.91     1.21       1.31       1.06  

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

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

For retail money market funds: You could lose money by investing in the Fund. Although the Fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. The Fund may impose a fee upon sale of your shares or may temporarily suspend your ability to sell shares if the Fund’s liquidity falls below required minimums because of market conditions or other factors. An investment in the Fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The Fund’s sponsor has no legal obligation to provide financial support to the Fund, and you should not expect that the sponsor will provide financial support to the Fund at any time.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     7  
Revenue source distribution as of January 31, 20193
LOGO
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20193

 

LOGO

 

 

 

Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20194  

6 days

        

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20195  

6 days

        
 

 

 

 

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

 

1 

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

 

2 

The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2019, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 0.76%, 1.03%, 1.15%, and 0.86% for Class A, Administrator Class, Premier Class, and Service Class, respectively. The expense ratio paid by an investor is the net expense ratio (the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers) as stated in the prospectuses.

 

3 

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

 

4 

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

 

5 

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

 

6 

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index (SIFMA Index) is a seven-day high-grade market index composed of tax-exempt variable-rate demand obligations with certain characteristics. The index is calculated and published by Bloomberg. The index is overseen by SIFMA’s Municipal Swap Index Committee. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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8   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Performance highlights (unaudited)

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

During the period, the municipal money markets continued to strengthen as rising interest rates and increasing asset levels gave both investors and market participants something to cheer about. With regulatory reform a distant memory, market participants refocused on traditional macroeconomic factors, market technicals, and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index (SIFMA Index)6, which measures seven-day variable-rate demand note (VRDN) yields, experienced several bouts of volatility throughout the period as seasonal technicals exacerbated supply and demand dynamics. Fixed-rate paper, on the other hand, experienced less dramatic swings and generally tracked taxable rates as the FOMC progressed with four rate hikes throughout the year.

The SIFMA Index began the period at 1.08% (73% of the one-week London Interbank Offered Rate [LIBOR]) as the advent of seasonal reinvestment cash in early January forced municipal money market yields to quickly normalize following a spike in tax-exempt rates in December. The SIFMA Index had closed out 2017 at a multiyear high of 1.71% (115% of the one-week LIBOR). Yields on high-grade one-year notes began the period at 1.40%, down from 1.46% at the prior year-end.

The next big move in the municipal money market space occurred during the March through April tax-payment period. Yields rose across the curve as seasonal fund outflows exerted downward pressure on demand. With municipal money market funds losing roughly $4 billion in assets, the SIFMA Index spiked to 1.81% on April 18, 2018, up from 1.58% at the end of March, pushing the SIFMA Index/one-week LIBOR ratio down to 104%.

Municipal money market assets usually languish until June and July, when coupons and maturities generate a new wave of reinvestment cash. However, fund assets staged an unexpected turnaround during the month of May as investors sought to take advantage of the sudden cheapness of the SIFMA Index, with municipal money market funds attracting almost $7 billion in assets during the month. This unexpected surge in demand forced the SIFMA Index lower for six straight weeks before closing out the month at 1.06%, or 61% of the one-week LIBOR.

June saw equally abnormal asset flows; this time, municipal money market funds experienced redemptions in the neighborhood of $2.8 billion. This surprising reversal in trend caused demand for overnight and weekly VRDNs and tender option bonds (TOBs) to evaporate, forcing dealers to rapidly ratchet rates higher in order to entice nontraditional buyers. The FOMC rate hike on June 13, 2018, provided additional impetus for the tax-exempt market to play catch-up with taxable equivalents. The SIFMA Index rose from 1.05% (59% of the one-week LIBOR) on June 6 to 1.51% (76% of the one-week LIBOR) on June 27.

The dog days of summer brought some semblance of normalcy to the municipal money market space as the SIFMA Index settled into a narrower range while tracking taxable rates higher leading up to the next anticipated FOMC tightening in September 2018. The SIFMA Index rose slightly to 1.61% by the end of October, up from 1.56% at the end of September. Further out on the curve, yields on high-grade commercial paper and notes continued to rise as the market continued to cope with large secondary market balances. One-year high-grade notes finished out the month at approximately 2.07%, up from 1.94% the previous month.

Heading into the final two months of 2018, the municipal money markets continued to benefit as heightened equity and bond market volatility forced many investors to seek out safe havens in the short end. The municipal yield curve began to flatten as the SIFMA Index eventually drifted higher before closing out the year at 1.71%. Meanwhile, yields on top-rated one-year paper fell to roughly 1.90% as expectations for FOMC rate hikes were discounted. Ultimately, municipal money market funds would bring in roughly $6.5 billion in assets during the month of December, capping off a strong year in which assets increased by approximately $14 billion, or 10% for the year, according to Crane Data LLC.

In January 2019, seasonal technicals in the form of heavy maturities and coupons would drive demand for tax-exempt paper along the curve. The SIFMA Index fell sharply to a multi-month low of 1.43% (59% of the one-week LIBOR) by the end of the period as demand for VRDNs and TOBs outpaced supply. Holiday-shortened weeks also contributed to a lackluster primary market calendar, further suppressing rates. Further out on the curve, yields on high-grade one-year paper fell to 1.74%, down from 1.90% the previous month.

Strategic outlook

Throughout the period, we continued to emphasize portfolio liquidity by targeting our purchases primarily in daily and weekly VRDNs and TOBs. This strategy allowed us to achieve our objectives for 100% weekly liquidity and principal preservation. Additionally, our strategy allowed us to quickly capture the benefits of rising interest rate levels due to FOMC rate hikes and periods of elevated SIFMA Index rates. Given the relative flatness of the municipal yield curve and uncertainty surrounding FOMC interest rate policy, we continue to feel that a conservative posture with respect to liquidity and duration targets is warranted in the near future.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Fund expenses (unaudited)   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     9  

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

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2018
     Ending
account value
1-31-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,005.20      $ 3.03        0.60

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.18      $ 3.06        0.60

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,006.72      $ 1.52        0.30

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.69      $ 1.53        0.30

Premier Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,007.22      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,005.96      $ 2.28        0.45

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.94      $ 2.29        0.45

 

 

1

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


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10   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Municipal Obligations: 98.74%

 

Alabama: 0.56%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.56%

 

       

Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority Series 2016-A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XF2373 (Tax Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.46     9-1-2024      $ 5,000,000      $ 5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Alaska: 0.28%

 

       
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.28%

 

Alaska Housing Finance Corporation Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB SPA)

    1.40       12-1-2041        2,500,000        2,500,000  
         

 

 

 

Arizona: 1.49%

 

       
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.49%

 

Arizona Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2018-XF2537 (Utilities Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.47       12-1-2037        3,215,000        3,215,000  

Mesa AZ Utility System Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-33 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    1.46       7-1-2024            10,055,000        10,055,000  
            13,270,000  
         

 

 

 

California: 10.44%

 

       
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 10.44%

 

Bay Area CA Toll Authority Toll Bridge Series C1 (Transportation Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking LOC)

    1.10       4-1-2045        900,000        900,000  

California HFFA Dignity Health Series A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.55       3-1-2042        11,730,000        11,730,000  

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank Saddleback Valley Christian Schools Project Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, East West Bank LOC) 144A

    1.46       12-1-2040        14,250,000        14,250,000  

California Municipal Finance Authority High Desert Foundation Project Series 2012A (Education Revenue, Union Bank NA LOC)

    1.48       4-1-2042        1,180,000        1,180,000  

California State University Series A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-XF2441 (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.39       5-1-2024        7,670,000        7,670,000  

California Statewide Community Development Authority Uptown Newport Apartments Series 2017 AA & BB (Housing Revenue, East West Bank LOC)

    1.40       3-1-2057        6,975,000        6,975,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-XF0580 (GO Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.43       11-1-2033        3,375,000        3,375,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XF0669 (GO Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.44       2-1-2026        2,500,000        2,500,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XF2630 (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.43       8-1-2045        2,900,000        2,900,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XG0188 (GO Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.44       2-1-2026        1,600,000        1,600,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2017-BAML01 (Transportation Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.42       4-1-2047        23,445,000        23,445,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2018-ZP0159 (GO Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.58       8-1-2022        4,500,000        4,500,000  

Grossmont CA Union High School District Floater Series 2015 (GO Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.53       8-1-2019        7,525,000        7,525,000  

San Francisco City & County CA Public Utilities Commission Series 3153X (Water & Sewer Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.46       11-1-2039        2,190,000        2,190,000  

San Joaquin CA Delta Community College Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZF0180 (GO Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.53       8-1-2022        2,415,000        2,415,000  
            93,155,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Colorado: 2.62%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.62%

 

Colorado HFA Catholic Health Initiatives Series 2008-D2 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.65     10-1-2037      $ 9,000,000      $ 9,000,000  

Colorado HFA Single Family Mortgage Bonds Class ll Series 2018B-2 (Housing Revenue, GNMA Insured, FHLB SPA)

    1.45       11-1-2041        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Colorado RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series 2018-E123 (Education Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.46       4-1-2020        7,500,000        7,500,000  

Colorado Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XF0668 (Health Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.46       5-15-2026        1,875,000        1,875,000  
            23,375,000  
         

 

 

 

Connecticut: 1.37%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.37%

 

Connecticut HEFAR Yale New Haven Health Series D (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    1.40       7-1-2048        4,640,000        4,640,000  

Connecticut Residual Interest Bond Floater Trust Series 2017-016 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.47       6-1-2037        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Connecticut Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2017-YX1077 (Tax Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.49       1-1-2036        4,550,000        4,550,000  
            12,190,000  
         

 

 

 

District of Columbia: 1.37%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.37%

 

District of Columbia Community Connection Real Estate Foundation Issue Series 2007-A (Miscellaneous Revenue, Manufacturers & Traders LOC)

    1.34       7-1-2032        3,395,000        3,395,000  

District of Columbia Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XF0621 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.46       4-1-2026        4,000,000        4,000,000  

District of Columbia Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2019-ZF2784 (Housing Revenue, FHA Insured, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A%%

    1.00       9-1-2039        2,800,000        2,800,000  

District of Columbia Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2019-ZF2785 (Housing Revenue, FHA Insured, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A%%

    1.00       9-1-2039        2,070,000        2,070,000  
            12,265,000  
         

 

 

 

Florida: 6.98%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 6.98%

 

Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-ZM0571 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.53       8-15-2047        4,730,000        4,730,000  

Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XF2523 (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.55       8-15-2047            10,000,000        10,000,000  

Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XF2530 (Health Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.53       8-15-2025        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XG0173 (Health Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.53       10-1-2025        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2017-XF2517 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.53       8-15-2047        1,500,000        1,500,000  

Highlands County FL Health Facilities Authority Adventist Health System Series A (Health Revenue)

    1.40       11-15-2037        5,090,000        5,090,000  

Highlands County FL Health Facilities Authority Adventist Health System Sunbelt Obligated Group Series 2012 I-2 (Health Revenue, Adventist Health System)

    1.40       11-15-2032        600,000        600,000  

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

      

 

 

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

Highlands County FL HFA Adventist Health System Series I5 (Health Revenue)

    1.40     11-15-2035      $     12,150,000      $ 12,150,000  

Miami-Dade County FL Seaport Series A (Airport Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi LOC)

    1.45       10-1-2050        430,000        430,000  

Orange County FL School Board Certificate of Participation Series 2009A (Miscellaneous Revenue, AGC Insured, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.56       8-1-2034        3,300,000        3,300,000  

Orlando & Orange County FL Expressway Authority Series 2007 (Transportation Revenue, BHAC/AGM Insured, Citibank NA LIQ)

    1.46       7-1-2042        6,000,000        6,000,000  

Pinellas County FL IDA Neighborly Care Network Project Series 2008 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    1.42       8-1-2028        3,245,000        3,245,000  

Seminole County FL Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series ZF0444 (Tax Revenue, National Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.58       4-1-2027        5,250,000        5,250,000  
            62,295,000  
         

 

 

 

Georgia: 0.42%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.42%

 

Georgia Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-ZF0589 (Education Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.47       6-1-2049        3,750,000        3,750,000  
         

 

 

 

Illinois: 7.54%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 7.54%

 

Aurora IL Economic Development Aurora University Series 2004 (Education Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA LOC)

    1.42       3-1-2035        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Brookfield IL Brookfield Zoo Project (Miscellaneous Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC)

    1.43       6-1-2038        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Chicago IL Education Marine Project Series 1984 (Industrial Development Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    1.54       7-1-2023        4,200,000        4,200,000  

Illinois Educational Facilities Authority Aurora University (Education Revenue, Harris NA LOC)

    1.42       3-1-2032        3,800,000        3,800,000  

Illinois Finance Authority Little Company of Mary Hospital and Health Care Centers Series 2008A (Health Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC)

    1.46       8-15-2035        400,000        400,000  

Illinois Finance Authority OFS Healthcare System Obligated Group Series C (Health Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC)

    1.65       11-15-2037        10,000,000        10,000,000  

Illinois Health Facilities Authority Evanston Hospital Corporation Series 1995 (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    1.00       6-1-2035        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Illinois Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Series 2018-XM0683 (Tax Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.60       1-1-2048        7,340,000        7,340,000  

Illinois Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Series 2018-XF0722 (Tax Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.58       7-1-2026        7,900,000        7,900,000  

Illinois Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XF2202 (Transportation Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.46       7-1-2023        1,140,000        1,140,000  

Illinois Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZM0120 (Transportation Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.48       7-1-2023        3,100,000        3,100,000  

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5021 (GO Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A##

    1.72       3-29-2019        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Illinois Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2018-XF0603 (Tax Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.58       1-1-2026        3,615,000        3,615,000  

Quad Cities Regional EDA Augustana College Series 2005 (Education Revenue, Harris NA LOC)

    1.44       10-1-2035        4,800,000        4,800,000  
            67,295,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Indiana: 1.64%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.64%

 

Indiana Certificate of Participation Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-34 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    1.47     7-1-2023      $ 9,915,000      $ 9,915,000  

Indiana Finance Authority Duke Energy Indiana Incorporated Series 2009A-4 (Industrial Development Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking LOC)

    1.70       12-1-2039        4,700,000        4,700,000  
            14,615,000  
         

 

 

 

Iowa: 4.94%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.94%

 

Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC)

    1.81       4-1-2022        23,840,000        23,840,000  

Iowa Finance Authority Mortgage Securities Program Series D (Housing Revenue, GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC Insured, FHLB SPA)

    1.43       1-1-2047        5,500,000        5,500,000  

Iowa Finance Authority Revenue Bonds Series E (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC)

    1.62       2-15-2041        3,795,000        3,795,000  

Iowa Finance Authority Various Unity Point Health Series D (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC)

    1.42       12-1-2041            11,000,000        11,000,000  
            44,135,000  
         

 

 

 

Louisiana: 1.38%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.38%

 

Louisiana Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Series 2018-BAML7002 (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.46       9-1-2057        12,325,000        12,325,000  
         

 

 

 

Maryland: 0.74%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.74%

 

Maryland Industrial Development Financing Authority Occidental Petroleum Corporation Series 2010 (Industrial Development Revenue)

    1.54       3-1-2030        3,315,000        3,315,000  

Maryland Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XF0605 (Education Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.48       5-1-2047        3,300,000        3,300,000  
            6,615,000  
         

 

 

 

Michigan: 2.18%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.18%

 

Michigan Housing Development Authority Series D (Housing Revenue, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited SPA)

    1.49       6-1-2030        1,515,000        1,515,000  

Michigan State University Revenues Series A (Education Revenue, Northern Trust Company SPA)

    1.48       2-15-2033        4,860,000        4,860,000  

Regents of the University of Michigan Series 2008B (Education Revenue)

    1.37       4-1-2028        3,600,000        3,600,000  

St. Joseph MI Hospital Finance Authority Lakeland Hospital Niles & St. Joseph Obligated Group Series 2002 (Health Revenue, AGM Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    1.53       1-1-2032        9,460,000        9,460,000  
            19,435,000  
         

 

 

 

Minnesota: 1.35%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.35%

 

Burnsville MN Bridgeway Apartments Project Series 2003 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    1.51       10-15-2033        2,375,000        2,375,000  

 

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


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

 

Forest Lake MN Kilkenny Court Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    1.52     8-15-2038      $ 4,500,000      $ 4,500,000  

Maple Grove MN MFHR Basswood Trails Apartment Project Series 2002 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    1.51       3-1-2029        2,340,000        2,340,000  

Plymouth MN Lancaster Village Apartments Project Series 2001 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    1.51       9-15-2031        2,865,000        2,865,000  
            12,080,000  
         

 

 

 

Missouri: 2.04%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.04%

 

Missouri Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XG0176 (Health Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.53       5-15-2041        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Missouri Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series XF2198 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.46       5-1-2023        2,670,000        2,670,000  

St. Louis County MO Sewer District Wastewater System Series 2013-B (Water & Sewer Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.46       5-1-2043        7,500,000        7,500,000  
            18,170,000  
         

 

 

 

Nebraska: 1.18%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.18%

 

Nebraska Investment Finance Authority MFHR Apple Creek Associates Project Series 1985-A (Housing Revenue, Northern Trust Company LOC)

    2.25       9-1-2031            10,500,000        10,500,000  
         

 

 

 

Nevada: 0.41%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.41%

 

Clark County NV Las Vegas McCarran International Airport Series 2010-F-2 (Airport Revenue, Union Bank NA LOC)

    1.49       7-1-2022        400,000        400,000  

Nevada Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-ZM0639 (GO Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.46       12-1-2025        3,240,000        3,240,000  
            3,640,000  
         

 

 

 

New Jersey: 2.98%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.98%

 

New Jersey Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XG0205 (Education Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.45       12-15-2034        7,500,000        7,500,000  

New Jersey Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XM0226 (Miscellaneous Revenue, BHAC/National Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.43       7-1-2026        3,790,000        3,790,000  

New Jersey Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-ZF2476 (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.44       11-1-2021        1,000,000        1,000,000  

New Jersey Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-ZF2477 (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.44       11-1-2021        2,000,000        2,000,000  

New Jersey Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XX1093 (Education Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.45       6-15-2031        9,500,000        9,500,000  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates New Jersey EDA Series 2018-XF2538 (Education Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LOC, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.45       6-15-2040        2,810,000        2,810,000  
            26,600,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

New York: 10.02%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 10.02%

 

New York Battery Park City Authority Refunding Bond Series 2013-C JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5012 (Miscellaneous Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.69     11-1-2019      $     10,870,000      $ 10,870,000  

New York Dormitory Authority Series 12 Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-35 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ) 144A

    1.46       3-15-2022        3,770,000        3,770,000  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Series 2015-A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.45       11-1-2049        9,250,000        9,250,000  

New York HFA Manhattan West Residential Housing Series A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    1.45       11-1-2049        5,470,000        5,470,000  

New York NY Fiscal Year 2006 Series I Subordinate Bond Series I-6 (GO Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC)

    1.65       4-1-2036        5,780,000        5,780,000  

New York NY Fiscal Year 2017 Subordinate Bond Series 2017A-6 (GO Revenue, Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen SPA)

    1.64       8-1-2044        8,455,000        8,455,000  

New York NY Municipal Water Authority Series BB-1 (Water & Sewer Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company SPA)

    1.65       6-15-2049        4,100,000        4,100,000  

New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority 2nd Generation Resolution Fiscal Year 2019 Series BB (Water & Sewer Revenue, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited SPA)

    1.46       6-15-2051        10,000,000        10,000,000  

New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority Fiscal Year 2010 Series CC (Water & Sewer Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA)

    1.45       6-15-2041        1,500,000        1,500,000  

New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority Water & Sewer System Series A (Water & Sewer Revenue, Mizuho Bank Limited SPA)

    1.62       6-15-2044        6,400,000        6,400,000  

New York NY Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Tax-Exempt Bond Fiscal Year 2015 Subordinate Bond Series A-3 (Tax Revenue, Mizuho Bank Limited SPA)

    1.66       8-1-2043        8,890,000        8,890,000  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-99 New York City (Tax Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.46       8-1-2021        10,000,000        10,000,000  

Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority Series 2005B-3 (Transportation Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LOC)

    1.63       1-1-2032        4,980,000        4,980,000  
            89,465,000  
         

 

 

 

North Carolina: 2.54%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.54%

 

Charlotte Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Series 2018F (Health Revenue)

    1.45       1-15-2048        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Charlotte NC Water & Sewer Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XG0170 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.46       1-1-2026        2,430,000        2,430,000  

Greensboro NC (GO Revenue, Bank of America NA SPA)

    1.38       4-1-2019        50,000        50,000  

Greensboro NC (GO Revenue, Bank of America NA SPA)

    1.38       2-1-2022        25,000        25,000  

North Carolina Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZM0105 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.46       10-1-2055        2,250,500        2,250,500  

North Carolina Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-ZF2490 (Airport Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.46       7-1-2042        3,750,000        3,750,000  

Raleigh Durham NC Airport Series C (Airport Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    1.40       5-1-2036        4,800,000        4,800,000  

University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Series 2009- A (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA SPA)

    1.43       2-1-2024        1,400,000        1,400,000  
            22,705,500  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Ohio: 7.77%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 7.77%

 

Montgomery County OH Catholic Health Initiatives Series A (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.65     5-1-2034      $     13,565,000      $ 13,565,000  

Ohio Capital Facilities Lease Adult Correctional Building Fund Series C (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    1.65       10-1-2036        10,800,000        10,800,000  

Ohio Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Series 2018-BAML5002 (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC, National Insured, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.46       4-1-2026        18,000,000        18,000,000  

Ohio Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-XF2438 (Education Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.46       12-1-2024        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Ohio Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XL0074 (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.63       8-1-2024        5,580,000        5,580,000  

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-110 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.46       10-1-2020        10,000,000        10,000,000  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Northeast Regional Ohio Sewer District Wastewater Series 2015-XF0225 (Water & Sewer Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.46       3-1-2021        9,375,000        9,375,000  
            69,320,000  
         

 

 

 

Other: 1.82%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.82%

 

Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-54 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    1.48       2-15-2028        14,990,000        14,990,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M-031 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    1.46       12-15-2045        980,000        980,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M-033 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    1.46       3-15-2049        310,000        310,000  
            16,280,000  
         

 

 

 

Pennsylvania: 1.76%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.76%

 

Allegheny County PA Hospital Development Authority Series E (Health Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.70       4-1-2022        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Butler County PA Hospital Authority Series A (Health Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA LOC)

    1.46       10-1-2042        700,000        700,000  

Pennsylvania Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016 ZF0504 (Water & Sewer Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.58       8-15-2042        4,875,000        4,875,000  

Pennsylvania Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-YX1089 (GO Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.45       3-1-2035        2,540,000        2,540,000  

Southcentral Pennsylvania General Authority WellSpan Health Obliged Group Series 2014A Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-ZM0081 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.46       6-1-2044        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Westmoreland County PA Municipal Authority Service Series 2016 Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-ZF0539 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Build America Mutual Assurance Company Insured, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.58       8-15-2038        2,615,000        2,615,000  
            15,730,000  
         

 

 

 

Rhode Island: 1.12%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.12%

 

Narragansett Bay RI Commission Wastewater System Series 2013-A Tender Option Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2016-XM0140 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.48       9-1-2020        10,000,000        10,000,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

South Carolina: 2.41%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.41%

 

Columbia SC Waterworks Series 2009 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking LOC)

    1.43     2-1-2038      $ 1,760,000      $ 1,760,000  

Greenville SC Health System Hospital Series 2014-B Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2015-XF0145 (Health Revenue, TD Bank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.53       5-30-2022        8,020,000        8,020,000  

South Carolina Educational Facilities Authority for Private Non-Profit Institutions Higher Learning Educational Facilities Spartanburg Methodist Series 2005 (Education Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    1.44       8-1-2025        2,440,000        2,440,000  

South Carolina Jobs EDA Institutional Business & Home Safety Project Series 2009 (Industrial Development Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    1.46       11-1-2034        1,265,000        1,265,000  

South Carolina Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Patriots Energy Group Financing Agency Series 2018-XM0690 (Utilities Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.47       10-1-2022        8,000,000        8,000,000  
            21,485,000  
         

 

 

 

Tennessee: 1.65%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.65%

 

Sevier County TN Public Building Authority Local Government Public Improvement Series 6-A1 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust SPA)

    1.44       6-1-2029        3,560,000        3,560,000  

Shelby County TN Health Educational & Housing Facilities Board Methodist Le Bonheur Series B (Health Revenue, AGM Insured, U.S. Bank NA SPA)

    1.62       6-1-2042        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Shelby County TN HEFA Multifamily Housing Hedgerow Apartments Series A-1 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    1.43       12-15-2037        7,210,000        7,210,000  
            14,770,000  
         

 

 

 

Texas: 7.72%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 7.72%

 

Bexar County TX Housing Finance Corporation Palisades Park Apartments Project Series 2009 (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    1.51       9-1-2039        3,800,000        3,800,000  

Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation BASF Corporation Project Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue, BASF SE)

    1.50       7-1-2022        4,900,000        4,900,000  

Dickinson TX Independent School District Unlimited Tax School House Refunding Bond Series 2000 (GO Revenue, Societe Generale LIQ)

    1.69       2-15-2028            12,680,000        12,680,000  

Harris County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Children’s Hospital Project Series 2009 Citigroup ROC Series 11821 (Health Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.49       5-1-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Harris County TX Series 3060X (Transportation Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.45       8-15-2038        9,190,000        9,190,000  

Houston TX Adjustable Refunding Bond First Lien B-3 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking LOC)

    1.43       5-15-2034        3,000,000        3,000,000  

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

    1.50       6-1-2041        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Port Corpus Christi TX Solid Waste Disposal Flint Hills Resources Project Series 2002-B (Resource Recovery Revenue, Flint Hills Resources LLC)

    1.44       7-1-2029        4,200,000        4,200,000  

Tarrant County TX Cultural Educational Facilities Finance Corporation Christus Health Series 2008-C2 (Health Revenue, Bank of New York Mellon LOC)

    1.46       7-1-2047        6,405,000        6,405,000  

Texas Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XG0164 (GO Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    1.47       2-1-2048        2,795,000        2,795,000  

Texas Veterans Bonds Series 2018 (GO Revenue, FHLB LIQ)

    1.45       12-1-2049        14,985,000        14,985,000  
            68,955,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Utah: 0.64%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.64%

 

Utah Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XG0171 (Health Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.49     11-15-2022      $ 3,000,000      $ 3,000,000  

Utah Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2017-ZF0540 (Airport Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.63       1-1-2025        2,700,000        2,700,000  
            5,700,000  
         

 

 

 

Vermont: 0.29%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.29%

 

Vermont Educational & Health Buildings Financing Agency Landmark College Project Series 2008-A (Education Revenue, TD Bank NA LOC)

    1.67       7-1-2033        2,630,000        2,630,000  
         

 

 

 

Virginia: 0.55%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.55%

 

Virginia Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-XG0143 (Transportation Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.45       5-1-2025        4,920,000        4,920,000  
         

 

 

 

Washington: 1.92%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.92%

 

Washington Housing Finance Commission Kitts Corner Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    1.51       9-1-2049        7,150,000        7,150,000  

Washington Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2018-XM0681 (Tax Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    1.49       7-1-2026        10,000,000        10,000,000  
            17,150,000  
         

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 5.13%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.13%

 

Appleton WI Recovery Zone Facilities Foremost Farms Project Series 2010 (Industrial Development Revenue, CoBank ACB LOC)

    1.44       5-1-2037            20,200,000        20,200,000  

Milwaukee WI RDA Wisconsin Montessori Society (Education Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    1.80       7-1-2021        275,000        275,000  

University Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority Revenue Various Refunding Bond Series 2018 C (Health Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA SPA)

    1.63       4-1-2048        2,285,000        2,285,000  

Wisconsin PFA Midwestern Disaster Area Program Series 2011 (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    1.44       9-1-2036        3,265,000        3,265,000  

Wisconsin Residual Interest Bond Floater Trust Certificates Series 2018-022 (GO Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.46       5-1-2036        14,000,000        14,000,000  

Wisconsin Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XF2634 (Health Revenue, Credit Suisse LIQ) 144A

    1.48       8-15-2025        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Wisconsin Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2015-XF0127 (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.61       10-1-2020        3,815,000        3,815,000  
            45,840,000  
         

 

 

 

Wyoming: 1.49%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.49%

 

Wyoming Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018 -XL0070 (Utilities Revenue, Build America Mutual Assurance Company Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.46       1-1-2025        13,330,000        13,330,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $881,490,500)

 

     881,490,500  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     19  

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Other: 1.12%

 

Nuveen AMT Free Quality Municipal Income Fund Variable Rate Demand Series 4-4895 (Barclays Bank NA LIQ) ø

    1.52     9-11-2026      $     10,000,000      $ 10,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Other (Cost $10,000,000)

 

     10,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements: 1.12%

 

Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $10,000,708 ^^

    2.55       2-1-2019        10,000,000        10,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $10,000,000)

 

     10,000,000  
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $901,490,500)     100.98        901,490,500  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (0.98        (8,772,199
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 892,718,301  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

ø

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

 

144A

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

 

%%

The security is issued on a when-issued basis.

 

##

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

 

^^

Collateralized by U.S. government securities, 1.75% to 7.25% , 12-31-2020 to 8-31-2025, fair value including accrued interest is $10,200,000.

Abbreviations:

 

AGC

Assured Guaranty Corporation

 

AGM

Assured Guaranty Municipal

 

AMT

Alternative minimum tax

 

BHAC

Berkshire Hathaway Assurance Corporation

 

DRIVER

Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts

 

EDA

Economic Development Authority

 

FHA

Federal Housing Administration

 

FHLB

Federal Home Loan Bank

 

FHLMC

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

 

FNMA

Federal National Mortgage Association

 

GO

General obligation

 

GNMA

Government National Mortgage Association

 

HEFA

Health & Educational Facilities Authority

 

HEFAR

Higher Education Facilities Authority Revenue

 

HFA

Housing Finance Authority

 

HFFA

Health Facilities Financing Authority

 

IDA

Industrial Development Authority

 

LIQ

Liquidity agreement

 

LOC

Letter of credit

 

MFHR

Multifamily housing revenue

 

National

National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation

 

PFA

Public Finance Authority

 

PUTTER

Puttable tax-exempt receipts

 

RDA

Redevelopment Authority

 

ROC

Reset option certificates

 

SPA

Standby purchase agreement

 

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


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20   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2019
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

  $ 901,490,500  

Cash

    156,800  

Receivable for investments sold

    305,000  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    1,777,583  

Receivable for interest

    2,506,278  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    99,819  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    906,335,980  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

    8,870,486  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    4,235,524  

Dividends payable

    163,794  

Administration fees payable

    78,883  

Management fee payable

    57,142  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    1,881  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    209,969  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    13,617,679  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 892,718,301  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 892,765,626  

Total distributable loss

    (47,325
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 892,718,301  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 101,680,121  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    101,664,955  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 131,395,140  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    131,377,563  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Premier Class

  $ 593,960,609  

Shares outstanding – Premier Class1

    593,902,863  

Net asset value per share – Premier Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 65,682,431  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    65,673,809  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

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


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Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     21  
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 12,478,037  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    1,242,067  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    245,352  

Administrator Class

    138,909  

Premier Class

    410,280  

Service Class

    77,715  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    278,809  

Administrator Class

    138,909  

Service Class

    161,906  

Custody and accounting fees

    59,374  

Professional fees

    43,110  

Registration fees

    168,795  

Shareholder report expenses

    37,193  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    22,112  

Other fees and expenses

    23,566  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    3,048,097  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (629,493
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    2,418,604  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    10,059,433  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    38,078  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 10,097,511  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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22   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2019
    Year ended
January 31, 20181
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 10,059,433       $ 3,119,381  

Net realized gains on investments

      38,078         242,126  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      10,097,511         3,361,507  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

       

Class A

      (983,009       (437,260

Administrator Class

      (1,676,616       (967,766

Premier Class

      (6,724,447       (1,593,967

Service Class

      (680,815       (362,319
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (10,064,887       (3,361,312
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    35,451,170       35,451,170       31,603,673       31,603,673  

Administrator Class

    66,742,195       66,742,195       34,823,759       34,823,759  

Premier Class

    1,042,791,893       1,042,791,893       535,069,869       535,069,869  

Service Class

    9,248,032       9,248,032       5,485,972       5,485,972  
 

 

 

 
      1,154,233,290         606,983,273  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    958,425       958,425       427,597       427,597  

Administrator Class

    1,643,597       1,643,597       947,752       947,752  

Premier Class

    5,170,672       5,170,672       1,256,482       1,256,482  

Service Class

    226,056       226,056       126,990       126,990  
 

 

 

 
      7,998,750         2,758,821  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (54,253,118     (54,253,118     (48,207,213     (48,207,213

Administrator Class

    (69,954,513     (69,954,513     (58,251,726     (58,251,726

Premier Class

    (793,365,730     (793,365,730     (302,887,004     (302,887,004

Service Class

    (10,252,475     (10,252,475     (12,622,551     (12,622,551
 

 

 

 
      (927,825,836       (421,968,494
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      234,406,204         187,773,600  
 

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

      234,438,828         187,773,795  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      658,279,473         470,505,678  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 892,718,301       $ 658,279,473  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the SEC prospectively eliminated the requirement to parenthetically disclose undistributed net investment income at the end of the period and permitted the aggregation of distributions, with the exception of tax basis returns of capital. Overdistributed net investment income at January 31, 2018 was $80,187. The disaggregated distributions information for the year ended January 31, 2018 is included in Note 5, Distributions to Shareholders, in the notes to the financial statements.

 

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


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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     23  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    0.89     0.35     0.13     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.66     0.68     0.65     0.63     0.63

Net expenses

    0.61     0.64     0.39     0.08     0.08

Net investment income

    0.88     0.30     0.02     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $101,680       $119,524       $135,704       $172,725       $123,525  

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.21     0.69     0.33     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.39     0.41     0.40     0.36     0.36

Net expenses

    0.30     0.30     0.27     0.08     0.08

Net investment income

    1.21     0.64     0.22     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $131,395       $132,964       $155,448       $179,171       $191,766  

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
PREMIER CLASS1   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.01       0.00 2        0.00 2        0.00 2   

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 2        0.00 2        0.00 2        0.00 2        0.00 2   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.01       0.00 2        0.00 2        0.00 2   

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.01     (0.00 )2       (0.00 )2       (0.00 )2  

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.01     (0.00 )2       (0.00 )2       (0.00 )2  

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.31     0.79     0.41     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.27     0.28     0.25     0.24     0.24

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.18     0.08     0.08

Net investment income

    1.31     0.79     0.18     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $593,961       $339,331       $105,881       $1,677,748       $2,269,187  

 

 

 

 

1 

Effective April 1, 2016, Institutional Class was renamed Premier Class.

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.01       0.00 1        0.00 1        0.00 1   

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 1        0.00 1        0.00 1        0.00 1        0.00 1   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.01       0.00 1        0.00 1        0.00 1   

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.01     (0.00 )1       (0.00 )1       (0.00 )1  

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.01     (0.00 )1       (0.00 )1       (0.00 )1  

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.06     0.54     0.20     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.56     0.58     0.54     0.53     0.52

Net expenses

    0.45     0.45     0.32     0.08     0.08

Net investment income

    1.05     0.49     0.03     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $65,682       $66,460       $73,472       $162,593       $139,915  

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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Notes to financial statements   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund     27  

1. ORGANIZATION

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

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Securities valuation

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

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

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. Repurchase agreements are agreements where the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain a market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.

Security transactions and income recognition

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

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

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. Such distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may be categorized as a tax return of capital at year end.


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Federal and other taxes

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

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

As of January 31, 2019, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

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

 

 

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

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2019:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Municipal obligations

   $ 0      $ 881,490,500      $ 0      $ 881,490,500  

Other

     0        10,000,000        0        10,000,000  

Repurchase agreements

     0        10,000,000        0        10,000,000  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 901,490,500      $ 0      $ 901,490,500  

Additional sector, industry or geographic detail is included in the Portfolio of Investments.

At January 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement.


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Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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

Administration fees

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

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

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Class A

     0.22

Administrator Class

     0.10  

Premier Class

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. When each class of the Fund has exceeded its expense cap, Funds Management has waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses; otherwise, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.60% for Class A shares, 0.30% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Premier Class shares, and 0.45% for Service Class shares. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Prior to June 1, 2018, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 0.64% for Class A shares.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

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

Interfund transactions

The Fund may purchase or sell portfolio investment securities to certain other Wells Fargo affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act and under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that these interfund transactions, which do not incur broker commissions, are effected at current market prices. Pursuant to these procedures, the Fund had $691,025,000 and $498,260,000 in interfund purchases and sales, respectively, during the year ended January 31, 2019.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Year ended January 31  
     2019      2018  

Ordinary income

   $ 722,557      $ 284,906  

Tax-exempt income

     9,342,088        2,909,850  

Long-term capital gain

     242        166,556  


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30   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

As of January 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed

ordinary

income

  

Undistributed

tax-exempt

income

  

Undistributed

long-term

gain

$18,353    $159,558    $14,513

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to separately state the components of distributions to shareholders under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The amounts of distributions to shareholders for the year ended January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Net investment
income
       Net realized
gains
 

Class A

     $382,804          $54,456  

Administrator Class

     905,450          62,316  

Premier Class

     1,498,368          95,599  

Service Class

     332,806          29,513  

6. INDEMNIFICATION

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

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 updates the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by modifying or removing certain disclosures and adding certain new disclosures. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Management has adopted the removal and modification of disclosures early, as permitted, and will adopt the additional new disclosures at the effective date.


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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of January 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of January 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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Boston, Massachusetts

March 27, 2019


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32   Wells Fargo National Tax-Free Money Market Fund   Other information (unaudited)

TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $242 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $704,002 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $5,212 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, 92.87% of distributions paid from net investment income is designated as exempt-interest dividends for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 152 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or
investment company
directorships

William R. Ebsworth

(Born 1957)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief investment officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Audit Committee Chair and Investment Committee Chair of the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization). Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder.   N/A

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2015;
Chair Liaison, since 2018
  Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of The Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization). She is also an inactive Chartered Financial Analyst.   N/A

Isaiah Harris, Jr.3

(Born 1952)

  Trustee, since 2009;
Audit Committee
Chairman, since 2019
  Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (private school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   CIGNA Corporation
Judith M. Johnson3 (Born 1949)   Trustee, since 2008;
Audit Committee
Chairman, from 2009 to 2018
  Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant.   N/A

David F. Larcker

(Born 1950)

  Trustee, since 2009   James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.   N/A


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Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or
investment company
directorships

Olivia S. Mitchell

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2006; Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman, since 2018   International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993.   N/A

Timothy J. Penny

(Born 1951)

  Trustee, since 1996; Chairman, since 2018; Vice Chairman, from 2017 to 2018   President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.   N/A

James G. Polisson

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Retired. Chief Marketing Officer, Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd, from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to 2015, Principal of The Polisson Group, LLC, a management consulting, corporate advisory and principal investing company. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Russell Investments, Global Exchange Traded Funds from 2010 to 2012. Managing Director of Barclays Global Investors from 1998 to 2010 and Global Chief Marketing Officer for iShares and Barclays Global Investors from 2000 to 2010. Trustee of the San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute, a non-profit organization, from 2013 to 2015. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Fund Trust from 2011 to 2012. Director of Barclays Global Investors Holdings Deutschland GmbH from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Polisson is an attorney and has a retired status with the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations.   N/A

Pamela Wheelock

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Board member of the Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Rochester, Minnesota since 2019. Chief Operating Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity from 2017 to 2019. Vice President of University Services, University of Minnesota from 2012 to 2016. Prior thereto, on the Board of Directors, Governance Committee and Finance Committee for the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners (Saint Paul Foundation) from 2012 to 2018, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2011 to 2012, Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2012 and Board Director from 2003 to 2015. Vice President, Leadership and Community Engagement, Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota (a private foundation) from 2009 to 2011. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Sports and Entertainment from 2004 to 2009 and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2004. Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Wild Foundation from 2004 to 2008. Commissioner of Finance, State of Minnesota, from 1999 to 2002. Currently Board Chair of the Minnesota Wild Foundation since 2010.   N/A

 

*

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


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Officers

 

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

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(Born 1967)

  Treasurer, since 2012   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary, since 2018; Chief Legal Officer, since 2018   Senior Company Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018 (previously Senior Counsel from 2007 to 2018). Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from 2008 to 2014.    

Michael H. Whitaker

(Born 1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

David Berardi

(Born 1975)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

 

1 

Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 76 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex.

2 

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

3 

Mr. Harris became Chairman of the Audit Committee effective January 1, 2019.


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More information about Wells Fargo Funds is available free upon request. To obtain literature, please write, visit the Fund’s website, or call:

Wells Fargo Funds

P.O. Box 219967

Kansas City, MO 64121-9967

Website: wellsfargofunds.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275

Institutional investment professionals: 1-866-765-0778

 

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

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is the trade name for certain investment advisory/management firms owned by Wells Fargo & Company. These firms include but are not limited to Wells Capital Management Incorporated and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Certain products managed by WFAM entities are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (a broker/dealer and Member FINRA).

This material is for general informational and educational purposes only and is NOT intended to provide investment advice or a recommendation of any kind—including a recommendation for any specific investment, strategy, or plan.

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Annual Report

January 31, 2019

 

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Institutional Money Market Funds

 

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Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by new regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Wells Fargo Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports issued after this date will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically at any time by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by enrolling at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports; if you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-222-8222. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all Wells Fargo Funds held in your account with your financial intermediary or, if you are a direct investor, to all Wells Fargo Funds that you hold.

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    16  

Statement of operations

    17  

Statement of changes in net assets

    18  

Financial highlights

    19  

Notes to financial statements

    23  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    27  

Other information

    28  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2019. An upward trend for short-term interest rates, inflation concerns, trade tensions, and geopolitical events contributed to investment market volatility throughout the year.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 fell 2.31% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 declined 12.58%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net),3 emerging market stocks lost 14.24%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 2.25% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 fell 3.26%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 3.26%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 1.57%.

A move to normalize U.S. monetary policy influenced markets.

Through January 2018, the S&P 500 Index and MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) delivered positive returns every month for more than a year. In February 2018, that streak ended. The S&P 500 Index fell 3.69% during February and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) dropped 4.72%. For the quarter, the S&P 500 Index recorded its first negative quarterly return since 2014. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) fell 1.18% for the quarter.

During the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) sought to normalize accommodative monetary policies in place since the 2008 global financial crisis and recession. Short-term interest rates, as measured by U.S. Treasury bills—maturities ranging from 3 to 12 months—increased an average of 89 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). Rates for 10-year and 30-year Treasuries increased 17 bps and 18 bps, respectively. Slower growth of long-term rates raised concerns for a flattening yield curve, sometimes associated with recessions. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps in March 2018 to a target range of between 1.50% and 1.75%. The Bank of England (BOE) indicated a bias to increase rates later in 2018. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) maintained low interest rates.

Global trade tensions heightened investor concerns.

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018. A tit-for-tat tariff spat intensified between the U.S. and other governments. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 1.75% and 2.00% in June. Market index results reflected the global concerns. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) lost 2.61% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index dropped 4.76%.

 

 

 

1

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure large- and mid-cap equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI EM Index (Net) consists of the following 24 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

4

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

 

5 

The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

6 

The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

7

The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.


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

Not all news was bad. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) annualized growth of 4.2%. Hiring improved. Employment data remained strong. Consumer confidence and spending increased. The S&P 500 Index recorded a 3.43% second-quarter gain. Stocks of companies with smaller capitalizations were even better, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index,8 adding 7.75%.

Investors appeared to shake off lingering concerns during the third quarter.

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors. U.S. trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada progressed. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®9 reached its highest level in 18 years during September. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.00% and 2.25% in September. For the quarter that ended September 30, 2018, the S&P 500 Index added 7.71%.

Investors in international markets were not as reassured. Tensions between the U.S. and China increased. The U.S. imposed $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. China reacted with $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. Economic growth in China caused concern. The BOE raised its monetary policy rate to 0.75% in August. During the quarter, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 0.71%. The MSCI EM Index (Net) declined 1.09%. In fixed-income markets, U.S. bonds were flat, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index fell 1.74%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets during the fourth quarter.

For the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), negative stock market performance during October and December bracketed positive November returns. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year.

November’s U.S. mid-term elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that third-quarter U.S. GDP grew at an annualized 3.4% rate, solid, but lower than the second quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The PBOC cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes even as the value of the yuan declined to low levels last seen in 2008.

After the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% in December—the ninth such increase since the Fed began three years ago to raise rates from near zero—it softened its outlook for further interest rate increases in 2019.

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investors entered 2019 with reasons to be concerned. A partial U.S government shutdown driven by partisan spending and immigration policy disputes extended into January. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX10.

 

 

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors.

 

 

 

 

 

8 

The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

9 

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® measures the degree of optimism on the state of the U.S. economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

10 

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX) is a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 Index options. It represents one measure of the market’s expectation of stock market volatility over the next 30-day period. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month that ended January 31, 2019, its best monthly performance in 30 years. Returns for the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index also were positive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

    

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222.


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

Investment objective

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

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadvisers

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Wells Capital Management Singapore

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2019

 

              Expense ratios1 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Administrator Class (WFAXX)   7-31-2003     1.91       0.65       0.36       0.38       0.35  
 
Institutional Class (WFIXX)   10-14-1987     2.04       0.74       0.44       0.26       0.20  
 
Select Class (WFQXX)   6-29-2007     2.11       0.81       0.51       0.22       0.13  
 
Service Class (NWIXX)   10-14-1987     1.73       0.54       0.29       0.55       0.50  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20192

 

   

Administrator

Class

 

Institutional

Class

   

Select

Class

   

Service

Class

 
7-day current yield   2.35     2.48       2.55       2.18  
7-day compound yield   2.38     2.51       2.58       2.20  
30-day simple yield   2.35     2.48       2.55       2.17  
30-day compound yield   2.37     2.50       2.58       2.20  

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

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

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

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund     7  
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20193
LOGO
Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20193
LOGO
 

 

Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20194

18 Days

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20195

53 Days

    

 

 

 

 

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

 

1 

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

 

2 

The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2019, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at the amounts shown. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 2.31%, 2.43%, 2.47%, and 2.14% for Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Select Class, and Service Class, respectively. The expense ratio paid by an investor is the net expense ratio (the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers) as stated in the prospectuses.

 

3 

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

 

4 

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

 

5 

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

 

6 

Crane Data LLC is a money market and mutual fund information company that collects, tracks, and maintains data about money markets, money market mutual funds based on types of funds, bank savings, and cash investments. The data includes performance, statistics, and related information. Crane Data LLC distributes rankings, news, and indexes, including the Crane Prime Institutional Money Market Index, based on the data. Crane Data publishes Money Fund Intelligence, Money Fund Intelligence XLS, Money Fund Wisdom, the Crane Money Fund Indexes, and other products.


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

MANAGERS’ DISCUSSION

For most of the reporting period, continued economic improvement allowed the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to remove policy accommodation on a fairly predictable quarterly basis. The U.S. economy achieved above-trend growth, low unemployment, and moderating inflation at the same time as fiscal policy was proving to be an economic tailwind. The FOMC’s Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) through September reflected this scenario and provided the market with some clarity as to the path of future interest rate policy. However, the economic landscape changed in the fourth quarter as the U.S. engaged in various trade wars, the midterm elections disrupted the legislative composition, and financial conditions tightened. These factors began softening economic data and confidence, leading to increased volatility in risk assets. At the conclusion of the FOMC policy meeting on December 19, 2018, the federal funds target rate was raised to a target range of between 2.25% to 2.50% while the rate of interest on excess reserves (IOER) was increased by only 20 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) to 2.40%. That was the second time the IOER rate was increased 5 bps less than the increase in the target rate in an effort to keep the effective federal funds rate from drifting to the upper level of the target range.

In the accompanying SEP, the FOMC provided insight on its view of the economy, inflation, and the corresponding monetary policy expected over the next few years. And the December projections did not disappoint market observers, with the FOMC marginally decreasing its outlook on growth and inflation and correspondingly lowering the glide path for its target rate, decreasing its median outlook for interest rate hikes in 2019 from three to two (2.875%). Comparing the September and December target rate projections, the longer-term section points to an expectation of the eventual neutral rate being marginally lower at 2.75% and lowered 2020 and 2021 median interest rate expectations at 3.125%. On the growth front, the 2019 median gross domestic product projection edged down 0.2% to 2.3% while 2020 and 2021 growth projections remained unchanged at 2.0% and 1.8%, respectively. Core inflation in the 2019 to 2021 projections all declined 0.1% to 2.0%. The lower expectations for interest rates in the next three years show the FOMC members are less concerned regarding the potential for inflationary pressures and more focused on balancing a somewhat softer economy. In fact, the statement released at the conclusion of the January 2019 FOMC meeting removed the wording of “some further gradual increases,” citing increasing downside risk from abroad, weaker domestic data, and tighter financial conditions.

As the FOMC’s expectations for rate increases moved lower, the market expectations for federal funds rate increases, as measured by federal funds futures, moved even lower still. Market participants are barely pricing in any rate hike in 2019 and may even be starting to prepare for a possible rate cut toward the end of 2019 and into 2020. The U.S. Federal Reserve will have plenty of opportunities to adjust expectations starting in 2019 as Chair Jerome Powell will conduct a press conference after each FOMC meeting instead of only quarterly. On the heels of the FOMC lowering its economic and inflation projections, risk assets underperformed and U.S. equities are teetering near bear-market territory.

The rise in short rates has brought not only attention but perhaps also nontraditional money market investors (those who typically invest in longer-term debt or equities) into the short end of the market. The Crane Prime Institutional Money Market Index, maintained by Crane Data LLC6, was up over $61 billion during the period, with all prime assets up over $152 billion. Investors reexamining this product are realizing that the changes implemented from the 2010 money market reform have made a material difference in the construction of prime money market fund portfolios. The added liquidity requirements and maturity restrictions have had a beneficial impact on dampening net asset value (NAV) volatility even as the FOMC continued to raise rates and credit spreads widened. In addition, added transparency of holdings can provide a daily view of the portfolio construction process and allow shareholders to assess portfolio risks.

Strategic outlook

The FOMC has pivoted from a gradually removing accommodation outlook to a data-dependent stance requiring what it terms as “patience.” Going forward, money market investors should continue to look toward the FOMC and other market indicators for future rate guidance. As we get more clarity as to the end of the tightening cycle, money market participants may look to extend weighted average maturities (WAMs) to capture higher yields. Our strategy of emphasizing highly liquid portfolios, relatively short WAMs, and a position in securities that reset frequently allows us to capture elevated London Interbank Offered Rate levels with minimal NAV pricing pressures and afford the flexibility to add longer-dated securities as opportunities arise.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Fund expenses (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund     9  

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

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

 

    

Beginning

account value

8-1-2018

    

Ending

account value

1-31-2019

    

Expenses

paid during

the period¹

    

Annualized net

expense ratio

 

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,010.67      $ 1.67        0.33

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.54      $ 1.68        0.33

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,011.33      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20      $ 1.02        0.20

Select Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,011.68      $ 0.66        0.13

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.55      $ 0.66        0.13

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,009.80      $ 2.53        0.50

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.68      $ 2.55        0.50

 

 

1 

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


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10   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Certificates of Deposit: 18.57%

         

Bank of Montreal (1 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.66     3-12-2019      $     10,000,000      $ 10,001,850  

Bank of Montreal (1 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±

    2.73       10-4-2019        7,000,000        7,000,917  

Bank of Montreal (3 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±

    2.99       12-10-2019        9,000,000        9,008,951  

Bank of Nova Scotia (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.71       8-14-2019        7,000,000        6,999,230  

Bank of Nova Scotia (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±

    2.89       9-16-2019        3,000,000        3,001,078  

Canadian Imperial Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.74       5-1-2019        10,000,000        10,003,781  

Canadian Imperial Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.94       1-30-2020        10,000,000        10,007,744  

China Construction Bank Corporation NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    2.76       7-19-2019        15,000,000        14,999,997  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (3 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    3.06       4-3-2019        8,000,000        8,002,471  

First Abu Dhabi Bank

    2.38       2-1-2019        20,000,000        20,000,000  

HSBC Bank USA NA

    2.42       2-1-2019        30,000,000        30,000,000  

HSBC Bank USA NA (3 Month LIBOR +0.13%) ±

    2.73       8-9-2019        3,000,000        3,001,228  

HSBC Bank USA NA (3 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±

    2.80       5-10-2019        7,500,000        7,503,528  

Mizuho Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.71       4-10-2019        5,000,000        4,999,626  

MUFG Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±

    2.82       5-1-2019        6,000,000        6,001,269  

National Bank of Kuwait

    2.37       2-1-2019        12,450,000        12,450,000  

Nordea Bank AB (1 Month LIBOR +0.17%) ±

    2.68       6-13-2019        7,000,000        6,999,806  

Norinchukin Bank

    2.75       4-8-2019        20,000,000        20,006,464  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±

    2.65       3-13-2019        4,000,000        4,000,699  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.71       9-19-2019        6,000,000        5,998,881  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Bank AB (3 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±

    3.03       7-26-2019        6,000,000        6,007,329  

State Street Bank & Trust (1 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±

    2.78       5-15-2019        7,000,000        7,001,363  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.69       3-27-2019        8,000,000        8,001,786  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.70       3-28-2019        7,000,000        7,001,656  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±

    2.80       5-28-2019        9,000,000        9,003,775  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (3 Month LIBOR +0.12%) ±

    2.92       7-8-2019        15,000,000        15,001,160  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (3 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.93       4-18-2019        7,000,000        7,000,651  

Svenska Handelsbanken (3 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±

    3.03       10-21-2019        10,000,000        10,016,235  

Svenska Handelsbanken (3 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.95       10-2-2019        10,000,000        10,007,744  

US Bank NA (1 Month LIBOR +0.26%) ±

    2.77       7-23-2019        7,000,000        6,999,668  

Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $285,958,857)

            286,028,887  
         

 

 

 

Commercial Paper: 47.55%

         
Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 24.89%          

Alpine Securitization LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±144A

    2.68       4-1-2019        3,000,000        3,000,753  

Alpine Securitization LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.71       3-6-2019        3,000,000        3,000,652  

Alpine Securitization LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.72       6-28-2019        10,000,000        10,000,402  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.69       7-31-2019        8,000,000        8,000,000  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.71       3-8-2019        5,000,000        4,999,928  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.71       3-15-2019        10,000,000        10,002,479  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A

    2.75       5-24-2019        3,000,000        3,000,942  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A

    2.75       5-20-2019        14,000,000        13,999,494  

Atlantic Asset Securitization Corporation 144A(z)

    2.84       3-4-2019        5,000,000        4,988,511  

Bedford Row Funding Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.34%) ±144A

    2.86       6-10-2019        5,000,000        5,002,971  

Bennington Stark Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.85       4-8-2019        10,000,000        9,951,444  

Cedar Spring Capital Corporation 144A(z)

    2.52       2-6-2019        11,000,000        10,995,369  

Chesham Finance Limited 144A(z)

    2.55       2-1-2019        22,000,000        21,998,516  

Collateralized Commercial Paper II Company LLC (3 Month LIBOR +0.26%) ±144A

    3.06       12-31-2019            11,000,000        11,010,694  

Collateralized Commercial Paper II Company LLC (3 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±144A

    3.07       1-8-2020        8,000,000        8,008,689  

 

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


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

 

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.55     2-8-2019      $ 6,000,000      $ 5,996,728  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.66       2-11-2019        5,000,000        4,996,234  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.83       4-2-2019        7,000,000        6,968,995  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.85       2-27-2019        2,000,000        1,996,244  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.87       4-9-2019        8,000,000        7,960,076  

Crown Point Capital Company (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.72       3-11-2019        10,000,000        9,999,755  

Crown Point Capital Company (1 Month LIBOR +0.23%) ±144A

    2.74       5-15-2019        18,000,000        18,005,154  

Great Bridge Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.71       2-21-2019        11,000,000        10,983,792  

Great Bridge Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.77       2-5-2019        10,000,000        9,996,618  

Institutional Secured Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.57       2-1-2019            30,000,000        29,997,978  

Kells Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.71       2-6-2019        5,000,000        4,997,984  

Komatsu Finance America Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.49       2-7-2019        8,000,000        7,996,267  

Komatsu Finance America Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.50       2-12-2019        18,000,000        17,985,414  

Komatsu Finance America Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.50       2-19-2019        10,000,000        9,986,943  

Lexington Parker Capital Company LLC 144A(z)

    2.50       2-6-2019        8,000,000        7,996,699  

Liberty Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.72       4-18-2019        13,000,000        12,926,176  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    2.86       2-27-2019        3,000,000        2,994,366  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    2.87       2-26-2019        5,000,000        4,990,965  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    2.87       3-5-2019        4,000,000        3,990,760  

Manhattan Asset Funding Company LLC 144A(z)

    2.56       2-15-2019        5,000,000        4,994,833  

Mountcliff Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.50       2-1-2019        18,000,000        17,998,786  

Mountcliff Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A##

    2.75       8-30-2019        12,000,000        12,000,000  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corporation 144A(z)

    2.50       2-7-2019        5,560,000        5,557,373  

Old Line Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±144A

    2.70       5-13-2019        7,000,000        6,999,613  

Old Line Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±144A

    2.74       8-1-2019        4,000,000        3,999,807  

Victory Receivables Corporation 144A(z)

    2.55       2-1-2019        6,000,000        5,999,601  

White Plains Capital 144A(z)

    2.98       4-9-2019        13,083,000        13,011,186  

White Plains Capital 144A(z)

    3.02       3-5-2019        4,000,000        3,989,667  
            383,278,858  
         

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper: 17.53%

 

ASB Finance Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    3.00       4-11-2019        6,000,000        6,001,034  

Banco Santander Chile 144A(z)

    2.96       3-5-2019        7,000,000        6,982,508  

Bank of Nova Scotia (1 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±144A

    2.70       7-2-2019        6,000,000        5,999,667  

Bank of Nova Scotia (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±144A

    2.70       5-6-2019        5,000,000        5,001,069  

BNZ International Funding Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±144A

    2.69       5-20-2019        7,000,000        7,000,978  

BNZ International Funding Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±144A

    2.90       4-26-2019        6,000,000        6,001,186  

CME Group Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.50       2-12-2019        18,000,000        17,985,264  

CME Group Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.52       2-5-2019            20,000,000        19,993,394  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±144A

    2.68       5-3-2019        8,000,000        8,000,780  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1 Month LIBOR +0.21%) ±144A

    2.72       9-16-2019        5,000,000        4,999,444  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (3 Month LIBOR +0.60%) ±144A

    3.40       12-19-2019        6,000,000        6,021,437  

DBS Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±144A

    2.64       3-21-2019        7,000,000        7,001,248  

Federation des Caisses (z)

    2.50       2-1-2019        5,000,000        4,999,676  

Federation des Caisses (1 Month LIBOR +0.26%) ±144A

    2.78       2-11-2019        8,000,000        8,000,834  

Federation des Caisses (3 Month LIBOR +0.13%) ±144A

    2.81       5-22-2019        4,000,000        4,000,817  

Federation des Caisses (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±144A

    2.81       6-25-2019        8,000,000        8,003,582  

HSBC Bank plc (1 Month LIBOR +0.42%) ±144A

    2.93       5-7-2019        8,000,000        8,006,547  

ING Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    2.77       2-11-2019        8,000,000        8,000,821  

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Financial Company Commercial Paper (continued)          

Macquarie Bank Limited 144A(z)

    2.54     2-25-2019      $ 28,000,000      $ 27,951,972  

National Australia Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.72       8-2-2019        7,000,000        6,999,391  

National Australia Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±144A

    2.77       5-21-2019        6,000,000        6,002,267  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±144A

    2.75       5-10-2019        6,000,000        5,999,835  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A

    2.77       5-8-2019        4,000,000        4,001,475  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 144A(z)

    2.72       4-4-2019        15,000,000        14,935,136  

Toronto Dominion Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±144A

    2.70       5-2-2019        7,000,000        7,002,017  

Toronto Dominion Bank (1 Month LIBOR +0.37%) ±144A

    2.88       11-7-2019        7,000,000        7,007,080  

Toronto Dominion Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.21%) ±144A

    2.98       12-6-2019        8,000,000        8,007,176  

UBS AG London (3 Month LIBOR +0.08%) ±144A

    2.67       2-7-2019        10,000,000        9,999,984  

Westpac Banking Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.07%) ±144A

    2.63       8-2-2019        8,000,000        7,999,617  

Westpac Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.21%) ±144A

    2.72       9-19-2019        10,000,000        9,998,771  

Westpac Banking Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±144A%%

    2.81       5-31-2019        12,000,000        12,001,832  
            269,906,839  
         

 

 

 
Other Commercial Paper: 5.13%

 

CNPC Finance 144A(z)

    2.80       2-6-2019            13,000,000        12,994,490  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.48       2-22-2019        5,000,000        4,992,511  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.49       2-5-2019        10,000,000        9,996,713  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.50       2-4-2019        10,000,000        9,997,377  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.50       2-12-2019        10,000,000        9,991,963  

Toyota Credit Canada Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.70       7-5-2019        5,000,000        4,999,926  

Toyota Finance Australia Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.08%) ±

    2.73       2-15-2019        9,000,000        9,000,172  

Toyota Finance Australia Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.09%) ±

    2.91       3-22-2019        8,000,000        8,000,829  

Toyota Motor Finance (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±

    2.68       4-30-2019        6,000,000        6,001,408  

University of Pittsburgh

    2.72       2-1-2019        3,000,000        3,000,015  
            78,975,404  
         

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $732,083,128)

            732,161,101  
         

 

 

 

Municipal Obligations: 15.73%

         

California: 1.75%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 1.75%          

California Imperial Irrigation District Series B (Utilities Revenue)

    2.60       2-20-2019        10,000,000        9,999,665  

Orange County CA Water District Series B (Water Utilities)

    2.58       2-14-2019        8,000,000        8,000,470  

State of California Series B-5 (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    2.55       2-6-2019        9,000,000        9,000,691  
            27,000,826  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 3.63%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.63%          

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

    2.55       5-1-2052        29,505,000        29,505,000  

Colorado Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-TPG007 (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    3.01       10-29-2027        26,340,000        26,340,000  
            55,845,000  
         

 

 

 

Georgia: 2.47%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.26%          

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (Utilities Revenue)

    2.57       2-19-2019        4,000,000        4,000,037  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.21%          

Georgia Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-TPG010 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    2.79     7-1-2020      $     34,000,000      $ 34,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Illinois: 0.45%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.45%          

Illinois Housing Development Authority Series A-2 (Housing Revenue, HUD Insured, FHLB SPA)

    2.45       7-1-2048        7,000,000        7,000,000  
         

 

 

 

New Jersey: 1.17%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.17%          

Jets Stadium Development Series A-4B (Miscellaneous Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation LOC) 144A##

    2.50       4-1-2047        18,020,000        18,020,000  
         

 

 

 

New York: 1.95%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.52%          

Long Island Power Authority Series 2015 (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    2.65       3-12-2019        8,000,000        7,999,990  
         

 

 

 
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.43%          

New York HFA 222 East 44th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    2.50       5-1-2050        10,000,000        10,000,000  

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

    2.58       11-1-2049        10,000,000        10,000,000  

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

    2.81       12-1-2019        2,000,000        2,000,000  
            22,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Oregon: 0.78%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.19%          

Port of Portland International Airport Revenue Series C (Transportation Revenue)

    2.83       4-3-2019        3,000,000        3,000,383  
         

 

 

 
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.58%          

Oregon Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series ZF2515 (Miscellaneous Revenue, Bank of America NA LIQ) 144A

    2.61       5-1-2035        9,000,000        9,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Other: 2.49%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.49%          

Providence St. Joseph Health Obligation Series 12-E (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    2.50       10-1-2042        9,890,000        9,890,000  

Providence St. Joseph Health Obligation Series 16-G (Health Revenue, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi LOC)

    2.49       10-1-2047        10,000,000        10,000,000  

SSAB AB Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, DNB Banking ASA LOC)

    2.49       6-1-2035        6,000,000        6,000,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series A (Health Revenue, American AgCredit LOC)

    2.50       2-1-2056        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series B (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    2.50       2-1-2056        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Sunroad Centrum Apartments 5 LP Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.50       8-1-2056        4,400,000        4,400,000  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates (Miscellaneous Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    2.57       12-1-2027        3,000,000        3,000,000  
            38,290,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Pennsylvania: 1.04%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.04%          

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-52 Invesco Van Kampen Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    2.81     12-1-2019      $     16,000,000      $ 16,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $242,155,000)

            242,156,236  
         

 

 

 

Other: 1.95%

         

JPMorgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series T0005 related to Blackrock Municipal Income Trust (JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A§øø

    2.50       7-2-2020        30,000,000        30,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Other (Cost $30,000,000)

            30,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Other Instruments: 1.23%

         

Invesco Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund Series W-7 §

    2.56       6-1-2028        15,000,000        15,000,000  

ROC III California Crossings Chino Hills LLC Series A §øø

    2.50       1-1-2057        2,000,000        2,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Banking Limited 144A§

    2.05       3-6-2019        2,000,000        1,999,020  

Total Other Instruments (Cost $18,998,834)

            18,999,020  
         

 

 

 

Other Notes: 0.71%

         
Corporate Bonds and Notes: 0.71%          

Cellmark Incorporated Secured §

    2.49       6-1-2038        11,000,000        11,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Other Notes (Cost $11,000,000)

            11,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements ^^: 14.68%

         

Bank of America Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $70,004,997 (1)

    2.57       2-1-2019        70,000,000        70,000,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $75,005,354 (2)

    2.57       2-1-2019        75,000,000        75,000,000  

BNP Paribas, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $15,001,083 (3)

    2.60       2-1-2019        15,000,000        15,000,000  

GX Clarke & Company, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $66,004,767 (4)

    2.60       2-1-2019        66,000,000        66,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $226,000,000)

            226,000,000        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $1,546,195,819)     100.42        1,546,345,244  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (0.42        (6,435,775
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 1,539,909,469  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

±

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

 

144A

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

 

%%

The security is issued on a when-issued basis.

 

(z)

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

 

##

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

 

ø

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

 

§

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

 

øø

The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer periodically depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

^^

Collateralized by:

 

  (1)

U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 3.50%, 8-20-2042 to 10-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $72,100,000.

 

  (2)

U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 7.00%, 12-15-2023 to 1-20-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $77,247,271.

 

  (3)

U.S. government securities, 1.13% to 7.00%, 2-28-2019 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $15,435,982.

 

  (4)

U.S. government securities, 1.38% to 10.00%, 2-15-2019 to 2-1-2057, fair value including accrued interest is $67,912,043.

 

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


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Abbreviations:

 

DRIVER

Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts

 

FHLB

Federal Home Loan Bank

 

HFA

Housing Finance Authority

 

HUD

Department of Housing and Urban Development

 

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

 

LIQ

Liquidity agreement

 

LOC

Letter of credit

 

MFHR

Multifamily housing revenue

 

PUTTER

Puttable tax-exempt receipts

 

ROC

Reset option certificates

 

SPA

Standby purchase agreement

 

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


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16   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2019
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $1,320,195,819)

  $ 1,320,345,244  

Investments in repurchase agreements, at value (cost $226,000,000)

    226,000,000  

Cash

    23,319  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    120,050  

Receivable for interest

    2,162,995  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    58,475  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    1,548,710,083  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

    8,000,000  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    215,684  

Management fee payable

    114,637  

Administration fees payable

    83,041  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    1,866  

Dividends payable

    1,811  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    383,575  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    8,800,614  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 1,539,909,469  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 1,539,736,063  

Total distributable earnings

    173,406  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 1,539,909,469  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

 

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 136,125,557  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    136,059,474  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.0005  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 517,980,615  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    517,726,300  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.0005  

Net assets – Select Class

  $ 735,331,988  

Shares outstanding – Select Class1

    734,943,658  

Net asset value per share – Select Class

    $1.0005  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 150,471,309  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    150,383,538  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.0006  

 

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

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


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Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund     17  
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 31,717,113  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    2,152,302  

Administration fees

 

Administrator Class

    129,512  

Institutional Class

    389,711  

Select Class

    267,257  

Service Class

    180,090  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Administrator Class

    129,512  

Service Class

    375,188  

Custody and accounting fees

    128,529  

Professional fees

    42,001  

Registration fees

    36,580  

Shareholder report expenses

    34,795  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    11,724  

Other fees and expenses

    52,585  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    3,929,786  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (909,158
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    3,020,628  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    28,696,485  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains on investments

    18,043  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    (7,945
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    10,098  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 28,706,583  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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18   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2019
    Year ended
January 31, 20181
 

Operations

 

 

Net investment income

    $ 28,696,485       $ 19,365,262  

Net realized gains on investments

      18,043         158,568  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      (7,945       (28,138
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      28,706,583         19,495,692  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

       

Administrator Class

      (2,465,614       (1,125,792

Institutional Class

      (9,770,370       (6,993,029

Select Class

      (13,889,010       (9,764,841

Service Class

      (2,571,492       (1,481,600
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (28,696,486       (19,365,262
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

 

Administrator Class

    208,831,612       208,924,052       195,185,039       195,282,601  

Institutional Class

    1,335,820,742       1,336,437,928       1,908,490,605       1,909,455,936  

Select Class

    3,101,735,175       3,103,165,040       3,039,441,713       3,040,958,595  

Service Class

    1,098,229,467       1,098,801,000       1,296,529,040       1,297,284,224  
 

 

 

 
      5,747,328,020         6,442,981,356  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

 

Administrator Class

    2,416,281       2,417,344       1,103,656       1,104,204  

Institutional Class

    9,639,093       9,643,341       6,770,934       6,774,391  

Select Class

    13,800,113       13,806,425       9,369,322       9,374,001  

Service Class

    2,523,025       2,524,353       1,443,685       1,444,535  
 

 

 

 
      28,391,463         18,697,131  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

 

Administrator Class

    (184,686,866     (184,768,170     (205,288,879     (205,391,015

Institutional Class

    (1,467,240,930     (1,467,914,637     (2,031,635,674     (2,032,680,970

Select Class

    (3,097,745,586     (3,099,164,118     (3,204,452,986     (3,206,048,194

Service Class

    (1,137,900,078     (1,138,490,122     (1,299,975,132     (1,300,735,721
 

 

 

 
      (5,890,337,047       (6,744,855,900
 

 

 

 

Net decrease in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      (114,617,564       (283,177,413
 

 

 

 

Total decrease in net assets

      (114,607,467       (283,046,983
 

 

 

 

Net assets

   

Beginning of period

      1,654,516,936         1,937,563,919  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 1,539,909,469       $ 1,654,516,936  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the SEC prospectively eliminated the requirement to parenthetically disclose undistributed net investment income at the end of the period and permitted the aggregation of distributions, with the exception of tax basis returns of capital. Undistributed net investment income at January 31, 2018 was $5,939. The disaggregated distributions information for the year ended January 31, 2018 is included in Note 5, Distributions to Shareholders, in the notes to the financial statements.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0005       $1.0004       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0189       0.0096       0.0029       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0000 3       0.0001       0.0004       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0189       0.0097       0.0033       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0189     (0.0096     (0.0029     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0005       $1.0005       $1.0004       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.91     0.97     0.33     0.03     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.37     0.38     0.36     0.35     0.35

Net expenses

    0.33     0.33     0.33     0.26     0.19

Net investment income

    1.90     0.96     0.26     0.03     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $136,126       $109,551       $118,548       $297,396       $396,339  

 

 

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0005       $1.0004       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0202       0.0109       0.0043       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0000 3       0.0001       0.0003       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0202       0.0110       0.0046       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0202     (0.0109     (0.0042     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0005       $1.0005       $1.0004       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    2.04     1.10     0.46     0.09     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.25     0.26     0.23     0.23     0.23

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.19

Net investment income

    2.01     1.08     0.37     0.10     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $517,981       $639,823       $756,218       $5,027,125       $4,320,392  

 

 

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SELECT CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0005       $1.0004       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0209       0.0116       0.0049       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0000 3       0.0001       0.0004       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0209       0.0117       0.0053       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0209     (0.0116     (0.0049     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0005       $1.0005       $1.0004       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    2.11     1.17     0.53     0.16     0.07

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.21     0.22     0.19     0.19     0.19

Net expenses

    0.13     0.13     0.13     0.13     0.13

Net investment income

    2.08     1.14     0.44     0.16     0.07

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $735,332       $717,508       $873,167       $5,595,704       $5,889,779  

 

 

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0006       $1.0005       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0171       0.0079       0.0011       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0001       0.0001       0.0006       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0172       0.0080       0.0017       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0172     (0.0079     (0.0012     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0006       $1.0006       $1.0005       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.73     0.80     0.17     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.54     0.55     0.52     0.52     0.52

Net expenses

    0.50     0.50     0.50     0.28     0.19

Net investment income

    1.71     0.78     0.08     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $150,471       $187,635       $189,632       $1,237,014       $1,438,336  

 

 

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

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


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Notes to financial statements   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund     23  

1. ORGANIZATION

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

The Fund operates as an institutional non-government money market fund. As an institutional non-government money market fund, shareholders will transact at a floating net asset value (NAV) rounded to four decimal-places in accordance with the valuation policies below.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Securities valuation

Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service (e.g. taking into account various factors, including yields, maturities, or credit ratings) or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.

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

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. Repurchase agreements are agreements where the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain a market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.

When-issued transactions

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

Security transactions and income recognition

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

Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest


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

receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. Such distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may be categorized as a tax return of capital at year end.

Federal and other taxes

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

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

As of January 31, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $1,546,195,819 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 171,796  

Gross unrealized losses

     (22,371

Net unrealized gains

   $ 149,425  

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

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

 

 

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

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


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Notes to financial statements   Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund     25  

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2019:

 

    

Quoted prices

(Level 1)

    

Other significant

observable inputs

(Level 2)

    

Significant

unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Certificates of deposit

   $ 0      $ 286,028,887      $ 0      $ 286,028,887  

Commercial paper

     0        732,161,101        0        732,161,101  

Municipal obligations

     0        242,156,236        0        242,156,236  

Other

     0        30,000,000        0        30,000,000  

Other instruments

     0        18,999,020        0        18,999,020  

Other notes

     0        11,000,000      0      11,000,000

Repurchase agreements

     0        226,000,000        0        226,000,000  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 1,546,345,244      $ 0      $ 1,546,345,244  

Additional sector, industry or geographic detail is included in the Portfolio of Investments.

At January 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadvisers and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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

Administration fees

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

 

    

Class-level

administration fee

 

Administrator Class

     0.10

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Select Class

     0.04  

Service Class

     0.12  

 


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Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. When each class of the Fund has exceeded its expense cap, Funds Management has waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses; otherwise, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.13% for Select Class shares and 0.50% for Service Class shares. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

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

Interfund transactions

The Fund may purchase or sell portfolio investment securities to certain other Wells Fargo affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act and under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that these interfund transactions, which do not incur broker commissions, are effected at current market prices.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $28,696,486 and $19,365,262 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2018, respectively.

As of January 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed

ordinary

income

  

Unrealized

gains

$25,792    $149,425

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to separately state the components of distributions to shareholders under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The amounts of distributions to shareholders for the year ended January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Net investment
income
 

Administrator Class

     $1,125,792  

Institutional Class

     6,993,029  

Select Class

     9,764,841  

Service Class

     1,481,600  

6. INDEMNIFICATION

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

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 updates the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by modifying or removing certain disclosures and adding certain new disclosures. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Management has adopted the removal and modification of disclosures early, as permitted, and will adopt the additional new disclosures at the effective date.


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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Cash Investment Money Market Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of January 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of January 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $17,995,298 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 152 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or
investment company
directorships

William R. Ebsworth

(Born 1957)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief investment officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Audit Committee Chair and Investment Committee Chair of the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization). Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder.   N/A

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

 

Trustee, since 2015;

Chair Liaison, since 2018

  Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of The Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization). She is also an inactive Chartered Financial Analyst.   N/A

Isaiah Harris, Jr.3

(Born 1952)

  Trustee, since 2009; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2019   Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (private school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   CIGNA Corporation

Judith M. Johnson3

(Born 1949)

  Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, from 2009 to 2018   Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant.   N/A

David F. Larcker

(Born 1950)

  Trustee, since 2009   James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.   N/A


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Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or
investment company
directorships

Olivia S. Mitchell

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2006; Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman, since 2018   International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993.   N/A

Timothy J. Penny

(Born 1951)

  Trustee, since 1996; Chairman, since 2018; Vice Chairman, from 2017 to 2018   President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.   N/A

James G. Polisson

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Retired. Chief Marketing Officer, Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd, from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to 2015, Principal of The Polisson Group, LLC, a management consulting, corporate advisory and principal investing company. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Russell Investments, Global Exchange Traded Funds from 2010 to 2012. Managing Director of Barclays Global Investors from 1998 to 2010 and Global Chief Marketing Officer for iShares and Barclays Global Investors from 2000 to 2010. Trustee of the San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute, a non-profit organization, from 2013 to 2015. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Fund Trust from 2011 to 2012. Director of Barclays Global Investors Holdings Deutschland GmbH from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Polisson is an attorney and has a retired status with the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations.   N/A

Pamela Wheelock

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Board member of the Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Rochester, Minnesota since 2019. Chief Operating Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity from 2017 to 2019. Vice President of University Services, University of Minnesota from 2012 to 2016. Prior thereto, on the Board of Directors, Governance Committee and Finance Committee for the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners (Saint Paul Foundation) from 2012 to 2018, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2011 to 2012, Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2012 and Board Director from 2003 to 2015. Vice President, Leadership and Community Engagement, Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota (a private foundation) from 2009 to 2011. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Sports and Entertainment from 2004 to 2009 and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2004. Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Wild Foundation from 2004 to 2008. Commissioner of Finance, State of Minnesota, from 1999 to 2002. Currently Board Chair of the Minnesota Wild Foundation since 2010.   N/A

 

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


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Officers

 

Name and

year of birth

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

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(Born 1967)

  Treasurer, since 2012   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary, since 2018; Chief Legal Officer, since 2018   Senior Company Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018 (previously Senior Counsel from 2007 to 2018). Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from 2008 to 2014.    

Michael H. Whitaker

(Born 1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

David Berardi

(Born 1975)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1

Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 76 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2

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

 

3 

Mr. Harris became Chairman of the Audit Committee effective January 1, 2019.


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P.O. Box 219967

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Annual Report

January 31, 2019

 

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Institutional Money Market Funds

 

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Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by new regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Wells Fargo Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports issued after this date will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically at any time by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by enrolling at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports; if you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-222-8222. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all Wells Fargo Funds held in your account with your financial intermediary or, if you are a direct investor, to all Wells Fargo Funds that you hold.

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    17  

Statement of operations

    18  

Statement of changes in net assets

    19  

Financial highlights

    20  

Notes to financial statements

    24  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    28  

Other information

    29  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2019. An upward trend for short-term interest rates, inflation concerns, trade tensions, and geopolitical events contributed to investment market volatility throughout the year.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 fell 2.31% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 declined 12.58%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net),3 emerging market stocks lost 14.24%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 2.25% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 fell 3.26%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 3.26%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 1.57%.

A move to normalize U.S. monetary policy influenced markets.

Through January 2018, the S&P 500 Index and MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) delivered positive returns every month for more than a year. In February 2018, that streak ended. The S&P 500 Index fell 3.69% during February and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) dropped 4.72%. For the quarter, the S&P 500 Index recorded its first negative quarterly return since 2014. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) fell 1.18% for the quarter.

During the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) sought to normalize accommodative monetary policies in place since the 2008 global financial crisis and recession. Short-term interest rates, as measured by U.S. Treasury bills—maturities ranging from 3 to 12 months—increased an average of 89 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). Rates for 10-year and 30-year Treasuries increased 17 bps and 18 bps, respectively. Slower growth of long-term rates raised concerns for a flattening yield curve, sometimes associated with recessions. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps in March 2018 to a target range of between 1.50% and 1.75%. The Bank of England (BOE) indicated a bias to increase rates later in 2018. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) maintained low interest rates.

Global trade tensions heightened investor concerns.

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018. A tit-for-tat tariff spat intensified between the U.S. and other governments. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 1.75% and 2.00% in June. Market index results reflected the global concerns. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) lost 2.61% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index dropped 4.76%.

 

 

 

1

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure large- and mid-cap equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI EM Index (Net) consists of the following 24 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

4

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

 

5 

The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

7

The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.


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

Not all news was bad. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) annualized growth of 4.2%. Hiring improved. Employment data remained strong. Consumer confidence and spending increased. The S&P 500 Index recorded a 3.43% second-quarter gain. Stocks of companies with smaller capitalizations were even better, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index,8 adding 7.75%.

Investors appeared to shake off lingering concerns during the third quarter.

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors. U.S. trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada progressed. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®9 reached its highest level in 18 years during September. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.00% and 2.25% in September. For the quarter that ended September 30, 2018, the S&P 500 Index added 7.71%.

Investors in international markets were not as reassured. Tensions between the U.S. and China increased. The U.S. imposed $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. China reacted with $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. Economic growth in China caused concern. The BOE raised its monetary policy rate to 0.75% in August. During the quarter, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 0.71%. The MSCI EM Index (Net) declined 1.09%. In fixed-income markets, U.S. bonds were flat, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index fell 1.74%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets during the fourth quarter.

For the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), negative stock market performance during October and December bracketed positive November returns. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year.

November’s U.S. mid-term elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that third-quarter U.S. GDP grew at an annualized 3.4% rate, solid, but lower than the second quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The PBOC cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes even as the value of the yuan declined to low levels last seen in 2008.

After the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% in December—the ninth such increase since the Fed began three years ago to raise rates from near zero—it softened its outlook for further interest rate increases in 2019.

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investors entered 2019 with reasons to be concerned. A partial U.S government shutdown driven by partisan spending and immigration policy disputes extended into January. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX10.

 

 

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

9 

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® measures the degree of optimism on the state of the U.S. economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

10 

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX) is a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 Index options. It represents one measure of the market’s expectation of stock market volatility over the next 30-day period. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month that ended January 31, 2019, its best monthly performance in 30 years. Returns for the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index also were positive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

    

 

 

 

 

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

Investment objective

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

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadvisers

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Wells Capital Management Singapore

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2019

 

              Expense ratios(%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Administrator Class (SHMXX)   6-29-1995     1.91       0.64       0.35       0.40       0.35  
 
Institutional Class (SHIXX)   3-31-2000     2.04       0.73       0.43       0.28       0.20  
 
Select Class (WFJXX)   6-29-2007     2.11       0.80       0.50       0.24       0.13  
 
Service Class (WHTXX)3   6-30-2010     1.81       0.58       0.32       0.57       0.43  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20192

 

    Administrator
Class
  Institutional
Class
    Select
Class
    Service
Class
 
7-day current yield   2.36     2.49       2.56       2.26  
7-day compound yield   2.39     2.52       2.59       2.29  
30-day simple yield   2.35     2.48       2.55       2.25  
30-day compound yield   2.38     2.51       2.58       2.28  

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

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

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

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund     7  
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20194
LOGO

 

Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20194
LOGO
 

 

Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20195

19 days

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20196

65 days

    

 

 

 

 

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

 

1 

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

 

2 

The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2019, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at the amounts shown. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 2.34%, 2.46%, 2.50%, and 2.17% for Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Select Class, and Service Class, respectively. The expense ratio paid by an investor is the net expense ratio (the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers) as stated in the prospectuses.

 

3 

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

 

4 

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

 

5 

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

 

6 

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

 

7 

Crane Data LLC is a money market and mutual fund information company that collects, tracks, and maintains data about money markets, money market mutual funds based on types of funds, bank savings, and cash investments. The data includes performance, statistics, and related information. Crane Data LLC distributes rankings, news, and indexes, including the Crane Prime Institutional Money Market Index, based on the data. Crane Data publishes Money Fund Intelligence, Money Fund Intelligence XLS, Money Fund Wisdom, the Crane Money Fund Indexes, and other products. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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

MANAGERS’ DISCUSSION

For most of the reporting period, continued economic improvement allowed the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) to remove policy accommodation on a fairly predictable quarterly basis. The U.S. economy achieved above-trend growth, low unemployment, and moderating inflation at the same time as fiscal policy was proving to be an economic tailwind. The FOMC’s Summary of Economic Projections (SEP) through September reflected this scenario and provided the market with some clarity as to the path of future interest rate policy. However, the economic landscape changed in the fourth quarter as the U.S. engaged in various trade wars, the midterm elections disrupted the legislative composition, and financial conditions tightened. These factors began softening economic data and confidence, leading to increased volatility in risk assets. At the conclusion of the FOMC policy meeting on December 19, 2018, the federal funds target rate was raised to a target range of between 2.25% to 2.50% while the rate of interest on excess reserves (IOER) was increased by only 20 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%) to 2.40%. That was the second time the IOER rate was increased 5 bps less than the increase in the target rate in an effort to keep the effective federal funds rate from drifting to the upper level of the target range.

In the accompanying SEP, the FOMC provided insight on its view of the economy, inflation, and the corresponding monetary policy expected over the next few years. And the December projections did not disappoint market observers, with the FOMC marginally decreasing its outlook on growth and inflation and correspondingly lowering the glide path for its target rate, decreasing its median outlook for interest rate hikes in 2019 from three to two (2.875%). Comparing the September and December target rate projections, the longer-term section points to an expectation of the eventual neutral rate being marginally lower at 2.75% and lowered 2020 and 2021 median interest rate expectations at 3.125%. On the growth front, the 2019 median gross domestic product projection edged down 0.2% to 2.3% while 2020 and 2021 growth projections remained unchanged at 2.0% and 1.8%, respectively. Core inflation in the 2019 to 2021 projections all declined 0.1% to 2.0%. The lower expectations for interest rates in the next three years show the FOMC members are less concerned regarding the potential for inflationary pressures and more focused on balancing a somewhat softer economy. In fact, the statement released at the conclusion of the January 2019 FOMC meeting removed the wording of “some further gradual increases,” citing increasing downside risk from abroad, weaker domestic data, and tighter financial conditions.

As the FOMC’s expectations for rate increases moved lower, the market expectations for federal funds rate increases, as measured by federal funds futures, moved even lower still. Market participants are barely pricing in any rate hike in 2019 and may even be starting to prepare for a possible rate cut toward the end of 2019 and into 2020. The U.S. Federal Reserve will have plenty of opportunities to adjust expectations starting in 2019 as Chair Jerome Powell will conduct a press conference after each FOMC meeting instead of only quarterly. On the heels of the FOMC lowering its economic and inflation projections, risk assets underperformed and U.S. equities are teetering near bear-market territory.

The rise in short rates has brought not only attention but perhaps also nontraditional money market investors (those who typically invest in longer-term debt or equities) into the short end of the market. The Crane Prime Institutional Money Market Index, maintained by Crane Data LLC7, was up over $61 billion period over period, with all prime assets up over $152 billion. Investors reexamining this product are realizing that the changes implemented from the 2010 money market reform have made a material difference in the construction of prime money market fund portfolios. The added liquidity requirements and maturity restrictions have had a beneficial impact on dampening net asset value (NAV) volatility even as the FOMC continued to raise rates and credit spreads widened. In addition, added transparency of holdings can provide a daily view of the portfolio construction process and allow shareholders to assess portfolio risks.

Strategic outlook

The FOMC has pivoted from a gradually removing accommodation outlook to a data-dependent stance requiring what it terms as “patience.” Going forward, money market investors should continue to look toward the FOMC and other market indicators for future rate guidance. As we get more clarity as to the end of the tightening cycle, money market participants may look to extend weighted average maturities (WAMs) to capture higher yields. Our strategy of emphasizing highly liquid portfolios, relatively short WAMs, and a position in securities that resets frequently allows us to capture elevated London Interbank Offered Rate levels with minimal NAV pricing pressures and afford the flexibility to add longer-dated securities as opportunities arise.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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

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

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2018
     Ending
account value
1-31-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,010.60      $ 1.67        0.33

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.54      $ 1.68        0.33

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,011.37      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20      $ 1.02        0.20

Select Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,011.72      $ 0.66        0.13

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.55      $ 0.66        0.13

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,010.20      $ 2.18        0.43

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.04      $ 2.19        0.43

 

 

1

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


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10   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Certificates of Deposit: 22.74%

 

Bank of Montreal (1 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.66     3-12-2019      $ 85,000,000      $ 85,015,722  

Bank of Montreal (1 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±

    2.73       10-4-2019        40,000,000        40,005,242  

Bank of Montreal (3 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±

    2.99       12-10-2019        61,000,000        61,060,671  

Bank of Nova Scotia (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.71       8-14-2019        40,000,000        39,995,602  

Bank of Nova Scotia (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±

    2.89       9-16-2019        20,000,000        20,007,185  

Canadian Imperial Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.74       5-1-2019        83,000,000        83,031,381  

Canadian Imperial Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.94       1-30-2020        60,000,000        60,046,463  

China Construction Bank Corporation NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    2.75       7-19-2019            100,000,000        99,999,980  

China Construction Bank Corporation NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    2.76       7-19-2019        3,000,000        2,999,999  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (3 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    3.06       4-3-2019        40,000,000        40,012,356  

First Abu Dhabi Bank

    2.38       2-1-2019        110,000,000        110,000,000  

HSBC Bank USA NA

    2.42       2-1-2019        155,000,000        155,000,000  

HSBC Bank USA NA (3 Month LIBOR +0.13%) ±

    2.73       8-9-2019        25,000,000        25,010,230  

HSBC Bank USA NA (3 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±

    2.80       5-10-2019        40,000,000        40,018,817  

Mizuho Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.71       4-10-2019        90,000,000        89,993,276  

Mizuho Bank Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±

    3.04       4-30-2019        18,000,000        18,009,671  

MUFG Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±

    2.82       5-1-2019        40,000,000        40,008,460  

National Bank of Kuwait

    2.37       2-1-2019        69,125,000        69,125,000  

Nordea Bank AB (1 Month LIBOR +0.17%) ±

    2.68       6-13-2019        50,000,000        49,998,612  

Norinchukin Bank

    2.75       4-8-2019        65,000,000        65,021,007  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±

    2.65       3-13-2019        42,000,000        42,007,342  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.71       9-19-2019        32,000,000        31,994,034  

State Street Bank & Trust (1 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±

    2.78       5-15-2019        40,000,000        40,007,790  

Stockholms Enskilda Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±

    3.03       7-26-2019        40,000,000        40,048,861  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.69       3-27-2019        88,000,000        88,019,644  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±

    2.70       3-28-2019        40,000,000        40,009,462  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±

    2.69       2-6-2019        15,935,000        15,935,717  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±

    2.80       5-28-2019        41,000,000        41,017,195  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±

    2.81       5-21-2019        55,000,000        55,021,282  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (3 Month LIBOR +0.12%) ±

    2.92       7-8-2019        55,000,000        55,004,253  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust NY (3 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.93       4-18-2019        40,000,000        40,003,720  

Svenska Handelsbanken (3 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±

    3.03       10-21-2019        35,000,000        35,056,821  

Svenska Handelsbanken (3 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.95       10-2-2019        58,000,000        58,044,915  

Toronto Dominion Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.08%) ±

    2.71       8-16-2019        47,000,000        47,009,853  

US Bank NA (1 Month LIBOR +0.26%) ±

    2.77       7-23-2019        40,000,000        39,998,106  

Total Certificates of Deposit (Cost $1,863,116,459)

 

     1,863,538,669  
         

 

 

 

Commercial Paper: 48.86%

 

Asset-Backed Commercial Paper: 26.55%

 

Alpine Securitization LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±144A

    2.68       4-1-2019        14,000,000        14,003,511  

Alpine Securitization LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.71       3-6-2019        13,000,000        13,002,827  

Alpine Securitization LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.72       6-28-2019        60,000,000        60,002,411  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.71       3-8-2019        83,000,000        82,998,802  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.71       3-15-2019        59,000,000        59,014,626  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A%%

    2.71       7-31-2019        78,000,000        78,000,000  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A

    2.75       5-24-2019        22,000,000        22,006,908  

Anglesea Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A

    2.75       5-20-2019        38,000,000        37,998,627  

Atlantic Asset Securitization Corporation 144A(z)

    2.84       3-4-2019        45,000,000        44,896,600  

Barton Capital Corporation 144A(z)

    2.81       2-12-2019        14,660,000        14,647,788  

Bedford Row Funding Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.34%) ±144A

    2.86       6-10-2019        35,000,000        35,020,799  

 

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


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

Bennington Stark Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.85     4-8-2019      $ 55,000,000      $ 54,732,940  

Cedar Spring Capital Corporation 144A(z)

    2.52       2-6-2019        58,000,000        57,975,582  

Chesham Finance Limited 144A(z)

    2.55       2-1-2019            120,000,000        119,991,910  

Collateralized Commercial Paper II Company LLC (3 Month LIBOR +0.26%) ±144A

    3.06       12-31-2019        61,000,000        61,059,304  

Collateralized Commercial Paper II Company LLC (3 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±144A

    3.07       1-8-2020        62,000,000        62,067,343  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.50       2-1-2019        20,279,000        20,277,633  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.55       2-8-2019        34,278,000        34,259,307  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.66       2-11-2019        5,000,000        4,996,234  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.83       4-2-2019        16,000,000        15,929,132  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.85       2-27-2019        18,000,000        17,966,196  

Concord Minutemen Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.87       4-9-2019        45,455,000        45,228,160  

Crown Point Capital Company (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.72       3-11-2019        75,000,000        74,998,161  

Crown Point Capital Company (1 Month LIBOR +0.23%) ±144A

    2.74       5-15-2019        104,000,000        104,029,776  

Great Bridge Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.71       2-21-2019        59,000,000        58,913,064  

Great Bridge Capital Company 144A(z)

    2.78       2-5-2019        53,000,000        52,982,076  

Institutional Secured Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.57       2-1-2019        218,000,000        217,985,303  

Kells Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.71       2-6-2019        42,000,000        41,983,067  

Komatsu Finance America Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.50       2-12-2019        62,500,000        62,449,354  

Lexington Parker Capital Company LLC 144A(z)

    2.50       2-6-2019        39,972,000        39,955,505  

Liberty Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.72       4-18-2019        5,000,000        4,971,606  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    2.86       2-27-2019        18,000,000        17,966,196  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    2.87       2-26-2019        37,000,000        36,933,141  

LMA Americas LLC 144A(z)

    2.87       3-5-2019        45,000,000        44,896,050  

Manhattan Asset Funding Company LLC 144A(z)

    2.56       2-15-2019        27,000,000        26,972,100  

Mountcliff Funding LLC 144A(z)

    2.50       2-1-2019        125,000,000        124,991,573  

Mountcliff Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A##

    2.75       8-30-2019        80,000,000        80,000,000  

Nieuw Amsterdam Receivables Corporation 144A(z)

    2.50       2-7-2019        40,000,000        39,981,100  

Old Line Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±144A

    2.70       5-13-2019        40,000,000        39,997,789  

Old Line Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±144A

    2.74       8-1-2019        24,000,000        23,998,841  

Ridgefield Funding Company LLC 144A(z)

    2.55       2-4-2019        8,300,000        8,297,751  

Victory Receivables Corporation 144A(z)

    2.55       2-1-2019        31,000,000        30,997,940  

White Plains Capital 144A(z)

    3.02       3-5-2019        49,000,000        48,873,425  

White Plains Capital 144A(z)

    3.02       4-9-2019        38,000,000        37,791,414  
            2,176,041,872  
         

 

 

 
Financial Company Commercial Paper: 17.56%

 

ASB Finance Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    3.00       4-11-2019        34,000,000        34,005,857  

Banco Santander Chile 144A(z)

    2.96       3-4-2019        25,000,000        24,939,622  

Banco Santander Chile 144A(z)

    2.96       3-5-2019        14,500,000        14,463,767  

Bank of Nova Scotia (1 Month LIBOR +0.18%) ±144A

    2.70       7-2-2019        40,000,000        39,997,778  

Bank of Nova Scotia (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±144A

    2.70       5-6-2019        43,000,000        43,009,193  

Bedford Row Funding Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.22%) ±144A

    3.02       1-3-2020        50,000,000        49,999,786  

BNZ International Funding Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±144A

    2.69       5-20-2019        40,000,000        40,005,588  

BNZ International Funding Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±144A

    2.90       4-26-2019        32,000,000        32,006,327  

CME Group Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.50       2-12-2019        32,000,000        31,973,803  

CME Group Incorporated 144A(z)

    2.52       2-5-2019        75,500,000        75,475,063  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±144A

    2.68       5-3-2019        38,000,000        38,003,707  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1 Month LIBOR +0.21%) ±144A

    2.72       9-16-2019        43,000,000        42,995,218  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (3 Month LIBOR +0.60%) ±144A

    3.40       12-19-2019        40,000,000        40,142,912  

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  
Financial Company Commercial Paper (continued)          

DBS Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±144A

    2.64     3-21-2019      $ 65,000,000      $ 65,011,590  

Federation des Caisses (1 Month LIBOR +0.26%) ±144A

    2.78       2-11-2019        39,000,000        39,004,068  

Federation des Caisses (3 Month LIBOR +0.13%) ±144A

    2.81       5-22-2019        20,000,000        20,004,086  

Federation des Caisses (1 Month LIBOR +0.30%) ±144A

    2.81       6-25-2019        40,000,000        40,017,908  

ING Funding LLC (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±

    2.77       2-11-2019        40,000,000        40,004,104  

JPMorgan Securities (1 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.65       2-28-2019        47,000,000        47,006,689  

Macquarie Bank Limited 144A(z)

    2.54       2-25-2019        70,700,000        70,578,730  

National Australia Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.20%) ±144A

    2.72       8-2-2019        40,000,000        39,996,521  

National Australia Bank Limited (1 Month LIBOR +0.27%) ±144A

    2.77       5-21-2019        41,000,000        41,015,493  

National Australia Bank Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.24%) ±144A

    3.01       7-25-2019        30,200,000        30,209,891  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±144A

    2.75       5-10-2019        42,000,000        41,998,845  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.25%) ±144A

    2.77       5-8-2019        44,000,000        44,016,221  

Toronto Dominion Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.14%) ±144A

    2.70       5-2-2019        40,000,000        40,011,523  

Toronto Dominion Bank (1 Month LIBOR +0.37%) ±144A

    2.88       11-7-2019        40,000,000        40,040,459  

Toronto Dominion Bank (3 Month LIBOR +0.21%) ±144A

    2.98       12-6-2019        87,000,000        87,078,036  

UBS AG London (3 Month LIBOR +0.08%) ±144A

    2.67       2-7-2019        70,000,000        69,999,885  

Westpac Banking Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.07%) ±144A

    2.63       8-2-2019        63,000,000        62,996,979  

Westpac Banking Corporation (1 Month LIBOR +0.21%) ±144A

    2.72       9-19-2019        55,000,000        54,993,239  

Westpac Banking Corporation (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±144A

    2.81       5-31-2019            58,000,000        58,008,854  
            1,439,011,742  
         

 

 

 
Other Commercial Paper: 4.75%

 

CNPC Finance 144A(z)

    2.80       2-6-2019        55,000,000        54,976,689  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.49       2-5-2019        37,000,000        36,987,836  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.50       2-4-2019        63,000,000        62,983,473  

Koch Industries Incorporated (z)

    2.50       2-12-2019        32,000,000        31,974,283  

Toyota Credit Canada Incorporated (1 Month LIBOR +0.19%) ±

    2.70       7-5-2019        37,000,000        36,999,454  

Toyota Finance Australia Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.08%) ±

    2.73       2-15-2019        38,000,000        38,000,727  

Toyota Finance Australia Limited (3 Month LIBOR +0.09%) ±

    2.91       3-22-2019        40,000,000        40,004,146  

Toyota Motor Finance (3 Month LIBOR +0.10%) ±

    2.68       4-30-2019        41,000,000        41,009,618  

Toyota Motor Finance (3 Month LIBOR +0.13%) ±

    2.87       6-4-2019        46,000,000        46,017,724  
            388,953,950  
         

 

 

 

Total Commercial Paper (Cost $4,003,497,671)

 

     4,004,007,564  
         

 

 

 

Municipal Obligations: 12.40%

 

California: 1.45%

 

Other Municipal Debt: 1.45%

 

California Imperial Irrigation District Series B (Utilities Revenue)

    2.60       2-20-2019        65,500,000        65,497,806  

State of California Series B-5 (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    2.55       2-6-2019        52,990,000        52,994,070  
            118,491,876  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 1.79%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.79%

 

Colorado HFA MFHR Class I Series AA (Housing Revenue, Bank of America NA SPA)

    2.44       5-1-2041        15,000,000        15,000,000  

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

    2.55       5-1-2052        90,915,000        90,915,000  

Colorado Southern Ute Indian Tribe Reservation Series 2007 (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    2.55       1-1-2027        41,040,000        41,040,000  
            146,955,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Florida: 0.07%

 

Other Municipal Debt: 0.07%

 

Hillsborough County of Florida (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    2.83     3-28-2019      $ 5,507,000      $ 5,507,804  
         

 

 

 

Georgia: 0.13%

 

Other Municipal Debt: 0.07%

 

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia (Utilities Revenue)

    2.57       2-19-2019        6,007,000        6,007,056  
         

 

 

 
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.06%

 

Macon-Bibb County GA Industrial Authority Development Kumho Tire Georgia Incorporated Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development)

    2.66       12-1-2022        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Illinois: 0.22%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.22%

 

Illinois Housing Development Authority Series A-2 (Housing Revenue, HUD Insured, FHLB SPA)

    2.45       7-1-2048        17,700,000        17,700,000  
         

 

 

 

Kentucky: 0.19%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.19%          

Kentucky Housing Corporation Series O (Housing Revenue, Kentucky Housing Corporation SPA)

    2.51       1-1-2036            10,395,000        10,395,000  

Kentucky Housing Corporation Series T (Housing Revenue, Kentucky Housing Corporation SPA)

    2.51       7-1-2037        5,250,000        5,250,000  
            15,645,000  
         

 

 

 

Louisiana: 0.20%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.20%          

East Baton Rouge Parish LA Sewerage Commission Revenue Series 2016-XFT904 (Water & Sewer Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    2.54       2-1-2045        16,280,000        16,280,000  
         

 

 

 

Missouri: 0.06%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.06%          

Bridgeton MO IDA Stolze Printing (Industrial Development Revenue, Carrollton Bank LOC)

    2.50       12-1-2047        4,800,000        4,800,000  
         

 

 

 

New Hampshire: 0.79%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.79%          

New Hampshire National Business Finance Authority CJ Foods Manufacturing Beaumont Corporation Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Kookmin Bank LOC) 144A

    2.66       10-1-2028        65,000,000        65,000,000  
         

 

 

 

New Jersey: 0.52%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.52%          

Jets Stadium Development Series A-4B (Miscellaneous Revenue, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation LOC) 144A

    2.50       4-1-2047        42,810,000        42,810,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

New York: 3.08%

         
Other Municipal Debt: 0.51%          

Long Island Power Authority Series 2015 (Miscellaneous Revenue)

    2.65     3-12-2019      $ 42,000,000      $ 41,999,945  
         

 

 

 
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.57%          

New York Dormitory Authority Personal Income Taxable Floaters Series XFT910 (Tax Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    2.52       3-15-2040        12,000,000        12,000,000  

New York Dormitory Authority Secondary Issues Series B-4 (Tax Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    2.54       3-15-2040        16,000,000        16,000,000  

New York HFA 222 East 44th Street Series A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    2.50       5-1-2050        31,355,000        31,355,000  

New York HFA 572 11th Avenue Series A (Housing Revenue, Bank of China LOC)

    2.57       11-1-2049        18,650,000        18,650,000  

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

    2.57       11-1-2049        23,000,000        23,000,000  

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

    2.58       11-1-2049        37,250,000        37,250,000  

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

    2.60       11-1-2049        12,475,000        12,475,000  

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

    2.52       6-15-2044        16,000,000        16,000,000  

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

    2.81       12-1-2019        44,000,000        44,000,000  
            210,730,000  
         

 

 

 

Oregon: 0.22%

 

Other Municipal Debt: 0.22%

 

Port of Portland International Airport Revenue Series C (Transportation Revenue)

    2.83       4-3-2019            17,700,000        17,702,260  
         

 

 

 

Other: 3.66%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.66%

 

FHLMC MFHR Series M004 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    2.60       1-15-2042        39,792,281        39,792,281  

FHLMC MFHR Series M011 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    2.60       8-15-2021        255,000        255,000  

Fortenbery Children 2017 Irrevocable Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.49       5-1-2037        12,275,000        12,275,000  

Hallmark 75 Ontario LLC (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.50       12-1-2056        10,100,000        10,100,000  

Providence St. Joseph Health & Services (Health Revenue, GNMA/FNMA/FHLMC Insured, JPMorgan Chase & Company SPA)

    2.49       10-1-2047        53,000,000        53,000,000  

Providence St. Joseph Health Obligation Series 12-E (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    2.50       10-1-2042        68,260,000        68,260,000  

SSAB AB Series A (Miscellaneous Revenue, DNB Banking ASA LOC)

    2.49       6-1-2035        13,000,000        13,000,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series A (Health Revenue, American AgCredit LOC)

    2.50       2-1-2056        33,320,000        33,320,000  

Steadfast Crestvilla LLC Series B (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    2.50       2-1-2056        22,040,000        22,040,000  

Sunroad Centrum Apartments 5 LP Series A (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.50       8-1-2056        12,000,000        12,000,000  

Sunroad Centrum Apartments 5 LP Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.50       8-1-2056        3,600,000        3,600,000  

Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates (Miscellaneous Revenue, Citibank NA LIQ) 144A

    2.57       12-1-2027        32,000,000        32,000,000  
            299,642,281  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Pennsylvania: 0.02%

 

Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.02%

 

RBC Municipal Products Incorporated Trust Series E-52 Invesco Van Kampen Trust (Miscellaneous Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC) 144A

    2.81     12-1-2019      $ 2,000,000      $ 2,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $1,016,266,281)

 

     1,016,271,222  
         

 

 

 

Other Instruments: 5.13%

 

Altoona Blair County Development Corporation 144A§øø

    2.47       9-1-2038        17,850,000        17,850,000  

Altoona Blair County Development Corporation 144A§øø

    2.47       9-1-2038        32,000,000        32,000,000  

ASC Mercer Island LLC §øø

    2.50       6-1-2057        33,000,000        33,000,000  

Cellmark Incorporated Secured §øø

    2.49       6-1-2038        60,000,000        60,000,000  

Gerald J Rubin Special Trust Secured §øø

    2.52       12-1-2048        14,215,000        14,215,000  

Invesco Dynamic Credit Opportunities Fund Series W-7 §

    2.56       6-1-2028        55,000,000        55,000,000  

Jefferson Stadium Park L Series A Secured §øø

    2.50       2-1-2057        45,766,000        45,766,000  

Jefferson Stadium Park L Series B Secured §øø

    2.50       2-1-2057        15,100,000        15,100,000  

Keep Memory Alive §øø

    2.51       5-1-2037        18,900,000        18,900,000  

La Mesa Senior Living LP Secured §

    2.50       8-1-2057        24,255,000        24,255,000  

La Mesa Senior Living LP Secured §

    2.74       8-1-2057        1,670,000        1,670,000  

Opus Group AB §øø

    2.49       10-1-2032        25,000,000        25,000,000  

Opus Inspection Incorporated §øø

    2.49       1-1-2034        15,000,000        15,000,000  

ROC III CA Crossings Chino Hills LLC Series A §øø

    2.50       1-1-2057        34,000,000        34,000,000  

ROC III CA Crossings Chino Hills LLC Series B §øø

    2.50       1-1-2057        24,000,000        24,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Banking Limited 144A§

    2.05       3-6-2019        4,980,000        4,977,560  

Total Other Instruments (Cost $420,733,098)

 

     420,733,560  
         

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements ^^: 11.65%

 

Bank of America Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $405,028,913 (1)

    2.57       2-1-2019            405,000,000        405,000,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $398,078,416 (2)

    2.57       2-1-2019        398,050,000        398,050,000  

BNP Paribas, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $77,005,561 (3)

    2.60       2-1-2019        77,000,000        77,000,000  

Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $75,005,333 (4)

    2.56       2-1-2019        75,000,000        75,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $955,050,000)

 

     955,050,000        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $8,258,663,509)     100.78        8,259,601,015  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (0.78        (63,824,284
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 8,195,776,731  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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


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16   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

±

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

 

144A

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

 

%%

The security is issued on a when-issued basis.

 

(z)

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

 

##

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

 

ø

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

 

§

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

 

øø

The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer periodically depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

^^

Collateralized by:

 

  (1)

U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 3.50%, 8-20-2042 to 10-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $417,150,000.

 

  (2)

U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 7.00%, 12-1-2023 to 1-20-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $409,977,016.

 

  (3)

U.S. government securities, 1.13% to 7.00%, 2-28-2019 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $79,238,042.

 

  (4)

U.S. government securities, 6.25%, 5-15-2030, fair value including accrued interest is $76,505,381.

Abbreviations:

 

FHLB

Federal Home Loan Bank

 

FHLMC

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

 

FNMA

Federal National Mortgage Association

 

GNMA

Government National Mortgage Association

 

HFA

Housing Finance Authority

 

HUD

Department of Housing and Urban Development

 

IDA

Industrial Development Authority

 

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

 

LIQ

Liquidity agreement

 

LOC

Letter of credit

 

MFHR

Multifamily housing revenue

 

ROC

Reset option certificates

 

SPA

Standby purchase agreement

 

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


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Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund     17  
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $7,303,613,509)

  $ 7,304,551,015  

Investments in repurchase agreements, at value (cost $955,050,000)

    955,050,000  

Cash

    19,916  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    10,000,175  

Receivable for interest

    12,745,168  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    8,282,366,274  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

    79,670,000  

Dividends payable

    2,481,797  

Management fee payable

    658,505  

Administration fees payable

    342,818  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    200,000  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    1,673  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    3,234,750  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    86,589,543  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 8,195,776,731  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 8,195,134,902  

Total distributable earnings

    641,829  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 8,195,776,731  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 92,671,363  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    92,634,270  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.0004  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 1,573,458,447  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    1,572,882,168  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.0004  

Net assets – Select Class

  $ 6,459,319,681  

Shares outstanding – Select Class1

    6,456,332,298  

Net asset value per share – Select Class

    $1.0005  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 70,327,240  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    70,300,710  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.0004  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

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


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18   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2019
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 171,185,697  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    11,251,814  

Administration fees

 

Administrator Class

    101,116  

Institutional Class

    1,110,630  

Select Class

    2,451,421  

Service Class

    74,295  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Administrator Class

    101,116  

Service Class

    146,499  

Custody and accounting fees

    320,084  

Professional fees

    63,222  

Registration fees

    154,809  

Shareholder report expenses

    36,893  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    21,775  

Other fees and expenses

    156,710  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    15,990,384  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (4,656,679
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    11,333,705  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    159,851,992  
 

 

 

 

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES) ON INVESTMENTS

 

Net realized gains on investments

    56,876  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    431,979  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    488,855  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 160,340,847  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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Statement of changes in net assets   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund     19  
     Year ended
January 31, 2019
    Year ended
January 31, 20181
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 159,851,992       $ 64,014,600  

Net realized gains on investments

      56,876         63,872  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      431,979         116,211  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      160,340,847         64,194,683  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

       

Administrator Class

      (1,895,476       (809,604

Institutional Class

      (28,249,539       (11,159,961

Select Class

      (128,601,249       (51,608,329

Service Class

      (1,105,728       (496,333
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (159,851,992       (64,074,227
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Administrator Class

    211,434,343       211,501,197       248,099,059       248,174,749  

Institutional Class

    9,160,087,234       9,162,659,933       5,717,291,116       5,719,078,095  

Select Class

    35,980,466,135       35,993,622,643       23,211,492,748       23,220,593,461  

Service Class

    239,534,792       239,602,726       187,716,630       187,774,196  
 

 

 

 
      45,607,386,499         29,375,620,501  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Administrator Class

    1,713,630       1,714,172       754,773       755,005  

Institutional Class

    23,610,733       23,617,570       8,776,998       8,779,616  

Select Class

    104,456,935       104,496,372       42,194,536       42,211,113  

Service Class

    835,422       835,654       394,767       394,887  
 

 

 

 
      130,663,768         52,140,621  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Administrator Class

    (213,025,903     (213,088,180     (238,910,906     (238,984,011

Institutional Class

    (8,715,286,298     (8,717,706,523     (5,370,441,259     (5,372,100,379

Select Class

    (35,343,945,454     (35,356,866,490     (20,923,225,004     (20,931,345,992

Service Class

    (231,465,196     (231,531,059     (194,136,471     (194,197,088
 

 

 

 
      (44,519,192,252       (26,736,627,470
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      1,218,858,015         2,691,133,652  
 

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

      1,219,346,870         2,691,254,108  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      6,976,429,861         4,285,175,753  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 8,195,776,731       $ 6,976,429,861  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the SEC prospectively eliminated the requirement to parenthetically disclose undistributed net investment income at the end of the period and permitted the aggregation of distributions, with the exception of tax basis returns of capital. Overdistributed net investment income at January 31, 2018 was $352,553. The disaggregated distributions information for the year ended January 31, 2018 is included in Note 5, Distributions to Shareholders, in the notes to the financial statements.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0003       $1.0003       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0188       0.0096       0.0028       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0001       0.0000 3       0.0003       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0189       0.0096       0.0031       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0188     (0.0096     (0.0028     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    0.0000       (0.0000 )3      0.0000       0.00       0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0188     (0.0096     (0.0028     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0004       $1.0003       $1.0003       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.91     0.96     0.31     0.03     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.36     0.40     0.35     0.34     0.34

Net expenses

    0.33     0.32     0.33     0.25     0.19

Net investment income

    1.87     0.96     0.24     0.03     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $92,671       $92,542       $82,591       $258,152       $312,748  

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0003       $1.0003       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0202       0.0108       0.0039       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0000 3       0.0000 3       0.0005       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0202       0.0108       0.0044       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0201     (0.0108     (0.0041     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    0.0000       (0.0000 )3      0.0000       0.00       0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0201     (0.0108     (0.0041     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0004       $1.0003       $1.0003       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    2.04     1.09     0.44     0.08     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.24     0.28     0.23     0.22     0.22

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.20     0.19

Net investment income

    2.03     1.11     0.36     0.08     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,573,458       $1,104,814       $749,052       $8,252,614       $9,397,113  

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SELECT CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0004       $1.0004       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0208       0.0116       0.0048       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0001       0.0000 3       0.0004       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0209       0.0116       0.0052       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0208     (0.0116     (0.0048     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    0.0000       (0.0000 )3      0.0000       0.00       0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0208     (0.0116     (0.0048     0.00 2       (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0005       $1.0004       $1.0004       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    2.11     1.16     0.52     0.15     0.07

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.20     0.24     0.19     0.18     0.18

Net expenses

    0.13     0.12     0.13     0.13     0.13

Net investment income

    2.10     1.19     0.43     0.16     0.07

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $6,459,320       $5,717,659       $3,386,093       $37,219,390       $35,247,440  

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0003       $1.0003       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0177       0.0085       0.0016       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0002       0.0000 3       0.0005       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0179       0.0085       0.0021       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0178     (0.0085     (0.0018     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    0.0000       (0.0000 )3      0.0000       0.00       0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0178     (0.0085     (0.0018     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0004       $1.0003       $1.0003       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.81     0.85     0.21     0.02     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.51     0.55     0.52     0.51     0.50

Net expenses

    0.43     0.43     0.43     0.27     0.19

Net investment income

    1.79     0.84     0.13     0.02     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $70,327       $61,415       $67,439       $898,288       $1,124,475  

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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24   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

The Fund operates as an institutional non-government money market fund. As an institutional non-government money market fund, shareholders will transact at a floating net asset value (NAV) rounded to four decimal-places in accordance with the valuation policies below.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Securities valuation

Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service service (e.g. taking into account various factors, including yields, maturities, or credit ratings) or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.

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

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. Repurchase agreements are agreements where the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain a market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.

When-issued transactions

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

Security transactions and income recognition

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

Interest income is accrued daily and bond discounts are accreted and premiums are amortized daily. To the extent debt obligations are placed on non-accrual status, any related interest income may be reduced by writing off interest


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receivables when the collection of all or a portion of interest has been determined to be doubtful based on consistently applied procedures and the fair value has decreased. If the issuer subsequently resumes interest payments or when the collectability of interest is reasonably assured, the debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status.

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. Such distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may be categorized as a tax return of capital at year end.

Federal and other taxes

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

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

As of January 31, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $8,258,663,512 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 1,056,778  

Gross unrealized losses

     (119,275

Net unrealized gains

   $ 937,503  

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

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

 

 

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

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


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26   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2019:

 

    

Quoted prices

(Level 1)

     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Certificates of deposit

   $ 0      $ 1,863,538,669      $ 0      $ 1,863,538,669  

Asset-backed commercial paper

     0        2,176,041,872        0        2,176,041,872  

Financial company commercial paper

     0        1,439,011,742        0        1,439,011,742  

Other commercial paper

     0        388,953,950        0        388,953,950  

Other municipal debt

     0        189,708,941        0        189,708,941  

Variable rate demand notes

     0        826,562,281        0        826,562,281  

Other instruments

     0        420,733,560        0        420,733,560  

Repurchase agreements

     0        955,050,000        0        955,050,000  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 8,259,601,015      $ 0      $ 8,259,601,015  

Additional sector, industry or geographic detail is included in the Portfolio of Investments.

At January 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadvisers and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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

Administration fees

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

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Administrator Class

     0.10

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Select Class

     0.04  

Service Class

     0.12  


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Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. When each class of the Fund has exceeded its expense cap, Funds Management has waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses; otherwise, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.13% for Select Class shares, and 0.43% for Service Class shares. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

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

Interfund transactions

The Fund may purchase or sell portfolio investment securities to certain other Wells Fargo affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act and under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that these interfund transactions, which do not incur broker commissions, are effected at current market prices.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $159,851,992 and $64,074,227 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2018, respectively.

As of January 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed
ordinary
income
   Unrealized
gains
$2,478,914    $937,503

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to separately state the components of distributions to shareholders under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The amounts of distributions to shareholders for the year ended January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Net investment
income
       Net realized
gains
 

Administrator Class

   $ 808,895        $ 709  

Institutional Class

     11,149,920          10,041  

Select Class

     51,559,917          48,412  

Service Class

     495,868          465  

6. INDEMNIFICATION

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

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 updates the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by modifying or removing certain disclosures and adding certain new disclosures. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Management has adopted the removal and modification of disclosures early, as permitted, and will adopt the additional new disclosures at the effective date.


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28   Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund   Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Heritage Money Market Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of January 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of January 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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Boston, Massachusetts

March 27, 2019


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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $93,783,311 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 152 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
William R. Ebsworth
(Born 1957)
  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief investment officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Audit Committee Chair and Investment Committee Chair of the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization). Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder.   N/A
Jane A. Freeman
(Born 1953)
  Trustee, since 2015; Chair Liaison, since 2018   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of The Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization). She is also an inactive Chartered Financial Analyst.   N/A
Isaiah Harris, Jr.3
(Born 1952)
  Trustee, since 2009; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2019   Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (private school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   CIGNA Corporation
Judith M. Johnson3
(Born 1949)
  Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, from 2009 to 2018   Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant.   N/A
David F. Larcker (Born 1950)   Trustee, since 2009   James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.   N/A


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Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships
Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953)   Trustee, since 2006; Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman, since 2018   International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993.   N/A
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951)   Trustee, since 1996; Chairman, since 2018; Vice Chairman, from 2017 to 2018   President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.   N/A
James G. Polisson (Born 1959)   Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Retired. Chief Marketing Officer, Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd, from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to 2015, Principal of The Polisson Group, LLC, a management consulting, corporate advisory and principal investing company. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Russell Investments, Global Exchange Traded Funds from 2010 to 2012. Managing Director of Barclays Global Investors from 1998 to 2010 and Global Chief Marketing Officer for iShares and Barclays Global Investors from 2000 to 2010. Trustee of the San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute, a non-profit organization, from 2013 to 2015. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Fund Trust from 2011 to 2012. Director of Barclays Global Investors Holdings Deutschland GmbH from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Polisson is an attorney and has a retired status with the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations.   N/A
Pamela Wheelock (Born 1959)   Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Board member of the Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Rochester, Minnesota since 2019. Chief Operating Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity from 2017 to 2019. Vice President of University Services, University of Minnesota from 2012 to 2016. Prior thereto, on the Board of Directors, Governance Committee and Finance Committee for the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners (Saint Paul Foundation) from 2012 to 2018, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2011 to 2012, Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2012 and Board Director from 2003 to 2015. Vice President, Leadership and Community Engagement, Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota (a private foundation) from 2009 to 2011. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Sports and Entertainment from 2004 to 2009 and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2004. Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Wild Foundation from 2004 to 2008. Commissioner of Finance, State of Minnesota, from 1999 to 2002. Currently Board Chair of the Minnesota Wild Foundation since 2010.   N/A

 

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


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Officers

 

Name and
year of birth
  Position held and
length of service
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    
Andrew Owen
(Born 1960)
  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    
Nancy Wiser1
(Born 1967)
  Treasurer, since 2012   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.    
Alexander Kymn
(Born 1973)
  Secretary, since 2018; Chief Legal Officer, since 2018   Senior Company Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018 (previously Senior Counsel from 2007 to 2018). Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from 2008 to 2014.    
Michael H. Whitaker (Born 1967)   Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    
David Berardi
(Born 1975)
  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    
Jeremy DePalma1 (Born 1974)   Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1

Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 76 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2

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

 

3 

Mr. Harris became Chairman of the Audit Committee effective January 1, 2019.


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Annual Report

January 31, 2019

 

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Institutional Money Market Funds

 

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Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    16  

Statement of operations

    17  

Statement of changes in net assets

    18  

Financial highlights

    19  

Notes to financial statements

    22  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    26  

Other information

    27  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2019. An upward trend for short-term interest rates, inflation concerns, trade tensions, and geopolitical events contributed to investment market volatility throughout the year.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 fell 2.31% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 declined 12.58%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net),3 emerging market stocks lost 14.24%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 2.25% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 fell 3.26%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 3.26%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 1.57%.

A move to normalize U.S. monetary policy influenced markets.

Through January 2018, the S&P 500 Index and MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) delivered positive returns every month for more than a year. In February 2018, that streak ended. The S&P 500 Index fell 3.69% during February and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) dropped 4.72%. For the quarter, the S&P 500 Index recorded its first negative quarterly return since 2014. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) fell 1.18% for the quarter.

During the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) sought to normalize accommodative monetary policies in place since the 2008 global financial crisis and recession. Short-term interest rates, as measured by U.S. Treasury bills—maturities ranging from 3 to 12 months—increased an average of 89 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). Rates for 10-year and 30-year Treasuries increased 17 bps and 18 bps, respectively. Slower growth of long-term rates raised concerns for a flattening yield curve, sometimes associated with recessions. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps in March 2018 to a target range of between 1.50% and 1.75%. The Bank of England (BOE) indicated a bias to increase rates later in 2018. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) maintained low interest rates.

Global trade tensions heightened investor concerns.

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018. A tit-for-tat tariff spat intensified between the U.S. and other governments. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 1.75% and 2.00% in June. Market index results reflected the global concerns. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) lost 2.61% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index dropped 4.76%.

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure large- and mid-cap equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI EM Index (Net) consists of the following 24 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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

 

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The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.


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

Not all news was bad. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) annualized growth of 4.2%. Hiring improved. Employment data remained strong. Consumer confidence and spending increased. The S&P 500 Index recorded a 3.43% second-quarter gain. Stocks of companies with smaller capitalizations were even better, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index,8 adding 7.75%.

Investors appeared to shake off lingering concerns during the third quarter.

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors. U.S. trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada progressed. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®9 reached its highest level in 18 years during September. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.00% and 2.25% in September. For the quarter that ended September 30, 2018, the S&P 500 Index added 7.71%.

Investors in international markets were not as reassured. Tensions between the U.S. and China increased. The U.S. imposed $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. China reacted with $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. Economic growth in China caused concern. The BOE raised its monetary policy rate to 0.75% in August. During the quarter, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 0.71%. The MSCI EM Index (Net) declined 1.09%. In fixed-income markets, U.S. bonds were flat, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index fell 1.74%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets during the fourth quarter.

For the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), negative stock market performance during October and December bracketed positive November returns. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year.

November’s U.S. mid-term elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that third-quarter U.S. GDP grew at an annualized 3.4% rate, solid, but lower than the second quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The PBOC cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes even as the value of the yuan declined to low levels last seen in 2008.

After the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% in December—the ninth such increase since the Fed began three years ago to raise rates from near zero—it softened its outlook for further interest rate increases in 2019.

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investors entered 2019 with reasons to be concerned. A partial U.S government shutdown driven by partisan spending and immigration policy disputes extended into January. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX10.

 

 

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® measures the degree of optimism on the state of the U.S. economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX) is a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 Index options. It represents one measure of the market’s expectation of stock market volatility over the next 30-day period. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month that ended January 31, 2019, its best monthly performance in 30 years. Returns for the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index also were positive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

    

 

 

 

 

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

Investment objective

The Fund seeks current income exempt from regular federal income tax, while preserving capital and liquidity.

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

James Randazzo

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2019*

 

              Expense ratios(%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Administrator Class (WUCXX)3   7-9-2010     1.25       0.47       0.30       0.41       0.30  
 
Institutional Class (EMMXX)   11-20-1996     1.35       0.53       0.35       0.29       0.20  
 
Service Class (EISXX)   11-25-1996     1.11       0.39       0.23       0.58       0.45  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20192

 

    Administrator
Class
  Institutional
Class
    Service
Class
 
7-day current yield   1.20     1.30       1.05  
7-day compound yield   1.21     1.31       1.06  
30-day simple yield   1.20     1.30       1.05  
30-day compound yield   1.20     1.30       1.05  

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

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

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

 

 

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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     7  
Revenue source as of January 31, 20194
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Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20194

 

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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20195  

6 days

        

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20196  

6 days

        

    

 

 

 

 

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Historical performance shown for all classes of the Fund prior to July 12, 2010, is based on the performance of the Fund’s predecessor, Evergreen Institutional Municipal Money Market Fund.

 

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

 

2 

The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2019, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at the amounts shown. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 1.04%, 1.15%, and 0.86% for Administrator Class, Institutional Class, and Service Class, respectively. The expense ratio paid by an investor is the net expense ratio (the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers) as stated in the prospectuses.

 

3 

Historical performance shown for Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Institutional Class shares, and has not been adjusted to include the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. If these expenses had been included, returns for Administrator Class shares would be lower.

 

4 

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

 

5 

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

 

6 

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

 

7 

The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index (SIFMA Index) is a seven-day high-grade market index composed of tax-exempt variable-rate demand obligations with certain characteristics. The index is calculated and published by Bloomberg. The index is overseen by SIFMA’s Municipal Swap Index Committee. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

During the period, the municipal money markets continued to strengthen as rising interest rates and increasing asset levels gave both investors and market participants something to cheer about. With regulatory reform a distant memory, market participants refocused on traditional macroeconomic factors, market technicals, and the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC). The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) Municipal Swap Index (SIFMA Index)7, which measures seven-day variable-rate demand note (VRDN) yields, experienced several bouts of volatility throughout the period as seasonal technicals exacerbated supply and demand dynamics. Fixed-rate paper, on the other hand, experienced less dramatic swings and generally tracked taxable rates as the FOMC progressed with four rate hikes throughout the year.

The SIFMA Index began the period at 1.08% (73% of the one-week London Interbank Offered Rate [LIBOR]) as the advent of seasonal reinvestment cash in early January forced municipal money market yields to quickly normalize following a spike in tax-exempt rates in December. The SIFMA Index had closed out 2017 at a multiyear high of 1.71% (115% of the one-week LIBOR). Yields on high-grade one-year notes began the period at 1.40%, down from 1.46% at the prior year-end.

The next big move in the municipal money market space occurred during the March through April tax-payment period. Yields rose across the curve as seasonal fund outflows exerted downward pressure on demand. With municipal money market funds losing roughly $4 billion in assets, the SIFMA Index spiked to 1.81% on April 18, 2018, up from 1.58% at the end of March, pushing the SIFMA Index/one-week LIBOR ratio down to 104%.

Municipal money market assets usually languish until June and July, when coupons and maturities generate a new wave of reinvestment cash. However, fund assets staged an unexpected turnaround during the month of May as investors sought to take advantage of the sudden cheapness of the SIFMA Index, with municipal money market funds attracting almost $7 billion in assets during the month. This unexpected surge in demand forced the SIFMA Index lower for six straight weeks before closing out the month at 1.06%, or 61% of one-week LIBOR.

June saw equally abnormal asset flows; this time, municipal money market funds experienced redemptions in the neighborhood of $2.8 billion. This surprising reversal in trend caused demand for overnight and weekly VRDNs and tender option bonds (TOBs) to evaporate, forcing dealers to rapidly ratchet rates higher in order to entice nontraditional buyers. The FOMC rate hike on June 13, 2018, provided additional impetus for the tax-exempt market to play catch-up with taxable equivalents. The SIFMA Index rose from 1.05% (59% of the one-week LIBOR) on June 6 to 1.51% (76% of the one-week LIBOR) on June 27.

The dog days of summer brought some semblance of normalcy to the municipal money market space as the SIFMA Index settled into a narrower range while tracking taxable rates higher leading up to the next anticipated FOMC tightening in September 2018. The SIFMA Index rose slightly to 1.61% by the end of October, up from 1.56% at the end of September. Further out on the curve, yields on high-grade commercial paper and notes continued to rise as the market continued to cope with large secondary market balances. One-year high-grade notes finished out the month at approximately 2.07%, up from 1.94% the previous month.

Heading into the final two months of 2018, the municipal money markets continued to benefit as heightened equity and bond market volatility forced many investors to seek out safe havens in the short end. The municipal yield curve began to flatten as the SIFMA Index eventually drifted higher before closing out the year at 1.71%. Meanwhile, yields on top-rated one-year paper fell to roughly 1.90% as expectations for FOMC rate hikes were discounted. Ultimately, municipal money market funds would bring in roughly $6.5 billion in assets during the month of December, capping off a strong year in which assets increased by approximately $14 billion, or 10% for the year, according to Crane Data LLC.

In January 2019, seasonal technicals in the form of heavy maturities and coupons would drive demand for tax-exempt paper along the curve. The SIFMA Index fell sharply to a multi-month low of 1.43% (59% of the one-week LIBOR) by the end of the period as demand for VRDNs and TOBs outpaced supply. Holiday-shortened weeks also contributed to a lackluster primary market calendar, further suppressing rates. Further out on the curve, yields on high-grade one-year paper fell to 1.74%, down from 1.90% the previous month.

Strategic outlook

Throughout the period, we continued to emphasize portfolio liquidity by targeting our purchases primarily in daily and weekly VRDNs and TOBs. This strategy allowed us to achieve our objectives for 100% weekly liquidity and principal preservation. Additionally, our strategy allowed us to quickly capture the benefits of rising interest rate levels due to FOMC rate hikes and periods of elevated SIFMA Index rates. Given the relative flatness of the municipal yield curve and uncertainty surrounding FOMC interest rate policy, we continue to feel that a conservative posture with respect to liquidity and duration targets is warranted in the near future.

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Fund expenses (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     9  

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

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2018
     Ending
account value
1-31-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,006.89      $ 1.52        0.30

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.69      $ 1.53        0.30

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,007.39      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,006.23      $ 2.28        0.45

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.94      $ 2.29        0.45

 

 

1

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


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10   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Municipal Obligations: 82.34%

         

Alabama: 2.35%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.35%          

Alabama Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XL0098 (Utilities Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.52     12-1-2022      $     4,500,000      $ 4,500,000  
         

 

 

 

Arizona: 4.63%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.63%          

Arizona Health Facilities Authority Revenue Various Banner Health Series C (Health Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    1.60       1-1-2046        1,400,000        1,400,000  

Maricopa County AZ IDA Solid Waste Disposal Series 2006 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    1.52       8-1-2026        2,500,000        2,500,000  

Pinal County AZ IDA Shamrock Farms Project (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    1.54       8-1-2022        3,700,000        3,700,000  

Pinal County AZ IDA Solid Waste Disposal Feenstra Investments LLC Project Series 2002 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    1.54       8-1-2027        1,250,000        1,250,000  
            8,850,000  
         

 

 

 

California: 3.16%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.16%          

California PCFA Solid Waste Milk Time Dairy Farms Project (Resource Recovery Revenue, Rabobank LOC)

    1.54       11-1-2027        1,400,000        1,400,000  

California Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-ZM0642 (Airport Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.68       5-1-2024        4,360,000        4,360,000  

Modesto CA MFHR Live Oak Apartments Project (Housing Revenue, FNMA Insured, FNMA LIQ)

    1.29       9-15-2024        275,000        275,000  
            6,035,000  
         

 

 

 

Colorado: 0.48%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.48%          

Arapahoe County CO Cottrell Printing Project (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    1.58       10-1-2019        330,000        330,000  

Town of Hudson CO Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    1.64       11-1-2020        580,000        580,000  
            910,000  
         

 

 

 

Florida: 2.09%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.09%          

Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2017-ZM0571 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.53       8-15-2047        500,000        500,000  

Florida Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Series 2017-XF2517 (Health Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.53       8-15-2047        3,500,000        3,500,000  
            4,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Georgia: 2.61%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.61%          

Monroe County GA Power & Light Company Project Series 2017 (Utilities Revenue)

    1.80       11-1-2047        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Illinois: 11.86%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 11.86%          

Chicago IL Enterprise Zone Gardner Gibson Project (Industrial Development Revenue, BMO Harris Bank NA LOC)

    1.54     7-1-2033      $     1,780,000      $ 1,780,000  

Chicago IL O’Hare International Airport 3rd Lien Series C (Airport Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    1.41       1-1-2035        1,600,000        1,600,000  

Illinois Finance Authority OSF Healthcare Series B (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC)

    1.60       11-15-2037        5,100,000        5,100,000  

JP Morgan Chase PUTTER/DRIVER Trust Series 5021 (GO Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC, JPMorgan Chase & Company LIQ) 144A

    1.72       3-29-2019        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Lake County IL MFHR (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    1.55       11-1-2034        4,920,000        4,920,000  

Peoria County IL Caterpillar Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Caterpillar Incorporated LOC)

    1.60       2-1-2030        4,300,000        4,300,000  
            22,700,000  
         

 

 

 

Indiana: 3.49%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.49%          

Indiana Certificate of Participation Clipper Tax-Exempt Certificate Trust Series 2009-34 (Miscellaneous Revenue, State Street Bank & Trust Company LIQ)

    1.47       7-1-2023        1,380,000        1,380,000  

Jeffersonville IN Economic Development Eagle Steel Products Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank of America NA LOC)

    1.48       12-1-2027        2,785,000        2,785,000  

Noblesville IN Greystone Apartments Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    1.52       3-1-2041        1,375,000        1,375,000  

St. Joseph County IN Midcorr Land Development LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC)

    1.47       10-1-2023        1,130,000        1,130,000  
            6,670,000  
         

 

 

 

Iowa: 5.79%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 5.79%          

Iowa Finance Authority John Maassen & Sons Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    1.49       11-1-2035        2,075,000        2,075,000  

Iowa Finance Authority Midwestern Disaster Area Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Korea Development Bank LOC)

    1.81       4-1-2022        6,000,000        6,000,000  

Iowa Finance Authority Various Unity Point Health Series D (Health Revenue, JPMorgan Chase & Company LOC)

    1.42       12-1-2041        3,000,000        3,000,000  
            11,075,000  
         

 

 

 

Kansas: 2.84%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.84%          

Nemaha County KS Midwest AG Services LLC Project (Industrial Development Revenue, CoBank ACB LOC)

    1.59       11-1-2020        610,000        610,000  

University of Kansas Hospital Authority Health System (Health Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    1.64       9-1-2034        4,820,000        4,820,000  
            5,430,000  
         

 

 

 

Kentucky: 0.52%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.52%          

Jefferson County KY Industrial Building Dant Growth LLC Project Series 2002 (Industrial Development Revenue, Stock Yards Bank & Trust LOC)

    1.47       9-1-2022        1,000,000        1,000,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Louisiana: 4.81%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.81%          

East Baton Rouge Parish LA ExxonMobil Project Series B (Industrial Development Revenue)

    1.60     12-1-2040      $     5,000,000      $ 5,000,000  

East Baton Rouge Parish LA Industrial Development Board ExxonMobil Project Series 2010A (Industrial Development Revenue, Exxon Capital Ventures LIQ)

    1.60       8-1-2035        200,000        200,000  

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities CDA Honeywell International Incorporated Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Honeywell International Incorporated LOC)

    1.57       12-1-2036        4,000,000        4,000,000  
            9,200,000  
         

 

 

 

Michigan: 4.51%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.51%          

Michigan Strategic Fund Limited Obligation Series 1982 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Farm Credit Services America LOC)

    1.49       6-1-2024        2,800,000        2,800,000  

Michigan Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-ZM0614 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.61       11-1-2028        5,835,000        5,835,000  
            8,635,000  
         

 

 

 

Minnesota: 4.12%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.12%          

Forest Lake MN Kilkenny Court Apartments Project Series 2008 (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    1.52       8-15-2038        750,000        750,000  

Minnesota Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XF2760 (Education Revenue, Morgan Stanley Bank LIQ) 144A

    1.53       11-1-2037        7,140,000        7,140,000  
            7,890,000  
         

 

 

 

Missouri: 1.40%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.40%          

Missouri Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-XG0176 (Health Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.53       5-15-2041        1,395,000        1,395,000  

St. Charles County MO IDA Kuenz Heating & Sheet Metal Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue, U.S. Bank NA LOC)

    1.68       4-1-2026        1,290,000        1,290,000  
            2,685,000  
         

 

 

 

Nevada: 1.74%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.74%          

Nevada Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Certificates Series 2018-ZM0634 (GO Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.46       12-1-2025        3,330,000        3,330,000  
         

 

 

 

New York: 4.68%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.68%          

New York Homeowner Mortgage Agency Series 210 (Housing Revenue, Barclays Bank plc SPA)

    1.53       10-1-2039        3,500,000        3,500,000  

New York NY Housing Development Corporation Series A (Housing Revenue, Citibank NA LOC)

    1.45       6-1-2037        350,000        350,000  

New York NY Municipal Water Finance Authority Water & Sewer System Series A (Water & Sewer Revenue, Mizuho Bank Limited SPA)

    1.63       6-15-2044        5,100,000        5,100,000  
            8,950,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

North Carolina: 0.76%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.76%          

Rockingham County NC Industrial Facilities & PCFA Innofa USA Project Series 2007 (Industrial Development Revenue, Branch Banking & Trust LOC)

    1.47     1-1-2027      $     1,450,000      $ 1,450,000  
         

 

 

 

North Dakota: 0.43%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.43%          

Mandan ND IDA Cloverdale Foods Company Project (Industrial Development Revenue, BNC National Bank LOC)

    1.65       12-1-2022        825,000        825,000  
         

 

 

 

Other: 1.64%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.64%          

FHLMC MFHR Series M-031 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    1.46       12-15-2045        2,125,000        2,125,000  

FHLMC MFHR Series M-033 Class A (Housing Revenue, FHLMC LIQ)

    1.46       3-15-2049        1,005,000        1,005,000  
            3,130,000  
         

 

 

 

Pennsylvania: 3.30%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 3.30%          

Allegheny County PA Hospital Development Authority Series E (Health Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LOC, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.70       4-1-2022        5,820,000        5,820,000  

Pennsylvania EDFA Series D-7 (Industrial Development Revenue, PNC Bank NA LOC)

    1.47       8-1-2022        500,000        500,000  
            6,320,000  
         

 

 

 

South Carolina: 1.05%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.05%          

South Carolina Tender Option Bond Trust Receipts/Floater Certificates Patriots Energy Group Financing Agency Series 2018-XM0690 (Utilities Revenue, Royal Bank of Canada LIQ) 144A

    1.47       10-1-2022        2,000,000        2,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Tennessee: 2.61%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 2.61%          

Shelby County TN Health Educational & Housing Facilities Board Methodist Le Bonheur Series B (Health Revenue, AGM Insured, U.S. Bank NA SPA)

    1.62       6-1-2042        5,000,000        5,000,000  
         

 

 

 

Texas: 4.93%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 4.93%          

Brazos Harbor TX Industrial Development Corporation (Industrial Development Revenue, BASF SE LOC)

    1.55       10-1-2036        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Dallam County TX Industrial Development Corporation Dalhart Jersey Ranch Incorporated Series 2008 (Resource Recovery Revenue, CoBank ACB LOC)

    1.49       8-1-2039        1,430,000        1,430,000  

Port Arthur TX Navigation District Jefferson County Total Petrochemicals USA Incorporated Project Series 2003-C (Industrial Development Revenue, Total SA LOC)

    1.50       4-1-2027        3,000,000        3,000,000  
            9,430,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Virginia: 0.60%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 0.60%          

Chesterfield County VA IDA Super Radiator Coils Project Series A (Industrial Development Revenue, Marshall & Ilsley Bank LOC)

    1.48     4-1-2026      $     1,150,000      $ 1,150,000  
         

 

 

 

Washington: 2.62%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 2.62%          

Washington Finance Authority Smith Brothers Farms Incorporated Series 2001 (Industrial Development Revenue, Northwest Farm Credit LOC)

    1.49       9-1-2021        2,520,000        2,520,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Whisperwood Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    1.52       5-15-2035        1,590,000        1,590,000  

Yakima County WA Solid Waste Disposal George Deruyter & Son Project Series 2006 (Resource Recovery Revenue, Northwest Farm Credit LOC)

    1.49       8-1-2026        900,000        900,000  
            5,010,000  
         

 

 

 

West Virginia: 1.41%

         
Variable Rate Demand Note ø: 1.41%          

West Virginia EDA Collins Hardwood Company LLC (Industrial Development Revenue, American AgCredit LOC)

    1.54       10-1-2031        2,700,000        2,700,000  
         

 

 

 

Wisconsin: 1.92%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 1.92%          

Manitowoc WI CDA Regency House Project (Housing Revenue, Bank First National LOC)

    1.68       11-1-2020        955,000        955,000  

Sheboygan WI Vortex Liquid Color Project (Industrial Development Revenue, Bank First National LOC)

    1.68       11-1-2020        550,000        550,000  

Wisconsin RIB Floater Trust Certificates Series 2018-022 (GO Revenue, Barclays Bank plc LIQ) 144A

    1.46       5-1-2036        2,170,000        2,170,000  
            3,675,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $157,550,000)

            157,550,000  
         

 

 

 

Other: 11.87%

         

BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares (Citibank NA LOC) ø

    1.58       6-1-2041        6,000,000        6,000,000  

Nuveen California Dividend Advantage Municipal Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 3 (Deutsche Bank LIQ) 144A ø

    1.52       3-1-2040        3,000,000        3,000,000  

Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1-2118 (Barclays Bank LIQ) 144A ø

    1.58       5-1-2041        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Western Asset Intermediate Municipal Fund Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) 144A ø

    1.58       2-25-2045        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Western Asset Municipal Partners Incorporated Variable Rate Demand Preferred Shares Series 1 (Citibank NA LIQ) 144A ø

    1.58       3-11-2045        3,700,000        3,700,000  

Total Other (Cost $22,700,000)

            22,700,000  
         

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements: 2.56%

         

Barclay’s Capital Incorporated, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $4,900,347 ^^

    2.55       2-1-2019        4,900,000        4,900,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $4,900,000)

            4,900,000        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $185,150,000)     96.77        185,150,000  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    3.23          6,188,843  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 191,338,843  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     15  

    

 

 

 

ø

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

 

144A

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

 

^^

Collateralized by U.S. government securities, 1.75% to 7.25%, 12-31-2020 to 8-31-2025, fair value including accrued interest is $4,998,000.

Abbreviations:

 

AGM

Assured Guaranty Municipal

 

CDA

Community Development Authority

 

DRIVER

Derivative inverse tax-exempt receipts

 

EDA

Economic Development Authority

 

EDFA

Economic Development Finance Authority

 

FHLB

Federal Home Loan Bank

 

FHLMC

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

 

FNMA

Federal National Mortgage Association

 

GO

General obligation

 

IDA

Industrial Development Authority

 

LIQ

Liquidity agreement

 

LOC

Letter of credit

 

MFHR

Multifamily housing revenue

 

PCFA

Pollution Control Financing Authority

 

PUTTER

Puttable tax-exempt receipts

 

RIB

Residual Interest Bond

 

SPA

Standby purchase agreement

 

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


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16   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2019
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (cost $185,150,000)

  $ 185,150,000  

Cash

    149,575  

Receivable for investments sold

    5,787,559  

Receivable for interest

    401,871  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    27,605  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    191,516,610  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Shareholder report expenses payable

    81,575  

Professional fees payable

    27,680  

Administration fees payable

    16,020  

Custodian and accounting fees payable

    11,375  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    8,482  

Dividends payable

    5,565  

Management fee payable

    3,866  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    1,860  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    21,344  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    177,767  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 191,338,843  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 191,412,246  

Total distributable loss

    (73,403
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 191,338,843  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 6,313,170  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    6,311,071  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.0003  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 166,024,212  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    165,958,949  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.0004  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 19,001,461  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    18,994,738  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.0004  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

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


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Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     17  
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 3,828,839  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    376,176  

Administration fees

 

Administrator Class

    5,409  

Institutional Class

    180,643  

Service Class

    23,486  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Administrator Class

    5,409  

Service Class

    48,929  

Custody and accounting fees

    32,386  

Professional fees

    39,117  

Registration fees

    79,304  

Shareholder report expenses

    14,107  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    23,250  

Other fees and expenses

    22,932  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    851,148  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (295,243
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    555,905  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    3,272,934  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    1,837  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 3,274,771  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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18   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2019
    Year ended
January 31, 20181
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 3,272,934       $ 2,669,470  

Net realized gains on investments

      1,837         200,819  

Net change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments

      0         (175
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      3,274,771         2,870,114  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

       

Administrator Class

      (72,091       (22,154

Institutional Class

      (3,175,949       (2,534,518

Service Class

      (225,713       (114,035
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (3,473,753       (2,670,707
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Administrator Class

    2,997,003       3,000,000       0       0  

Institutional Class

    4,687,583,592       4,692,370,298       6,592,288,860       6,598,075,845  

Service Class

    11,577,879       11,587,521       5,397,387       5,401,673  
 

 

 

 
      4,706,957,819         6,603,477,518  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Administrator Class

    70,709       70,768       21,782       21,800  

Institutional Class

    3,163,888       3,166,888       2,498,994       2,501,356  

Service Class

    161,224       161,362       79,884       79,954  
 

 

 

 
      3,399,018         2,603,110  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Institutional Class

    (4,860,642,244     (4,865,545,794     (6,521,302,596     (6,527,059,643

Service Class

    (12,079,625     (12,089,936     (10,091,953     (10,099,803
 

 

 

 
      (4,877,635,730       (6,537,159,446
 

 

 

 

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

      (167,278,893       68,921,182  
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      (167,477,875       69,120,589  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      358,816,718         289,696,129  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 191,338,843       $ 358,816,718  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the SEC prospectively eliminated the requirement to parenthetically disclose undistributed net investment income at the end of the period and permitted the aggregation of distributions, with the exception of tax basis returns of capital. Overdistributed net investment income at January 31, 2018 was $75,241. The disaggregated distributions information for the year ended January 31, 2018 is included in Note 5, Distributions to Shareholders, in the notes to the financial statements.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0010       $1.0005       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0125       0.0069       0.0031       0.00 2       0. 00 2  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    (0.0001     0.0005       0.0008       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0124       0.0074       0.0039       0.00 2       0. 00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0124     (0.0069     (0.0030     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    (0.0007     (0.0000 )3      (0.0004     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0131     (0.0069     (0.0034     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0003       $1.0010       $1.0005       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.25     0.74     0.35     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.44     0.41     0.39     0.37     0.37

Net expenses

    0.30     0.30     0.27     0.10     0.11

Net investment income

    1.25     0.68     0.29     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $6,313       $3,247       $3,223       $3,537       $3,536  

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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20   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0011       $1.0005       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0133 2       0.0080       0.0035       0.00 3       0.00 3  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0001       0.0005       0.0012       0.00 3       0.00 3  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0134       0.0085       0.0047       0.00 3       0.00 3  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0134     (0.0079     (0.0038     (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3 

Net realized gains

    (0.0007     (0.0000 )4      (0.0004     (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0141     (0.0079     (0.0042     (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0004       $1.0011       $1.0005       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.35     0.85     0.44     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.31     0.29     0.26     0.25     0.25

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.18     0.10     0.11

Net investment income

    1.32     0.79     0.27     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $166,024       $336,215       $262,511       $953,036       $1,008,667  

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

4 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.0010       $1.0005       $1.0000       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.0109 2       0.0059       0.0037       0.00 3       0.00 3  

Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments

    0.0001       0.0000 4       (0.0010     0.00 3       0.00 3  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.0110       0.0059       0.0027       0.00 3       0.00 3  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.0109     (0.0054     (0.0018     (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3 

Net realized gains

    (0.0007     (0.0000 )4      (0.0004     (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.0116     (0.0054     (0.0022     (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.0004       $1.0010       $1.0005       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.11     0.59     0.23     0.02     0.02

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.61     0.58     0.49     0.48     0.47

Net expenses

    0.45     0.45     0.35     0.10     0.11

Net investment income

    1.09     0.53     0.09     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $19,001       $19,355       $23,962       $108,484       $140,465  

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

 

3 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

4 

Amount is less than $0.00005.

 

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


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22   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

The Fund operates as an institutional non-government money market fund. As an institutional non-government money market fund, shareholders will transact at a floating net asset value (NAV) rounded to four decimal places in accordance with the valuation policies below.

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Securities valuation

Debt securities are valued at the evaluated bid price provided by an independent pricing service (e.g. taking into account various factors, including yields, maturities, or credit ratings) or, if a reliable price is not available, the quoted bid price from an independent broker-dealer.

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

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. Repurchase agreements are agreements where the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain a market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.

Security transactions and income recognition

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

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

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are accrued daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. Such distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may be categorized as a tax return of capital.


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Notes to financial statements   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund     23  

Federal and other taxes

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

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

As of January 31, 2019, the aggregate cost of all investments for federal income tax purposes was $185,150,000 and the unrealized gains (losses) consisted of:

 

Gross unrealized gains

   $ 0  

Gross unrealized losses

     0  

Net unrealized gains

   $ 0  

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

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

 

 

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

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2019:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Municipal obligations

   $ 0      $ 157,550,000      $ 0      $ 157,550,000  

Other

     0        22,700,000        0        22,700,000  

Repurchase agreements

     0        4,900,000        0        4,900,000  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 185,150,000      $ 0      $ 185,150,000  

Additional sector, industry or geographic detail is included in the Portfolio of Investments.

At January 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement.


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24   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.15% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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

Administration fees

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

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Administrator Class

     0.10

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. When each class of the Fund has exceeded its expense cap, Funds Management has waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses; otherwise, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.30% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, and 0.45% for Service Class shares. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees.

Shareholder servicing fees

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

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

Interfund transactions

The Fund may purchase or sell portfolio investment securities to certain other Wells Fargo affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act and under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that these interfund transactions, which do not incur broker commissions, are effected at current market prices. Pursuant to these procedures, the Fund had $493,940,000 and $519,565,000 in interfund purchases and sales, respectively, during the year ended January 31, 2019.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Year ended January 31  
     2019      2018  

Ordinary income

   $ 473,017      $ 261,220  

Tax-exempt income

     2,857,604        2,409,487  

Long-term capital gain

     143,132        0  


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As of January 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Undistributed
ordinary
income
   Undistributed
tax-exempt
income
$1,837    $62,757

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to separately state the components of distributions to shareholders under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The amounts of distributions to shareholders for the year ended January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

       Net investment
income
       Net realized
gains
 

Administrator Class

     $ 22,145        $ 9  

Institutional Class

       2,533,504          1,014  

Service Class

       113,982          53  

6. INDEMNIFICATION

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

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 updates the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by modifying or removing certain disclosures and adding certain new disclosures. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Management has adopted the removal and modification of disclosures early, as permitted, and will adopt the additional new disclosures at the effective date.


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26   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of January 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of January 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

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We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies since at least 1955.

Boston, Massachusetts

March 27, 2019


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TAX INFORMATION

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, $143,132 was designated as a 20% rate gain distribution for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $415,330 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $57,687 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

Pursuant to Section 852 of the Internal Revenue Code, 87.31% of distributions paid from net investment income is designated as exempt-interest dividends for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 152 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

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

William R. Ebsworth

(Born 1957)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief investment officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Audit Committee Chair and Investment Committee Chair of the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization). Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder.   N/A

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2015; Chair Liaison, since 2018   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of The Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization). She is also an inactive Chartered Financial Analyst.   N/A

Isaiah Harris, Jr.3

(Born 1952)

  Trustee, since 2009; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2019   Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (private school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   CIGNA Corporation

Judith M. Johnson3

(Born 1949)

  Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, from 2009 to 2018   Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant.   N/A

David F. Larcker

(Born 1950)

  Trustee, since 2009   James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.   N/A


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

Olivia S. Mitchell

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2006; Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman, since 2018   International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993.   N/A

Timothy J. Penny

(Born 1951)

  Trustee, since 1996; Chairman, since 2018; Vice Chairman, from 2017 to 2018   President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.   N/A

James G. Polisson

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Retired. Chief Marketing Officer, Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd, from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to 2015, Principal of The Polisson Group, LLC, a management consulting, corporate advisory and principal investing company. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Russell Investments, Global Exchange Traded Funds from 2010 to 2012. Managing Director of Barclays Global Investors from 1998 to 2010 and Global Chief Marketing Officer for iShares and Barclays Global Investors from 2000 to 2010. Trustee of the San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute, a non-profit organization, from 2013 to 2015. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Fund Trust from 2011 to 2012. Director of Barclays Global Investors Holdings Deutschland GmbH from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Polisson is an attorney and has a retired status with the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations.   N/A

Pamela Wheelock

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Board member of the Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Rochester, Minnesota since 2019. Chief Operating Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity from 2017 to 2019. Vice President of University Services, University of Minnesota from 2012 to 2016. Prior thereto, on the Board of Directors, Governance Committee and Finance Committee for the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners (Saint Paul Foundation) from 2012 to 2018, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2011 to 2012, Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2012 and Board Director from 2003 to 2015. Vice President, Leadership and Community Engagement, Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota (a private foundation) from 2009 to 2011. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Sports and Entertainment from 2004 to 2009 and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2004. Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Wild Foundation from 2004 to 2008. Commissioner of Finance, State of Minnesota, from 1999 to 2002. Currently Board Chair of the Minnesota Wild Foundation since 2010.   N/A

 

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


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30   Wells Fargo Municipal Cash Management Money Market Fund   Other information (unaudited)

Officers

 

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

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(Born 1967)

  Treasurer, since 2012   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary, since 2018; Chief Legal Officer, since 2018   Senior Company Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018 (previously Senior Counsel from 2007 to 2018). Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from 2008 to 2014.    

Michael H. Whitaker

(Born 1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

David Berardi

(Born 1975)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

1

Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 76 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2

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

 

3 

Mr. Harris became Chairman of the Audit Committee effective January 1, 2019.


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More information about Wells Fargo Funds is available free upon request. To obtain literature, please write, visit the Fund’s website, or call:

Wells Fargo Funds

P.O. Box 219967

Kansas City, MO 64121-9967

Website: wellsfargofunds.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275

Institutional investment professionals:
1-866-765-0778

 

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

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is the trade name for certain investment advisory/management firms owned by Wells Fargo & Company. These firms include but are not limited to Wells Capital Management Incorporated and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Certain products managed by WFAM entities are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (a broker/dealer and Member FINRA).

This material is for general informational and educational purposes only and is NOT intended to provide investment advice or a recommendation of any kind—including a recommendation for any specific investment, strategy, or plan.

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED    NO BANK GUARANTEE     MAY LOSE VALUE

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Annual Report

January 31, 2019

 

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Government Money Market Funds

 

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Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by new regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Wells Fargo Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports issued after this date will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.

If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from the Fund electronically at any time by contacting your financial intermediary (such as a broker-dealer or bank) or, if you are a direct investor, by calling 1-800-222-8222 or by enrolling at wellsfargo.com/advantagedelivery.

You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can contact your financial intermediary to request that you continue to receive paper copies of your shareholder reports; if you invest directly with the Fund, you can call 1-800-222-8222. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all Wells Fargo Funds held in your account with your financial intermediary or, if you are a direct investor, to all Wells Fargo Funds that you hold.

 

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    21  

Statement of operations

    22  

Statement of changes in net assets

    23  

Financial highlights

    24  

Notes to financial statements

    30  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    34  

Other information

    35  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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

 

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Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2019. An upward trend for short-term interest rates, inflation concerns, trade tensions, and geopolitical events contributed to investment market volatility throughout the year.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 fell 2.31% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 declined 12.58%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net),3 emerging market stocks lost 14.24%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 2.25% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 fell 3.26%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 3.26%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 1.57%.

A move to normalize U.S. monetary policy influenced markets.

Through January 2018, the S&P 500 Index and MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) delivered positive returns every month for more than a year. In February 2018, that streak ended. The S&P 500 Index fell 3.69% during February and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) dropped 4.72%. For the quarter, the S&P 500 Index recorded its first negative quarterly return since 2014. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) fell 1.18% for the quarter.

During the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) sought to normalize accommodative monetary policies in place since the 2008 global financial crisis and recession. Short-term interest rates, as measured by U.S. Treasury bills—maturities ranging from 3 to 12 months—increased an average of 89 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). Rates for 10-year and 30-year Treasuries increased 17 bps and 18 bps, respectively. Slower growth of long-term rates raised concerns for a flattening yield curve, sometimes associated with recessions. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps in March 2018 to a target range of between 1.50% and 1.75%. The Bank of England (BOE) indicated a bias to increase rates later in 2018. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) maintained low interest rates.

Global trade tensions heightened investor concerns.

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018. A tit-for-tat tariff spat intensified between the U.S. and other governments. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 1.75% and 2.00% in June. Market index results reflected the global concerns. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) lost 2.61% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index dropped 4.76%.

 

 

 

1

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

 

2 

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

 

3 

The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure large- and mid-cap equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI EM Index (Net) consists of the following 24 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

4

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

 

5 

The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

6 

The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

7

The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.


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

Not all news was bad. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) annualized growth of 4.2%. Hiring improved. Employment data remained strong. Consumer confidence and spending increased. The S&P 500 Index recorded a 3.43% second-quarter gain. Stocks of companies with smaller capitalizations were even better, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index,8 adding 7.75%.

Investors appeared to shake off lingering concerns during the third quarter.

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors. U.S. trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada progressed. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®9 reached its highest level in 18 years during September. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.00% and 2.25% in September. For the quarter that ended September 30, 2018, the S&P 500 Index added 7.71%.

Investors in international markets were not as reassured. Tensions between the U.S. and China increased. The U.S. imposed $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. China reacted with $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. Economic growth in China caused concern. The BOE raised its monetary policy rate to 0.75% in August. During the quarter, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 0.71%. The MSCI EM Index (Net) declined 1.09%. In fixed-income markets, U.S. bonds were flat, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index fell 1.74%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets during the fourth quarter.

For the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), negative stock market performance during October and December bracketed positive November returns. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year.

November’s U.S. mid-term elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that third-quarter U.S. GDP grew at an annualized 3.4% rate, solid, but lower than the second quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The PBOC cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes even as the value of the yuan declined to low levels last seen in 2008.

After the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% in December—the ninth such increase since the Fed began three years ago to raise rates from near zero—it softened its outlook for further interest rate increases in 2019.

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investors entered 2019 with reasons to be concerned. A partial U.S government shutdown driven by partisan spending and immigration policy disputes extended into January. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX10.

 

 

 

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors.

 

 

 

 

 

8 

The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

9 

The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® measures the degree of optimism on the state of the U.S. economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

10 

The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX) is a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 Index options. It represents one measure of the market’s expectation of stock market volatility over the next 30-day period. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month that ended January 31, 2019, its best monthly performance in 30 years. Returns for the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index also were positive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Andrew Owen

President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

 

For further information about your Fund, contact your investment professional, visit our website at wellsfargofunds.com, or call us directly at 1-800-222-8222.


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

Investment objective

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

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2019

 

              Expense ratios(%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (WFGXX)   11-8-1999     1.38       0.36       0.18       0.61       0.60  
 
Administrator Class (WGAXX)   7-31-2003     1.65       0.48       0.25       0.34       0.34  
 
Institutional Class (GVIXX)   7-28-2003     1.79       0.57       0.30       0.22       0.20  
 
Select Class (WFFXX)3   6-30-2015     1.85       0.61       0.32       0.18       0.14  
 
Service Class (NWGXX)   11-16-1987     1.48       0.40       0.21       0.51       0.50  
 
Sweep Class4   6-30-2010     1.21       0.30       0.15       0.77       0.77  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20192

 

    Class A  

Administrator

Class

   

Institutional

Class

   

Select

Class

   

Service

Class

   

Sweep

Class

 
7-day current yield   1.87     2.13       2.27       2.33       1.97       1.70  
7-day compound yield   1.88     2.15       2.29       2.35       1.99       1.71  
30-day simple yield   1.87     2.13       2.27       2.33       1.97       1.70  
30-day compound yield   1.89     2.15       2.29       2.35       1.99       1.72  

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

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

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

 

 

Please see footnotes on page 7.


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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund     7  
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20195

 

LOGO

 

 

Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20195
LOGO
 

 

Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20196

22 days

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20197

99 days

 

 

 

 

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

 

1 

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

 

2 

The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2019, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 0.60% for Class A, 0.35% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.14% for Select Class, 0.50% for Service Class, and 0.77% for the Sweep Class. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 1.86%, 2.13%, 2.25%, 2.29%, 1.96%, and 1.70% for Class A, Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Select Class, Service Class, and Sweep Class, respectively. The expense ratio paid by an investor is the net expense ratio (the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers) as stated in the prospectuses.

 

3 

Historical performance shown for the Select Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of the Institutional Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Institutional Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for Select Class shares would be higher.

 

4 

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

 

5 

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

 

6 

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

 

7 

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


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

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

The Fund’s fiscal year that ended January 31, 2019, was characterized by steadily rising interest rates. The fiscal year began with the target range on the federal funds rate set by the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) at 1.25% to 1.50%. The Fed raised the target range by 0.25% four times during the year—in March, June, September, and December—with the resulting federal funds target rate set at 2.25% to 2.50% at the end of the period. In addition to raising interest rates, the Fed also continued to shrink its balance sheet by systematically allowing a portion of the U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities it acquired during its quantitative easing programs to mature without being reinvested. Both the interest rate and balance sheet actions represent steps by the Fed to normalize monetary policy, effectively unwinding the policies it used to assist the economy’s recovery from the financial crisis.

The U.S. economy grew strongly throughout the year. Gross domestic product grew at an average rate of approximately 3.1% on an annualized basis, compared with a solid 2.5% rate for the prior year. The unemployment rate was largely unchanged, ending the fiscal year at 4.0%, down from 4.1% a year earlier. In addition, the underemployment rate, which includes workers marginally attached to the labor force and those working part time for economic reasons, also fell slightly, from 8.2% to 8.1% over the same period. Both measures were at or below their lows in the years preceding the financial crisis. These measures, among others, likely gave the Fed the confidence it displayed in moving to normalize interest rates and its balance sheet.

Interest rates on all categories of government money market securities moved gradually higher throughout the year, consistent with the Fed’s moves. The 3-month Treasury bill (T-bill) yields averaged 1.58% during February 2018, the first month of the fiscal year; 2.40% during January 2019, the last month of the fiscal year; and 2.04% on average for the entire fiscal year. This compares with an average of 1.01% for the year that ended January 31, 2018. Similarly, average 6-month T-bill yields were 1.77% in February 2018; 2.50% in January 2019; and 2.21% over the whole fiscal year, up from an average of 1.14% in the previous fiscal year. The higher yields on T-bills were due not only to the Fed’s interest rate hikes but also to an increased supply of T-bills from the U.S. Treasury, which needed to finance the growing U.S. federal deficit. The total amount of T-bills outstanding grew from $1.964 trillion at the beginning of the fiscal year to $2.289 trillion at the end.

The yields on repurchase agreements (repos) generally followed the same path and were also heavily influenced by the Fed’s decisions. Overnight Treasury repo rates, as measured by the Fed’s Tri-Party General Collateral Rate, averaged 1.31% in February 2018, the fiscal year’s first month, and 2.44% in January 2019, the fiscal year’s last month. For the entire fiscal year that ended January 31, 2019 the average Treasury repo yield was 1.92%, up from 0.94% for the previous fiscal year.

Similarly, yields on government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) discount notes moved higher in lockstep with other government securities throughout the year. Average GSE discount note yields for 3-, 6-, and 12-month tenors were 1.00%, 1.09%, and 1.24%, respectively, in the prior reporting period. The yields moved to averages of 2.01%, 2.13%, and 2.32%, respectively, for the fiscal year that ended January 31, 2019.

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

Strategic outlook

The economy has continued its solid performance, with a consistently strong labor market and gradually rising—but still below target—inflation. At the end of the fiscal year, the Fed signaled that it will proceed more cautiously, weighing incoming economic data and other factors and modifying its interest rate path accordingly. As the Fed is no longer projecting further gradual increases in interest rates and is instead espousing patience, the interest rate outlook as the fiscal year begins is for steady rates, and the direction of the next move in interest rates will depend on the evolution of the economy. The fiscal impulse from the federal tax cut that helped boost the economy over the past year may fade somewhat, potentially leading to slower economic growth over the following year. These factors suggest that interest rates on U.S. government money market securities may be little changed for at least the early part of the fiscal year. The risks to this outlook appear to be roughly balanced, as a still-strong economy could eventually call for higher rates, while rates could fall if the economy weakens due to a variety of factors, such as political developments in both the U.S. and abroad; a pullback in risk asset valuations; and a turn in the economic cycle, as the current expansion is well aged by historical standards. In the face of this uncertainty, we believe that our investment strategy, with its focus on capital preservation and liquidity, should enable the Fund to continue to meet its objectives.


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

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

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

 

    

Beginning

account value

8-1-2018

    

Ending

account value

1-31-2019

    

Expenses

paid during

the period¹

    

Annualized net

expense ratio

 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,008.21      $ 3.03        0.60

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.18      $ 3.06        0.60

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,009.54      $ 1.71        0.34

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.51      $ 1.72        0.34

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,010.24      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20      $ 1.02        0.20

Select Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,010.54      $ 0.71        0.14

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.50      $ 0.72        0.14

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,008.72      $ 2.53        0.50

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.69      $ 2.55        0.50

Sweep Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,007.36      $ 3.88        0.77

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.34      $ 3.90        0.77

 

 

1

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


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10   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

      

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt: 33.53%

 

       

FFCB (z)

    2.23     2-4-2019      $ 15,000,000      $ 14,997,238  

FFCB (z)

    2.26       2-26-2019        20,000,000        19,968,889  

FFCB (z)

    2.27       2-27-2019        80,000,000        79,870,109  

FFCB (z)

    2.28       3-4-2019        25,000,000        24,951,563  

FFCB (z)

    2.29       3-18-2019        10,000,000        9,971,750  

FFCB (z)

    2.32       2-19-2019        15,000,000        14,982,750  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.14%) ±

    2.38       6-13-2019        88,000,000        87,963,295  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.21%) ±

    2.39       8-6-2020        16,500,000        16,481,813  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.11%) ±

    2.40       10-28-2019        75,000,000        74,988,957  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.10%) ±

    2.41       7-19-2019        145,000,000        144,996,593  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.10%) ±

    2.41       8-15-2019        118,000,000        117,995,239  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.09%) ±

    2.41       8-19-2019        200,000,000        199,994,458  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.10%) ±

    2.42       7-25-2019        295,500,000        295,490,594  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.42       8-1-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.10%) ±

    2.42       12-2-2019        37,000,000        36,991,435  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.10%) ±

    2.42       10-8-2019        116,500,000        116,481,371  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.42       11-20-2019            150,000,000        149,975,610  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.43       4-29-2019        100,000,000        99,999,026  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.16%) ±

    2.43       5-5-2020        50,000,000        49,997,311  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.43       1-30-2020        75,000,000        74,994,101  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.43       7-15-2019        200,000,000        199,995,492  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.43       10-25-2019        208,000,000        207,997,627  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.43       9-23-2019        150,000,000        149,999,574  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.43       11-12-2019        100,000,000        100,000,129  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.05%) ±

    2.43       3-23-2020        200,000,000        199,990,926  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.05%) ±

    2.43       6-18-2020        100,000,000        99,993,807  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.21%) ±

    2.43       5-20-2020        125,000,000        124,881,914  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.44       6-10-2019        200,000,000        199,993,056  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.44       6-5-2019        35,000,000        34,999,411  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.44       5-11-2020        189,295,000        189,170,556  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.05%) ±

    2.44       4-16-2020        350,000,000        349,983,228  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.05%) ±

    2.44       10-21-2020        100,000,000        99,991,501  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.44       7-10-2019        147,200,000        147,200,000  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.07%) ±

    2.44       4-18-2019        150,000,000        150,003,423  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.06%) ±

    2.44       7-22-2020        300,000,000        299,982,529  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.06%) ±

    2.44       8-6-2020        150,000,000        149,996,629  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.06%) ±

    2.44       9-4-2020        150,000,000        149,989,270  

FFCB (z)

    2.45       4-5-2019        25,000,000        24,894,125  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.07%) ±

    2.45       7-9-2020        137,000,000        136,902,497  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.06%) ±

    2.45       2-27-2020        48,500,000        48,497,927  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.07%) ±

    2.45       9-12-2019        100,000,000        99,996,939  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.06%) ±

    2.45       10-15-2020        100,000,000        99,991,581  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.05%) ±

    2.45       8-27-2020        25,000,000        24,985,969  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.07%) ±

    2.45       5-15-2020        225,000,000        225,004,499  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.07%) ±

    2.45       7-24-2020        100,000,000        99,995,602  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.05%) ±

    2.46       1-22-2020        200,000,000        199,991,962  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.05%) ±

    2.46       2-7-2020        26,530,000        26,524,810  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.05%) ±

    2.47       3-12-2020        250,000,000        249,991,704  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.05%) ±

    2.47       5-14-2020        300,000,000        299,984,712  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.09%) ±

    2.47       3-26-2020        100,000,000        99,996,584  

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

 

FFCB (z)

    2.48     4-22-2019      $ 15,000,000      $ 14,918,333  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.03%) ±

    2.48       4-9-2020            250,000,000        249,985,251  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.49       8-14-2019        100,000,000        99,997,874  

FFCB (z)

    2.49       5-9-2019        106,000,000        105,299,175  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR -0.02%) ±

    2.49       8-5-2020        90,000,000        89,961,395  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.50       11-16-2020        130,000,000        129,986,974  

FFCB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.11%) ±

    2.50       12-28-2020        84,000,000        83,968,072  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.01%) ±

    2.51       5-26-2020        250,000,000        249,986,909  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.01%) ±

    2.51       11-27-2020        100,000,000        99,995,497  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.00%) ±

    2.51       6-25-2020        5,000,000        5,002,688  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.01%) ±

    2.51       8-19-2020        250,000,000        249,972,204  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.19%) ±

    2.52       2-28-2020        75,000,000        75,000,000  

FFCB (z)

    2.52       5-21-2019        20,000,000        19,849,822  

FFCB (z)

    2.53       5-28-2019        10,000,000        9,919,444  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.03%) ±

    2.54       12-14-2020        50,000,000        49,996,193  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.04%) ±

    2.54       1-28-2021        207,500,000        207,500,292  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.20%) ±

    2.54       3-6-2020        75,000,000        74,996,745  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.05%) ±

    2.55       1-27-2020        158,500,000        158,671,552  

FFCB (z)

    2.56       6-11-2019        100,000,000        99,090,000  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.07%) ±

    2.57       12-28-2020        250,000,000        250,000,000  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.14%) ±

    2.57       8-28-2019        25,000,000        25,000,000  

FFCB (z)

    2.57       7-11-2019        60,000,000        59,328,000  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.20%) ±

    2.58       4-16-2019        25,000,000        24,999,518  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.12%) ±

    2.59       11-30-2020        75,000,000        75,000,000  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.07%) ±

    2.59       1-8-2021        300,000,000        299,919,744  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.15%) ±

    2.59       3-2-2020        100,000,000        99,997,849  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.19%) ±

    2.59       6-13-2019        125,000,000        125,000,723  

FFCB (z)

    2.60       7-1-2019        5,000,000        4,946,875  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.61       9-4-2020        115,000,000        115,000,000  

FFCB (z)

    2.61       7-10-2019        100,000,000        98,869,333  

FFCB (z)

    2.62       7-16-2019        15,000,000        14,823,313  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.17%) ±

    2.63       4-9-2020        100,000,000        99,995,303  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.12%) ±

    2.64       1-27-2020        10,000,000        10,009,685  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.65       9-12-2019        100,000,000        99,997,556  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.15%) ±

    2.65       4-3-2019        14,330,000        14,336,111  

FFCB (1 Month LIBOR +0.16%) ±

    2.68       12-2-2019        25,000,000        25,049,088  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.06%) ±

    2.71       10-25-2019        42,400,000        42,442,792  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.10%) ±

    2.71       12-28-2020        235,000,000        234,982,416  

FFCB (z)

    2.75       11-4-2019        67,000,000        65,623,373  

FFCB (3 Month LIBOR -0.01%) ±

    2.81       9-23-2019        20,000,000        20,023,547  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.28%) ±

    2.26       2-1-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB

    2.28       9-20-2019        395,350,000        395,350,000  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.28%) ±

    2.30       2-4-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    2.35       2-6-2019        50,000,000        49,983,750  

FHLB (z)

    2.36       3-1-2019        144,000,000        143,737,749  

FHLB (z)

    2.36       3-4-2019        50,000,000        49,899,250  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.14%) ±

    2.37       2-28-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    2.37       2-22-2019        50,000,000        49,931,458  

FHLB (z)

    2.37       2-8-2019        50,000,000        49,977,085  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.37       3-22-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.38       4-15-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

 

FHLB (z)

    2.38     2-13-2019      $ 100,000,000      $ 99,921,100  

FHLB (z)

    2.38       2-15-2019        100,000,000        99,907,912  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.38       2-6-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.12%) ±

    2.38       2-22-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.12%) ±

    2.38       2-22-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.39       7-16-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.13%) ±

    2.39       6-7-2019        205,000,000        204,999,141  

FHLB (z)

    2.39       2-20-2019        100,000,000        99,874,706  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.12%) ±

    2.39       2-15-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.11%) ±

    2.39       2-22-2019        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.12%) ±

    2.39       4-18-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.11%) ±

    2.40       7-19-2019        19,995,000        19,993,877  

FHLB (z)

    2.40       2-27-2019        100,000,000        99,827,750  

FHLB

    2.40       10-11-2019        367,750,000        367,750,000  

FHLB

    2.40       10-15-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    2.41       2-1-2019        192,550,000        192,550,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.10%) ±

    2.41       10-21-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.09%) ±

    2.41       7-22-2019        100,000,000        100,000,021  

FHLB (z)

    2.42       3-6-2019        100,000,000        99,779,083  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.09%) ±

    2.42       7-17-2019        100,000,000        100,000,037  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.09%) ±

    2.42       7-16-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.10%) ±

    2.42       3-8-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.42       3-19-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.42       3-20-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.43       2-4-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    2.43       3-8-2019        270,000,000        269,366,452  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.43       3-15-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.07%) ±

    2.43       5-28-2019        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.08%) ±

    2.43       2-7-2020        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.07%) ±

    2.44       7-17-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    2.44       4-4-2019        100,000,000        99,583,222  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.06%) ±

    2.44       4-26-2019        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.06%) ±

    2.44       10-28-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.06%) ±

    2.44       2-20-2020        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.06%) ±

    2.44       2-21-2020        125,000,000        125,000,000  

FHLB (U.S. SOFR +0.06%) ±

    2.45       9-10-2019        75,000,000        75,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.06%) ±

    2.45       8-7-2019        35,000,000        35,005,497  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.07%) ±

    2.45       4-24-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.06%) ±

    2.46       12-16-2019        114,100,000        114,135,825  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.19%) ±

    2.46       2-20-2020        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.05%) ±

    2.46       10-9-2019            150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR -0.05%) ±

    2.46       12-13-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    2.47       4-8-2019        50,000,000        49,775,875  

FHLB (z)

    2.48       4-17-2019        200,000,000        198,977,084  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.20%) ±

    2.48       11-26-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLB (z)

    2.48       4-16-2019        100,000,000        99,495,361  

FHLB (z)

    2.48       4-22-2019        150,000,000        149,179,444  

FHLB (z)

    2.49       4-23-2019        50,000,000        49,722,688  

FHLB (z)

    2.50       5-1-2019        46,050,000        45,768,801  

FHLB (1 Month LIBOR +0.00%) ±

    2.50       10-26-2020        230,000,000        230,000,323  

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

 

FHLB (z)

    2.52     5-16-2019      $ 50,000,000      $ 49,641,056  

FHLB (z)

    2.52       5-15-2019        67,300,000        66,821,402  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.16%) ±

    2.52       5-24-2019        142,000,000        142,009,071  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.16%) ±

    2.52       5-24-2019        200,000,000        200,008,695  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.19%) ±

    2.52       8-28-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.07%) ±

    2.52       1-30-2020        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.26%) ±

    2.54       10-7-2019        75,000,000        74,945,510  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.26%) ±

    2.54       10-11-2019        312,400,000        312,170,504  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.16%) ±

    2.55       5-28-2019        550,000,000        550,043,097  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.16%) ±

    2.55       5-28-2019        27,500,000        27,501,229  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.20%) ±

    2.58       2-18-2020        250,000,000        250,000,000  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.21%) ±

    2.59       7-6-2020        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.16%) ±

    2.59       6-5-2019        10,000,000        10,001,311  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.21%) ±

    2.59       6-19-2020        200,000,000        200,000,000  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.16%) ±

    2.62       6-12-2019        466,855,000        466,856,442  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.16%) ±

    2.62       10-22-2019        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.16%) ±

    2.63       6-20-2019        59,680,000        59,687,060  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.15%) ±

    2.65       1-2-2020        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.14%) ±

    2.65       12-20-2019        250,000,000        249,973,366  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.12%) ±

    2.66       12-13-2019        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.11%) ±

    2.67       1-25-2021        50,000,000        50,000,769  

FHLB (3 Month LIBOR -0.14%) ±

    2.68       12-26-2019        225,000,000        225,000,000  

FHLB

    2.75       10-24-2019        9,775,000        9,775,518  

FHLMC

    1.25       8-1-2019        63,648,000        63,205,751  

FHLMC

    1.25       10-2-2019        144,295,000        142,899,297  

FHLMC (U.S. SOFR +0.03%) ±

    2.42       6-19-2019        120,000,000        120,000,000  

FHLMC (1 Month LIBOR -0.10%) ±

    2.42       8-8-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

FHLMC

    2.53       9-20-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

FHLMC (3 Month LIBOR -0.22%) ±

    2.55       6-10-2019        150,000,000        150,000,000  

FHLMC

    3.75       3-27-2019        20,997,000        21,040,575  

FNMA

    0.88       8-2-2019            383,635,000        380,284,072  

FNMA

    1.00       8-28-2019        41,983,000        41,584,341  

FNMA

    1.00       10-24-2019        51,029,000        50,395,743  

FNMA

    1.75       9-12-2019        50,000,000        49,703,012  

FNMA (U.S. SOFR +0.04%) ±

    2.43       4-30-2019        50,000,000        50,000,000  

FNMA (U.S. SOFR +0.07%) ±

    2.46       10-30-2019        25,000,000        25,000,000  

FNMA (U.S. SOFR +0.10%) ±

    2.49       4-30-2020        15,000,000        15,000,000  

FNMA (1 Month LIBOR +0.00%) ±

    2.50       2-28-2019        15,000,000        15,001,231  

National Credit Union Administration Guaranteed Note Series A4

    3.00       6-12-2019        20,900,000        20,929,314  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.40       11-15-2025        6,600,000        6,600,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.40       10-15-2032        22,705,128        22,705,128  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.40       6-15-2034        18,420,940        18,420,940  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       8-15-2019        6,000,000        6,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       11-15-2022        21,700,000        21,700,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       11-15-2023        20,000,000        20,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-20-2027        68,000,000        68,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       7-19-2027        10,000,000        10,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-20-2027        25,000,000        25,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-2-2031        10,000,000        10,000,000  

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

         

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41     9-2-2031      $ 11,755,000      $ 11,755,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-2-2031        8,830,000        8,830,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-2-2031        6,730,000        6,730,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-2-2031        5,875,000        5,875,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-30-2031        11,647,170        11,647,170  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       6-28-2032        31,051,405        31,051,405  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       5-15-2033        3,773,401        3,773,401  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-20-2035        12,000,000        12,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-20-2035        10,400,000        10,400,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-20-2035        9,900,000        9,900,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-20-2035        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       4-20-2035        17,500,000        17,500,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       4-20-2035        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       4-20-2035        5,000,000        5,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       10-15-2039        14,965,000        14,965,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       10-15-2039        15,000,000        15,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-15-2040        3,976,000        3,976,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-15-2040        11,928,000        11,928,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       7-7-2040        19,995,900        19,995,900  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       7-7-2040        8,598,237        8,598,237  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       7-7-2040        8,498,258        8,498,258  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       7-7-2040        10,997,745        10,997,745  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       7-15-2040        9,840,600        9,840,600  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       10-15-2040        7,000,000        7,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.42       12-15-2019        11,088,000        11,088,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.42       7-9-2026            70,451,250        70,451,250  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.42       1-15-2030        16,603,774        16,603,774  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 1 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       8-15-2026        15,447,168        15,447,168  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 1 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-30-2031        4,585,500        4,585,500  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 1 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-15-2040        9,940,000        9,940,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 2 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       10-10-2025        6,591,600        6,591,600  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 2 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-30-2031        10,730,070        10,730,070  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 2 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-20-2038        4,000,000        4,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 2-2 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       7-15-2040        3,479,000        3,479,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 3 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       10-10-2025        8,569,080        8,569,080  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 3 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       7-15-2026        5,284,620        5,284,620  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 4 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.40       11-15-2033        24,341,881        24,341,881  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 4 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-2-2031        3,500,000        3,500,000  

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Government Agency Debt (continued)

         

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 4 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41     9-30-2031      $ 6,236,280      $ 6,236,280  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 4 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-20-2035        9,000,000        9,000,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 5 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-30-2031        6,419,700        6,419,700  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 6 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-30-2031        6,419,700        6,419,700  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 6 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       4-20-2035        8,900,000        8,900,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 6 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       7-7-2040        4,898,996        4,898,996  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 7 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-30-2031        3,668,400        3,668,400  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 7 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       1-20-2035        2,900,000        2,900,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 8 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-30-2031        13,756,500        13,756,500  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 9 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.40       5-15-2030            25,296,000        25,296,000  

Overseas Private Investment Corporation Series 9 (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill +0.00%) ±§

    2.41       9-30-2031        4,310,370        4,310,370  

Total Government Agency Debt (Cost $25,454,541,261)

 

          25,454,541,261  
         

 

 

 

Municipal Obligations: 0.07%

 

       

New York: 0.02%

 

       
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.02%

 

New York City NY Housing Development Corporation Taxable-90 West
Street-Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    2.45       3-15-2036        5,650,000        5,650,000  

New York HFA 11th Avenue Housing Series B (Housing Revenue,
FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    2.45       5-15-2041        6,000,000        6,000,000  

New York HFA Series B (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    2.45       5-15-2033        2,100,000        2,100,000  
            13,750,000  
         

 

 

 

Washington: 0.03%

         
Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.03%          

Washington Housing Finance Commission Ballard Landmark Inn Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.39       12-15-2041        12,900,000        12,900,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Eagles Landing Apartments Project Series A (Housing Revenue, FNMA LOC, FNMA LIQ)

    2.45       12-15-2036        1,520,000        1,520,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Fairwinds Project Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.43       7-1-2041        2,945,000        2,945,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission Fairwinds Redmond Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.43       7-1-2041        4,600,000        4,600,000  

Washington Housing Finance Commission The Lodge at Eagle Ridge Series B (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.43       8-1-2041        3,425,000        3,425,000  
            25,390,000  
         

 

 

 

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Wisconsin: 0.02%

 

Variable Rate Demand Notes ø: 0.02%

 

Wisconsin PFA Assisted Living Facilities Brannan Park Project (Housing Revenue, FHLB LOC)

    2.39     1-1-2048      $ 12,320,000      $ 12,320,000  
         

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations (Cost $51,460,000)

 

          51,460,000  
         

 

 

 

Repurchase Agreements ^^: 60.64%

 

Bank of America Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,455,103,871 (1)

    2.57       2-1-2019        1,455,000,000        1,455,000,000  

Bank of Montreal, dated 1-17-2019, maturity value $400,894,667 (2)§

    2.44       2-19-2019        400,000,000        400,000,000  

Bank of Montreal, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $700,049,972 (3)

    2.57       2-1-2019        700,000,000        700,000,000  

Bank of Nova Scotia, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,405,100,301 (4)

    2.57       2-1-2019        1,405,000,000        1,405,000,000  

Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-10-2019, maturity value $400,792,667 (5)

    2.46       2-8-2019        400,000,000        400,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $100,007,194 (6)

    2.59       2-1-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $200,435,556 (7)

    2.45       3-4-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $640,046,222 (8)

    2.60       2-1-2019        640,000,000        640,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 12-3-2018, maturity value $301,850,333 (9)

    2.44       2-6-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

BNP Paribas Securities Corporation, dated 12-6-2018, maturity value $301,260,667 (10)

    2.44       3-4-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

Citibank NA, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $250,017,847 (11)

    2.57       2-1-2019        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Citibank NA, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $250,118,611 (12)

    2.44       2-7-2019        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-29-2019, maturity value $250,117,153 (13)

    2.41       2-5-2019        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $2,000,142,778 (14)

    2.57       2-1-2019        2,000,000,000        2,000,000,000  

Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-25-2019, maturity value $400,187,444 (15)

    2.41       2-1-2019        400,000,000        400,000,000  

Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,250,089,236 (16)

    2.57       2-1-2019            1,250,000,000        1,250,000,000  

Credit Agricole SA, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $850,055,486 (17)

    2.35       2-1-2019        850,000,000        850,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $200,014,333 (18)

    2.58       2-1-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $500,034,722 (19)

    2.50       2-1-2019        500,000,000        500,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $500,036,111 (20)

    2.60       2-1-2019        500,000,000        500,000,000  

Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $6,890,489,956 (21)

    2.56       2-1-2019        6,890,000,000        6,890,000,000  

Goldman Sachs & Company, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $145,010,231 (22)

    2.54       2-1-2019        145,000,000        145,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 1-15-2019, maturity value $201,374,167 (23)

    2.55       4-22-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 1-25-2019, maturity value $300,140,583 (24)

    2.41       2-1-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 1-29-2019, maturity value $251,568,750 (25)

    2.51       4-29-2019        250,000,000        250,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 1-30-2019, maturity value $500,234,306 (26)

    2.41       2-6-2019        500,000,000        500,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,100,078,604 (27)

    2.57       2-1-2019        1,100,000,076        1,100,000,076  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 1-4-2019, maturity value $503,185,000 (28)

    2.52       4-5-2019        500,000,000        500,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 1-7-2019, maturity value $200,868,000 (29)

    2.48       3-11-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 11-19-2018, maturity value $176,048,056 (30)

    2.45       2-15-2019        175,000,000        175,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 11-30-2018, maturity value $301,331,000 (31)

    2.42       2-4-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 11-5-2018, maturity value $101,294,222 (32)

    2.56       5-6-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 12-10-2018, maturity value $150,940,333 (33)

    2.48       3-11-2019        150,000,000        150,000,000  

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 12-19-2018, maturity value $150,945,000 (34)

    2.52       3-19-2019        150,000,000        150,000,000  

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Repurchase Agreements ^^ (continued)

 

ING Financial Markets LLC, dated 12-28-2018, maturity value $350,843,889 (35)

    2.48     2-1-2019      $ 350,000,000      $ 350,000,000  

JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $3,100,221,306 (36)

    2.57       2-1-2019            3,100,000,000        3,100,000,000  

JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $615,043,563 (37)

    2.55       2-1-2019        615,000,000        615,000,000  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner Smith Incorporated, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $100,007,139 (38)

    2.57       2-1-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

MetLife Incorporated, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $350,026,549 (39)

    2.57       2-1-2019        350,001,563        350,001,563  

Mitsubishi Bank, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $250,017,917 (40)

    2.58       2-1-2019        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Mizuho Bank, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $650,046,403 (41)

    2.57       2-1-2019        650,000,000        650,000,000  

MUFG Securities Canada Limited, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,470,104,125 (42)

    2.55       2-1-2019        1,470,000,000        1,470,000,000  

Nomura Securities International Incorporated, dated 1-29-2019, maturity value $1,200,562,333 (43)

    2.41       2-5-2019        1,200,000,000        1,200,000,000  

Nomura Securities International Incorporated, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,000,071,667 (44)

    2.58       2-1-2019        1,000,000,000        1,000,000,000  

Prudential Insurance Company of America, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $109,436,623 (45)

    2.59       2-1-2019        109,428,750        109,428,750  

Prudential Insurance Company of America, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $676,058,635 (46)

    2.59       2-1-2019        676,010,000        676,010,000  

RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,700,120,417 (47)

    2.55       2-1-2019        1,700,000,000        1,700,000,000  

RBC Capital Markets, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $2,750,196,319 (48)

    2.57       2-1-2019        2,750,000,000        2,750,000,000  

Royal Bank of Canada, dated 1-11-2019, maturity value $300,632,917 (49) §

    2.45       2-11-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

Royal Bank of Canada, dated 1-14-2019, maturity value $601,265,833 (50) §

    2.45       2-14-2019        600,000,000        600,000,000  

Royal Bank of Canada, dated 1-16-2019, maturity value $250,457,500 (51) §

    2.44       2-12-2019        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Royal Bank of Canada, dated 1-17-2019, maturity value $300,691,333 (52) §

    2.44       2-20-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

Royal Bank of Canada, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,000,071,389 (53)

    2.57       2-1-2019        1,000,000,000        1,000,000,000  

Royal Bank of Canada, dated 11-29-2018, maturity value $502,133,333 (54) §

    2.40       2-1-2019        500,000,000        500,000,000  

Royal Bank of Canada, dated 12-20-2018, maturity value $301,245,417 (55) §

    2.45       2-19-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

Royal Bank of Scotland, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $900,064,500 (56)

    2.58       2-1-2019        900,000,000        900,000,000  

Societe Generale, dated 1-25-2019, maturity value $500,234,306 (57)

    2.41       2-1-2019        500,000,000        500,000,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, dated 1-18-2019, maturity value $619,732,216 (58) §

    2.47       2-1-2019        619,137,500        619,137,500  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, dated 1-22-2019, maturity value $179,609,860 (59) §

    2.47       2-5-2019        179,437,500        179,437,500  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, dated 1-24-2019, maturity value $619,599,589 (60) §

    2.47       2-7-2019        619,005,000        619,005,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, dated 1-25-2019, maturity value $619,946,171 (61) §

    2.47       2-8-2019        619,351,250        619,351,250  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $619,394,392 (62) §

    2.47       2-14-2019        618,800,000        618,800,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, dated 2-1-2019, maturity value $619,799,781 (63)

    2.47       2-15-2019        619,205,000        619,205,000  

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, dated 2-5-2019, maturity value $180,172,900 (64)

    2.47       2-19-2019        180,000,000        180,000,000  

TD Securities, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $300,021,417 (65)

    2.57       2-1-2019        300,000,000        300,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $46,035,376,639)

 

          46,035,376,639  
         

 

 

 

Treasury Debt: 7.01%

 

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.20       2-7-2019        370,000,000        369,865,732  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.22       2-14-2019        150,000,000        149,881,099  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.23       2-21-2019        230,000,000        229,718,500  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.23       2-28-2019        180,000,000        179,702,326  

 

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


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Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Treasury Debt (continued)

 

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.27     3-7-2019      $ 250,000,000      $ 249,469,576  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.30       3-14-2019        150,000,000        149,612,208  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.42       4-11-2019        60,000,000        59,725,437  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.46       4-4-2019        220,000,000        219,074,306  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.47       4-25-2019        50,000,000        49,717,569  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       2-15-2019        220,000,000        219,876,422  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       7-15-2019        70,000,000        69,422,067  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       8-15-2019        70,000,000        69,304,593  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       7-31-2019        20,000,000        19,831,633  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       3-15-2019        150,000,000        149,783,432  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       3-31-2019            200,000,000        199,607,536  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       4-30-2019        513,500,000        511,985,885  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       5-31-2019        95,000,000        94,647,949  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       6-30-2019        130,000,000        129,288,344  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.38       2-28-2019        220,000,000        219,858,198  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.38       7-31-2019        20,000,000        19,885,327  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.50       2-28-2019        208,000,000        207,883,928  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.50       5-31-2019        130,000,000        129,624,748  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.63       3-31-2019        75,000,000        74,919,595  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.63       4-30-2019        30,000,000        29,948,438  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.63       7-31-2019        150,000,000        149,267,435  

U.S. Treasury Note (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.05%) ±

    2.45       10-31-2020        500,000,000        499,262,600  

U.S. Treasury Note (3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Money Market Yield +0.12%) ±

    2.52       1-31-2021        310,000,000        310,016,258  

U.S. Treasury Note

    2.75       2-15-2019        113,000,000        113,021,168  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.13       5-15-2019        420,000,000        420,756,918  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.63       8-15-2019        30,000,000        30,161,949  

Total Treasury Debt (Cost $5,325,121,176)

 

          5,325,121,176  
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $76,866,499,076)     101.25        76,866,499,076  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (1.25        (950,912,538
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 75,915,586,538  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

(z)

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

 

±

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

 

§

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

 

ø

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

 

^^

Collateralized by:

 

  (1)

U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 3.50%, 8-20-2042 to 10-20-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $1,498,650,000.

 

  (2)

U.S. government securities, 2.50% to 6.00%, 5-15-2021 to 1-20-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $411,816,202.

 

  (3)

U.S. government securities, 1.13% to 8.00%, 5-31-2019 to 11-15-2053, fair value including accrued interest is $719,094,113.

 

  (4)

U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 7.00%, 12-1-2023 to 1-20-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $1,447,098,875.

 

  (5)

U.S. government securities, 2.63% to 3.38%, 1-31-2026 to 11-15-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $408,000,014.

 

  (6)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.25%, 2-1-2019 to 11-15-2039, fair value including accrued interest is $102,000,057.

 

  (7)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.50%, 7-1-2021 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $205,999,993.

 

  (8)

U.S. government securities, 1.13% to 7.00%, 2-28-2019 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $658,601,906.

 

  (9)

U.S. government securities, 1.88% to 7.50%, 6-1-2019 to 1-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $308,999,999.

 

  (10)

U.S. government securities, 0.63% to 7.00%, 3-1-2019 to 1-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $308,982,714.

 

  (11)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 10.00%, 2-13-2019 to 9-15-2060, fair value including accrued interest is $255,181,325.

 

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


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  (12)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.88%, 3-18-2019 to 10-20-2067, fair value including accrued interest is $255,336,632.

 

  (13)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.00%, 9-12-2019 to 1-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $256,112,483.

 

  (14)

U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 5.63%, 9-30-2019 to 5-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $2,040,017,168.

 

  (15)

U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 6.50%, 1-1-2027 to 11-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $412,000,000.

 

  (16)

U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 4.00%, 1-5-2022 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $1,286,532,166.

 

  (17)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.25%, 1-30-2025 to 7-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $867,000,040.

 

  (18)

U.S. government securities, 0.00%, 5-15-2019 to 11-15-2027, fair value is $204,000,000.

 

  (19)

U.S. government securities, 0.00%, 2-15-2019 to 2-15-2028, fair value is $510,000,000.

 

  (20)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.50%, 6-1-2019 to 1-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $513,787,691.

 

  (21)

U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 6.50%, 2-28-2021 to 8-15-2043, fair value including accrued interest is $7,027,813,244.

 

  (22)

U.S. government securities, 2.00% to 6.00%, 1-1-2020 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $149,349,993.

 

  (23)

U.S. government securities, 2.25% to 6.00%, 8-1-2024 to 11-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $206,000,000.

 

  (24)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 5.50%, 12-5-2019 to 1-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $308,706,297.

 

  (25)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 5.00%, 12-5-2019 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $257,411,027.

 

  (26)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 5.00%, 2-15-2019 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $514,599,881.

 

  (27)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 7.00%, 2-5-2019 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $1,128,930,717.

 

  (28)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.00%, 6-30-2019 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $514,930,983.

 

  (29)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.50%, 2-5-2019 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $205,747,120.

 

  (30)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.00%, 2-5-2019 to 1-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $180,202,010.

 

  (31)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.50%, 6-30-2019 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $308,980,540.

 

  (32)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 5.14%, 1-30-2020 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $102,884,343.

 

  (33)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 7.00%, 12-5-2019 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $154,306,144.

 

  (34)

U.S. government securities, 2.50% to 4.50%, 11-1-2027 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $154,500,000.

 

  (35)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 7.50%, 12-5-2019 to 2-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $360,356,661.

 

  (36)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 9.38%, 4-15-2020 to 12-15-2058, fair value including accrued interest is $3,189,646,463.

 

  (37)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 1.88%, 2-19-2019 to 8-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $627,300,064.

 

  (38)

U.S. government securities, 3.50% to 4.00%, 3-1-2048 to 6-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $103,000,000.

 

  (39)

U.S. government securities, 2.50% to 4.00%, 5-1-2027 to 9-1-2042, fair value including accrued interest is $355,904,770.

 

  (40)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 5.50%, 10-15-2020 to 7-20-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $256,300,871.

 

  (41)

U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 7.00%, 7-1-2032 to 9-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $669,500,001.

 

  (42)

U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 3.50%, 4-15-2019 to 2-15-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $1,499,400,001.

 

  (43)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 7.13%, 6-6-2019 to 11-20-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $1,234,390,021.

 

  (44)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 7.50%, 2-1-2019 to 1-1-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $1,028,913,528.

 

  (45)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 3.00%, 5-15-2020 to 5-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $111,617,325.

 

  (46)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.38%, 11-15-2021 to 11-15-2028, fair value including accrued interest is $689,530,200.

 

  (47)

U.S. government securities, 0.0% to 4.63%, 2-28-2019 to 8-15-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $1,734,000,018.

 

  (48)

U.S. government securities, 1.00% to 5.00%, 5-30-2019 to 11-20-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $2,831,061,218.

 

  (49)

U.S. government securities, 2.52% to 4.50%, 10-1-2028 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $309,000,000.

 

  (50)

U.S. government securities, 2.63% to 6.00%, 11-1-2025 to 1-20-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $618,000,000.

 

  (51)

U.S. government securities, 2.84% to 4.60%, 7-1-2027 to 12-15-2056, fair value including accrued interest is $257,500,000.

 

  (52)

U.S. government securities, 2.09% to 5.00%, 11-1-2025 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $309,000,000.

 

  (53)

U.S. government securities, 2.56% to 4.53%, 6-1-2038 to 6-1-2056, fair value including accrued interest is $1,030,000,000.

 

  (54)

U.S. government securities, 2.93% to 6.00%, 3-1-2021 to 8-15-2058, fair value including accrued interest is $515,000,000.

 

  (55)

U.S. government securities, 3.00% to 5.00%, 10-1-2028 to 12-15-2056, fair value including accrued interest is $309,000,000.

 

  (56)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.63%, 4-15-2019 to 5-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $918,000,021.

 

  (57)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.00%, 10-12-2021 to 12-20-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $514,705,503.

 

  (58)

U.S. government securities, 4.00% to 5.00%, 4-1-2032 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $639,971,823.

 

  (59)

U.S. government securities, 4.00% to 5.00%, 4-1-2032 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $185,468,020.

 

  (60)

U.S. government securities, 4.00% to 5.00%, 4-1-2032 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $639,895,770.

 

  (61)

U.S. government securities, 4.00% to 5.00%, 4-1-2032 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $640,143,352.

 

  (62)

U.S. government securities, 4.00% to 5.00%, 4-1-2032 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $639,996,359.

 

  (63)

U.S. government securities, 4.00% to 5.00%, 4-1-2032 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $639,948,933.

 

  (64)

U.S. government securities, 4.00% to 5.00%, 4-1-2032 to 12-1-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $185,775,382.

 

  (65)

U.S. government securities, 3.50% to 4.50%, 5-1-2042 to 1-20-2049, fair value including accrued interest is $309,000,001.

 

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


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20   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

      

 

 

Abbreviations:

 

FFCB

Federal Farm Credit Banks

 

FHLB

Federal Home Loan Bank

 

FHLMC

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

 

FNMA

Federal National Mortgage Association

 

HFA

Housing Finance Authority

 

LIBOR

London Interbank Offered Rate

 

LIQ

Liquidity agreement

 

LOC

Letter of credit

 

PFA

Public Finance Authority

 

SOFR

Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

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


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Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund     21  
         

Assets

 

Investments in repurchase agreements, at amortized cost

  $ 46,035,376,639  

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

    30,831,122,437  

Cash

    1,084,855  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    2,560,969  

Receivable for interest

    81,562,180  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    1,309,689  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    76,953,016,769  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

    949,289,729  

Dividends payable

    62,071,164  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    13,393,992  

Management fee payable

    6,669,115  

Administration fees payable

    3,699,387  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    1,711  

Distribution fee payable

    30  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    2,305,103  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    1,037,430,231  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 75,915,586,538  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 75,915,420,705  

Total distributable earnings

    165,833  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 75,915,586,538  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 311,616,465  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    311,617,987  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 2,411,490,130  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    2,411,482,730  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 26,000,569,038  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    26,000,527,800  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Select Class

  $ 45,335,384,862  

Shares outstanding – Select Class1

    45,335,377,323  

Net asset value per share – Select Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 1,856,425,968  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    1,856,376,694  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Sweep Class

  $ 100,075  

Shares outstanding – Sweep Class1

    100,075  

Net asset value per share – Sweep Class

    $1.00  

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

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


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22   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2019
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 1,435,073,930  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    96,045,984  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    625,711  

Administrator Class

    1,788,946  

Institutional Class

    19,083,934  

Select Class

    17,795,955  

Service Class

    2,771,299  

Sweep Class

    29  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    711,035  

Administrator Class

    1,788,744  

Service Class

    5,773,539  

Sweep Class

    252  

Distribution fee

 

Sweep Class

    350  

Custody and accounting fees

    2,284,060  

Professional fees

    59,536  

Registration fees

    325,956  

Shareholder report expenses

    142,083  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    21,298  

Other fees and expenses

    533,102  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    149,751,813  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (20,465,841
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    129,285,972  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    1,305,787,958  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    113,882  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 1,305,901,840  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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Statement of changes in net assets   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund     23  
     Year ended
January 31, 2019
    Year ended
January 31, 20181
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 1,305,787,958       $ 541,486,847  

Net realized gains on investments

      113,882         221,993  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      1,305,901,840         541,708,840  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

 

     

Class A

      (3,957,680       (1,001,854

Administrator Class

      (29,903,434       (5,785,431

Institutional Class

      (426,556,283       (176,946,416

Select Class

      (811,926,883       (343,849,202

Service Class

      (33,480,248       (14,140,246

Sweep Class

      (1,208       (243
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (1,305,825,736       (541,723,392
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    180,404,669       180,404,669       120,907,015       120,907,015  

Administrator Class

    12,061,432,644       12,061,432,644       7,034,796,210       7,034,796,210  

Institutional Class

    167,832,722,754       167,832,722,754       141,879,382,084       141,879,382,084  

Select Class

    503,603,165,936       503,603,165,936       442,120,856,126       442,120,856,126  

Service Class

    67,069,453,268       67,069,453,268       86,534,648,298       86,534,648,298  
 

 

 

 
      750,747,179,271         677,690,589,733  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    3,921,415       3,921,415       998,459       998,459  

Administrator Class

    9,796,111       9,796,111       1,796,796       1,796,796  

Institutional Class

    141,402,397       141,402,397       68,325,146       68,325,146  

Select Class

    518,390,777       518,390,777       205,315,441       205,315,441  

Service Class

    4,616,938       4,616,938       2,433,539       2,433,539  

Sweep Class

    0       0       70       70  
 

 

 

 
      678,127,638         278,869,451  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (137,442,666     (137,442,666     (131,252,757     (131,252,757

Administrator Class

    (11,214,508,321     (11,214,508,321     (5,925,317,715     (5,925,317,715

Institutional Class

    (163,904,920,231     (163,904,920,231     (143,258,743,793     (143,258,743,793

Select Class

    (505,074,881,063     (505,074,881,063     (435,036,950,209     (435,036,950,209

Service Class

    (67,724,591,715     (67,724,591,715     (87,022,938,107     (87,022,938,107
 

 

 

 
      (748,056,343,996       (671,375,202,581
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      3,368,962,913         6,594,256,603  
 

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

      3,369,039,017         6,594,242,051  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      72,546,547,521         65,952,305,470  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 75,915,586,538       $ 72,546,547,521  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the SEC prospectively eliminated the requirement to parenthetically disclose undistributed net investment income at the end of the period and permitted the aggregation of distributions, with the exception of tax basis returns of capital. Undistributed net investment income at January 31, 2018 was $51,952. The disaggregated distributions information for the year ended January 31, 2018 is included in Note 5, Distributions to Shareholders, in the notes to the financial statements.

 

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


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24   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.38     0.38     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.61     0.61     0.61     0.61     0.61

Net expenses

    0.60     0.61     0.41     0.13     0.09

Net investment income

    1.39     0.38     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $311,616       $264,735       $274,083       $265,119       $308,757  

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund     25  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.65     0.65     0.10     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.34     0.34     0.34     0.34     0.34

Net expenses

    0.34     0.34     0.31     0.12     0.09

Net investment income

    1.67     0.72     0.11     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $2,411,490       $1,554,764       $443,500       $382,043       $644,666  

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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26   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.79     0.79     0.24     0.02     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.22     0.22     0.22     0.22     0.22

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.17     0.12     0.09

Net investment income

    1.79     0.79     0.25     0.02     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $26,000,569       $21,931,321       $23,242,417       $14,212,988       $17,509,698  

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SELECT CLASS   2019     2018     2017     20161  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.01       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Net realized gains on investments

    0.00 2       0.00       0.00 2       0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

       

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

    (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      0.00       0.00  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return3

    1.85     0.85     0.30     0.04

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

       

Gross expenses

    0.18     0.18     0.18     0.18

Net expenses

    0.14     0.14     0.11     0.10

Net investment income

    1.82     0.86     0.34     0.08

Supplemental data

       

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $45,335,385       $46,288,730       $38,999,425       $7,985,195  

 

 

 

 

1 

For the period from June 30, 2015 (commencement of class operations) to January 31, 2016

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

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

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.48     0.49     0.02     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.51     0.51     0.51     0.51     0.51

Net expenses

    0.50     0.50     0.40     0.13     0.09

Net investment income

    1.45     0.48     0.02     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,856,426       $2,506,898       $2,992,780       $2,963,813       $4,129,813  

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SWEEP CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.21     0.24     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.77     0.77     0.96     0.96     0.96

Net expenses

    0.77     0.75     0.38     0.13     0.09

Net investment income

    1.21     0.24     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $100       $100       $100       $2,977       $6,615  

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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30   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Securities valuation

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

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

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. Repurchase agreements are agreements where the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain a market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.

When-issued transactions

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

Security transactions and income recognition

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

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


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Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. Such distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may be categorized as a tax return of capital at year end.

Federal and other taxes

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

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

As of January 31, 2019, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

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

 

 

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

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2019:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Government agency debt

   $ 0      $ 25,454,541,261      $ 0      $ 25,454,541,261  

Municipal obligations

     0        51,460,000        0        51,460,000  

Repurchase agreements

     0        46,035,376,639        0        46,035,376,639  

Treasury debt

     0        5,325,121,176        0        5,325,121,176  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 76,866,499,076      $ 0      $ 76,866,499,076  


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32   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

Additional sector, industry or geographic detail is included in the Portfolio of Investments.

At January 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.13% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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

Administration fees

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

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Class A

     0.22

Administrator Class

     0.10  

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Select Class

     0.04  

Service Class

     0.12  

Sweep Class

     0.03  

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. When each class of the Fund has exceeded its expense cap, Funds Management has waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses; otherwise, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.60% for Class A shares, 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.14% for Select Class shares, 0.50% for Service Class shares, and 0.77% for Sweep Class shares. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Prior to June 1, 2018, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 0.65% for Class A shares, 0.16% for Select Class shares, and 0.79% for Sweep Class shares.

Distribution fee

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


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Shareholder servicing fees

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

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

Interfund transactions

The Fund may purchase or sell portfolio investment securities to certain other Wells Fargo affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act and under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that these interfund transactions, which do not incur broker commissions, are effected at current market prices.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $1,305,825,736 and $541,723,392 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2018, respectively.

As of January 31, 2019, distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $62,281,704 in undistributed ordinary income.

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to separately state the components of distributions to shareholders under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The amounts of distributions to shareholders for the year ended January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Net investment
income
     Net realized
gains
 

Class A

   $ 1,001,046      $ 808  

Administrator Class

     5,781,998        3,433  

Institutional Class

     176,872,690        73,726  

Select Class

     343,698,404        150,798  

Service Class

     14,132,467        7,779  

Sweep Class

     242        1  

6. INDEMNIFICATION

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

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 updates the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by modifying or removing certain disclosures and adding certain new disclosures. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Management has adopted the removal and modification of disclosures early, as permitted, and will adopt the additional new disclosures at the effective date.


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34   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Report of independent registered public accounting firm

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of January 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of January 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

LOGO

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies since at least 1955.

Boston, Massachusetts

March 27, 2019


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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $1,278,927,198 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $37,777 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, 46.70% of the ordinary income distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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


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36   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Other information (unaudited)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 152 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other
public company or
investment company

directorships

William R. Ebsworth (Born 1957)   Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief investment officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Audit Committee Chair and Investment Committee Chair of the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization). Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder.   N/A
Jane A. Freeman (Born 1953)   Trustee, since 2015; Chair Liaison, since 2018   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of The Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization). She is also an inactive Chartered Financial Analyst.   N/A
Isaiah Harris, Jr.3 (Born 1952)   Trustee, since 2009; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2019   Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (private school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   CIGNA Corporation
Judith M. Johnson3 (Born 1949)   Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, from 2009 to 2018   Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant.   N/A
David F. Larcker (Born 1950)   Trustee, since 2009   James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.   N/A


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Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other
public company or
investment company

directorships

Olivia S. Mitchell (Born 1953)   Trustee, since 2006; Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman, since 2018   International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993.   N/A
Timothy J. Penny (Born 1951)   Trustee, since 1996; Chairman, since 2018; Vice Chairman, from 2017 to 2018   President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.   N/A
James G. Polisson (Born 1959)   Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Retired. Chief Marketing Officer, Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd, from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to 2015, Principal of The Polisson Group, LLC, a management consulting, corporate advisory and principal investing company. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Russell Investments, Global Exchange Traded Funds from 2010 to 2012. Managing Director of Barclays Global Investors from 1998 to 2010 and Global Chief Marketing Officer for iShares and Barclays Global Investors from 2000 to 2010. Trustee of the San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute, a non-profit organization, from 2013 to 2015. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Fund Trust from 2011 to 2012. Director of Barclays Global Investors Holdings Deutschland GmbH from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Polisson is an attorney and has a retired status with the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations.   N/A
Pamela Wheelock (Born 1959)   Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Board member of the Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Rochester, Minnesota since 2019. Chief Operating Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity from 2017 to 2019. Vice President of University Services, University of Minnesota from 2012 to 2016. Prior thereto, on the Board of Directors, Governance Committee and Finance Committee for the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners (Saint Paul Foundation) from 2012 to 2018, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2011 to 2012, Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2012 and Board Director from 2003 to 2015. Vice President, Leadership and Community Engagement, Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota (a private foundation) from 2009 to 2011. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Sports and Entertainment from 2004 to 2009 and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2004. Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Wild Foundation from 2004 to 2008. Commissioner of Finance, State of Minnesota, from 1999 to 2002. Currently Board Chair of the Minnesota Wild Foundation since 2010.   N/A

 

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38   Wells Fargo Government Money Market Fund   Other information (unaudited)

Officers

 

Name and

year of birth

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

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(Born 1967)

  Treasurer, since 2012   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.    
Alexander Kymn (Born 1973)   Secretary, since 2018; Chief Legal Officer, since 2018   Senior Company Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018 (previously Senior Counsel from 2007 to 2018). Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from 2008 to 2014.    

Michael H. Whitaker

(Born 1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

David Berardi

(Born 1975)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

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Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 76 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2

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

 

3 

Mr. Harris became Chairman of the Audit Committee effective January 1, 2019.


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Annual Report

January 31, 2019

 

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Government Money Market Funds

 

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Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by new regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Wells Fargo Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports issued after this date will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    12  

Statement of operations

    13  

Statement of changes in net assets

    14  

Financial highlights

    15  

Notes to financial statements

    20  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    24  

Other information

    25  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

 

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2019. An upward trend for short-term interest rates, inflation concerns, trade tensions, and geopolitical events contributed to investment market volatility throughout the year.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 fell 2.31% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 declined 12.58%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net),3 emerging market stocks lost 14.24%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 2.25% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 fell 3.26%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 3.26%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 1.57%.

A move to normalize U.S. monetary policy influenced markets.

Through January 2018, the S&P 500 Index and MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) delivered positive returns every month for more than a year. In February 2018, that streak ended. The S&P 500 Index fell 3.69% during February and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) dropped 4.72%. For the quarter, the S&P 500 Index recorded its first negative quarterly return since 2014. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) fell 1.18% for the quarter.

During the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) sought to normalize accommodative monetary policies in place since the 2008 global financial crisis and recession. Short-term interest rates, as measured by U.S. Treasury bills—maturities ranging from 3 to 12 months—increased an average of 89 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). Rates for 10-year and 30-year Treasuries increased 17 bps and 18 bps, respectively. Slower growth of long-term rates raised concerns for a flattening yield curve, sometimes associated with recessions. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps in March 2018 to a target range of between 1.50% and 1.75%. The Bank of England (BOE) indicated a bias to increase rates later in 2018. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) maintained low interest rates.

Global trade tensions heightened investor concerns.

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018. A tit-for-tat tariff spat intensified between the U.S. and other governments. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 1.75% and 2.00% in June. Market index results reflected the global concerns. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) lost 2.61% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index dropped 4.76%.

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure large- and mid-cap equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI EM Index (Net) consists of the following 24 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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

 

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The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.


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

Not all news was bad. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) annualized growth of 4.2%. Hiring improved. Employment data remained strong. Consumer confidence and spending increased. The S&P 500 Index recorded a 3.43% second-quarter gain. Stocks of companies with smaller capitalizations were even better, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index,8 adding 7.75%.

Investors appeared to shake off lingering concerns during the third quarter.

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors. U.S. trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada progressed. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®9 reached its highest level in 18 years during September. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.00% and 2.25% in September. For the quarter that ended September 30, 2018, the S&P 500 Index added 7.71%.

Investors in international markets were not as reassured. Tensions between the U.S. and China increased. The U.S. imposed $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. China reacted with $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. Economic growth in China caused concern. The BOE raised its monetary policy rate to 0.75% in August. During the quarter, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 0.71%. The MSCI EM Index (Net) declined 1.09%. In fixed-income markets, U.S. bonds were flat, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index fell 1.74%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets during the fourth quarter.

For the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), negative stock market performance during October and December bracketed positive November returns. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year.

November’s U.S. mid-term elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that third-quarter U.S. GDP grew at an annualized 3.4% rate, solid, but lower than the second quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The PBOC cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes even as the value of the yuan declined to low levels last seen in 2008.

After the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% in December—the ninth such increase since the Fed began three years ago to raise rates from near zero—it softened its outlook for further interest rate increases in 2019.

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investors entered 2019 with reasons to be concerned. A partial U.S government shutdown driven by partisan spending and immigration policy disputes extended into January. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX10.

 

 

 

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® measures the degree of optimism on the state of the U.S. economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX) is a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 Index options. It represents one measure of the market’s expectation of stock market volatility over the next 30-day period. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month that ended January 31, 2019, its best monthly performance in 30 years. Returns for the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index also were positive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

    

 

 

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

Investment objective

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

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2019

 

                          Expense ratios1 (%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (WFTXX)   11-8-1999     1.35       0.33       0.17       0.68       0.60  
 
Administrator Class (WTRXX)3   6-30-2010     1.67       0.48       0.25       0.41       0.30  
 
Institutional Class (WOTXX)4   10-31-2014     1.77       0.54       0.28       0.29       0.20  
 
Service Class (NWTXX)   12-3-1990     1.46       0.39       0.20       0.58       0.50  
 
Sweep Class5   6-30-2010     1.13       0.26       0.14       0.84       0.83  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20192

 

    Class A   Administrator
Class
    Institutional
Class
    Service
Class
    Sweep
Class
 
7-day current yield   1.83     2.13       2.23       1.93       1.60  
7-day compound yield   1.85     2.15       2.26       1.95       1.61  
30-day simple yield   1.82     2.12       2.22       1.92       1.59  
30-day compound yield   1.84     2.15       2.25       1.94       1.61  

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

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

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

 

 

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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     7  
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20196
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Effective maturity distribution as of January 31, 20196
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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20197  

32 days

        

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20198  

92 days

        

    

 

 

 

 

CFA® and Chartered Financial Analyst® are trademarks owned by CFA Institute.

 

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

 

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The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2019, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at the amounts shown. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 1.76%, 2.03%, 2.15%, 1.86%, and 1.60% for Class A, Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Service Class, and Sweep Class, respectively. The expense ratio paid by an investor is the net expense ratio (the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers) as stated in the prospectuses.

 

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Historical performance shown for Administrator Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Service Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Service Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for Administrator Class shares would be higher.

 

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Historical performance shown for Institutional Class shares prior to their inception reflects the performance of Administrator Class shares, and includes the higher expenses applicable to Administrator Class shares. If these expenses had not been included, returns for Institutional Class shares would be higher.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

The Fund’s fiscal year that ended January 31, 2019, was characterized by steadily rising interest rates. The fiscal year began with the target range on the federal funds rate set by the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) at 1.25% to 1.50%. The Fed raised the target range by 0.25% four times during the year—in March, June, September, and December—with the resulting federal funds target rate set at 2.25% to 2.50% at the end of the period. In addition to raising interest rates, the Fed also continued to shrink its balance sheet by systematically allowing a portion of the U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities it acquired during its quantitative easing programs to mature without being reinvested. Both the interest rate and balance sheet actions represent steps by the Fed to normalize monetary policy, effectively unwinding the policies it used to assist the economy’s recovery from the financial crisis.

The U.S. economy grew strongly throughout the year. Gross domestic product grew at an average rate of approximately 3.1% on an annualized basis, compared with a solid 2.5% rate for the prior year. Employment data remained strong, with the unemployment rate, ending the fiscal year at 4.0%, down from 4.1% a year earlier. In addition, the underemployment rate, which includes workers marginally attached to the labor force and those working part time for economic reasons, also fell slightly, from 8.2% to 8.1% over the same period. Both measures were at or below their lows in the years preceding the financial crisis. These measures, among others, likely gave the Fed the confidence it displayed in moving to normalize interest rates and its balance sheet.

Interest rates on all categories of government money market securities moved gradually higher throughout the year, consistent with the Fed’s moves. The 3-month Treasury bill (T-bill) yields averaged 1.58% during February 2018, the first month of the fiscal year; 2.40% during January 2019, the last month of the fiscal year; and 2.04% on average for the entire fiscal year. This compares with an average of 1.01% for the year that ended January 31, 2018. Similarly, average 6-month T-bill yields were 1.77% in February 2018; 2.50% in January 2019; and averaged 2.21% over the whole fiscal year, up from an average of 1.14% in the previous fiscal year. The higher yields on T-bills were due not only to the Fed’s interest rate hikes but also to an increased supply of T-bills from the U.S. Treasury, which needed to finance the growing U.S. federal deficit. The total amount of T-bills outstanding grew from $1.964 trillion at the beginning of the fiscal year to $2.289 trillion at the end.

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

Strategic outlook

The economy has continued its solid performance, with a consistently strong labor market and gradually rising—but still below target—inflation. At the end of the fiscal year, the Fed signaled that it will proceed more cautiously, weighing incoming economic data and other factors and modifying its interest rate path accordingly. As the Fed is no longer projecting further gradual increases in interest rates and is instead espousing patience, the interest rate outlook as the fiscal year begins is for steady rates, and the direction of the next move in interest rates will depend on the evolution of the economy. The fiscal impulse from the federal tax cut that helped boost the economy over the past year may fade somewhat, potentially leading to slower economic growth over the following year. These factors suggest that interest rates on U.S. government money market securities may be little changed for at least the early part of the fiscal year. The risks to this outlook appear to be roughly balanced, as a still-strong economy could eventually call for higher rates, while rates could fall if the economy weakens due to a variety of factors, such as political developments in both the U.S. and abroad; a pullback in risk asset valuations; and a turn in the economic cycle, as the current expansion is well aged by historical standards. In the face of this uncertainty, we believe that our investment strategy, with its focus on capital preservation and liquidity, should enable the Fund to continue to meet its objectives.


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

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

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

 

    

Beginning

account value

8-1-2018

    

Ending

account value

1-31-2019

     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,008.16      $ 3.04        0.60

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.18      $ 3.06        0.60

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,009.68      $ 1.52        0.30

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.69      $ 1.53        0.30

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,010.19      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,008.67      $ 2.53        0.50

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.69      $ 2.55        0.50

Sweep Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,006.99      $ 4.20        0.83

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.02      $ 4.23        0.83

 

 

1

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


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10   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Treasury Debt: 108.95%

         

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.30     2-7-2019      $ 200,000,000      $ 199,923,931  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.34       2-21-2019        170,000,000        169,780,667  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.34       2-14-2019        170,000,000        169,857,072  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.35       2-28-2019        130,000,000        129,772,263  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.36       3-7-2019        190,000,000        189,578,991  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.37       2-26-2019            1,374,780,000        1,372,525,327  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.37       3-26-2019        300,000,000        298,955,605  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.38       2-19-2019        704,350,000        703,515,389  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.38       2-12-2019        1,340,730,000        1,339,759,179  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.38       3-14-2019        170,000,000        169,542,565  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)##

    2.38       2-5-2019        1,573,120,000        1,572,705,086  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.38       3-19-2019        100,000,000        99,696,847  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.39       3-5-2019        1,400,000,000        1,397,354,088  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.39       3-21-2019        230,000,000        229,271,066  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)%%

    2.39       4-2-2019        350,000,000        348,701,344  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.40       5-2-2019        150,000,000        149,106,563  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.40       3-12-2019        250,000,000        249,352,708  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.42       4-18-2019        200,000,000        198,984,260  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.42       3-28-2019        100,000,000        99,631,806  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.43       4-11-2019        260,000,000        258,800,550  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.43       4-25-2019        150,000,000        149,167,118  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.45       4-4-2019        380,000,000        378,410,173  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.49       5-9-2019        40,000,000        39,735,406  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.49       8-1-2019        30,000,000        29,628,573  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.50       5-23-2019        30,000,000        29,771,756  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.50       5-16-2019        30,000,000        29,785,933  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.51       6-13-2019        20,000,000        19,817,913  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       2-15-2019        20,000,000        19,988,766  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       7-15-2019        24,740,000        24,544,529  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       8-15-2019        30,000,000        29,701,968  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       7-31-2019        30,000,000        29,747,449  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       3-15-2019        80,000,000        79,874,826  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       10-15-2019        30,000,000        29,638,458  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.13       2-28-2019        20,000,000        19,980,728  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       3-31-2019        40,000,000        39,921,486  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       4-30-2019        160,300,000        159,823,605  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       5-31-2019        10,000,000        9,962,942  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       6-30-2019        30,000,000        29,835,772  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.38       2-28-2019        114,000,000        113,918,164  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.38       7-31-2019        80,000,000        79,523,658  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.50       2-28-2019        30,000,000        29,982,231  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.50       5-31-2019        20,000,000        19,942,269  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.63       3-31-2019        20,000,000        19,975,563  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.00%) ±

    2.40       1-31-2020        270,000,000        269,938,865  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.03%) ±

    2.44       4-30-2020        360,000,000        359,997,061  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.04%) ±

    2.45       7-31-2020        240,000,000        239,999,077  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.05%) ±

    2.45       10-31-2020        310,000,000        309,775,740  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.05%) ±

    2.45       10-31-2019        195,000,000        195,022,465  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.06%) ±

    2.46       7-31-2019        60,000,000        60,001,083  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.07%) ±

    2.47       4-30-2019        150,000,000        150,024,902  

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     11  

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Treasury Debt (continued)

         

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.12%) ±

    2.52     1-31-2021      $     120,000,000      $ 120,006,306  

U.S. Treasury Note

    2.75       2-15-2019        10,000,000        10,001,873  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.13       5-15-2019        141,000,000        141,244,476  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.63       8-15-2019        10,000,000        10,053,983  

Total Treasury Debt (Cost $12,625,560,424)

            12,625,560,424        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $12,625,560,424)     108.95        12,625,560,424  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (8.95        (1,037,167,291
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 11,588,393,133  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

(z)

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

 

##

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

 

%%

The security is issued on a when-issued basis.

 

±

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

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2019
         

Assets

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

  $ 12,625,560,424  

Cash

    3,158  

Receivable for investments sold

    498,191,953  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    21,763,985  

Receivable for interest

    3,799,077  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    61,286  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    13,149,379,883  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable for investments purchased

    1,546,477,654  

Dividends payable

    7,862,575  

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    3,151,872  

Management fee payable

    1,161,819  

Administration fees payable

    903,826  

Distribution fee payable

    125,625  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    1,625  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    1,301,754  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    1,560,986,750  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 11,588,393,133  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 11,588,292,861  

Total distributable earnings

    100,272  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 11,588,393,133  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 384,013,451  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    383,992,506  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 692,247,065  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    692,206,098  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 7,296,689,777  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    7,296,307,238  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 2,796,396,860  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    2,796,253,024  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Sweep Class

  $ 419,045,980  

Shares outstanding – Sweep Class1

    419,023,543  

Net asset value per share – Sweep Class

    $1.00  

 

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

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


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Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     13  
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 208,310,167  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    24,287,376  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    584,616  

Administrator Class

    749,199  

Institutional Class

    5,021,984  

Service Class

    3,400,254  

Sweep Class

    128,603  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    664,336  

Administrator Class

    748,995  

Service Class

    7,083,368  

Sweep Class

    1,071,691  

Distribution fee

 

Sweep Class

    1,500,368  

Custody and accounting fees

    306,927  

Professional fees

    52,575  

Registration fees

    174,460  

Shareholder report expenses

    41,682  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    14,034  

Other fees and expenses

    128,393  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    45,958,861  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (11,791,056
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    34,167,805  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    174,142,362  
 

 

 

 

Net realized losses on investments

    (440,382
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 173,701,980  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2019
    Year ended
January 31, 20181
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 174,142,362       $ 57,973,078  

Net realized losses on investments

      (440,382       (87,084
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      173,701,980         57,885,994  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

 

     

Class A

      (3,585,269       (982,581

Administrator Class

      (12,151,739       (6,687,100

Institutional Class

      (112,222,067       (34,596,069

Service Class

      (40,839,299       (14,744,677

Sweep Class

      (4,851,067       (857,243
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (173,649,441       (57,867,670
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    1,137,578,905       1,137,578,905       1,135,806,761       1,135,806,761  

Administrator Class

    2,946,536,440       2,946,536,440       3,968,753,750       3,968,753,750  

Institutional Class

    20,906,716,859       20,906,716,859       13,161,870,367       13,161,870,367  

Service Class

    16,011,789,165       16,011,789,165       19,403,845,448       19,403,845,448  

Sweep Class

    4,479,924,845       4,479,924,845       3,679,356,512       3,679,356,512  
 

 

 

 
      45,482,546,214         41,349,632,838  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    3,581,445       3,581,445       981,504       981,504  

Administrator Class

    6,604,565       6,604,565       3,277,129       3,277,129  

Institutional Class

    78,887,331       78,887,331       22,397,562       22,397,562  

Service Class

    9,489,778       9,489,778       2,682,696       2,682,696  

Sweep Class

    4,851,067       4,851,067       857,222       857,222  
 

 

 

 
      103,414,186         30,196,113  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (1,048,396,260     (1,048,396,260     (1,209,172,771     (1,209,172,771

Administrator Class

    (3,175,348,441     (3,175,348,441     (4,284,479,032     (4,284,479,032

Institutional Class

    (18,389,742,128     (18,389,742,128     (12,050,337,321     (12,050,337,321

Service Class

    (16,170,354,767     (16,170,354,767     (19,798,151,954     (19,798,151,954

Sweep Class

    (4,547,426,565     (4,547,426,565     (3,870,749,117     (3,870,749,117
 

 

 

 
      (43,331,268,161       (41,212,890,195
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions

      2,254,692,239         166,938,756  
 

 

 

 

Total increase in net assets

      2,254,744,778         166,957,080  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      9,333,648,355         9,166,691,275  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 11,588,393,133       $ 9,333,648,355  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the SEC prospectively eliminated the requirement to parenthetically disclose undistributed net investment income at the end of the period and permitted the aggregation of distributions, with the exception of tax basis returns of capital. Undistributed net investment income at January 31, 2018 was $3,119. The disaggregated distributions information for the year ended January 31, 2018 is included in Note 5, Distributions to Shareholders, in the notes to the financial statements.

 

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


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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     15  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1,2       (0.00 )2,3 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3      0.00 1       (0.00 )3      0.00 1  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       (0.00 )3      0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.35     0.32     0.01     0.00     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.71     0.79     0.79     0.79     0.79

Net expenses

    0.62     0.64     0.36     0.08     0.04

Net investment income (loss)

    1.35     0.31     0.00     0.00     (0.00 )% 

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $384,013       $291,246       $363,639       $464,176       $1,009,623  

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

3 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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16   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund   Financial highlights

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       (0.00 )2,3 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       (0.00 )2      0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.67     0.67     0.07     0.00     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.44     0.52     0.52     0.51     0.51

Net expenses

    0.30     0.30     0.30     0.08     0.04

Net investment income (loss)

    1.63     0.65     0.06     0.00     (0.00 )% 

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $692,247       $914,471       $1,226,947       $1,945,991       $2,656,805  

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

3 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     20151  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.02       0.01       0.00 2       0.00 2       (0.00 )3,4 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    (0.00 )3      (0.00 )3      0.00 2       (0.00 )3      0.00 2  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 2       0.00 2       0.00 2  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2      (0.00 )2 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return5

    1.77     0.77     0.17     0.01     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.31     0.40     0.40     0.40     0.39

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.11     0.04

Net investment income (loss)

    1.79     0.78     0.18     0.01     (0.00 )% 

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $7,296,690       $4,700,731       $3,566,678       $632,263       $100  

 

 

1 

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

 

2 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

3 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

4 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

5 

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

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       (0.00 )2,3 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       (0.00 )2      0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.46     0.46     0.01     0.00     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.61     0.69     0.69     0.69     0.68

Net expenses

    0.50     0.50     0.36     0.09     0.05

Net investment income (loss)

    1.45     0.45     0.00     0.00     (0.00 )% 

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $2,796,397       $2,945,498       $3,337,172       $5,614,425       $6,962,725  

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

3 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SWEEP CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income (loss)

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       (0.00 )2,3 

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       (0.00 )2      0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.13     0.18     0.01     0.00     0.00

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.87     0.95     1.11     1.14     1.14

Net expenses

    0.83     0.77     0.36     0.09     0.04

Net investment income (loss)

    1.14     0.16     0.00     0.00     (0.00 )% 

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $419,046       $481,702       $672,256       $473,246       $427,778  

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

3 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

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


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

1. ORGANIZATION

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

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Securities valuation

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

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

When-issued transactions

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

Security transactions and income recognition

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

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

Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. Such distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may be categorized as a tax return of capital at year end.

Federal and other taxes

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


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Notes to financial statements   Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund     21  

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

As of January 31, 2019, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

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

 

 

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

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2019:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Treasury debt

   $ 0      $ 12,625,560,424      $ 0      $ 12,625,560,424  

Additional sector, industry or geographic detail is included in the Portfolio of Investments.

At January 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.

4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.20% and declining to 0.18% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. Prior to June 1, 2018, Funds Management received a fee at an annual rate which started at 0.35% and declined to 0.23% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increased. For the year ended January 31, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.23% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.


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

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

Administration fees

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

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Class A

     0.22

Administrator Class

     0.10  

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  

Sweep Class

     0.03  

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. When each class of the Fund has exceeded its expense cap, Funds Management has waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses; otherwise, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.60% for Class A shares, 0.30% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.50% for Service Class shares, and 0.83% for Sweep Class shares. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Prior to June 1, 2018, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 0.65% for Class A shares.

Distribution fee

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

Shareholder servicing fees

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

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

Interfund transactions

The Fund may purchase or sell portfolio investment securities to certain other Wells Fargo affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act and under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that these interfund transactions, which do not incur broker commissions, are effected at current market prices.

5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Year ended January 31  
     2019      2018  

Ordinary income

   $ 173,649,441      $ 57,848,084  

Long-term capital gain

     0        19,586  


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As of January 31, 2019, distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $7,966,917 in undistributed ordinary income.

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to separately state the components of distributions to shareholders under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The amounts of distributions to shareholders for the year ended January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Net investment
income
       Net realized
gains
 

Class A

   $ 965,544        $ 17,037  

Administrator Class

     6,627,174          59,926  

Institutional Class

     34,332,395          263,674  

Service Class

     14,586,653          158,024  

Sweep Class

     831,054          26,189  

6. INDEMNIFICATION

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

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 updates the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by modifying or removing certain disclosures and adding certain new disclosures. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Management has adopted the removal and modification of disclosures early, as permitted, and will adopt the additional new disclosures at the effective date.


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

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo 100% Treasury Money Market Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of January 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of January 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

LOGO

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies since at least 1955.

Boston, Massachusetts

March 27, 2019


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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $168,999,454 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $335,089 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, 100% of the ordinary income distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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


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

BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 152 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and

year of birth

  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or
investment company
directorships

William R. Ebsworth

(Born 1957)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief investment officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Audit Committee Chair and Investment Committee Chair of the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization). Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder.   N/A

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2015; Chair Liaison, since 2018   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of The Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization). She is also an inactive Chartered Financial Analyst.   N/A

Isaiah Harris, Jr.3

(Born 1952)

  Trustee, since 2009; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2019   Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (private school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   CIGNA Corporation

Judith M. Johnson3

(Born 1949)

  Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, from 2009 to 2018   Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant.   N/A

David F. Larcker

(Born 1950)

  Trustee, since 2009   James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.   N/A


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Name and

year of birth

  Position held and
length of service*
  Principal occupations during past five years or longer  

Current other

public company or
investment company
directorships

Olivia S. Mitchell

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2006; Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman, since 2018   International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993.   N/A

Timothy J. Penny

(Born 1951)

  Trustee, since 1996; Chairman, since 2018; Vice Chairman, from 2017 to 2018   President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.   N/A

James G. Polisson

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Retired. Chief Marketing Officer, Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd, from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to 2015, Principal of The Polisson Group, LLC, a management consulting, corporate advisory and principal investing company. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Russell Investments, Global Exchange Traded Funds from 2010 to 2012. Managing Director of Barclays Global Investors from 1998 to 2010 and Global Chief Marketing Officer for iShares and Barclays Global Investors from 2000 to 2010. Trustee of the San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute, a non-profit organization, from 2013 to 2015. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Fund Trust from 2011 to 2012. Director of Barclays Global Investors Holdings Deutschland GmbH from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Polisson is an attorney and has a retired status with the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations.   N/A

Pamela Wheelock

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Board member of the Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Rochester, Minnesota since 2019. Chief Operating Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity from 2017 to 2019. Vice President of University Services, University of Minnesota from 2012 to 2016. Prior thereto, on the Board of Directors, Governance Committee and Finance Committee for the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners (Saint Paul Foundation) from 2012 to 2018, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2011 to 2012, Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2012 and Board Director from 2003 to 2015. Vice President, Leadership and Community Engagement, Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota (a private foundation) from 2009 to 2011. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Sports and Entertainment from 2004 to 2009 and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2004. Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Wild Foundation from 2004 to 2008. Commissioner of Finance, State of Minnesota, from 1999 to 2002. Currently Board Chair of the Minnesota Wild Foundation since 2010.   N/A

 

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

Officers

 

Name and

year of birth

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

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(Born 1967)

  Treasurer, since 2012   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary, since 2018; Chief Legal Officer, since 2018   Senior Company Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018 (previously Senior Counsel from 2007 to 2018). Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from 2008 to 2014.    

Michael H. Whitaker

(Born 1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

David Berardi

(Born 1975)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

 

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Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 76 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2

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

 

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Mr. Harris became Chairman of the Audit Committee effective January 1, 2019.


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Annual Report

January 31, 2019

 

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Government Money Market Funds

 

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Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by new regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Wells Fargo Funds’ annual and semi-annual shareholder reports issued after this date will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports. Instead, the reports will be made available on the Funds’ website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website address to access the report.

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Contents

 

 

 

Letter to shareholders

    2  

Performance highlights

    6  

Fund expenses

    9  

Portfolio of investments

    10  
Financial statements  

Statement of assets and liabilities

    12  

Statement of operations

    13  

Statement of changes in net assets

    14  

Financial highlights

    15  

Notes to financial statements

    20  

Report of independent registered public accounting firm

    24  

Other information

    25  

 

The views expressed and any forward-looking statements are as of January 31, 2019, unless otherwise noted, and are those of the Fund managers and/or Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Discussions of individual securities, or the markets generally, or any Wells Fargo Fund are not intended as individual recommendations. Future events or results may vary significantly from those expressed in any forward-looking statements. The views expressed are subject to change at any time in response to changing circumstances in the market. Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC and the Fund disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any views expressed or forward-looking statements.

 

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

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

 

 

 

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018.

 

 

Dear Shareholder:

We are pleased to offer you this annual report for the Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund for the 12-month period that ended January 31, 2019. An upward trend for short-term interest rates, inflation concerns, trade tensions, and geopolitical events contributed to investment market volatility throughout the year.

For the period, U.S. stocks, as measured by the S&P 500 Index,1 fell 2.31% and international stocks, as measured by the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net),2 declined 12.58%. Based on the MSCI EM Index (Net),3 emerging market stocks lost 14.24%. For bond investors, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index4 added 2.25% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index5 fell 3.26%. The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index6 added 3.26%, and the ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index7 gained 1.57%.

A move to normalize U.S. monetary policy influenced markets.

Through January 2018, the S&P 500 Index and MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) delivered positive returns every month for more than a year. In February 2018, that streak ended. The S&P 500 Index fell 3.69% during February and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) dropped 4.72%. For the quarter, the S&P 500 Index recorded its first negative quarterly return since 2014. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) fell 1.18% for the quarter.

During the year, the U.S. Federal Reserve (Fed) sought to normalize accommodative monetary policies in place since the 2008 global financial crisis and recession. Short-term interest rates, as measured by U.S. Treasury bills—maturities ranging from 3 to 12 months—increased an average of 89 basis points (bps; 100 bps equal 1.00%). Rates for 10-year and 30-year Treasuries increased 17 bps and 18 bps, respectively. Slower growth of long-term rates raised concerns for a flattening yield curve, sometimes associated with recessions. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps in March 2018 to a target range of between 1.50% and 1.75%. The Bank of England (BOE) indicated a bias to increase rates later in 2018. The European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) maintained low interest rates.

Global trade tensions heightened investor concerns.

Global trade tensions escalated during the second quarter of 2018. A tit-for-tat tariff spat intensified between the U.S. and other governments. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 1.75% and 2.00% in June. Market index results reflected the global concerns. The MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) lost 2.61% while the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index dropped 4.76%.

 

 

 

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

 

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

 

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The MSCI Emerging Markets (EM) Index (Net) is a free-float-adjusted market-capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure large- and mid-cap equity market performance of emerging markets. The MSCI EM Index (Net) consists of the following 24 emerging market country indices: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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

 

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The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index is an unmanaged index that provides a broad-based measure of the global investment-grade fixed-income markets excluding the U.S. dollar-denominated debt market. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond Index is an unmanaged index composed of long-term tax-exempt bonds with a minimum credit rating of Baa. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The ICE BofAML U.S. High Yield Index is a market-capitalization-weighted index of domestic and Yankee high-yield bonds. The index tracks the performance of high-yield securities traded in the U.S. bond market. You cannot invest directly in an index. Copyright 2019. ICE Data Indices, LLC. All rights reserved.


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

Not all news was bad. The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis reported second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) annualized growth of 4.2%. Hiring improved. Employment data remained strong. Consumer confidence and spending increased. The S&P 500 Index recorded a 3.43% second-quarter gain. Stocks of companies with smaller capitalizations were even better, as measured by the Russell 2000® Index,8 adding 7.75%.

Investors appeared to shake off lingering concerns during the third quarter.

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors. U.S. trade negotiations with Mexico and Canada progressed. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®9 reached its highest level in 18 years during September. The Fed raised the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.00% and 2.25% in September. For the quarter that ended September 30, 2018, the S&P 500 Index added 7.71%.

Investors in international markets were not as reassured. Tensions between the U.S. and China increased. The U.S. imposed $200 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods. China reacted with $60 billion in tariffs on U.S. goods. Economic growth in China caused concern. The BOE raised its monetary policy rate to 0.75% in August. During the quarter, the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net) gained 0.71%. The MSCI EM Index (Net) declined 1.09%. In fixed-income markets, U.S. bonds were flat, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index fell 1.74%.

Conflicting data unsettled markets during the fourth quarter.

For the S&P 500 Index and the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), negative stock market performance during October and December bracketed positive November returns. December’s S&P 500 Index performance was the worst since 1931. Globally, fixed-income investments fared better than stocks during the last two months of the year.

November’s U.S. mid-term elections shifted control of the House of Representatives from Republicans to Democrats, presaging potential partisan clashes. The Bureau of Economic Analysis reported that third-quarter U.S. GDP grew at an annualized 3.4% rate, solid, but lower than the second quarter rate. Brexit efforts stalled ahead of the March 2019 deadline. The PBOC cut reserve requirement ratios, accelerated infrastructure spending, and cut taxes even as the value of the yuan declined to low levels last seen in 2008.

After the Fed increased the federal funds rate by 25 bps to a target range of between 2.25% and 2.50% in December—the ninth such increase since the Fed began three years ago to raise rates from near zero—it softened its outlook for further interest rate increases in 2019.

The market climbs a wall of worry.

Investors entered 2019 with reasons to be concerned. A partial U.S government shutdown driven by partisan spending and immigration policy disputes extended into January. Investors expected high levels of stock market volatility to continue based on the VIX10.

 

 

Favorable third-quarter economic indicators and corporate earnings reports encouraged domestic stock investors.

 

 

 

 

 

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The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the 2,000 smallest companies in the Russell 3000® Index, which represents approximately 8% of the total market capitalization of the Russell 3000® Index. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® measures the degree of optimism on the state of the U.S. economy that consumers are expressing through their activities of savings and spending. You cannot invest directly in an index.

 

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The Chicago Board Options Exchange Market Volatility Index (VIX) is a popular measure of the implied volatility of S&P 500 Index options. It represents one measure of the market’s expectation of stock market volatility over the next 30-day period. You cannot invest directly in an index.


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

January’s returns tended to support the investing adage that markets climb a wall of worry. The S&P 500 Index gained 8.01% for the month that ended January 31, 2019, its best monthly performance in 30 years. Returns for the MSCI ACWI ex USA Index (Net), the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, and the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Index also were positive.

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

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

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

Sincerely,

 

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President

Wells Fargo Funds

    

 

 

 

 

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

Investment objective

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

Manager

Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

Subadviser

Wells Capital Management Incorporated

Portfolio managers

Michael C. Bird, CFA®

Jeffrey L. Weaver, CFA®

Laurie White

Average annual total returns (%) as of January 31, 2019

 

              Expense ratios(%)  
    Inception date   1 year     5 year     10 year     Gross     Net2  
 
Class A (PIVXX)   7-28-2003     1.37       0.35       0.18       0.62       0.60  
 
Administrator Class (WTPXX)   3-31-2008     1.63       0.47       0.24       0.35       0.34  
 
Institutional Class (PISXX)   8-11-1995     1.78       0.56       0.29       0.23       0.20  
 
Service Class (PRVXX)   10-1-1985     1.53       0.42       0.22       0.52       0.45  
 
Sweep Class3   6-30-2010     1.20       0.29       0.15       0.78       0.77  

Yield summary (%) as of January 31, 20192

 

    Class A   Administrator
Class
    Institutional
Class
    Service
Class
    Sweep
Class
 
7-day current yield   1.85     2.11       2.25       2.00       1.68  
7-day compound yield   1.87     2.13       2.27       2.02       1.69  
30-day simple yield   1.86     2.12       2.26       2.01       1.69  
30-day compound yield   1.88     2.14       2.29       2.03       1.70  

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

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

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

 

 

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Performance highlights (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     7  
Portfolio composition as of January 31, 20194
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Weighted average maturity as of January 31, 20195  

20 days

        

 

Weighted average life as of January 31, 20196  

103 days

        

    

 

 

 

 

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

 

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The manager has contractually committed through May 31, 2019 (May 31, 2020 for Administrator Class and Sweep Class), to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the expenses of each class after fee waivers at 0.60% for Class A, 0.34% for Administrator Class, 0.20% for Institutional Class, 0.45% for Service Class, and 0.77% for Sweep Class. Brokerage commissions, stamp duty fees, interest, taxes, acquired fund fees and expenses (if any), and extraordinary expenses are excluded from the expense cap. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Without this cap, the Fund’s returns would have been lower. Without waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses, the Fund’s 7-day current yield would have been 1.84%, 2.11%, 2.23%, 1.94%, and 1.68% for Class A, Administrator Class, Institutional Class, Service Class, and Sweep Class, respectively. The expense ratio paid by an investor is the net expense ratio (the total annual fund operating expenses after fee waivers) as stated in the prospectuses.

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

MANAGER’S DISCUSSION

The Fund’s fiscal year that ended January 31, 2019, was characterized by steadily rising interest rates. The fiscal year began with the target range on the federal funds rate set by the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) at 1.25% to 1.50%. The Fed raised the target range by 0.25% four times during the year—in March, June, September, and December—with the resulting federal funds target rate set at 2.25% to 2.50% at the end of the period. In addition to raising interest rates, the Fed also continued to shrink its balance sheet by systematically allowing a portion of the U.S. Treasury and mortgage-backed securities it acquired during its quantitative easing programs to mature without being reinvested. Both the interest rate and balance sheet actions represent steps by the Fed to normalize monetary policy, effectively unwinding the policies it used to assist the economy’s recovery from the financial crisis.

The U.S. economy grew strongly throughout the year. Gross domestic product grew at an average rate of approximately 3.1% on an annualized basis, compared with a solid 2.5% rate for the prior year. The unemployment rate was largely unchanged, ending the fiscal year at 4.0%, down from 4.1% a year earlier. In addition, the underemployment rate, which includes workers marginally attached to the labor force and those working part time for economic reasons, also fell slightly from 8.2% to 8.1% over the same period. Both measures were at or below their lows in the years preceding the financial crisis. These measures, among others, likely gave the Fed the confidence it displayed in moving to normalize interest rates and its balance sheet.

Interest rates on all categories of government money market securities moved gradually higher throughout the year, consistent with the Fed’s moves. The 3-month Treasury bill (T-bill) yields averaged 1.58% during February 2018, the first month of the fiscal year; 2.40% during January 2019, the last month of the fiscal year; and 2.04% on average for the entire fiscal year. This compares with an average of 1.01% for the year that ended January 31, 2018. Similarly, average 6-month T-bill yields were 1.77% in February 2018; 2.50% in January 2019; and 2.21% over the whole fiscal year, up from an average of 1.14% in the previous fiscal year. The higher yields on T-bills were due not only to the Fed’s interest rate hikes but also to an increased supply of T-bills from the U.S. Treasury, which needed to finance the growing U.S. federal deficit. The total amount of T-bills outstanding grew from $1.964 trillion at the beginning of the fiscal year to $2.289 trillion at the end.

The yields on repurchase agreements (repos) generally followed the same path and were also heavily influenced by the Fed’s decisions. Overnight Treasury repo rates, as measured by the Fed’s Tri-Party General Collateral Rate, averaged 1.31% in February 2018, the fiscal year’s first month, and 2.44% in January 2019, the fiscal year’s last month. For the entire fiscal year that ended January 31, 2019, the average Treasury repo yield was 1.92%, up from 0.94% for the previous fiscal year.

Our investment strategy remained consistent throughout the year. We invested in T-bills and U.S. Treasury notes— including floating-rate notes—as well as repos collateralized by Treasury securities, while taking into account the Fund’s overall level of liquidity and average maturity.

Strategic outlook

The economy has continued its solid performance, with a consistently strong labor market and gradually rising—but still below target—inflation. At the end of the fiscal year, the Fed signaled that it will proceed more cautiously, weighing incoming economic data and other factors and modifying its interest rate path accordingly. As the Fed is no longer projecting further gradual increases in interest rates and is instead espousing patience, the interest rate outlook as the fiscal year begins is for steady rates, and the direction of the next move in interest rates will depend on the evolution of the economy. The fiscal impulse from the federal tax cut that helped boost the economy over the past year may fade somewhat, potentially leading to slower economic growth over the following year. These factors suggest that interest rates on U.S. government money market securities may be little changed for at least the early part of the fiscal year. The risks to this outlook appear to be roughly balanced, as a still-strong economy could eventually call for higher rates, while rates could fall if the economy weakens due to a variety of factors, such as political developments in both the U.S. and abroad; a pullback in risk asset valuations; and a turn in the economic cycle, as the current expansion is well aged by historical standards. In the face of this uncertainty, we believe that our investment strategy, with its focus on capital preservation and liquidity, should enable the Fund to continue to meet its objectives.


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Fund expenses (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     9  

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

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the six-month period and held for the entire period from August 1, 2018 to January 31, 2019.

Actual expenses

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

Hypothetical example for comparison purposes

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

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

 

     Beginning
account value
8-1-2018
     Ending
account value
1-31-2019
     Expenses
paid during
the period¹
     Annualized net
expense ratio
 

Class A

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,008.25      $ 3.04        0.60

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.18      $ 3.06        0.60

Administrator Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,009.55      $ 1.74        0.34

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.48      $ 1.75        0.34

Institutional Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,010.28      $ 1.01        0.20

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,024.20      $ 1.02        0.20

Service Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,009.01      $ 2.28        0.45

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.94      $ 2.29        0.45

Sweep Class

           

Actual

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,007.38      $ 3.90        0.77

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.32      $ 3.93        0.77

 

 

 

1

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


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10   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Repurchase Agreements ^^: 62.52%

         

Bank of Nova Scotia, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $450,031,875 (1)

    2.55     2-1-2019      $ 450,000,000      $ 450,000,000  

Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-10-2019, maturity value $100,198,167 (2)

    2.46       2-8-2019        100,000,000        100,000,000  

Barclays Capital Incorporated, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,935,237,070 (3)

    2.55       2-1-2019        1,935,100,000        1,935,100,000  

BNP Paribas, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $200,433,778 (4)

    2.44       3-4-2019        200,000,000        200,000,000  

BNP Paribas, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $1,150,082,417 (5)

    2.58       2-1-2019        1,150,000,000        1,150,000,000  

Citigroup Global Markets Incorporated, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $250,117,639 (6)

    2.42       2-7-2019        250,000,000        250,000,000  

Credit Agricole, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $500,035,417 (7)

    2.55       2-1-2019        500,000,000        500,000,000  

Deutsche Bank Securities, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $550,039,417 (8)

    2.58       2-1-2019        550,000,000        550,000,000  

Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $2,535,180,267 (9)

    2.56       2-1-2019            2,535,000,000        2,535,000,000  

JPMorgan Securities, dated 1-2-2019, maturity value $551,168,750 (10)¢øø§

    2.55       2-1-2019        550,000,000        550,000,000  

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $190,013,458 (11)

    2.55       2-1-2019        190,000,000        190,000,000  

MUFG Securities Canada Limited, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $330,023,375 (12)

    2.55       2-1-2019        330,000,000        330,000,000  

Prudential, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $164,127,807 (13)

    2.59       2-1-2019        164,116,000        164,116,000  

Royal Bank of Scotland, dated 1-31-2019, maturity value $600,043,000 (14)

    2.58       2-1-2019        600,000,000        600,000,000  

Total Repurchase Agreements (Cost $9,504,216,000)

 

     9,504,216,000  
         

 

 

 

Treasury Debt: 37.67%

         

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.20       2-7-2019        140,000,000        139,949,221  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.21       2-21-2019        50,000,000        49,939,167  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.22       2-14-2019        30,000,000        29,976,220  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.23       2-28-2019        90,000,000        89,851,163  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.28       3-7-2019        10,000,000        9,978,703  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.30       3-14-2019        30,000,000        29,922,442  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.41       4-11-2019        80,000,000        79,634,971  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.45       4-4-2019        250,000,000        248,952,889  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.47       4-25-2019        50,000,000        49,717,569  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.49       5-9-2019        60,000,000        59,603,108  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.49       8-1-2019        30,000,000        29,628,573  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.50       5-23-2019        70,000,000        69,467,431  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.50       5-16-2019        40,000,000        39,714,578  

U.S. Treasury Bill (z)

    2.51       6-13-2019        30,000,000        29,726,870  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       7-15-2019        180,000,000        178,549,406  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.75       8-15-2019        50,000,000        49,503,280  

U.S. Treasury Note

    0.88       7-31-2019        100,000,000        99,151,296  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       3-15-2019        30,000,000        29,956,686  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.00       10-15-2019        70,000,000        69,156,401  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       3-31-2019        60,000,000        59,882,229  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       4-30-2019        237,700,000        236,997,106  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       5-31-2019        30,000,000        29,888,826  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.25       6-30-2019        40,000,000        39,781,029  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.38       2-28-2019        190,000,000        189,860,353  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.38       7-31-2019        160,000,000        159,045,833  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.38       9-30-2019        100,000,000        99,209,297  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.50       2-28-2019        70,000,000        69,960,073  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.50       5-31-2019        50,000,000        49,855,672  

 

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


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Portfolio of investments—January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     11  

    

 

 

Security name   Interest rate     Maturity date      Principal      Value  

Treasury Debt (continued)

 

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.63     3-31-2019      $     86,000,000      $ 85,886,402  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.63       4-30-2019        50,000,000        49,914,113  

U.S. Treasury Note

    1.75       9-30-2019        25,000,000        24,849,050  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.00%) ±

    2.40       1-31-2020        430,000,000        429,896,092  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.03%) ±

    2.44       4-30-2020            650,000,000        650,001,038  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.04%) ±

    2.45       7-31-2020        460,000,000        459,994,902  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.05%) ±

    2.45       10-31-2020        470,000,000        469,662,201  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.05%) ±

    2.45       10-31-2019        307,000,000        307,035,084  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.06%) ±

    2.46       7-31-2019        90,000,000        90,001,626  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.07%) ±

    2.47       4-30-2019        323,000,000        323,053,622  

U.S. Treasury Note (U.S. Treasury 3 Month Bill Money Market Yield +0.12%) ±

    2.52       1-31-2021        170,000,000        170,008,966  

U.S. Treasury Note

    2.75       2-15-2019        25,000,000        25,004,683  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.13       5-15-2019        314,668,000        315,216,256  

U.S. Treasury Note

    3.63       8-15-2019        10,000,000        10,053,983  

Total Treasury Debt (Cost $5,727,438,410)

 

     5,727,438,410        
         

 

 

 

 

Total investments in securities (Cost $15,231,654,410)     100.19        15,231,654,410  

Other assets and liabilities, net

    (0.19        (29,181,703
 

 

 

      

 

 

 
Total net assets     100.00      $ 15,202,472,707  
 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

^^

Collateralized by:

 

  (1)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.88%, 2-15-2019 to 2-15-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $459,000,071.

 

  (2)

U.S. government securities, 2.63% to 3.38%, 1-31-2026 to 11-15-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $102,000,003.

 

  (3)

U.S. government securities, 1.75% to 7.25%, 12-31-2020 to 8-31-2025, fair value including accrued interest is $1,973,802,054.

 

  (4)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 4.75%, 2-28-2019 to 8-15-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $204,000,000.

 

  (5)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 8.75%, 2-5-2019 to 2-15-2048, fair value including accrued interest is $1,173,000,040.

 

  (6)

U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 3.00%, 2-28-2019 to 5-15-2042, fair value including accrued interest is $255,000,039.

 

  (7)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 2.00%, 1-30-2020 to 2-15-2025, fair value including accrued interest is $510,000,066.

 

  (8)

U.S. government securities, 0.00%, 5-15-2019 to 11-15-2027, fair value is $561,000,000.

 

  (9)

U.S. government securities, 1.13% to 2.88%, 8-31-2020 to 8-15-2025, fair value including accrued interest is $2,585,706,326.

 

  (10)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 3.00%, 4-18-2019 to 11-15-2045, fair value including accrued interest is $561,000,095.

 

  (11)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 1.38%, 1-15-2020 to 2-15-2026, fair value including accrued interest is $193,800,061.

 

  (12)

U.S. government securities, 0.13% to 3.50%, 4-15-2019 to 2-15-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $336,600,000.

 

  (13)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 3.00%, 11-15-2021 to 11-15-2047, fair value including accrued interest is $167,398,320.

 

  (14)

U.S. government securities, 0.00% to 6.63%, 4-15-2019 to 5-15-2046, fair value including accrued interest is $612,000,014.

 

¢

The security represents a long-dated and extendible repurchase agreement which automatically renews on previously set terms. The maturity date represents the next put date.

 

øø

The interest rate is determined and reset by the issuer periodically depending upon the terms of the security. The rate shown is the rate in effect at period end.

 

§

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

 

(z)

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

 

±

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

 

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


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12   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Statement of assets and liabilities—January 31, 2019
         

Assets

 

Investments in repurchase agreements, at amortized cost

  $ 9,504,216,000  

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at amortized cost

    5,727,438,410  

Cash

    19,157  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

    3,844,428  

Receivable for interest

    9,367,563  

Prepaid expenses and other assets

    855,111  
 

 

 

 

Total assets

    15,245,740,669  
 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

Payable for Fund shares redeemed

    20,732,177  

Dividends payable

    18,757,986  

Management fee payable

    1,509,179  

Administration fees payable

    1,259,420  

Trustees’ fees and expenses payable

    2,010  

Distribution fee payable

    30  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

    1,007,160  
 

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    43,267,962  
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 15,202,472,707  
 

 

 

 

NET ASSETS CONSIST OF

 

Paid-in capital

  $ 15,202,713,893  

Total distributable loss

    (241,186
 

 

 

 

Total net assets

  $ 15,202,472,707  
 

 

 

 

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE

 

Net assets – Class A

  $ 1,202,749,011  

Shares outstanding – Class A1

    1,202,603,797  

Net asset value per share – Class A

    $1.00  

Net assets – Administrator Class

  $ 101,339,678  

Shares outstanding – Administrator Class1

    101,324,600  

Net asset value per share – Administrator Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Institutional Class

  $ 12,466,863,784  

Shares outstanding – Institutional Class1

    12,465,307,764  

Net asset value per share – Institutional Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Service Class

  $ 1,431,420,149  

Shares outstanding – Service Class1

    1,431,259,061  

Net asset value per share – Service Class

    $1.00  

Net assets – Sweep Class

  $ 100,085  

Shares outstanding – Sweep Class1

    100,073  

Net asset value per share – Sweep Class

    $1.00  

 

 

 

1 

The Fund has an unlimited number of authorized shares.

 

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


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Statement of operations—year ended January 31, 2019   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     13  
         

Investment income

 

Interest

  $ 291,855,804  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    20,811,510  

Administration fees

 

Class A

    3,069,797  

Administrator Class

    95,290  

Institutional Class

    9,590,937  

Service Class

    1,650,700  

Sweep Class

    29  

Shareholder servicing fees

 

Class A

    3,488,405  

Administrator Class

    95,290  

Service Class

    3,438,959  

Sweep Class

    252  

Distribution fee

 

Sweep Class

    350  

Custody and accounting fees

    335,950  

Professional fees

    49,563  

Registration fees

    91,053  

Shareholder report expenses

    39,143  

Trustees’ fees and expenses

    23,445  

Other fees and expenses

    86,871  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    42,867,544  

Less: Fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements

    (3,929,839
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    38,937,705  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income

    252,918,099  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gains on investments

    48,547  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 252,966,646  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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


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14   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Statement of changes in net assets
     Year ended
January 31, 2019
    Year ended
January 31, 20181
 

Operations

       

Net investment income

    $ 252,918,099       $ 114,264,498  

Net realized gains on investments

      48,547         81,289  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      252,966,646         114,345,787  
 

 

 

 

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income and net realized gains

 

     

Class A

      (19,056,287       (5,765,518

Administrator Class

      (1,412,617       (533,042

Institutional Class

      (211,798,222       (100,116,838

Service Class

      (20,731,069       (7,926,287

Sweep Class

      (1,194       (238
 

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

      (252,999,389       (114,341,923
 

 

 

 

Capital share transactions

    Shares         Shares    

Proceeds from shares sold

       

Class A

    11,127,666,658       11,127,666,658       9,977,869,822       9,977,869,822  

Administrator Class

    897,131,428       897,131,428       947,917,891       947,917,891  

Institutional Class

    96,585,943,995       96,585,943,995       129,675,413,942       129,675,413,942  

Service Class

    5,871,089,621       5,871,089,621       6,215,918,108       6,215,918,108  
 

 

 

 
      114,481,831,702         146,817,119,763  
 

 

 

 

Reinvestment of distributions

       

Class A

    9,016,382       9,016,382       2,542,405       2,542,405  

Administrator Class

    1,299,659       1,299,659       471,776       471,776  

Institutional Class

    73,636,342       73,636,342       33,325,578       33,325,578  

Service Class

    5,760,060       5,760,060       2,548,849       2,548,849  

Sweep Class

    0       0       68       68  
 

 

 

 
      89,712,443         38,888,676  
 

 

 

 

Payment for shares redeemed

       

Class A

    (11,225,626,967     (11,225,626,967     (10,434,003,791     (10,434,003,791

Administrator Class

    (939,295,687     (939,295,687     (912,432,946     (912,432,946

Institutional Class

    (97,277,939,890     (97,277,939,890     (128,113,332,177     (128,113,332,177

Service Class

    (5,904,735,073     (5,904,735,073     (6,259,590,464     (6,259,590,464
 

 

 

 
      (115,347,597,617       (145,719,359,378
 

 

 

 

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

      (776,053,472       1,136,649,061  
 

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

      (776,086,215       1,136,652,925  
 

 

 

 

Net assets

       

Beginning of period

      15,978,558,922         14,841,905,997  
 

 

 

 

End of period

    $ 15,202,472,707       $ 15,978,558,922  
 

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the SEC prospectively eliminated the requirement to parenthetically disclose undistributed net investment income at the end of the period and permitted the aggregation of distributions, with the exception of tax basis returns of capital. Overdistributed net investment income at January 31, 2018 was $289,731. The disaggregated distributions information for the year ended January 31, 2018 is included in Note 5, Distributions to Shareholders, in the notes to the financial statements.

 

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


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Financial highlights   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     15  

(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
CLASS A   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.37     0.38     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.61     0.62     0.62     0.62     0.62

Net expenses

    0.60     0.61     0.39     0.11     0.06

Net investment income

    1.36     0.38     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,202,749       $1,291,723       $1,745,419       $1,956,626       $1,733,107  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
ADMINISTRATOR CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.63     0.65     0.06     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.35     0.35     0.34     0.34     0.34

Net expenses

    0.35     0.35     0.34     0.10     0.06

Net investment income

    1.48     0.61     0.05     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $101,340       $142,198       $106,246       $101,432       $106,179  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
INSTITUTIONAL CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.78     0.79     0.20     0.02     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.22     0.23     0.23     0.23     0.23

Net expenses

    0.20     0.20     0.20     0.10     0.06

Net investment income

    1.77     0.81     0.20     0.02     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $12,466,864       $13,085,244       $11,489,674       $12,617,153       $11,190,887  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SERVICE CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.02       0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.02     (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.53     0.54     0.02     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.51     0.52     0.52     0.52     0.52

Net expenses

    0.45     0.45     0.38     0.11     0.06

Net investment income

    1.51     0.54     0.03     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $1,431,420       $1,459,295       $1,500,467       $1,339,895       $1,845,375  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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(For a share outstanding throughout each period)

 

    Year ended January 31  
SWEEP CLASS   2019     2018     2017     2016     2015  

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Net investment income

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1,2       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Net realized gains (losses) on investments

    0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       (0.00 )3 
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total from investment operations

    0.01       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1       0.00 1  

Distributions to shareholders from

         

Net investment income

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net realized gains

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total distributions to shareholders

    (0.01     (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1      (0.00 )1 

Net asset value, end of period

    $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00       $1.00  

Total return

    1.20     0.24     0.01     0.01     0.01

Ratios to average net assets (annualized)

         

Gross expenses

    0.77     0.77     0.96     0.97     0.97

Net expenses

    0.77     0.75     0.34     0.11     0.06

Net investment income

    1.19     0.24     0.01     0.01     0.01

Supplemental data

         

Net assets, end of period (000s omitted)

    $100       $100       $100       $3,145       $3,054  

 

 

 

 

 

1 

Amount is less than $0.005.

 

2 

Calculated based upon average shares outstanding

 

3 

Amount is more than $(0.005).

 

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


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20   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   Notes to financial statements

1. ORGANIZATION

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

2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

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

Securities valuation

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

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

Repurchase agreements

The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements and may participate in pooled repurchase agreement transactions with other funds advised by Funds Management. Repurchase agreements are agreements where the seller of a security to the Fund agrees to repurchase that security from the Fund at a mutually agreed upon time and price. The repurchase agreements must be fully collateralized based on values that are marked-to-market daily. The collateral may be held by an agent bank under a tri-party agreement. It is the custodian’s responsibility to value collateral daily and to take action to obtain additional collateral as necessary to maintain a market value equal to or greater than the resale price. The repurchase agreements are collateralized by securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, its agencies or instrumentalities. There could be potential loss to the Fund in the event that the Fund is delayed or prevented from exercising its rights to dispose of the collateral, including the risk of a possible decline in the value of the underlying obligations during the period in which the Fund seeks to assert its rights.

When-issued transactions

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

Security transactions and income recognition

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

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


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Distributions to shareholders

Distributions to shareholders from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly. Distributions from net realized gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually. Such distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations and may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. Dividend sources are estimated at the time of declaration. The tax character of distributions is determined as of the Fund’s fiscal year end. Therefore, a portion of the Fund’s distributions made prior to the Fund’s fiscal year end may be categorized as a tax return of capital at year end.

Federal and other taxes

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

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

As of January 31, 2019, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes is substantially the same as for financial reporting purposes.

Class allocations

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

3. FAIR VALUATION MEASUREMENTS

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

 

 

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities

 

 

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

 

 

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

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

The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities as of January 31, 2019:

 

     Quoted prices
(Level 1)
     Other significant
observable inputs
(Level 2)
    

Significant
unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

     Total  

Assets

           

Investments in:

           

Repurchase agreements

   $ 0      $ 9,504,216,000      $ 0      $ 9,504,216,000  

Treasury debt

     0        5,727,438,410        0        5,727,438,410  

Total assets

   $ 0      $ 15,231,654,410      $ 0      $ 15,231,654,410  

Additional sector, industry or geographic detail is included in the Portfolio of Investments.

At January 31, 2019, the Fund did not have any transfers into/out of Level 3.


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4. TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES

Management fee

Funds Management, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company (“Wells Fargo”), is the manager of the Fund and provides advisory and fund-level administrative services under an investment management agreement. Under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is responsible for, among other services, implementing the investment objectives and strategies of the Fund, supervising the subadviser and providing fund-level administrative services in connection with the Fund’s operations. As compensation for its services under the investment management agreement, Funds Management is entitled to receive an annual management fee starting at 0.15% and declining to 0.13% as the average daily net assets of the Fund increase. For the year ended January 31, 2019, the management fee was equivalent to an annual rate of 0.14% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

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

Administration fees

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

 

     Class-level
administration fee
 

Class A

     0.22

Administrator Class

     0.10  

Institutional Class

     0.08  

Service Class

     0.12  

Sweep Class

     0.03  

Funds Management has contractually waived and/or reimbursed management and administration fees to the extent necessary to maintain certain net operating expense ratios for the Fund. When each class of the Fund has exceeded its expense cap, Funds Management has waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses from fund level expenses on a proportionate basis and then from class specific expenses; otherwise, waivers and/or reimbursements are applied against class specific expenses before fund level expenses. Funds Management has committed through May 31, 2019 to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the Fund’s expenses at 0.60% for Class A shares, 0.35% for Administrator Class shares, 0.20% for Institutional Class shares, 0.45% for Service Class shares, and 0.83% for Sweep Class shares. Prior to or after the commitment expiration date, the cap may be increased or the commitment to maintain the cap may be terminated only with the approval of the Board of Trustees. Prior to June 1, 2018, the Fund’s expenses were capped at 0.65% for Class A shares.

Distribution fee

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

Shareholder servicing fees

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

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

Interfund transactions

The Fund may purchase or sell portfolio investment securities to certain other Wells Fargo affiliates pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act and under procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees. The procedures have been designed to ensure that these interfund transactions, which do not incur broker commissions, are effected at current market prices.


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5. DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS

The tax character of distributions paid was $252,999,389 and $114,341,923 of ordinary income for the years ended January 31, 2019 and January 31, 2018, respectively.

As of January 31, 2019, distributable earnings on a tax basis consisted of $18,737,343 in undistributed ordinary income.

Effective for all filings after November 4, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission eliminated the requirement to separately state the components of distributions to shareholders under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. The amounts of distributions to shareholders for the year ended January 31, 2018 were as follows:

 

     Net investment
income
       Net realized
gains
 

Class A

     $    5,757,833          $  7,685  

Administrator Class

     532,884          158  

Institutional Class

     100,053,459          63,379  

Service Class

     7,920,085          6,202  

Sweep Class

     237          1  

6. INDEMNIFICATION

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

7. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT

In August 2018, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) Disclosure Framework—Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2018-13 updates the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements by modifying or removing certain disclosures and adding certain new disclosures. The amendments are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. Management has adopted the removal and modification of disclosures early, as permitted, and will adopt the additional new disclosures at the effective date.


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

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

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund (the Fund), one of the funds constituting Wells Fargo Funds Trust, including the portfolio of investments, as of January 31, 2019, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of January 31, 2019, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two-year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years in the five-year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. 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, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of January 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

LOGO

We have not been able to determine the specific year that we began serving as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies, however we are aware that we have served as the auditor of one or more Wells Fargo Funds investment companies since at least 1955.

Boston, Massachusetts

March 27, 2019


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TAX INFORMATION

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $243,963,929 has been designated as interest-related dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, $81,289 has been designated as short-term capital gain dividends for nonresident alien shareholders pursuant to Section 871 of the Internal Revenue Code.

For the fiscal year ended January 31, 2019, 41.22% of the ordinary income distributed was derived from interest on U.S. government securities.

PROXY VOTING INFORMATION

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

PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS INFORMATION

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


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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

Each of the Trustees and Officers1 listed in the table below acts in identical capacities for each fund in the Wells Fargo family of funds, which consists of 152 mutual funds comprising the Wells Fargo Funds Trust, Wells Fargo Variable Trust, Wells Fargo Master Trust and four closed-end funds (collectively the “Fund Complex”). This table should be read in conjunction with the Prospectus and the Statement of Additional Information2. The mailing address of each Trustee and Officer is 525 Market Street, 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94105. Each Trustee and Officer serves an indefinite term, however, each Trustee serves such term until reaching the mandatory retirement age established by the Trustees.

Independent Trustees

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships

William R. Ebsworth

(Born 1957)

  Trustee, since 2015   Retired. From 1984 to 2013, equities analyst, portfolio manager, research director and chief investment officer at Fidelity Management and Research Company in Boston, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, and retired in 2013 as Chief Investment Officer of Fidelity Strategic Advisers, Inc. where he led a team of investment professionals managing client assets. Prior thereto, Board member of Hong Kong Securities Clearing Co., Hong Kong Options Clearing Corp., the Thailand International Fund, Ltd., Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company, and Empire Fidelity Investments Life Insurance Company. Audit Committee Chair and Investment Committee Chair of the Vincent Memorial Hospital Endowment (non-profit organization). Mr. Ebsworth is a CFA® charterholder.   N/A

Jane A. Freeman

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2015; Chair Liaison, since 2018   Retired. From 2012 to 2014 and 1999 to 2008, Chief Financial Officer of Scientific Learning Corporation. From 2008 to 2012, Ms. Freeman provided consulting services related to strategic business projects. Prior to 1999, Portfolio Manager at Rockefeller & Co. and Scudder, Stevens & Clark. Board member of the Harding Loevner Funds from 1996 to 2014, serving as both Lead Independent Director and chair of the Audit Committee. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Funds Trust from 2011 to 2012 and the chair of the Audit Committee. Ms. Freeman is a Board Member of The Ruth Bancroft Garden (non-profit organization). She is also an inactive Chartered Financial Analyst.   N/A

Isaiah Harris, Jr.3

(Born 1952)

  Trustee, since 2009; Audit Committee Chairman, since 2019   Retired. Chairman of the Board of CIGNA Corporation since 2009, and Director since 2005. From 2003 to 2011, Director of Deluxe Corporation. Prior thereto, President and CEO of BellSouth Advertising and Publishing Corp. from 2005 to 2007, President and CEO of BellSouth Enterprises from 2004 to 2005 and President of BellSouth Consumer Services from 2000 to 2003. Emeritus member of the Iowa State University Foundation Board of Governors. Emeritus Member of the Advisory Board of Iowa State University School of Business. Advisory Board Member, Palm Harbor Academy (private school). Advisory Board Member, Child Evangelism Fellowship (non-profit). Mr. Harris is a certified public accountant (inactive status).   CIGNA Corporation

Judith M. Johnson3

(Born 1949)

  Trustee, since 2008; Audit Committee Chairman, from 2009 to 2018   Retired. Prior thereto, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment Officer of Minneapolis Employees Retirement Fund from 1996 to 2008. Ms. Johnson is an attorney, certified public accountant and a certified managerial accountant.   N/A

David F. Larcker

(Born 1950)

  Trustee, since 2009   James Irvin Miller Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University, Director of the Corporate Governance Research Initiative and Senior Faculty of The Rock Center for Corporate Governance since 2006. From 2005 to 2008, Professor of Accounting at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University. Prior thereto, Ernst & Young Professor of Accounting at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania from 1985 to 2005.   N/A


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Other information (unaudited)   Wells Fargo Treasury Plus Money Market Fund     27  

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service*

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer   Current other
public company or
investment company
directorships

Olivia S. Mitchell

(Born 1953)

  Trustee, since 2006; Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman, since 2018   International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans Professor, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania since 1993. Director of Wharton’s Pension Research Council and Boettner Center on Pensions & Retirement Research, and Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. Previously, Cornell University Professor from 1978 to 1993.   N/A

Timothy J. Penny

(Born 1951)

  Trustee, since 1996; Chairman, since 2018; Vice Chairman, from 2017 to 2018   President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation, a non-profit organization, since 2007. Member of the Board of Trustees of NorthStar Education Finance, Inc., a non-profit organization, since 2007.   N/A

James G. Polisson

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Retired. Chief Marketing Officer, Source (ETF) UK Services, Ltd, from 2015 to 2017. From 2012 to 2015, Principal of The Polisson Group, LLC, a management consulting, corporate advisory and principal investing company. Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director at Russell Investments, Global Exchange Traded Funds from 2010 to 2012. Managing Director of Barclays Global Investors from 1998 to 2010 and Global Chief Marketing Officer for iShares and Barclays Global Investors from 2000 to 2010. Trustee of the San Francisco Mechanics’ Institute, a non-profit organization, from 2013 to 2015. Board member of the Russell Exchange Traded Fund Trust from 2011 to 2012. Director of Barclays Global Investors Holdings Deutschland GmbH from 2006 to 2009. Mr. Polisson is an attorney and has a retired status with the Massachusetts and District of Columbia Bar Associations.   N/A

Pamela Wheelock

(Born 1959)

  Trustee, since 2018; Advisory Board Member, from 2017 to 2018   Board member of the Destination Medical Center Economic Development Agency, Rochester, Minnesota since 2019. Chief Operating Officer, Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity from 2017 to 2019. Vice President of University Services, University of Minnesota from 2012 to 2016. Prior thereto, on the Board of Directors, Governance Committee and Finance Committee for the Minnesota Philanthropy Partners (Saint Paul Foundation) from 2012 to 2018, Interim Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota from 2011 to 2012, Chairman of the Board from 2009 to 2012 and Board Director from 2003 to 2015. Vice President, Leadership and Community Engagement, Bush Foundation, Saint Paul, Minnesota (a private foundation) from 2009 to 2011. Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Minnesota Sports and Entertainment from 2004 to 2009 and Senior Vice President from 2002 to 2004. Executive Vice President of the Minnesota Wild Foundation from 2004 to 2008. Commissioner of Finance, State of Minnesota, from 1999 to 2002. Currently Board Chair of the Minnesota Wild Foundation since 2010.   N/A

 

*

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


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Officers

 

Name and

year of birth

 

Position held and

length of service

  Principal occupations during past five years or longer    

Andrew Owen

(Born 1960)

  President, since 2017   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo & Company and Head of Affiliated Managers, Wells Fargo Asset Management, since 2014. In addition, Mr. Owen is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2017. Prior thereto, Executive Vice President responsible for marketing, investments and product development for Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, from 2009 to 2014.    

Nancy Wiser1

(Born 1967)

  Treasurer, since 2012   Executive Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2011. Chief Operating Officer and Chief Compliance Officer at LightBox Capital Management LLC, from 2008 to 2011.    

Alexander Kymn

(Born 1973)

  Secretary, since 2018; Chief Legal Officer, since 2018   Senior Company Counsel of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. since 2018 (previously Senior Counsel from 2007 to 2018). Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC from 2008 to 2014.    

Michael H. Whitaker

(Born 1967)

  Chief Compliance Officer, since 2016   Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer since 2016. Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer for Fidelity Investments from 2007 to 2016.    

David Berardi

(Born 1975)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010. Manager of Fund Reporting and Control for Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2004 to 2010.    

Jeremy DePalma1

(Born 1974)

  Assistant Treasurer, since 2009   Senior Vice President of Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC since 2009. Senior Vice President of Evergreen Investment Management Company, LLC from 2008 to 2010 and head of the Fund Reporting and Control Team within Fund Administration from 2005 to 2010.    

 

 

 

1

Nancy Wiser acts as Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex. Jeremy DePalma acts as Treasurer of 76 funds and Assistant Treasurer of 76 funds in the Fund Complex.

 

2

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

 

3 

Mr. Harris became Chairman of the Audit Committee effective January 1, 2019.


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LOGO

 

 

LOGO

For more information

More information about Wells Fargo Funds is available free upon request. To obtain literature, please write, visit the Fund’s website, or call:

Wells Fargo Funds

P.O. Box 219967

Kansas City, MO 64121-9967

Website: wellsfargofunds.com

Individual investors: 1-800-222-8222

Retail investment professionals: 1-888-877-9275

Institutional investment professionals: 1-866-765-0778

 

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

Wells Fargo Asset Management (WFAM) is the trade name for certain investment advisory/management firms owned by Wells Fargo & Company. These firms include but are not limited to Wells Capital Management Incorporated and Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. Certain products managed by WFAM entities are distributed by Wells Fargo Funds Distributor, LLC (a broker/dealer and Member FINRA).

This material is for general informational and educational purposes only and is NOT intended to provide investment advice or a recommendation of any kind—including a recommendation for any specific investment, strategy, or plan.

INVESTMENT PRODUCTS: NOT FDIC INSURED    NO BANK GUARANTEE     MAY LOSE VALUE

© 2019 Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC. All rights reserved.

 

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ITEM 2.

CODE OF ETHICS

(a) As of the end of the period covered by the report, Wells Fargo Funds Trust has adopted a code of ethics that applies to its President and Treasurer. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

(c) During the period covered by this report, there were no amendments to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above.

(d) During the period covered by this report, there were no implicit or explicit waivers to the provisions of the code of ethics adopted in Item 2(a) above.

 

ITEM 3.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

The Board of Trustees of Wells Fargo Funds Trust has determined that Judith Johnson is an audit committee financial expert, as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Mrs. Johnson is independent for purposes of Item 3 of Form N-CSR.

 

ITEM 4.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

(a), (b), (c), (d) The following table presents aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for services rendered to the Registrant by the Registrant’s principal accountant. These fees were billed to the registrant and were approved by the Registrant’s audit committee.

 

     Fiscal
year ended
January 31, 2019
     Fiscal
year ended
January 31, 2018
 

Audit fees

   $ 317,230      $ 311,525  

Audit-related fees

     —          —    

Tax fees (1)

     15,520        15,360  

All other fees

     —          —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 332,750      $ 326,885  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Tax fees consist of fees for tax compliance, tax advice, tax planning and excise tax.     

(e) The Chairman of the Audit Committees is authorized to pre-approve: (1) audit services for the mutual funds of    

Wells Fargo Funds Trust; (2) non-audit tax or compliance consulting or training services provided to the Funds by the independent auditors (“Auditors”) if the fees for any particular engagement are not anticipated to exceed $50,000; and (3) non-audit tax or compliance consulting or training services provided by the Auditors to a Fund’s investment adviser and its controlling entities (where pre-approval is required because the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund) if the fee to the Auditors for any particular engagement is not anticipated to exceed $50,000. For any such pre-approval sought from the Chairman, Management shall prepare a brief description of the proposed services. If the Chairman approves of such service, he or she shall sign the statement prepared by Management. Such written statement shall be presented to the full Committees at their next regularly scheduled meetings.

(f) Not applicable


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(g) Not applicable    

(h) Not applicable

 

ITEM 5.

AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 6.

INVESTMENTS

A Portfolio of Investments for each series of Wells Fargo Funds Trust is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 

ITEM 7.

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

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 8.

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 9.

PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10.

SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s Board of Trustees that have been implemented since the registrant’s last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of this Item.

 

ITEM 11.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) The President and Treasurer have concluded that the Wells Fargo Funds Trust (the “Trust”) disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) provide reasonable assurances that material information relating to the Trust is made known to them by the appropriate persons based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report.

(b) There were no significant changes in the Trust’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


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ITEM 12.

DISCLOSURES OF SECURITIES LENDING ACTIVITES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 13.

EXHIBITS

(a)(1) Code of Ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit COE.

(a)(2) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(a)(3) Not applicable.

(b) Certification pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)) is filed and attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.


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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

By:

 

/s/ Andrew Owen

 

Andrew Owen

 

President

Date:

  March 27, 2019

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

Wells Fargo Funds Trust

By:

 

/s/ Andrew Owen

 

Andrew Owen

 

President

Date:

  March 27, 2019

 

By:

 

/s/ Nancy Wiser

 

Nancy Wiser

 

Treasurer

Date:

  March 27, 2019